On 24 September 2018, the Lighthouse Club (Singapore) made a $48,000 top-up donation to top-up the Lighthouse Bursary, which was established in 2009 to provide assistance to students who face financial difficulties in pursuing their studies in the University. Click here to read more

The Department congratulates Professor Lam Khee Poh, along with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) PhD candidates Zhiang Zhang and Chenlu Zhang, for receiving an Outstanding Paper Award at the 7th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC) for their paper entitled “A Deep Reinforcement Learning Method for Model-based Optimal Control of HVAC Systems.” Their research paper was one

Jasmine Tan, a Project and Facilities Management graduate, was recently invited to share her opinions and ideas regarding workplace health during the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Conference 2018 – Voice of the Millennial Workforce Symposium. The symposium, with an international audience of 400 people, provides a platform for youth advocates to share insights and

The Department congratulates Mr Benjamin Chua Kai Quan (MSc (PM) and BSc (PFM), Class of 2018) who received the NUS Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Prize AY2017/2018 (Individual) for his project “A Comparative Study of Work-Life Balance on Generation Y Construction Professionals in Singapore and South Korea”.

The Construction 3D Printing Research Unit (C3dP.NUS) hosted a research meeting with Ambassador TENG at School of Design and Environment (SDE) on 7 December 2017. This meeting aimed to explore the research opportunity and collaboration of Construction of 3D Printing in Oman. For more information on the meeting, please read here.

The Department congratulates Irwin Hafiz B Hairy, Tan Kai Yi, Goh Yan Jie, Fung Chun Chang and Phan Do Phuong Uyen, who won the 2nd Runner up at the “IHL Productivity Challenge 2017”, organised by Building & Construction Authority. The project-based competition required participants to propose buildable systems and construction methods which at the very

The Department congratulates Ashan Senel Asmone (PhD student) and Lau Shing Hou (Final year, PFM) who won the silver award at the “2017 Hyundai E&C Technology Grand Award”. The title of their proposal is “Designing in Reality: Automated Maintainability Assessment for Building Projects using BIM”. This project was guided by Ashan’s supervisor; Professor Michael Chew.

On 31 August 2017, Building and Estate Management Alumni (BEMA) made a $100,000 donation to top-up the BEMA Bursary, which was set up in 2013 to provide relief for undergraduates in need from Department of Building and Department of Real Estate. Click here to read up more on the story

The Department congratulates Mr Matthew Goh (BSc (PFM), Class of 2017) who received the NUS Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Prize AY2016/2017 (Individual) for his project “Integrated Lean Construction and Simulation Approach to Improving on-site Modular Construction efficiency: A Prefabricated and Prefinished Volumetric Construction (PPVC) Case Study”. Matthew with Prof Willie Tan (HOD)

The Department congratulates Professor Wong Nyuk Hien, who received a research grant award from Building and Construction Authority, for his research project entitled, ‘Study on Acceptable Reflectance Level of Building Facade Materials in Singapore’. The project aims to improve the visual performance of building façade in Singapore, with the following three main objectives: To evaluate