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Productive Builders will have an advantage when tendering for Government Projects. 

Builders with good productivity records in their past projects and with investment in technology adoption and workforce development will soon have an advantage when tendering for government construction projects in Singapore. The tender evaluation framework for government construction projects has been revised, increasing the productivity weightage to 10% of the overall score. This has been made effective from January 2016. 

The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) has launched $2.6 million funding for research programmes on construction productivity and will provide additional funding for Virtual Design and Construction (VDC). Research projects will focus on solutions to drive Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) in the sector and improve integration across the construction value chain. 

Contributed by David Shuttleworth, Foremost Consultants