At present, there simply aren’t enough young people coming into the construction industry.
presented several early adopter case studies in Singapore with a focus on PPVC.BCA subsequently identified PPVC as a preferred DfMA approach as embodied in the.
Construction Industry Transformation Map.which was launched in 2017 to accelerate the uptake of digitalisation and more productive modern methods of construction.Regulatory authorities in Singapore have made efforts to support the growth of PPVC as a preferred DfMA approach.
BCA now mandates the use of PPVC on many types of residential Government Land Sale (GLS) projects and has established an acceptance framework backed up by the PPVC Manufacturer Accreditation Scheme.. BCA have promoted potential benefits of PPVC including improved productivity (up to 40% manpower and time savings), less dust and noise pollution, improved site safety and improved quality control in a factory environment..There are now several recognised PPVC project success stories in Singapore, including the.
Crowne Plaza hotel at Changi Airport.
Brownstone condominiums.If we could remove this demand for drugs along with severely reducing the waste of wrongly sold, wrongly prescribed, never-taken and out-of-shelf-life waste, this would have a significant impact on the environmental footprint of the industry.. One of the points raised was the lack of general knowledge about the impact manufacturing and delivery of medicine has on the environment.
Greater public awareness may help to reduce some of this wastage through a reduction in demand..Looking forward, there is a growing dilemma that new modalities may increase the diversity of solvents – acetonitrile, for example, may be of particular concern.
The good news is that there is already some strategic collaboration happening in these areas.. As many new medicines are developed by start-ups, if we can ensure good guidance and information then we can get things right from the start.There are already collaborative groupings of start-ups, and linking these with the information flow on alternatives and economics could be highly beneficial..