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Fix the driver behind crashes, sound loss and screen glitchesFind Drivers →Repair Windows errors before they cause bigger problemsFix Now →Singapore’s new construction technology programme represents S$30.4 million in total investment—not a S$30.4 million cash grant—and will run from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029. Led by the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) with A*STAR and Woh Hup, it will develop and test seven technologies intended to lower construction’s carbon impact and support adoption on live projects. SIT says the programme is supported under Singapore’s Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2025 plan.
What the S$30.4 million programme is
Announced by SIT on 1 October 2026, the Woh Hup–SIT–A*STAR Consortium for Sustainable Construction Technology combines funding and in-kind contributions from SIT, A*STAR and industry partners. The stated S$30.4 million is an overall investment figure; SIT does not describe the full amount as cash funding. The three-year programme is scheduled to conclude on 31 March 2029.
The consortium is designed to move applied research toward practical use: it plans to develop technologies, establish pilot production systems and demonstration platforms, and validate all seven technologies through test bedding on live construction projects. Those are programme aims, not completed results. SIT’s announcement and Annex A provide the programme details.
What the seven projects will develop
The work is grouped into sustainable construction materials, innovative substructural systems, and low-carbon structures and reusability. The projects address different stages and components of construction rather than competing as interchangeable products.
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| Technology area | What the project will do | Intended benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Demolition waste | Transform demolition waste into materials for land reclamation. | Reduce reliance on imported fill and support circular construction. |
| Ultra-low-carbon concrete | Scale up concrete production using automated CO₂ activation. | Expand production of concrete with lower embodied carbon. |
| Reinforcing steel | Create digital verification and traceability for reinforcing steel. | Improve quality assurance and supply-chain traceability. |
| Earth-retaining and stabilising systems | Develop lightweight, long-span structures for urban excavation. | Provide an alternative approach to retaining and stabilising excavations. |
| Deep-foundation slabs | Develop composite steel-fibre-reinforced-concrete slab systems. | Seek durable, lower-carbon foundations with less maintenance. |
| Composite flooring design | Build an AI-powered design and optimisation tool for steel-concrete composite flooring systems. | Support design and optimisation of composite floors. |
| Structural steel reuse | Develop a smart reusability-management platform. | Support management of structural steel for reuse. |
SIT says the programme aims to generate seven technology disclosures and to test-bed all technologies on live construction projects. The announcement describes planned development and validation; it does not report that the new systems have already been deployed or achieved their intended benefits.
How to interpret the carbon-reduction figures
The consortium’s headline carbon figure is a target: SIT says selected technologies could enable up to a 40% reduction in embodied carbon in urban-development applications by the programme’s end in 2029, compared with conventional construction approaches. It is not a measured, programme-wide reduction. The target applies to selected technologies and urban-development applications, not automatically to every project or building.
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SIT also reports a separate earlier result from CTIL’s ultra-low-carbon concrete technology: up to a 65% reduction in embodied carbon was demonstrated. The technology uses carbon-dioxide-enriched water during concrete production and can replace up to 80% of conventional cement with blast-furnace slag while maintaining comparable performance, according to SIT. These figures describe the earlier technology, not results from the new consortium. SIT’s announcement and Annexes A and C distinguish the prior technology from the new programme’s targets.
Who is involved
SIT leads the consortium with A*STAR and Woh Hup (Private) Limited. Seven other industry collaborators are EnGro Corporation Limited; Batch Technologies Pte. Ltd.; Cares Certification Pte. Ltd.; Hirose (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.; Hangzhou Kuyiqiang Advanced Material Technology Co., participating through Zhongxin Advanced Materials Technology Pte. Ltd.; T T J Design and Engineering Pte. Ltd.; and MLION Corporation Pte. Ltd.
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The Building and Construction Authority (BCA), JTC Corporation and the Housing & Development Board (HDB) provide guidance and participate in the steering committee. Professor Chiew Sing Ping, Head of CTIL at SIT, said: “The challenge is not simply to develop new technologies, but to ensure they can be adopted at scale and create meaningful impact for industry.”
How the programme builds on earlier SIT work
SIT established the Construction Technology Innovation Laboratory (CTIL) with Woh Hup in 2021. In CTIL’s first phase, from 2021 to 2026, SIT reports that 13 applied-research projects involved 26 industry partners, and five technologies progressed to deployment on actual construction projects. SIT also reports S$5.95 million in funding secured for that phase from Woh Hup, government agencies and industry partners.
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Earlier CTIL technologies included ultra-low-carbon concrete, the HISTEEL kingpost system for deep excavation, headed-bar design guidance, high-performance composite steel beams and steel-slag permeable concrete. These are phase-one examples; they should not be confused with the seven projects or 2029 targets of the new consortium. The phase-one figures and examples are set out in SIT’s announcement, Annexes B and C.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.How this differs from BCA’s BETA Catalyst Funding
BCA’s Built Environment Technology Alliance (BETA) Catalyst Funding is a separate industry-led research-and-innovation mechanism, not the stated source of the consortium’s S$30.4 million investment. SIT identifies the consortium as supported under RIE2025 and describes its investment as a combination of funding and in-kind contributions from SIT, A*STAR and industry partners.
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Under BCA’s BETA Catalyst Funding programme, eligible projects can receive up to 50% co-funding on qualifying costs, matched dollar-for-dollar with participating firms’ cash contributions. The cap is 30% for projects involving non-Singaporean private research performers. BCA’s stated requirements include a built-environment company and a public research performer, alignment with transformation areas, commercialisation potential and a project duration of no more than three years. These are BETA programme terms, not funding terms for the SIT consortium.
BCA separately described wider sector technology-adoption measures in its 2 September 2026 announcement, including exploring another run of the Built Environment Accelerate to Market Programme and planned co-funding support for leasing proven robotics and automation solutions. Those measures are not among the consortium’s seven research projects.
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