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Embracing Good Practices Chairman’s Statement
Since 2023, the URA has mandated the adoption of the Construction Industry Council’s (CIC) Construction Safety
Guidelines into every URA’s works contracts. All contractors are required to adopt at least four “Safety-related
Technologies” in their construction activities. Tenderers bidding for URA’s works contracts are required to state
the costs of these safety and green measures in their pricing. This arrangement aims to encourage and assist
Managing Director’s Statement
construction companies, particularly those of a smaller scale, to enhance their safety and environmental practices
through innovative technologies. For example, at the demolition sites, proximity sensors are installed to ensure
that mechanical breakers do not encroach outside their “movement and operating zones”. At the same time, the
mandatory use of smart safety helmets safeguards workers from straying too close to the mechanical breakers. In
addition, aerial drones are used to monitor the progress and status of works from a safe vantage point. Operating Review

URA’s Digital Construction Management Platform (DCMP)
The Digital Construction Management Platform (DCMP), which is currently under development, enables the
systematic consolidation of data collected from multiple construction sites, thereby facilitating efficient and
effective project management. These data include construction master programmes, workforce projection
planning, construction progress, environmental monitoring records, site safety monitoring records, supervision/
inspection records of work, labour force on site, and material delivery, among other things. Corporate Sustainability

Various modules tailored to specific monitoring
concerns have been developed from the DCMP,
including the “Environmental Monitoring Module”,
“Resource Monitoring Module”, “Site Safety
Monitoring Module”, and “Digital Works Supervision
System Module (DWSS)”. The relevant data for each of
these platforms can be extracted, analysed, and
compared with the results presented in simple
dashboards to enable URA’s project managers to
monitor the performance and progress of ongoing
constructions more efficiently and effectively. The
modules developed will be integrated and interlinked Management Discussion and Analysis
into the DCMP.
Various construction works data is displayed on the user-friendly
dashboard of DCMP for effective tracking of project progress and
site performance.

The DWSS adopted in URA’s projects allows site supervisors to access and update inspection data in real time
using mobile devices or computers. The inspection data and records significantly boost daily work efficiency,
with less reliance on paper printing and photocopying, as all inspection-related information can be digitally
shared and distributed.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) cameras are set up at the construction site of
eResidence Tower 3 to promptly alert the on-site safety officers and Projects at a Glance
designated personnel through the platform module when dangerous 235,000m 2
activities such as entrance into the danger zone, smoking and any absence
of the use of safety helmet are detected. Total Gross Floor Area of URA
projects that will adopt DCMP
In future, additional “modules” can be developed over time to collect during construction in 2024/25
data such as that related to construction waste as well as energy and
water consumption, for integration into the all-in-one data platform of
DCMP to enhance our capabilities to tackle the challenges of climate
change. Corporate Governance

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