World's tallest prefab towers in Singapore 'being built' in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 12): The residential project Avenue South Residences in Singapore will boast the tallest prefabricated buildings in the world and Malaysia’s claim to fame will be that their “modules” are made in a factory in Senai, Johor.

According to a report by CNN, the development will involve 988 apartments constructed from “almost 3,000 vertically stacked modules" ending up with two 192m towers.

Six-sided boxes cast in concrete made in the Johor factory will be taken to Singapore “to be fitted out and furnished before being moved to the construction site”, said the report.

ADDP Architects told the broadcaster that the building method is known as Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction (PPVC) and it is “less labour-intensive and can help reduce waste and noise pollution”.

The company explained that “the boxes are 80% complete” when they arrive at the site which are then “lifted into position by a crane and ‘stitched up’ to form a strong, load-bearing frame,” Markus Cheng Thuan Hann, an associate partner with ADDP Architects, told CNN.

"It's like a car manufacturing concept, but for the building industry," he added.

And because less workers are needed at the construction site with PPVC method, Covid-19 physical distancing procedures can be more easily maintained.

"It's easier to control safe distancing and logistical planning in the factory, rather than having all the (workers) on site," Hann explained.

The builders are set to complete Avenue South Residences by the first quarter of 2023. The towers will have balconies, sun-shading screens and "sky terraces" filled with trees and greenery.

Earlier reports stated that the PPVC method is being “actively” encouraged by the island republic’s Building and Construction Authority.

It is supposed to provide 8% cost savings and “a 40% boost in productivity” versus conventional construction methods.

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