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ENGAGED!
TEAMBUILD GROUP | NOV 2021 ISSUE 013
COLLABORATING FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE
relieving
blips with
tips
CONVERSATION WITH | MESHING WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY AT THE FOREFRONT
CEO’S MESSAGE CEO’S 信息
looking
towards 2022!
本期ENGAGED!我们将聚焦Mesh团队及回顾我们的几个 任何挑战，我们都能克服应对。
项目。 Mesh 团队是 Teambuild Group 里最年轻的团队之
一，让我们借此机会更好地了解他们的日常工作。 随着 TIPS试点项目的进行，我们收集到很多用户反馈，包
括在使用过程中发现的好处和遇到的挑战。在推动新系统
Bukit Panjang Polyclinic and Senja Nursing Home 最近已经 时，其初始阶段是最具挑战性的。我们只有改变了思维模
顺利移交给客户。Sky Residence @ Dawson也接近完成。在 式，才能改变自己的行动。通过不断努力学习、适应和调
两个项目中，我们取得了多项第一。首先，Bukit Panjang 整，我们一定能够提高PPVC项目总体进度。
Polyclinic and Senja Nursing Home是我们的第一个医疗建造
及 钢铁PPVC 项目。其次，Sky Residence @ Dawson项目的 最后，2022 年是Teambuild 成立三十周年的日子。反思过
特殊之处在于其建设初期，我们首次使用新加坡唯一一个 去，展望未来，这是一段非凡的旅程。我们谱写了很多成
1000吨移动式起重机。 功的故事，也从每次错误中吸取教训，并在困难时期互相
扶持。衷心地感谢大家一直与我们风雨同行三十载！
同时，我要感谢 Sky Residence @ Dawson 项目团队 Mr
Beh Loong Fatt, Project Manager 和 Mr Pillominraj, Scaffold 同时，我想借此机会与大家分享明年Teambuild Group 的
Specialist 在疫情期间，由于工地司机必须遵守隔离令无 重点目标——构建企业的成本意识。敬请期待有关此内容
法正常工作，他们自愿承担起接送工人往返不同地点的责 的更多信息!
任。正是这种团队合作精神和凝聚力，让我坚信无论遇到
Dear Colleagues, that enable us to work through challenges.
This issue, the spotlight is on the Mesh Team and our With the pilot project for TIPS (Teambuild Integrated
projects. The Mesh Team is one of the youngest teams within Planning System) underway, we also take a look at some
Teambuild Group. Let us take this opportunity to learn more of the benefits and challenges shared by the users thus far.
about them. Sustained efforts to learn, adapt and adjust will make us a
better and stronger company. I look forward to achieving
Bukit Panjang Polyclinic and Senja Nursing Home was more milestones with all of you!
recently handed over to the client, while Sky Residence
@ Dawson is nearing completion. With both projects, we Last but not least, let us look forward to Teambuild’s 30th
achieved several firsts. Bukit Panjang Polyclinic and Senja Anniversary in 2022. Anniversaries offer a chance to reflect on
Nursing Home is our first healthcare institution and steel the past and look forward to the future. Looking back at the
PPVC project. For Sky Residence @ Dawson, at the time when last 30 years, it’s fair to say it has been a remarkable journey.
we started construction, it featured the use of Singapore’s We had many success stories, we also learned from each
one and only 1000-ton mobile crane. mistake and supported each other during hard times. A big
thank you to all of you for being part of this journey.
At the same time, I would like to thank Mr Beh Loong Fatt,
Project Manager, and Mr Pillominraj, Scaffold Specialist, from At the same time, I would like to take this opportunity to
the Sky Residence @ Dawson project team for voluntarily share our focus for Teambuild Group next year – Building a
taking on the responsibility to drive workers to and fro Cost-Conscious Culture. Stay posted on more about this in
several sites when the drivers had to serve quarantine future issues!
orders. It is this team spirit, unity and cohesion of the team
HIGHLIGHT | RELIEVING BLIPS WITH TIPS
relieving blips with tips
Planning and Execution has been one of our key focus for the last couple of years. TIPS serves as one of the solutions for improving
the visibility and efficiency in the area of planning and execution for PPVC projects.
As with all new system implementations, the initial phase is always the most challenging. But at the same time, the challenges
faced will be opportunities to learn and to take action, as well as for us to align ourselves to move forward together.
With Tengah Garden C5 as the pilot project for the implementation of TIPS, we take a look at the benefits and challenges shared by
ips the users based on their experience thus far. ips
malaysia singapore
factory factory
“ TIPS provides the platform with a
neater workflow, so the team can
track the progress of each module
with less hassle. With the markings,
modules are also easier to find during
”
QAQC inspections.
- Mohd Haijan Bin Johan, Assistant
Project Manager, IPS Malaysia
“ With the use of TIPS, documentation,
record keeping, and traceability of
components are made easier. It also
helps us to determine the areas for
”
improvement for QAQC.
- Jeffrey Castro Mercado, QAQC Senior
Engineer, IPS Singapore
“ Monitoring from module production
to fit-up works and site installation
is now easier; we can also see the real-
”
time updates for the project.
- Juanico Miguel, Production Engineer,
IPS Singapore
HIGHLIGHT | RELIEVING BLIPS WITH TIPS
“When users are accustomed to TIPS
“
and with its usage in our future
projects, I can save about 30% of my
TIPS provides a better way of updating time on data entry to focus more on
and tracking progress. It allows the data analysis, data visualisation,
records to be stored online, so that we data set preparation, and problem-
have the ease of access when we need solving. With its real-time visibility, it
”
reference data in the future. will also enable teams to plan better,
collaborate, and deliver projects on
”
- Wong Chee Ching, Senior Engineer, TBEC time.
- Teo Bibi, Senior Planner, IPS key challenges
Singapore
TBEC Project
Site – Tengah 1 2 3
Garden C5
Ensuring workers remember to use With the implementation of TIPS in With the current parallel run (TIPS and
TIPS when starting and ending their the midst of COVID-19, it is even more the manual entries), additional time
tasks. challenging as there is a shortage of and effort is spent on correcting the
supervisors to monitor and ensure the data in the TIPS system.
“
workers are using TIPS.
With TIPS, we just have to scan the QR code
to start and end the daily activities and
the system automatically gets updated.
The starting and ending of tasks is the backbone of the whole system. To have accurate data, we will
It is also easier for both the site and
management team to track the progress 4 need to ensure accuracy when scanning in and out of the app. Educating and training the workers is a
”
and quality issues. key success factor. It is critical that they know what needs to be done and do it right.
- Ye Min Naung, Archi Coordinator, TBEC
5
To prevent double work, the checklists etc within TIPS will need to be aligned with what the users
requested.
KOPI-T | CONVERSATION WITH
CONVERSATION WITH
MESH TEAM
LM: Every week is challenging in challenging. S: A peaceful day where there are no
different ways, such as urgent orders additional problems to solve during
from projects, doing my mesh detailing LM: Detailing, coordination and production.
in the most economical way possible accuracy.
and settling issues between site teams Now, a fun question. If you could
and suppliers. JC: Problem-solving, proactive, have any superpower, what would it
collaborative. be?
JC: Manpower arrangement,
communicating with other teams and S: Teamwork, independent, JL: Superpower to make COVID-19
suppliers, and ensuring production committed. disappear! So that we can all return to
output. our normal lives.
Tell us what makes your day.
S: Communicating with other LM: Superpower to have my country’s
supervisors / chargehands and JL: Exercise and good food! freedom back.
handling daily production work to
ensure high productivity. LM: Hearing my son who is in my JC: To teleport! A superpower that can
hometown, Yangon, say “I love you allow me to go anywhere anytime.
Despite being one of the youngest departments in Teambuild, the Mesh team has demonstrated its expertise in facilitating What three words would you use to Daddy!” during our video conversation
the construction process, working behind the scenes to ensure smooth communication and daily production, accurate describe your role? every night. S: Power to make people healthy. E
detailing, and that problems are resolved quickly.
JL: Communication, accuracy and JC: A good meal!
In this issue of Engaged!, the Mesh team offers us a glimpse of their everyday responsibilities and encounters through four
members: Senior Technical Engineer Jennifer Lim, Production Engineer Jeremy Chong, Technical Detailer Myat Lin
Maung, and Saiful Islam, Foreman.
The Mesh Team is one of the suppliers are happening every day.
youngest teams within the
Teambuild Group. How has the Mesh Jeremy (JC): Communicate and
team been collaborating with other coordinate with other teams on rebar
teams within the Group? / reinforcement detailing, solutions
and production schedule to meet their
Jennifer (JL): To centralise Mesh as targets.
well as Cut and Bend production in
ICPH, the team has to coordinate and Saiful (S): As the factory foreman,
communicate very closely with the I work with other teams and solve
in-charge of various site teams. Also, our problems together so that daily
we share information with other teams production can run smoothly.
and BUs in the Group such as IPS,
Contracts and Finance. What does an average week look like
for you?
Lin Maung (LM): As technical detailer
in the team, there are many things to JL: An average week in the Mesh
check on for my detailing to be effective team always looks different. We face
and accurate – not only for the project challenges such as urgent orders from
sites, but also for our ICPH production various job sites especially during this Meeting withJennifer
our offshore Contracts
Lim, Senior team in
Technical Manila.
Engineer
team – since communication and COVID-19 period.
coordination within the Group and The Mesh team conducting a briefing for the workers.
KOPI-T | CONVERSATION WITH
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Jennifer Lim in her office workspace.
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factory
Polybend machine
IMPACT | AT THE FOREFRONT
At the
forefront
SKY
RESIDENCE @
DAWSON
Have you ever wondered about the daily job routines of other
roles, or the happenings at a project site?
SENJA CARE
In this special of ‘At the Forefront’, we celebrate two major
projects: Bukit Panjang Polyclinic and Senja Nursing Home, HOME
as well as Sky Residence @ Dawson.
Each construction project marks the (Sky)Bridging the gap between integral to the process. In lieu of the Where safety was concerned, that workers to and fro the various work “Tough times don’t last forever! The
undertaking of a new journey, where theory and real-world traditional jacking method, the team meant the incorporation of safety sites. teamwork – staying united to tide
different challenges, obstacles, and implementation opted for the lifting method using a barricades before hoisting, which through this tough period together, as
milestones lie in wait. In the case of Sky mobile crane to bring about a 1300% granted safe and immediate access to The solution? Project Manager, Beh well as the mindset to adapt to the new
Residence @ Dawson and Bukit Panjang Of the various problems encountered increase in productivity. Where the the beams and for unhooking lifting Loong Fatt, and Scaffold Specialist, norms – keep the team going!”
Polyclinic and Senja Nursing Home, or by the team, the construction former approach would take 28 days gear. The team also proposed using a Pillominraj, voluntarily took on the
Senja PCNH for short, the team members methodology for one of the per bridge, the proposed solution special cantilever bracket to support responsibility to do so in an impressive
experienced several firsts along the way, Skybridges was perhaps the greatest took only two days. the precast planks installed prior to the display of selflessness. It’s this team
and tided over the roughest of times obstacle. hoisting, so the workers’ exposure to spirit, unity and cohesion of the
together. The mobile crane worked its magic to work at height can be reduced. Safety team that enable us to work through
The figures were proof of this hoist the beams, and later went down anchorage points were designed and challenges – a sentiment that’s echoed
But teamwork makes the dream work, challenge: the bridge weighed a in the history books as Singapore’s provided during the casting of precast by fellow Project Manager, Saiful, who
and both buildings are now standing whopping 75 tonnes, which not one and only 1000-tonne mobile beams as well. shared his thoughts on finally nearing
proud and tall at their respective venues – only made it heftier than a typical crane at the time of construction. the completion of the project.
a successful outcome born from plenty of 30-tonne PPVC module, but also the With all safety planning in place,
blood, sweat, and tears. It’s a testament heaviest component in Teambuild Turning this Herculean feat into the project was well on its way to “After the Circuit Breaker last year,
to how far the projects have come from history. Adding to the mix was its reality was a satisfying payoff for the completion, but it wasn’t long before there were so many uncertainties,
their humble beginnings, especially with 22-metre length and 80-metre height, team, who toiled behind the scenes the pandemic threw yet another and requirements by the agencies
the lack of precedents to build on, as well which further emphasised its colossal to study the methodology in great wrench in the works. With the Circuit kept changing prior to the restart of
as the limited expertise in a relatively new stature. detail, before collaborating with Breaker last year, work was forced to the project. Many things remained
field where Senja PCNH is concerned. CSU to create a visual simulation stop for a few months. And with the outside of our control. But instead of
That’s what goes into one bridge – for feasibility testing. After running recent wave of infections, drivers who worrying about the uncontrollable, we
For Sky Residence @ Dawson, the struggle one-sixth of the total needed for the through the entire process with tested positive for COVID-19 had to re-focused our minds and took action
began with the construction of one of the project. As it stood, six bridges had stakeholders multiple times, things serve their quarantine orders, resulting over the aspects that were within our
Skybridges. to be constructed, so efficiency was were ready to kick into high gear. in insufficient manpower to ferry control,” he shared. Sky Residence @ Dawson
IMPACT | AT THE FOREFRONT
Taking the first step into healthcare of time proved to be a race against four to five clusters, including multi-
time – one that the team managed to purpose rooms and gardens. The
Where Sky Residences @ Dawson beat with the successful construction 365-bed nursing home is located on
featured Singapore’s one and only of a seamless pathway between the floors seven to 12, while the 60-person
1000-tonne mobile crane, Bukit two locations. To ensure that the senior care centre and polyclinic are
Panjang Polyclinic and Senja Nursing connection remains safe for the elderly, accessible via the third, fourth, and fifth
Home paved the way for Teambuild’s a layer of slip-free material was also stories.
debut in an unfamiliar territory: added to the ramp linking to the HDB
healthcare. Led by Project Director block. In fact, vibrant and bright colours
Kenny, the effort is our first healthcare continue to be a comforting presence
institution and steel PPVC project, and With the polyclinic itself, the team in the polyclinic – particularly so for
makes its mark as Singapore’s first co- encountered difficulty in integrating the children’s section, where nature-
located Polyclinic and Nursing Home. theoretical planning into a professional inspired designs, animal illustrations,
medical setting. Precision was key, and a tall tree structure await.
What it translates to is the sharing of especially when it came to measuring
automated pharmacy, community and carving storage spaces for various It’s all in the name of patient
rehabilitation, and physiotherapy equipment. experience, a focus that sets Bukit
services that offers a continuum of care Panjang Polyclinic apart from its other
for seniors. The first step, however, is A lot of thought was put into the design existing peers. Apart from dental
always the hardest, and before this as well. The nursing home, for instance, treatment rooms and consultation
ease of access became a reality, the is arranged in clusters of four rooms, rooms that curb contamination and
team had to first overcome several key with each boasting its own living potential transmission of infectious
challenges. room for residents to watch television, diseases to other areas, it also houses
For starters, a link bridge between the
prepare meals, play games, and
interact with one another. These spaces
a dedicated lactation support room
with soft lighting for mothers to enjoy
bukit panjang
nursing home and the opposite-facing
HDB block 610 was to be built, but the
are adorned with a dedicated motif and
colour scheme based on Singapore’s
a more relaxed ambience during
consultation sessions. polyclinic
length of it meant that hoisting had heritage.
to be done from 2.30am to 5am in the A novel experience for a novel project,
morning to prevent any disruption In the middle of each residential floor indeed! E
caused by traffic. The short window are larger common spaces shared by
The link bridge connecting Senja Care Home and HDB block 610.
IMPACT | AT THE FOREFRONT
SERS at Tanglin Halt Facebook page.
SKY
RESIDENCE @
DAWSON
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senja pcnh
photo
gallery
KOPI-T | 10Q IN 60S
yvonne heng 10Q in 60s garry koh
(assistant manager, attc) (assistant Logistics manager,
10 Questions in 60 Seconds is a fun Q&A
wyncs)
with colleagues.
1 2 3
1 2 3
What gets you out of bed every Who would you most like to sit next What is on your bucket list?
Who would you sit next to on a If you could live your life again What is something that can’t morning? to on a 10 hour flight and why?
10-hour flight and why? knowing what you do now, what be taught and can only be Travelling through Europe.
would you change? learned with age? The cries of my baby! My wife, as she is my life and travel
My grandma, because I miss her so companion.
much! Back to singlehood! Experience.
4 6
4 5 6 What is the best piece of advice
5
you’ve received? What is something that can’t be
What is the best piece of advice you’ve taught and can only be learned
What is the craziest thing What is the craziest thing you’ve ever
received? Describe yourself in one word. Bite on and never let go, tough with age?
you’ve ever done? done?
times don’t last, tough men do,
Trust yourself, you can do it! Talkative! Commando! Experience.
Throwing firecrackers at the Parachuting off an aeroplane.
policemen.
7 7 8
8 If a genie granted you 3 wishes
If you could make a rule for a day and
If you could make a rule for a day and right now, what would you wish
everyone had to follow it, what would What is on your bucket list?
everyone had to follow it, what would for?
it be?
it be?
Travelling.
Covid to be gone, health, and
Do things seriously instead of just
Not having to wear a mask outdoors. happiness.
completing it.
10
9 9 10
What is the one thing you
can’t live without? Describe yourself in one What is the one thing you can’t
What gets you out of bed every
word. live without?
morning? Food.
Amicable. Coffee.
My two lovely boys.IN THE SWING OF THINGS
As Teambuild continues to grow, having new staff joining the
new staff ranks is always welcome news. 29 October marked yet another
warm greeting to all new blood, with Kahoot quizzes and
induction introductory sessions helping to ease their transition into a new
environment.
(29 oct 2021)
CMP training
Welcome to the family!
The Career Mentorship Programme (CMP) was relaunched in July, with various
training modules covering important facets of the construction process. While
designed for engineers in mind, these sessions are also open to other departments,
so do join in if any topic catches your fancy!
Below is a list of modules to expect in the coming months.#SHOUTOUT
valley spring @ Yishun seow kong cheong
scholarship
Congratulations to Aw Sai Kit and Katharina Feng on their successful application
for the Seow Kong Cheong scholarship – good job and keep up the effort!
Katharina feng, aw sai kit,
ratec & Hr building construction
Mr Tan Poh Tuck receiving the HDB Construction Safety Award 2020 Mr Tan Poh Tuck receiving the HDB Construction Award from
for Valley Spring. Mr Desmond Lee, Minister for National Development.
STORIES /
CREDITS
We are proud to announce that Valley Spring @ Yishun is a recipient of IDEAS
two prestigious awards: We would also like to thank the following
individuals for their contributions to this issue of We would love to hear from you!
ENGAGED!:
1) HDB Construction Award (2020)
If you have any feedback on how we can improve
award ceremony 2) HDB Construction Safety Award (2020) • Garry Koh • Myat Lin Maung future issues, please write to engaged@
• Jennifer Lim • Saiful Islam teambuild.com.sg. ENGAGED! would be more
• Jeremy Chong • Yvonne Heng engaging if it is for the Teambuild community by
the Teambuild community.editorial team
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Seow Chai Hing
Hong Wee Khong
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EDITOR
Victoria Tan
Corporate Development Manager
chinese translator
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Office manager, RATEC
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