Singapore Road Collapse Kills One

• 11 September 2017
• Construction Focus
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A raised highway collapsed while under construction in Singapore in July, killing one and injuring 10, all of them foreign workers.

According to the BCA and Land Transport Authority (LTA) investigation BCA said “a support structure (girder) and platform (deck slab) for one portion of the viaduct collapsed during concreting works”. Eleven workers, from China, India, and Bangladesh, were working on top of the structure at the time.

Following the serious accident, the Singapore Building and Construction Authority (BCA) revoked the permit for work at the site from local contractor, Or Kim Peow (OKP) Contractors.

According to tender documents OKP won the work after bidding 31 percent lower than the next closet bid.