Bouygues Batiment International construction company has together with their modular construction laboratory Dragages Singapore, completed the construction of the 459 feet Clement Canopy buildings in Singapore.
With its completion, the building is now the holder of world's tallest modular buildings title which was previously held by George Street, a 135-metre tower erected by Tide Construction in Croydon, England.
The 40 stories Clement Canopy is a housing project situated on the heart of a residential and student district in Singapore.
The two towers structure made up of 1,899 modules was designed by a local architectural farm known as ADDP Architects and it houses 505 two-, three- and four-bed apartments, with a swimming pool complex at the base.
The team embarked on this challenging mode of construction due to the many gains it comes in handy with. First, by industrializing and building 50% of the project offsite, loss of time due to poor on-site weather conditions are eliminated. Secondly, each module can be manufactured under strict quality control, treatments, and defects can be managed prior to handover hence dwindling the chances of imperfection.
And lastly, it is more eco-friendly in that it increases onsite waste management. According to Cleraux, this method enabled them to practically reduce waste onsite by 70% and around 30% offsite with a central materials and logistics platform.