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path in his career. With the positive
experience during industrial internship, he
was effectively building a substantial head-
start early on which starts him off on a fi rm
footing. Lai Xing is thankful to both BCA and
Teambuild for providing ample opportunities
and resources to develop his potential. He
is excited in his journey ahead to play a
role in shaping of the Built Environment in
Singapore.

BCA-Teambuild Built Environment
Undergraduate Scholarship
Teoh Lai Xing

Age
involved the use of multiple innovations that Project Manager as mentor to provide 30
were new to the industry. From the use of guidance and support. Leveraging the
Building Information Modelling (BIM) during knowledge of the mentors help the young Attained
the design phase to the use of Prefabricated engineers learn through real life experiences Bachelor of Engineering in Civil
Bathroom Units (PBUs) and Prefabricated of their seniors. The programme is structured Engineering,
Prefi nished Volumetric Construction such that by the end of fi rst year, the Nanyang Technological University
(PPVC). The project also adopted the use mentees would have been through the entire
of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly process of a project, from the tender phase Now
(DfMA) Steel Link Bridges for its Multi- to the actual construction as well as the Senior Project Engineer,
Storey Carparks as well as Mass Engineered handing over phase. This programme also Construction Unit
Timber (MET) from Austria for its Resident’s allows engineers from different teams to
Committee Centre (RCC). It was a melting have a platform to interact with one another From
pot of experience where Lai Xing was able to share ideas and experiences. Jurong Junior College
to learn from and it provided him with the
opportunity to be directly involved in the With precast experience gained from
transformative technologies that BCA has his IO and the West Terra project, Lai
been promoting through the Construction Xing continued to help establish work
Industry Transformation Map (ITM). West sequences for Prefabricated Prefi nished
Terra @ Bukit Batok was later awarded Volumetric Construction (PPVC) for his 2nd
with BCA BIM Gold award in 2016 and HDB and currently 3rd project. Lai Xing is also
Construction Award in 2019. currently expanding his horizon by taking
up a Specialist Diploma in Virtual Design and
While gaining hands-on experience on site is Construction (SDVDC) with BCA Academy
one of the best ways to learn, it could be a in view of implementing and improving the
long and arduous process as a project would use of VDC on site. He has also been given
normally take years to complete. Teambuild a drone operator permit by Civil Aviation
acknowledged that and established a Career Authority of Singapore (CAAS) to be used for
Mentorship Programme designed to equip monitoring site activities.
young engineers with useful skills in both
technical and non-technical areas. Each new The scholarship provided by BCA and
engineer would be assigned an experienced Teambuild has set Lai Xing on an accelerated