Never heard of this? Well you soon will... it's an invention -very local- born out of adversity!!!
Remember years back when neighboring countries impose bans on sand exports to spore which drove up sand prices & construction cost. Well that lead to 2 outcomes, one: developers switched to using glass as walls, not only it gives buildings & condos a more beautiful facade, it's cheaper!
The other was the Building & Construction Authority awarded a 1.2 million dollar R&D grant to NUS 's department of Civil engineering to encourage development of technology that would make construction cheaper, greener & possibly faster. Professor Wee Tiong Huan's team stood up for the challenge & GC ecoWall was born!!!!!! Together with a Realtor, Mr Patrick Tan, they incorporated GreenCast 2 years ago in 2010.
So what's all the fuss about? Well to begin with, it's developed in Singapore....yay.....!!!!! Kudos to Professor Wee- That should be encouraged right????? Not only is this new product more Eco-friendly, it is also more efficient! It's stronger than brick. Great for soundproofing. Installation is also simpler & faster leading to cost cutting verses the traditional cumbersome way of brick laying which is time consuming & costly.
So what's the future for GreenCast? Very Bright I hope.... as of this moment, they are targeting a turnover of 10 million dollars by the 2013 financial year. Good Luck guys.... very proud of the effort!!!
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