Learning from Italian Prefab Toilet Standards

借鉴意大利的预制卫生间标准

Discover the potential landscape of Singapore’s future construction industry – in Europe

探索新加坡未来建筑业的潜在前景——在欧洲

In May this year, BCA led 30 delegates from both government agencies and industry firms on a 5-day learning visit to learn about new technologies in Italy and the UK. The Construction Productivity Centre (CPC) had previously identified a number of productive technologies for adoption in Singapore. This learning trip was organised to widen the exposure of industry stakeholders to impactful construction technologies, specifically PPVC and PBU technologies.

今年（2014年）5月，BCA带领30名来自政府机构和工业公司的代表进行了为期5天的学习访问，以了解意大利和英国的新技术。建筑生产力中心以前确定了若干生产技术供新加坡采用。这次学习之旅旨在扩大行业利益相关者对有影响力的建筑技术的接触，特别是PPVC和PBU技术。

PBU, also known as a bathroom pod in Europe, is widely used in hotels, dormitories, military housing, apartments and hospitals there. As part of the industry practice in Europe, a prototype PBU is produced for the owner’s confirmation prior to mass production. This ensures that every item is in order and correctly installed. Each PBU goes through quality tests e.g. waterponding tests for leakage and pressure tests for all piping in the factory before being sent on site for installation – 20 units of PBUs can be completed by just four installers in a day.

PBU在欧洲也被称为浴室舱，广泛应用于当地的酒店、宿舍、军队住房、公寓和医院。作为欧洲工业实践的一部分，在大规模生产之前，PBU原型是为业主的确认而生产的。这可以确保每个项目都按顺序正确安装。每个PBU都要经过质量测试，例如工厂内所有管道的积水测试、渗漏测试和压力测试，然后才送往现场安装——4名安装人员一天可完成20台PBUs。

In Singapore, the seeding of PPVC awareness and adoption have started to bear fruit. The first PPVC project was awarded recently; BBR Holdings will adopt Australia’s Unitised Building (UB) System to build the first student hostel in Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

在新加坡，PPVC意识的萌芽和采用已经开始产生成果。第一个PPVC项目最近被授予;BBR控股将采用澳洲统一建筑系统，在南洋理工大学兴建首间学生宿舍。

To develop the skills and competencies of local designers and builders in this advanced technology, delegates met with London consultants and fabricators of PPVC. They helped our designers and builders gain a better understanding of the problems and solutions. Compared to London, the adoption of PPVC has plenty of room to grow here.

为了提高当地设计师和建筑商在这一先进技术方面的技能和能力，代表们会见了PPVC的伦敦顾问和制造商。他们帮助我们的设计师和建设者更好地理解问题和解决方案。与伦敦相比，PPVC在这里有很大的发展空间。

UK builders also face problems such as shortage of skilled workers as well as uncertainty in material supply and project delivery. However, PPVC adoption is the ideal solution to ensure the timely delivery of projects. Caledonian Modular, one of the largest PPVC manufacturers showed our delegates the versatility of PPVC, which has great potential for use in developments with regular room sizes and repetitive layouts like classroom blocks, hostels, hotels and other accommodation types of development.

英国建筑商还面临着熟练工人短缺、材料供应和项目交付不确定性等问题。然而，采用PPVC是确保项目及时交付的理想解决方案。Caledonian模块化公司是最大的PPVC制造商之一，它向我们的代表们展示了PPVC的通用性，它在教室大小和重复布局的开发中有很大的潜力，比如教室、旅馆、酒店和其他住宿类型的开发。

Three PPVC systems in Singapore obtained in-principle acceptance from various regulatory agencies through the Building Innovation Panel (BIP). In the meantime, more PBU systems will be assessed through BIP to meet expected higher demand in coming years. Many delegates were keen to explore the feasibility of applying the technologies in Singapore. Developer OUE Airport Hotel Pte Ltd expressed optimism about the future of PPVC.

新加坡的三个PPVC系统通过建筑创新小组(BIP)获得了各监管机构的原则上认可。与此同时，BIP将评估更多的PBU系统，以满足未来数年预期的更高需求。许多代表热衷于探讨在新加坡应用这些技术的可行性。开发商乌埃机场酒店有限公司对PPVC的未来表示乐观。

Mr Tan Lye Woo, Project Director said, “With tighter manpower allocations and reduced reliance on foreign workers, offsite construction could help optimise our scarce resources to attain higher productivity, especially at a project site that is highly constrained like the airport.”

项目总监谭碱和表示:“由于人手分配更趋严格，对外籍工人的依赖也有所减少，在外地施工可有助优化我们稀缺的资源，以达到更高的生产力，特别是在机场等项目地盘受到高度限制的情况下。”

City Development Limited (CDL), a strong supporter of Singapore’s productivity movement, opined that higher adoption of PBU could further improve the site productivity significantly.

作为新加坡生产力运动的坚定支持者，城市发展有限公司(CDL)认为，更多地采用PBU可进一步显著提高场地生产力。

“CDL has been advocating the adoption of PBU as it cuts down the wet trades on site to the minimum. This enables the builder to plan site construction activities more effectively”, said Mr Anthony Chia, Executive Vice President (Projects).

“新加坡城市发展集团一直提倡采用PBU，因为它将现场湿作业减少到最低限度。”这有助建筑商更有效地规划地盘建设活动。”

上文考察中提到的欧洲老牌整体卫浴制造商bathsystem有两种结构形式的整体卫浴产品线，一种是PC预制体系，一种是轻钢预制体系。通过后面新加坡BCA发布的一系列技术导则，可以知道，新加坡基本全盘采用的是该公司相同的技术路线。

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