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Digitalising the Built Environment
Digitalisation is a key thrust of the Industry Transformation Maps (ITMs) under the FEC’s
Built Environment (BE) Cluster. Even as the industry copes with the challenges of COVID-19,
the crisis has seen stronger collaborations across all parts of the BE value chain. This
presents opportunities to accelerate the push to digitalise and raise productivity – from
concept and design, to construction and site management, and facilities management.
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EduTech
One big outcome from COVID-19 is the global adoption of EduTech. This includes home-based
learning, online professional education and training. This creates opportunity for Singapore
to take our education and human capital brand global.
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Safe and Innovative Visitor Experiences
Travel and tourism may never be the same again. To adapt, Singapore must pioneer new ways
to enable safe transit, safe business, and safe leisure travel and tourism. This is to ensure
that Singapore remains a leading hub for business and enterprise in Asia Pacific.
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Smart Commerce
While COVID-19 has accelerated e-commerce among consumers and retailers, physical retail is
likely to persist in Singapore due to the convenience of neighbourhood stores and retail hubs
in transport nodes (e.g. MRT stations, bus interchanges). There is potential to create a
‘smart commerce’ ecosystem that blends digital and physical retail
experiences, and even help enable local brands to tap into a global consumer market.
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Robotics
Manpower challenges have contributed to the rise in robotics solutions to improve productivity,
transform existing jobs, and generate spinoffs for SMEs. The global pandemic has also forced us
to adopt innovative solutions to minimise social contact and reinforce high sanitation standards.
This includes cleaning and construction robots, to autonomous healthcare and public land transport
systems.
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Supply Chain Digitalisation
The digitalisation of global supply chains has long been hampered by low adoption, lack of data
sharing, and the prevalence of existing platforms. With stronger concerns about supply chain
resilience in a post-COVID world, there will be increased demand for end-to-end adoption. In
Singapore, this is a huge opportunity to advance digitalisation usage for cargo owners and supply
chain ecosystem players (e.g. logistics, regulatory, and financial.
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Sustainability
The focus on sustainability is now more relevant than ever. Singapore is in an excellent position
to leverage our technological, financial and legal strengths to further environmental, social, and
governance solutions and services. Are we able to serve our own commitments and global demand?
How can Singapore capitalise this to become the Bright Green Spark?
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MedTech
Given the growing prevalence of both chronic and infectious diseases, the AfA has identified
the in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) as a key area of opportunity in the MedTech sector. It aims to
strengthen Singapore’s position as an end-to-end hub for MedTech product development and
commercialisation, with speed-to-market and access to the region as Singapore’s differentiating advantages
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AgriTech
We envision building a world-class Agri-Tech ecosystem as we support Singapore’s food resilience
goals, and establish ourselves at the technological frontier to export AgriTech solutions to the
world. To do so, we have to address the fundamental problem of scale for local production, charting
a possible pathway towards the economic viability of indoor vertical farming.
