Kajima to open $100m innovation centre

Japan’s Kajima Company broke ground for its very first abroad technology centre at Singapore’s Changi Business Park the other day.

The $100 million Kajima Global Center will likewise act as its Asia-Pacific headquarters, said a joint statement from Kajima – among Japan’s oldest as well as greatest building and construction firms – and JTC Company.

The 13,088 sq m facility will contribute brand-new building innovations as well as research and development abilities to Singapore’s construction sector, they claimed.

Its construction will certainly additionally be the initial recognized application of a thorough collection of robotics options by Kajima outside Japan.

Kajima will certainly settle all 400 team across its service functions – construction, engineering, growth, study as well as layout – under one roofing system at the hub.

Kajima Technical Research Institute Singapore (KaTris) will certainly investigate and also establish as well as test-bed building, sustainable and also wellness modern technologies. The building itself will certainly showcase robotics, digitalisation and also automation by including data-driven environmental control as well as energy-saving services.

KaTris will boost the number of regional study personnel, while Kajima Global Hub will produce much better work, bring in Singaporean staff and lower the ecological influence of brand-new growths.

Kajima president Yoshikazu Oshimi claimed at the ground-breaking event: “By promoting open innovations with renowned institutions in the area, both public and also exclusive, we aim to build our solid structure, not just to deliver the very best services as well as solutions to our customers, however also to plant seeds and also nurture new organizations for future generations.”

The Kajima initiative follows it authorized a memorandum of understanding with JTC in 2015 to share expertise and work together on R&D.

Minister of State for Profession and also Sector Low Yen Ling stated at the occasion: “This most recent growth reinforces Singapore’s worth and also toughness as a relied on and also well-connected global R&D hub.”

She said the pandemic has provided Singapore’s building and construction industry a strong inspiration to accelerate fostering of electronic innovation and also automation, boost productivity and reduce the need for lower-skilled workers.

Kajima and JTC will release several joint initiatives.

BOOSTING TECHNOLOGY

By advertising open technologies with prominent institutions in the region, both public as well as private, we aim to build our strong structure, not only to supply the most effective solutions and also services to our clients, yet additionally to plant seeds as well as nurture new companies for future generations.

KAJIMA PRESIDENT YOSHIKAZU OSHIMI

They will create a concrete-finishing robotic with Nanyang Technological College (NTU) and also a local little and medium-sized business, Mega Plus Modern technology, to automate the building and construction process.

The robot needs to be able to decrease workforce and labour cost by 50 per cent, in addition to boosting high quality as well as safety, by very early next year.

NTU start-up Transforma Robotics will deploy its painting and also evaluation robots that were collectively developed with JTC to function along with Kajima’s building robotics.

JTC chief executive Ng Lang claimed; “JTC types tactical partnerships with market companions, such as Kajima, and scholastic institutes to address a broad range of challenges encountered by the field.”

He stated by integrating its engineering abilities with forward-looking industry knowledge, JTC intends to speed up and also add to the building industry’s digitalisation.

Kajima has been functioning closely with the National College of Singapore on “well as well as environment-friendly” structure style ideas while partnering the Singapore University of Innovation and also Design on adjusting advanced innovations such as drones for the building and construction industry.

The business is additionally sponsoring the Lee Kuan Yew Global Organization Plan Competition handled by Singapore Management College, and took part in the Open Innovation System of the Infocomm Media Growth Authority and Daintree Residence.

Correction note: An earlier variation of this tale claimed that the center is 3,088 sq m. It should be 13,088 sq m. We regret the mistake.