{"id":31,"date":"2023-05-24T11:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cpgconsultants.com.sg\/cpgstatecourts\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2025-02-18T04:06:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T04:06:15","slug":"building-innovation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cpgconsultants.com.sg\/statecourtstowers\/building-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"31\" class=\"elementor elementor-31\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8d47987 elementor-section-full_width big-h1-title-row elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8d47987\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b892e6\" data-id=\"9b892e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a043e76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a043e76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BUILDING INNOVATION<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d6282e elementor-section-full_width elementor-reverse-mobile_extra elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d6282e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b02d50 left-text-col\" data-id=\"8b02d50\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a40663 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a40663\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Award-winning Engineering Solutions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c196fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c196fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Office Tower, which houses working spaces, is expressed as a thin and elegant slab tower.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve this, innovative engineering solutions were implemented. In 2021, CPG won the Building and Construction Authority (BCA)\u2019s &#8220;Design and Engineering Safety Excellence Award&#8221; for its original solutions implemented in the State Courts Towers. The slender and challenging Office Tower needed a structural design that could withstand high wind speeds. CPG conducted a wind tunnel study of the building model to capture the forces acting on the towers and the link bridges. The study results were used on the building design to ensure that its sway and human comfort are within acceptable limits.<\/p>\n<p>39 link bridges were planned and span the Office Tower&#8217;s circulation space to the stockier Court Tower. These link bridges, in turn, provided lateral stability to the Office Tower. Each link bridge was prefabricated and delivered to the site as one unit before being hoisted and placed on temporary supporting corbels before final connections were made safely. Construction within a constrained space was thus possible and height work was minimised, improving safety for those on-site.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a73d9d\" data-id=\"3a73d9d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7b1cba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b7b1cba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"880\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/cpgconsultants.com.sg\/statecourtstowers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/award-winning-engineering-solutions-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-718\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cpgconsultants.com.sg\/statecourtstowers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/award-winning-engineering-solutions-1.jpg 880w, https:\/\/cpgconsultants.com.sg\/statecourtstowers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/award-winning-engineering-solutions-1-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cpgconsultants.com.sg\/statecourtstowers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/award-winning-engineering-solutions-1-768x733.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-390bd96 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"390bd96\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34a484b\" data-id=\"34a484b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b251e17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b251e17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/cpgconsultants.com.sg\/statecourtstowers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/minimal-disruction-to-surroundings.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-720\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cpgconsultants.com.sg\/statecourtstowers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/minimal-disruction-to-surroundings.jpg 840w, https:\/\/cpgconsultants.com.sg\/statecourtstowers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/minimal-disruction-to-surroundings-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cpgconsultants.com.sg\/statecourtstowers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/minimal-disruction-to-surroundings-768x585.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd2d9c9 right-text-col\" data-id=\"cd2d9c9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fce68c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1fce68c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Minimal Disruption to Surroundings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-829088a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"829088a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnother challenge was the difficulty of the deep basement construction. 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