Concrete sunshade collapses from roof of Bedok industrial building, no one hurt
Photos of the dislodged sunshade were circulating on social media on Aug 22, 2021.
SINGAPORE — A stretch of concrete sunshade about 40m long collapsed from the roof of a four-storey industrial building in Bedok on Sunday (Aug 22).
JTC, which is the owner of the building located at Bedok Industrial Park E, has cordoned off the areas directly below the roof where the concrete sunshade was at for public safety, the Building and Construction Authority said.
The agency in charge of industrial development used equipment to remove the remaining part of the sunshade still hanging on the edge of the roof.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the incident at 3013 Bedok Industrial Park E at about 9.20am on Sunday.
SCDF personnel conducted a search of the affected area and found that no one was trapped. There were also no reported injuries.
BCA said it has directed JTC to engage a professional engineer who could advise on the measures needed to remove the dislodged sunshade, carry out a detailed investigation and recommend permanent rectification works.
As an added safety precaution, the professional engineer is also required to inspect three other adjacent blocks in the area with similar concrete sunshade design, said BCA.
“BCA and the professional engineers engaged by JTC have inspected and assessed that the structural integrity of the main building is not affected,” it added.
