In 1980, the first successful prefabrication contract was awarded to build 3- and 4-room flats in Hougang, Tampines, and Yishun. Prefabrication technology involves the production of building components off-site and assembling them on-site. This expertise is indispensable to our building programme as it greatly reduces dependence on manual labour and increases site productivity. The Pinnacle@Duxton is an example of a development that has achieved engineering breakthroughs, as almost the entire 50-storey building was modularised and prefabricated off-site.