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The Real Estate and Construction Centre (RECC) was established in 1993 to provide an alternative avenue for quality education, research and advice for the real estate and construction industry. It has its headquarters in Singapore with plans underway to establish other Centres in the region.

RECC is privileged to be networked to major international real estate and construction R&D Centres and work with experts from academia and the industry to provide state-of-the-art technology transfer, research and advice in the range of services it offers.

RECC Director Dr Quah Lee Kiang, PhD, MSc Constrn-Maint Mgt (Distinction), BSc Building (1st Class), FRICS

Dr Quah is the Director of RECC and sister company the Real Estate & Construction Academy. She has extensive regional and international experience in Project, Asset and Facilities Management & Maintenance consultancy, research and academia. She led the EU funded project BE4213 ‘Condition Assessment and Maintenance Strategies for Buildings and Building Components’ which among other things, sought to develop an objective building condition assessment system. This project formed part of the ongoing research over two decades culminating in Dutch Standard NEN 2767: Condition Assessment Built Environment.

Dr Quah’s professional and research affiliations include being Coordinator of the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) Working Commission 70 on Facilities Management and Maintenance and past President of the Chartered Institute of Building Singapore Centre. She was also a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Asia Board, Singapore Board and Asia Pacific Sustainability Board. Dr Quah was conferred an Honorary Fellow by Oxford Brookes University, UK for her work in real estate and construction education and the unusual impact her career has had on this particular academic field in Asia.

Our Sister Company

Our Sister Company

Real Estate and Construction Academy

To comply with the requirements set by the Council of Private Education (CPE) on conducting and awarding of certificate and diploma programmes, RECC’s sister company,the Real Estate and Construction Academy (RECA), was incorporated for this purpose.

RECA Conducts:
  • Certifiable Training Programmes for the Built Environment
  • Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Programmes in collaboration with renowned universities and professional bodies in Australia, Europe and UK.