RECC conducts Research and provides Advice in building technology, project and facility management and maintenance, feasibility and life cycle cost studies, tendering strategies, defects assessment and dispute resolution.

Projects in Singapore invariably involve a team of local and overseas experts. These include:

• Condition Assessment of Monuments and Conservation Buildings
• Developing a Tendering Strategy for high risk projects such as Upgrading of Public Housing and Refurbishment of Airport Terminals while the buildings are occupied
• Investigating, Mediating and Resolving a Defects claim amounting to several million dollars
• Development of an Office Space Management Framework and Process Model.

On the international front, RECC Director Dr Quah was involved in leading a number of large EU research projects involving practitioners and researchers from several EU countries. The projects sought to develop strategies and technologies in the following fields of applied science:

• Condition Assessment and Maintenance Strategies for Buildings & Building Components
• Protocol and Management Information System for IAQ Management in Building Refurbishment
• Socio-Technological-Commercial Framework and Decision Support System for Building Refurbishment
• Social-Technological-Commercial Process Model and Supporting Communication/ Information System for Design and Delivery of Industrialised, Flexible and Durable Buildings