Singapore’s construction sector employs more than 450,000 workers. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore from April to June 2020, migrant workers were disproportionately affected, including many working in the construction sector. Shared accommodation and construction worksites emerged as nexuses for COVID-19 transmission. Official government resources, including COVID-19 epidemiological data, 43 advisories and 19 circulars by Singapore’s Ministries of Health and Manpower, were reviewed over 8 month period from March to October 2020. From a peak COVID-19 incidence of 1,424.6/100,000 workers in May 2020, the incidence declined to 3.7/100,000 workers by October 2020. Multilevel safe management measures were implemented to enable the phased reopening of construction worksites from July 2020. Using the Swiss cheese risk management model, the authors described the various governmental, industry, supervisory and worker-specific interventions to prevent, detect and contain COVID-19 for safe resumption of work for the construction sector.

新加坡的建筑业雇佣了超过 450,000 名工人。在 2020 年 4 月至 2020 年 6 月新加坡 COVID-19 大流行的高峰期，移民工人受到了不成比例的影响，其中包括许多在建筑行业工作的工人。共享住宿和建筑工地成为 COVID-19 传播的纽带。从 2020 年 3 月到 2020 年 10 月的 8 个月内，对包括 COVID-19 流行病学数据、新加坡卫生部和人力部发布的 43 条建议和 19 份通告在内的官方政府资源进行了审查。从 5 月的 1,424.6/100,000 名工人的峰值 COVID-19 2020 年，到 2020 年 10 月，发生率下降到 3.7/10 万工人。实施多级安全管理措施，从 2020 年 7 月起分阶段重新开放建筑工地。