“We do feel a need to take care of their health, because once a worker is down with illness or the worker is on medication or on (medical leave), then definitely it will affect the workers strength and it will affect our pace,” said LBD Engineering chief strategy officer Lim Boon Huat.
“So we do take note of the situation, to try our best to mitigate the heat.”
The remainder of April is expected to be warm, and temperatures may hit 34 degrees Celsius in the afternoon on most days.
On some days when there is less cloud cover, the daily maximum temperature could reach a high of around 35 degrees Celsius, said the Met Service.
POORER YIELDS FOR SOME FARMS
Meanwhile, one rooftop farm in Tampines is using up to 7,000 litres more water in a bid to prevent the soil from drying up too quickly.