SCDF deployed 11 emergency vehicles, about 70 officers and two search dogs to the scene.
They included members of the elite DART team, the 1st SCDF Division and the Marina Bay Fire Station.
“A fibre optic scope, life detection equipment … were also deployed to detect for signs of life,” said SCDF. “The operation involved the coordinated use of heavy machinery from the construction site as well as rescue equipment to cut and lift the reinforced concrete slab.”
Colonel Firoz Ramjan, commander of the 1st SCDF Division, told reporters that SCDF took “measured” actions to remove the body from the rubble, adding that the operation was challenging due to an estimated 40 to 50 tons of reinforced concrete slab that is about half a metre in thickness.
Search operations will continue through the night to ensure that no one else is trapped under the rubble, although CCTV footage shows there appears to be no other person under the structure.