The Building of Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands (MBS)

Marina Bay Sands at Night

Marina Bay Sands (MBS) is Singapore’s latest integrated resort fronting Marina Bay.

Background Info (Source: Wikipedia.com)
Marina Bay Sands, developed by Las Vegas Sands, is one of two winning proposals for Singapore’s first Integrated Resorts, the other being the Resorts World Sentosa, which incorporates a family-friendly Universal Studios Theme Park. The two large-scale resorts were conceived to meet Singapore’s economic and tourism objectives for the next decade and they will have 30-year casino licenses, exclusive for the first ten years.

Bidders were assessed based on four criteria:

• tourism appeal and contribution
• architectural concept and design
• development investment
• strength of the consortium and partners

On 27 May 2006, Las Vegas Sands (LVS) was declared winner of the Marina Bay site in the prime new business district of Marina South with its business-oriented resort. LVS highlighted its forte in Meetings, Incentives, Conferencing and Exhibitions (MICE), of which its founder, Sheldon Adelson, is a pioneer in Las Vegas and the key to his early business success. In the Design Evaluation portion of the tender, a panel of local and international architects commended Sands’ design as superior to other bids in terms of pedestrian circulation and layout, and it also fit in with the Marina Bay landscape best. They liked that the hotel towers was set back from the waterfront to open up expansive views of the city and the entire Marina Bay, making the skyline for Singapore’s downtown more attractive and distinctive.

How Marina Bay Sands Was Built

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Challenges of Constructing Marina Bay Sands Building
The beautiful & grand architecture of Marina Bay Sands brought along its own set of construction challenges. Nevertheless, with the right aerial platform equipments available, MBS is what it is today! Read further here.

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