Replacement of Dampa Ceiling at School of Design and Environment
by How Siew Leng

When you walked through School of Design & Environment (SDE) blocks recently, did you notice something different? As part of the Campus Upgrading Phase 2A program to improve the link-ways, old dampa strip ceilings have been replaced with metal square ceilings, giving the linkways and common areas a fresh new look.

Discussions were held with several faculty coordinators and they gave their valuable input. After much deliberation, yellow was selected as the colour for the ceiling on the main connecting level while other areas would be "off-white". An egg-crate panel concept was also implemented at strategic locations for easy identification of services and for ease of maintenance.

We learned that good communication with users was key in the successful implementation the link-way improvement. For this project, communication channels were kept open and we conducted frequent site visits with key users. The faculty was also kept informed well in advance of our work schedule via email.

With the experience gained from this pilot project, our team is now more confident in implementing the upgrading of common areas in other faculties. Lastly, we wish to extend our special thanks to Prof Yu Shi Ming, SDE's students and staff for their kind understanding and patience throughout this project.

Email Siew Leng at oedhowsl@nus.edu.sg
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