SINGAPORE - Tong Shing Contractors was fined $41,500 for damaging a water main and carrying out works without approval from Singapore's water agency PUB. In a statement on Tuesday (June 1), PUB said the damage to the water pipe led to the loss of 1.8 million litres of water, enough to fill about two-thirds of an Olympic-size swimming pool. The water leak had affected three traffic lanes in Admiralty Road West near the junction of Dahan Road when the incident occurred in December 2018. Tong Shing was carrying out pipe-jacking works as part of a road-widening project when the pipe-jacking machine punctured the water main, which has a diameter of 70cm, at a depth of about 3.7m below the road surface. PUB uncovered a hole with a diameter of 30cm on the water main when it went on site to isolate the leak and repair the damage. Its investigations found that Tong Shing had failed to physically ascertain the exact location and alignment of the water main before the works began. In addition, Tong Shing had proceeded with the pipe-jacking works without submitting a plan to do so for PUB's approval. On Tuesday, PUB reminded contractors that it takes a serious view of water main damage and the...