STRIDES Engineering Pte Ltd earns accolades at Singapore Business Review Management Excellence Awards 2025

The company demonstrated excellence through new technology projects such as Project iSafe and strong team collaboration.

STRIDES Engineering Pte Ltd received two major honours at the Singapore Business Review Management Excellence Awards 2025, winning in the categories of Innovator of the Year - Transportation and Team of the Year - Transportation. The recognition reflects the company’s advancements in applying artificial intelligence to transport safety and its performance in driving business growth within Singapore’s mobility sector.

Advancing commuter safety through AI and video analytics

STRIDES Engineering Pte Ltd received the Innovator of the Year - Transportation award for Project iSafe, an artificial intelligence and video analytics system that improves commuter safety on the Bukit Panjang Light Rail Transit (BPLRT). The system uses AI to detect hazards in real time, such as track intrusions, unsafe platform behaviour, and loitering within stay-clear zones.
When such activity occurs, the system triggers immediate alerts to Operations Control Centre (OCC) staff, who can respond rapidly to prevent accidents.

The project was completed in three months, half of its original schedule, through collaboration amongst AI engineers, UX designers, operations staff, and safety specialists. The system was deployed across 13 BPLRT stations, supported by 104 CCTV cameras. Since its introduction, iSafe has recorded multiple unsafe behaviours and intrusions, with zero fatalities or injuries from such incidents.

When launching iSafe in 2023, Dr Amy Khor, the then Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment and the Ministry of Transport, commended the team’s work on the project, saying, “The teams worked very hard to move the project forward, and I am glad that iSafe was completed two months ahead of schedule. With this system in place, operational staff at the Operations Control Centre now have both visual and audio alerts in the event of track intrusions. I commend SMRT for their initiative in developing iSafe.”

Driving sustainable growth through collaboration and innovation

STRIDES Engineering Pte Ltd also received the Team of the Year - Transportation award for its business performance and teamwork in a competitive industry.

As the commercial business arm of SMRT Corporation, the company achieved nearly threefold revenue growth since 2020, exceeding its targets every year. Growth was driven by its mix of operations and maintenance projects, expansion into AI-based systems such as Project iSafe and AI Road Inspection, and new ventures in green energy through 720kWh electric vehicle charger deployments in Singapore.

“We represent a successful model of how transport operators can leverage their know-how to build new and successful businesses,” STRIDES Engineering stated.

The Singapore Business Review Management Excellence Awards honours visionary executives, innovators, and high-performing teams, as well as initiatives that champion diversity, inclusion, employee engagement, and workplace well-being.

STRIDES Engineering is a business arm of SMRT. brings strong expertise in rail-related advanced technologies, digital solutions, and services to meet the evolving needs of urban transport. Its comprehensive offerings include innovative engineering capabilities, operation & maintenance services, and consultancy, alongside turnkey solutions for transit infrastructure projects. Additionally, STRIDES Engineering is committed to technical and knowledge development for workers, ensuring sustainable and efficient urban mobility systems. 

The Singapore Business Review Management Excellence Awards is presented by Singapore Business Review Magazine. To view the full list of winners, click here. If you want to know more about the awards programme, you may contact Julie Anne Nuñez-Difuntorum at (+65) 3158 1386 ext. 221 or [email protected].