Open your BizFile. If your primary SSIC code starts with 41, 42 or 43, ACRA has you down as a construction firm — and if you want to hire anyone other than local workers for that work, CRS registration with BCA comes first. No registration, no workers.
Send us a screenshot of your BizFile and the kind of work you're hiring for. We'll tell you whether CRS applies, and which workhead — in one reply, not a research project.
SEND MY BIZFILE →CRS isn't a sign-up. BCA assesses your firm against criteria for the workhead and grade you're going for. The figures are BCA's, they differ by workhead and they change — we check the current ones for your firm.
"Is the company capitalised to what this workhead and grade require — on paper, at ACRA, today?"
The usual fix is a capital injection and an ACRA filing before the application, not after a rejection. We do that side as your corporate secretary.
"Can you show finished projects of the right type and value — and prove it?"
Contracts, completion certificates, client references. Firms usually have the work but not the documents. We tell you what counts and help assemble it.
"Does the firm have the technical or management person the workhead requires — and do they qualify?"
Most workheads need a named person with recognised qualifications tied to the registration. Knowing who counts is half the battle; we check before you apply.
Most firms clear two and get stuck on one. Tell us your paid-up capital, the projects you've finished and who's on the team — we'll tell you which one needs fixing before you apply.
CHECK MY THREE →There are two ways to take on a project that needs foreign workers. One clears the path before you commit to the client. The other hits a wall halfway through, with the client waiting.
Before you commit to a project that needs foreign workers, sit down with us. We check where your firm stands and get the registration right — then you promise the client.
CHECK WHERE MY FIRM STANDS →Where your firm stands against the criteria for the workhead and grade you need — in plain language, before anything is filed.
The right registration group and grade for the work you do and the tenders you want — not the one that's easiest to get.
If the grade needs more paid-up capital, we handle the injection and the ACRA filing as your corporate secretary.
Track-record evidence, personnel qualifications, financials — compiled, checked and complete before submission.
The application itself, then renewals and grade upgrades tracked and planned as the firm grows.
Once registered, the construction Work Permits and S Passes — applied for by a licensed employment agency, not a second vendor.
CRS is the gate everything else waits behind. Get it right once, with the right grade, and the hiring, the tenders and the growth all follow. Get it wrong and the client is waiting while you start over.
We don't just file your CRS application. We check whether your firm clears the bar, fix what doesn't, and then hire the workers too.
The Contractors Registration System is BCA's register of construction firms, organised by workhead and grade. Since BCA's 2025 expansion, a firm must be CRS-registered before it can apply for construction Work Permits or S Passes. No registration, no foreign workers — so it's the first thing to sort out before committing to a project.
Three things, broadly: minimum paid-up capital, track record of completed work, and having suitably qualified technical or management personnel tied to the registration. The exact bar depends on the workhead and grade. The figures are BCA's and change, so we check the current ones for your case rather than print them.
The workhead follows the work you actually do; the grade sets how large a tender you can bid for and how high the bar is. Picking wrong wastes time and money — too low and you're capped, too high and you're rejected. We match your work and your ambition to the right registration before anything is submitted.
Often it's fixable before applying: a capital injection filed with ACRA, or identifying and appointing a qualified person. We tell you honestly what the gap is and what it takes to close it, and as your corporate secretary we can do the ACRA side too.
Yes. We're a licensed employment agency, so once the firm is registered we handle the construction Work Permit and S Pass applications as well — one team from the registration to the workers on site. See our work pass page.
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