One-Day IES Seminar on
Infrastructure and Building
Engineering, 2015
Organized by:
IES Overseas Chapters Committee,
IES Civil and Structural Engineering Technical Committee,
IES/IStructE Joint Committee & IESA.
Seminar Outline
8:30am – 9:00am
9:00am – 10:00am
Registration @ Furama City
Centre, Singapore
Concept of Integrated Design
Design and
Examples for Potential
Applications in Singapore
By A/Prof. Dr. Chu Jian
Date: 24 March 2015
10:00am – 10:15am
Tea/Coffee Break
Time: 9am – 5.30pm
10:15am - 11:15am
Importance of Instrumentation for
Deep Excavations
By Er. Lim Peng Hong
11:15am – 12:15pm
Engineering 3 tall buildings in
Jakarta in 3 different decades
By Er. K. K. Lim
12: 15pm - 1:15pm
1:15pm – 2:15pm
Lunch
Structural Design Considerations
for Open Piled Wharf Structures
By Er. Dr. Ho Kwong Meng
2:15pm – 3:15pm
Fast Track Design & Build
Procurement – The Metropolis
By Er. Yeo Choon Chong
3:15pm – 3:30pm
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Tea/Coffee Break
Stabilisation of Reclaimed Land in
Singapore
By Dr. V. R. Raju
4:30pm – 5:30pm
PressPress-in Piling Technology:
Innovations in Design Concept &
Work Approach
By Er. Dr. Goh Teik Lim
Venue: Furama City Centre
Singapore,
60 Eu Tong Sen Street
S059804
CPD Programme: 6 STUs
(Confirmed) & 7 PDUs (Confirmed)
Fee: IES member: $210
Non-member: $280
*Fees inclusive of 7% GST, course
materials, lunch and light refreshments.
*Certificate of Attendance will be issued to
participants with at least 75% attendance.
IES:
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289758
Contact Person: Zhi Ying
Tel: 64639211 Fax: 64639468
E-mail: [email protected]
Concept of integrated design and examples for potential applications in
Singapore
A/Prof. Dr Chu Jian has worked for Nanyang Technological University in Singapore for
more than 20 years. His research interest includes soil properties, in-situ and laboratory
testing, soil improvement and land reclamation. He was a Vice President of the
Geotechnical Society of Singapore and the past Chairman of the technical committee
TC39 under the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
(ISSMGE). He is also serving other three ISSMGE technical committees as the Vice
Chairman for Land Reclamation and Committee Member for Ground Improvement and
Coastal and River Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation. He has been a keynote or
invited speaker at 40 over international conferences. He is a co-editor or editorial board
member for 10 international journals. Dr Chu has published more than 300 technical
papers in international journals and conferences, co-authored a book on “Soil
Improvement –Prefabricated Vertical Drains”, and is writing another book on “Ground
Improvement Biogeotechnologies”. He won the R.M. Quigley Award from the Canadian
Geotechnical Society in 2004.
Abstract / Synopsis
One of the most effective approaches to reduce the usage of construction materials or
construction cost is to adopt an Integrated Design. Integrated Design means to integrate
several otherwise separate infrastructures or usages into one design so the construction
process and the use of space and resources can be optimized. One typical example is the
SMART tunnel built in Kuala Lumpur which combines both traffic and flood discharge
functions into one. Some examples for the potential application of this concept in
Singapore will be presented. These include an alternative “proposal” for the constructed
Marina Coastal Expressway, a new jacking enabled, modularized multi-functional drainutility system (MDUS), underwater city and underwater garden, compensation design
method for 3D space creation, underground car park for HDB estates, and alternative
land reclamation methods for using dredged and excavated soil and other waste for land
reclamation. The aim of this talk is to provide some food for thoughts in order to
generate more discussions on innovative ideas for construction.
Importance of Instrumentation for Deep Excavations
Er. Lim Peng Hong is a Professional Civil Engineer with over 30 years of experience in
structural, transportation, civil and geotechnical engineering in the region. He is
registered in the specialized branch of geotechnical engineering under the Professional
Engineers Board, and is a Specialist Accredited Checker for Geotechnical Building Works.
He has been a member of the Singapore Professional Engineers Board (PEB) since 2009
and is a Past President of the Association of Consulting Engineers Singapore. He chairs
the Engineering Services Academic Advisory Committee for ITE, and also the Technical
Committee for Structures and Sub-structures in SPRING, besides being a member of the
Building and Construction Standards Committee in SPRING.
Besides managing infrastructure and building projects in Singapore, he has been involved
in overseas projects, covering countries in both Asia and Europe. These include the
supervision of 120 km of highway in Mizoram, India under a World Bank loan, concept
design of the rail transit line for Bosphorus Crossing in Istanbul, 35-storey commercial
building in Vietnam and a transportation study in Tianjin, China under World Bank
Technical Assistance. Local projects include the Kallang Expressway, Circle Line,
Downtown Line and major buildings like Supreme Court, Changi Prison and Khoo Teck
Puat Hospital at Yishun.
He is currently the Managing Director of PH Consulting Pte Ltd, a licensed corporation
under the Professional Engineers Act.
Abstract / Synopsis
Due to the inherent uncertainties of soil information, instrumentation during excavation
performs a very important and critical role in assessing the performance of the earth
retaining system for the excavation. It also helps to monitor the effects of the excavation
onto adjacent properties, besides ensuring safety of the workers inside the
excavation. There are also statutory procedures to follow during excavation which must
be complied with.
Engineering 3 tall buildings in Jakarta in 3 different decades
Er. Lim Kok Kim
KK Lim & Associates Pte Ltd
Managing Director
B.Eng(Hons), M.Eng.Sc, MIEAust, CPEng
PE, Accredited Checker
Er Lim started designing tall buildings early in his career in Australia in the 1980s, right
after his Postgraduate Masters at Monash University. He considers it fate to have landed a
job at a top consultancy firm in Melbourne renowned for its expertise in tall buildings and
learnt his trait from being involved in several high-rise buildings which still stand amongst
the tallest there today. With the valued experience gained, he was employed by TYLin
SEA and came to Singapore in 1991 to design the BNI Wisma 46, Jakarta’s first 50-storey
office tower. Since then, Er Lim has designed numerous other prominent and structurally
challenging projects locally and overseas. In Singapore, he has been involved in the design
of Maybank Tower, Changi Airport T3, Caribbean & Reflections @ Keppel Bay and
Fusionopolis. Other than Australia and Indonesia, he has also designed projects in Dubai,
Mongolia and most recently in Colombo, Sri Lanka (a twin 55-storey residential tower
now under construction).
Er Lim is a Registered Professional Engineer in Singapore and Australia, and is currently
the Managing Director of KK Lim & Associates Pte Ltd.
Abstract / Synopsis
Having been a practitioner in Singapore since 1991, Er Lim has had the opportunity to
develop mutually trusting and long-lasting relationships with clients not only locally but in
the region. In Jakarta, Er Lim feels blessed to be engaged by the same Developer to
engineer 3 of their most prestigious projects across 3 decades. They are the 50-storey BNI
Wisma 46 office tower from 1991-1995, the twin 33/33-storey Shangri-la Residences from
2002-2006 and recently a twin 50/55-storey GCNM residential towers in 2013. With these,
Er. Lim has had the opportunity to observe the changes in the Jakarta construction
environment/conditions over 24 years. He has also to adapt to the evolution of local
building codes. In his presentation, he shall share his personal perspective of the
experiences gained and the challenges encountered in the projects over the period.
Structural Design Considerations for Open Piled Wharf Structures
Er. Dr. Ho Kwong Meng,
PhD, MSc, BSc(Hons), MSc, PEng (S), FIES, MICE, MIStructE, C.Eng, CMILT & Dip.BA.
Er. Dr. Ho is currently a Council Member of IES, Chairman of Overseas Chapters
Committee and Vice-Chairman of IES/ISTRUCTE Joint Committee. He is working in
Surbana International Consultants Pte Ltd.
During the last 35 years, he has involved in planning, design & supervision of construction
of several major wharf projects and a shipyard project in Singapore and involved in due
diligence for about 12 overseas port investment projects. His research interests are: (1)
Evaluation of Global Container Port Investment Projects, (2) Port Planning, (3) Design and
Construction of Wharf Structures. He has published over 20 journal, conference and
seminar papers on the above subjects.
Abstract / Synopsis
Wharf structure is the most expensive item for port construction. Therefore, for openpiled wharf structural scheme, every endeavor shall be made to ensure the most
appropriate design parameters are adopted for the design of wharf components, in term
of strength, size, durability and maintainability. The wharf structural components to be
discussed in the seminar presentation will be the design of spun piles, design of precast
prestressed deck slabs and beams, checking for crack width of cast-in-situ concrete wharf
members, rip-rap seawall below wharf deck etc.
Fast Track Design & Build Procurement - The Metropolis
Er. Yeo Choon Chong is a key member of KTP Consultants Pte Ltd, with 25 years of
experience in both domestic and international project management, master planning
and engineering consultancy business.
He started his career as Graduate Engineer with Ove Arup, London in 1987. He left
London after attained his IStructE and Chartered Engineer in 1991.
He joined Meinhardt in 1994, his portfolio has been expanding from Team Leader to
Director overseeing Singapore and overseas operations. Mr Yeo was promoted to
Meinhardt Asia board in 2001. Some of the key projects undertaken by him include
Dubai Mall, 82 storey (310m) Ocean Height and Signature Towers 79 storey (350m), 65
storey (305m) and 52 storey (250m).
In 2010, he has been honored to receive three DESEA (Design & Engineering Safety
Excellence Award) awards from BCA for City Square Residences and 2 merit awards on
City Square Mall and Jurong Point 2. In the same year, Mr Yeo joined KTP Consultants
Pte Ltd. In the span of the last 4 years, Mr Yeo has expanded KTP services from a C&S
Engineering Consultant to a Multi-disciplinary Engineering Solution Provider with
projects spread over 10 cities.
Abstract / Synopsis
The Metropolis consists of two blocks of Grade A 23/21 storey office towers with 3
basements. The development is bounded by an existing MOE headquarters, the People
Mover System (PMS) reserve and within the LTA 1st Reserve Zone of the existing Buona
Vista CCL station. This paper discusses the design and construction strategies adopted to
fast track the construction of the 1.2million sq ft (GFA) commercial development within
the overall contract duration of 27 months.
Stabilisation of Reclaimed Land in Singapore
Dr. V. R. Raju completed his undergraduate education in Civil Engineering at the Indian
Institute of Technology Chennai (India) before pursuing a Masters in Structural
engineering at Rice University (USA). He went on to complete doctoral degrees in the
fields of Structural and Geotechnical engineering at Duke University and the University of
Karlsruhe in Germany respectively.
He has been working at Keller for the last 20 years and has been actively involved in the
design & construction of major infrastructure facilities in Singapore such as the
reclamations at Changi, Tekong & Jurong Islands and Tuas. He has also worked on petro
chemical projects on Jurong Island, MRT and building projects in Singapore.
He is currently the Managing Director for Keller in Asia.
Abstract / Synopsis
Singapore has undertaken several large reclamation projects, notably the ones at
Changi, Tekong, Punggol, Pasir Panjang, Jurong Island & Tekong. Several major
infrastructure facilities such as airports, seaports, highways and waterways have been
constructed over this reclaimed land. The talk will present stability and performance
requirements for such land utilised for infrastructure facilities and some of the ground
improvement technologies used for achieving these requirements. The talk will present
case histories from the above mentioned reclamation projects.
Press-in Piling Technology: Innovations in Design Concept & Work Approach
Er. Dr. Goh Teik Lim has his early education in University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. After graduation, he joined Ove-Arup (KL) as a consulting engineer. Dr. GOH
came to Singapore to further his doctorate study in the National University of Singapore,
researching on a deep excavation topic in soft ground. Dr. Goh started practicing as a
geotechnical engineer in SembCorp Engineers & Constructors, specializing in deep
excavation works where he was involved in the construction of cut-and-cover road tunnel
in Singapore, so called the Kallang and Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE Contract 421). Dr.
Goh has then joined Giken Seisakusho Asia as a Technical Manager, and soon thereafter,
he was promoted to General Manager, in-charge of Asian region in promoting the use of
SILENT PILER.
In 2011, after serving 8 years in Giken, Dr. Goh decided to establish his own company,
Atsunew Giken to specialize in sub-contracting of Silent Piler works. Dr. Goh is currently a
registered professional engineer in Singapore & Malaysia. His focus is in geotechnical field
with keen interest to implement cost-effective solutions at the local construction site in
an environmentally responsible manner.
Abstract / Synopsis
The urban sprawl in a “two-dimensional” manner has resulted in limited free surface
space for cultural activities of vital importance, such as housing, recreation, etc. Most
urban cities are known to be severely affected by pollution, noise and low quality of life
and, in general, modern cities tend to become “user-unfriendly” environments. Press-in
Piling Technology has been introduced to promote “construction revolution” with focus in
providing innovations in design solution and work procedure for the construction of new
infrastructures and modern buildings.
“One-Step Approach” is a concept to eliminate temporary works for the construction of
conventional footing type infrastructures. “Implant Structures” are installed directly into
the Earth, where they are capable to perform as foundation and structural elements. As
no temporary works are required, the construction of implant structure (e.g. seawall),
implant shaft (e.g. bridge) and versatile foundation (e.g. building) finally reduce the time
and cost for the construction. The talk shall include case histories and applications of
latest press-in piling technology.
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: 24 March 2015, Tuesday
: 9.00am to 5.30pm
CPD Programme : 7 PDUs /6 STUs (To be confirmed)
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: Furama City Centre Singapore 60 Eu Tong Sen Street (059804)
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