SYNOPSIS

Standardisation of Electrical Installations in ASEAN Standardisation plays an important role to ensure human safety. In addition to this, standardisation of electrical installations also boosts cross-border economic activities. The ASEAN region has a huge potential to be a global economy player with the estimation by World Bank that it will be the fourth largest economic zone by 2030. With the crafting and effecting of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint 2025 since December 2015, ASEAN is looking ahead for more cross-border economic activities be it in the form of trade as well as the mobility of professional with engineers being no exception. One of the catalysts of enhancement of mobility of engineers is for standardisation to firmly take place in ASEAN. In light of this aspiration and commitment, a feasibility study on low voltage electrical installation regulations and standards amongst ASEAN countries have been conducted in 2017.

The feasibility study is an initiative of the ASEAN Engineers Register (AER) Committee – ASEAN Engineering Inspectorate for Electrical installation in buildings carried out and championed by The ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations (AFEO) Energy Working Group led by the Electrical Engineering Technical Division of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia.

This study has two (2) milestones to be achieved in line with objectives of the formation of AFEO itself, that is
• To promote goodwill and mutual understanding
• To establish and develop an ASEAN baseline standard for the engineering profession with the objective of facilitating the mobility of the engineers within the ASEAN countries.


SPEAKER’S BIODATA

Ir. Yau Chau Fong, graduated with a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya in 2001. He has a total of 17 years working experience mainly in a large and reputable Consultant Firm and currently has established his own M&E consultancy practice. His exposure includes mainly large scale Electrical System design for various types of buildings, infrastructure works & aviation industries, renewable energy plants, industrial plants & data centres.

Ir. Yau has and is still playing an extensively active role in The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia, the primary organization encompassing the professionals in engineering in Malaysia. He is currently the IEM Excomm Member & IEM Council Member for the session and the Vice Chairman of the Professional Practice Standing Committee. Ir. Yau also chairs the AEI-EI Steering Committee at the AFEO level. For IEM Electrical Engineering Technical Division, Ir. Yau is the Immediate Past Chairman and still serves in the various Technical Committees in SIRIM. He has been involved in IEM since 2001, rising from just being a member of IEM Young Engineers Section to senior ranks.


Organized by Electrical Engineering Technical Division, IEM and supported by The ASEAN Engineering Inspectorate-Electrical Installation (AEI-EI) Steering Committee of ASEAN Engineers Register