Jointly Organised by:
Geotechnical Engineering Technical Division, IEM and Young Engineers Section, IEM


COURSE OUTLINE

Geotechnical engineering always is an important element in civil engineering works. With proper understanding in geotechnical engineering, an engineer will be able to provide practical and safe design on geotechnical elements such as foundation, slope stability, deep excavation etc. Therefore, this seminar is aimed to provide a platform to the members especially YOUNG ENGINEERS to have better understanding on the geotechnical engineering (from planning to design and to construction).


BIODATA OF THE SPEAKERS

Ir. Liew Shaw Shong obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering with First Class Honours from National Taiwan University at Taipei in 1991 and worked as a geotechnical engineer in Sino Geotechnology Inc. at Taipei for a year.  In 1992, he continued his post-graduate study in University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and obtained his Master of Engineering Science in 1993.  He then returned to Malaysia to work as geotechnical engineer in a multi-discipline engineering consultant firm.  During the six years of working, he has exposed himself to numbers of major infrastructure projects, likes Lebuhraya Damansara Puchong, Tanjung Pelepas Port, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, etc. In 1999, he jointly established a geotechnical specialist consulting firm with another two partners to continue the consultancy practice till now.  He is now the senior director and founder of G&P Geotechnics Sdn Bhd.  In the past twenty five years of his professional career, he has involved in numbers of forensic investigations of landslide problems at mountainous roads.  Ir. Liew was the past chairman of Geotechnical Engineering Technical Division of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) for Session 2010 to 2013 and the advisor of Geotechnical Engineering Technical Division of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) for Session 2014 to 2015. He is also presently the deputy president of Malaysia Geotechnical Society.

Ir Dr Low Tian Huat graduated from the University of Malaya in Civil Engineering in 1994, Ir. Dr. Low Tian Huat joined the research team in University Malaya to carry out research on Unsaturated Tropical Residual Soil under the PLUS-IPT research Grant. Subsequently, Ir Dr Low pursued his post graduate study and obtained his Master Degree in 2001 and PHD in 2011 from University Malaya. While his pursuing his Post Graduate studies, he worked as geotechnical engineers in consultant firms. Ir Dr Low was also providing part time lectures on Geotechnical subjects i.e., foundation engineering, ground improvement, soil mechanics in University Malaya from 2002 to 2008. Currently, Ir Dr Low has been working in Mohd Asbi Associates Sdn Bhd since 2002 and he was appointed as partner of the firm. He has published more than 50 papers in journals and proceedings for local and international conferences.

Ir. Dr. Chan Swee Huat is a registered Professional Engineer with the Board of Engineers, Malaysia since 2005.  He graduated with a 1st Class Honors Degree in Civil & Structural Engineering from the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1997.  He obtained his Ph.D degree from the National University of Singapore in 2003.  He worked as a Geotechnical Engineer in SSP Geotechnics Sdn. Bhd. for about 5 years before he joined Dr C.T. Toh Consultant as a Resident Engineer for about 2 years.  He also lectured in the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus for about 8 years.  He is currently a director of Geo-Excel Consultants Sdn. Bhd., a geotechnical engineering consulting firm in Malaysia.  For the past 15 years, Ir. Dr. Chan Swee Huat has involved himself in design and construction of various geotechnical works including shallow & deep foundations, deep excavations & earth retaining structures, slope stability analyses & stabilization, soil improvement techniques, geotechnical failure investigations, 3-D finite element analyses, etc.  He also served as an independent expert witness in several lawsuit and arbitration cases in Malaysia.  He is currently a Committee Member of the Geotechnical Engineering Technical Division in The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia and the Honorary Treasurer of Malaysian Geotechnical Society.

Ir. Lee Peir Tien obtained his Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) from University of Technology, Malaysia in 2001. He started his career with G&P Geotechnics, a consulting firm specialising in Geotechnical Engineering. He is currently one of the Directors in G&P Geotechnics. He has published more than a dozen technical papers on geotechnical engineering in international and local conferences. He has involved in major infrastructure projects in Malaysia such as Northern Double Track, KVMRT Line 1, East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), KL – Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR), Southern Double Track, etc. He is the Chairman for Geotechnical Engineering Technical Division (GETD) of IEM. He also serves as Committee Member in Malaysian Geotechnical Society (MGS) since 2016.

Ir EG Balakrishnan is a Director of GCU Consultants Sdn Bhd, a specialist geotechnical consultancy firm. He graduated from University Malaya with honours degree in Civil Engineering in 1985. He has worked in both consulting and construction firms covering the general disciplines of civil engineering before pursuing a Master Programme in Geotechnical Engineering at Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok from 1992 to 1994. He started GCU Consultants Sdn Bhd in 1998. Since then, he has been involved in large civil engineering projects providing geotechnical consultancy services. His scope covered all ranges of geotechnical engineering comprising foundation, ground treatments, slopes, walls & retention systems for highways, railways, deep excavation, reclamation, high rise buildings, ports, oil & gas and large civil infrastructure projects. Some of the major completed projects include Express Rail Link, Guthrie Expressway, Electrified Double Track Projects, New Pantai Expressway, Besraya Expressway, Pengerang Oil Terminal, MRT 1&2, and West Coast Expressway. He is also a committee member of the Geotechnical Engineering Technical Division of Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM).

Mr Teh Kim Ong obtained B. Eng. from Universiti Teknology Malaysia and gold medal award from IEM in 1992. In the subsequent five years, he involved in the design and supervision of geotechnical and civil engineering works in Minconsult S/B and Case Consultant S/B. Since 1997, he focused on dynamic pile testing. In 2000, he obtained Master Level of Certification in PDA Testing from Foundation QA, Australia. In 2013, he obtained Master Level of Certificate of Proficiency issued by PDI-PDCA, USA. He undertook research projects form JKR which produced four research reports on the applications of dynamic pile load testing. The subjects covered are driveability study, capacity variation over time, guidelines for installation & QAQC of driven piles, and specifications of high strain dynamic pile testing. Since establishing T Testing Engineers in 2007, he offers services in wave equation analysis and dynamic pile testing.