Jointly Organized & Hosted by:
Civil & Structural Engineering Technical Division (CSETD), IEM and
The Institution of Structural Engineers, Malaysia Regional Group (IStructE)


SYNOPSIS

This 2-Day Refresher Course in Structural Engineering is aimed at those aspiring senior and young engineers, who wish to enhance and improve their skills on structural analytical and conceptual design of structures in their day to day tasks in a design office. In order to achieve the intended objectives, the format of the course is, therefore, devised like an examination preparation workshop for the world renowned 7-hour Chartered Membership Examination (CME) of the Institution of Structural Engineers, United Kingdom. One of the prime objectives of the examination is to test the technical competency and skillfulness of the candidates in executing their daily work with respect to the art and science of Structural Engineering. Hence, in this respect, the course will attempt to illustrate required structural design skills, ability in conceptualizing distinct and viable structural schemes and producing drawings for a given task that will be based on some of the past CME questions, which are normally derived from real projects around the world.

By the end of the course, the participants should be able to;

1.    describe the general principles and techniques for the successful completion of the question,
2.    demonstrate these principles by discussing real questions on different types of structures and
3.    judge the requirements of the examination and understand the expectations of the Examiners


WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This course is organized not only for those intending to take the CME but also for those who wish to improve, inter alia, their skills in conceptual design of structures in general. Therefore, this course is suitable for practicing civil and structural engineers and young engineers in their formative years. It is advised that the participants shall bring calculators as design exercise to be carried out.


SPEAKERS

Mr Rajavel Inbarajan  
MIStructE, DIC, MSc(Lond), BE(Madras)
Chartered Structural Engineer/ Independent Engineering Consultant

Mr Rajavel Inbarajan obtained his BE (First Class with Distinction) in Civil Engineering from the University of Madras in 1988 and then obtained his MSc and DIC in Concrete Structures from the University of London and Imperial College London in 1997. He is a Corporate Member of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), UK, since 2004. The IStructE appointed him as an Examiner for the Chartered Membership Examination (CME) in 2008. He continues in this prestigious role ever since. He is one of the Chief Examiners for the January 2019 CME.

He has more than 25 years of quality and varied experience in conceptual design, detailed design and project management of very large structural and civil engineering projects in international and cross cultural set-up. He had been working with reputable International Consultants and Contractors in very large engineering projects with increasing responsibilities in Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Singapore, Sri Lanka and India since 1988. His experience broadly covers the design and construction of high rise buildings, bridges, underground/above ground metro stations, mega water retaining structures/reservoirs, and the investigation/rectification of very large marine structures.

He had conducted seminars on Advance Structural Engineering, Water Retaining Structures and Investigation and Strengthening of Concrete Structures in Malaysia, Qatar and Sri Lanka previously. He has been delivering talks on CME and training enthusiastic candidates globally in their preparation for CME. Recently, he provided probable solution for the CME questions for publication in the examination preparation CD and the website of the IStructE.

Mr SteveYeung
BE (Hons), ME PE(Civil), MISTructE, MIEAust CPEng, Dfs Professional
Director of WME (South East Asia)

Mr Steve Yeung, Director of WME (South East Asia) Pte Ltd, graduated from the University of Sydney, Australia with Bachelor (Hons) and Master of Civil Engineering Degrees. He has been a Marking Examiner for IStructE; participating in marking the CME scripts annually since 2007.
Steve has over 28 years of working experience in the offshore oil-&-gas, mining and power generation industries. He has worked as structural design engineer, project engineer, project manager and engineering manager. He commenced his career in Australia before relocating to Singapore in 1999. He is a registered Professional Engineer (Civil) in Singapore and Chartered Member of IStructE.


NOTE
- For Advertisement (Proceeding Materials) - Please refer attached flyer