Synopsis

The recent 2014/2015 flooding would be one of the most devastating in Malaysia’s history. More than 250,000 people were displaced by the floods. The flood waters stayed for days in many areas. The states of Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang were the worst affected and the states of Perlis, Perak, Johor and Sabah were not spared.  
This short course introduces some fundamentals of floods and explains the various types of floods. Floods can be made worst by the combination of these factors. Flooding can be prevented by understanding the flood exposure, and then engineering can be applied to mitigate the flood or build defenses to protect against the flood. For flood exposed locations, a flood emergency response plan could be implemented to limit or reduce the flood damage. The workshop would help participants have a better understanding on drawing up a flood emergency response plan. And after the flood water is good, taking the right salvage steps can bring back recovery sooner. This course will focus on things that an individual or a company can do to lessen the possibility of flood.

Target audience: Anyone interested in the flood issue. This talk would be on basic knowledge about floods and no prior knowledge required.

Biodata of Speaker

Ir. Loo Chee Kin is a Senior Consultant with Global Risk Consultants (GRC) and before that he was a Senior Engineering Specialist with FM Global for some 12 years. He has more than 20 year engineering experience, from design to field work. He graduated from UMIST, Manchester, UK with a B.Eng in Electromechanical Systems Engineering and prior to that a Diploma in Electromechanical Systems Engineering from Kota Bharu Polytechnic in Kota Bharu, Malaysia. He is a P.Eng in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and a Member of IEM. He is a Member of IMechE and IEE, and registered C.Eng. He is an active committee member in the IEM’s Mechanical Engineering Technical Division as well as various Sub-Committees and Boards. He had written few articles in the IEM monthly bulletin, Jurutera.

His areas of risk evaluation are both for existing sites as well as engineering services for new projects of clients. He has visited and provided loss prevention engineering services for various plants, which includes semiconductor wafer fabs, offices, machine shops, rubber processing facilities, paper working, food, healthcare products, electrical apparatus assembly, foundry, molten glass, mines, mills, warehousing facilities, etc.
In the natural hazards field, Ir. Loo had done consultancy for flood, earthquake, windstorm, freeze and snow in various countries. In the area of flood, he advice project teams on site selection, building flood protection barriers, devise flood emergency response plan, compile rainfall and flood data, and review flood studies.