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Civil Engineering - Career- 2013 1

Civil Engineering as a Career

Dr Sam Man Keong ( 岑文强 )CEng, FIET, FSIET(F), Asean Engineer

Honorary SecretarySingapore Institute of Engineering Technologists

Email: [email protected]

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Highlights

• About the Speaker – Dr Sam Man Keong

• What is Civil Engineering?

• The Work that Civil Engineers Do.

• Where Civil Engineers Work.

• Engineering Education in Singapore.

• Professional Bodies – Civil Engineering.

• Engineering Profession in Singapore.


Highlights

• Major Civil Engineering Projects in the World.

• Some Civil Engineering Projects in Singapore.

• Outlook for the Future.

• Additional Sources of Information.

• Q & A


“Engineering :

The Career Field That Improves Our Quality of Life.”


Studying what interests you will most likely be easier, and therefore, you are more likely to do better in your course work.

However, the most important reason for pursuing what most interests you is that you will be more likely to be successful and satisfied with your career choice in the years to come.


Pont du Gard, France, a Roman aqueduct built circa 19 BC.


Great Wall of China


About the Speaker : Sam Man Keong ( 岑文强 )

• A Self-directed Lifelong Learner for more than 40 years.

• Have gone through both non-traditional & traditional education routes.

• Chartered Engineer (UK/Ireland/Australia)

• Chartered Builder(UK)• Chartered Environmentalist

(UK)• Chartered Mathematician(UK)• Chartered Scientist(UK).


What is Civil Engineering?

ICE Charter : "...the art of directing the great sources of power in

nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic in states, both for external and internal trade, as applied in the construction of roads, bridges, aqueducts, canals, river navigation and docks for internal intercourse and exchange, and in the construction of ports, harbours, moles, breakwaters and lighthouses, and in the art of navigation by artificial power for the purposes of commerce, and in the construction and application of machinery, and in the drainage of cities and towns."


The Work that Civil Engineers Do

• Civil Engineers are involved in the conception, planning, construction, and management of projects essential to modern life, ranging from – High-rise buildings to Transit systems….– Offshore structures


Specialties within Civil Engineering (ASCE)

• Structural Engineering• Urban Planning and Construction

Engineering• Environmental Engineering• Transportation and Pipeline Engineering• Geotechnical Engineering• Project Management• Teaching Civil Engineering


Where Civil Engineers Work

• Engineering consulting firms

• Government authorities : LTA, HDB, etc.

• Contractors

• Teaching : NUS; NTU; Polys.


Engineering Education in Singapore - Government

Level of Training Universities/Polytechnics/

ITEsProfessional Engineers

[PE/CEng(UK)]

NUS: BEng(4-year FT); BTech (PT for Poly Dip holders)

NTU : BEng (4-year FT; PT for Poly Dip holders)

Engineering Technologists/IEng(UK)

Polytechnics : SP; NP; TP; NYP; RP

[Dip : 3-year FT; AdvDip : 2-year PT]

Engineering Technicians ITEs : East Campus (Tampines); West Campus (CCK); Central Campus (AMK)

[Higher Nitec; Nitec]Tradesmen/Craftsmen


Engineering Education in Singapore – Overseas Universities via local PEIs

Level of Training

OverseasUniversities & local PEIs

Professional Engineers

[CPEng(Australia)]

UniSA: BEng(Mechanical; Electrical) via Kaplan

UON : BEng (Electrical; Mechanical) via PSB Academy

RMIT : BEng(Mechanical) via SIC

Incorporated Engineers (UK)

Bradford : BEng(Electrical; Mechanical) via MDIS.

Hertfordshire : BEng (Electrical) via BMC

Coventry : BEng(Electrical) via Auston


Professional Bodies – Civil Engineering

• UK : Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)[Established : 1818]

• USA : American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)[Established : 1852]

• Canada : Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE)

• South Africa : South African Institute for Civil Engineering (SAICE)


The Institution of Civil Engineers headquarters in London


Engineering Profession in Singapore.

• Professional Bodies:– Engineers : Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES)

[Founded : 1966]– Technologists/Technicians : Singapore Institute of

Engineering Technologists (SIET)[Founded: 1980]

• Professional Registration:– Professional Engineers Act– Building Control Act– Energy Act– Workplace Health & Safety Act


Major Civil Engineering Projects in the World

• Railways : Trans-Siberian Railway (1891 – 1916)- it is the longest railway in the world : 9289 km; Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR).

• Tunnels : The Channel Tunnel (opened : 1994)-the Eurotunnel rail system connecting the UK and France

• Bridges : Golden Gate Bridge; Sydney Harbour Bridge….

• Dams : Hoover Dam; Itaipu Dam;…: Three Gorge Dam.• Canals : Panama Canal (Opened: 1914); Suez Canal

(Opened: 1869).


Start of Trans-Siberian railway in Moscow.

Vladivostok terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway


Canadian Pacific Railway : An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge inRogers Pass as seen in a 1988 photo by David R. Spencer.


The Channel Tunnel was opened in Calais on 6 May 1994 by British QueenElizabeth II and French President François Mitterrand


Hoover Dam (1931-1936)


The Itaipu Dam – Brazil (1971 – 1984)


Three Gorges Dam( 长江三峡大坝 ) -China

(1994 – 2008)

Three Gorges Dam Francis turbine. Turbine diameter is 9.7/10.4 m (VGS design/Alstom's design) and rotation speed is 75 revolutions per minute. Rated power is 778 MVA, with a maximum of 840 MVA and a power factor of 0.9. The generator produces electrical power at 20 kV. The outer diameter of the generator stator is 21.4/20.9 m. The inner diameter is 18.5/18.8 m.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_turbine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt_ampere

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_factor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stator


Golden Gate Bridge (1933 – 1937)


Sydney Harbour Bridge from Circular Quay (1923 – 1932)


A schematic of the Panama Canal, illustrating the sequence of locks and passages

[1881 – 1914]


The Panama Canal is a 48-mile ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade.


Panama Canal: Pacific Side Entrance


Container ship Hanjin Kaohsiungtransiting the

Suez Canal


6 March 2009

-First Thailand – Laos rail link opens

-Towards Pan-Asian rail dream


Some Civil Engineering Projects in Singapore

• Bridges

• Ports – Sea; Airports

• Expressways : PIE; AYE….

• MRT


Singapore –

Changi Airport Terminal 1

A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 and a Northwest Airlines Boeing 747 at the airport

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747


A C751B train at Eunos MRT Station.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Heavy_Industries_%26_Nippon_Sharyo_C751B

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunos_MRT_Station

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunos_MRT_Station


Singapore Deep Tunnel Sewerage System - Contract T-06 (Queensway Tunnel) : The Queensway Tunnel comprises a 9.7km long and 30-45m deep bored tunnel of 3.3m internal diameter, including drop shaft, access shafts, work shafts and other underground wastewater structures.


Singapore - View of the CBD skyline, City Hall, and Esplanade from the SkyPark


View of Singapore Flyer from the SkyPark


Marina Bay Sands with Singapore Merlion


Outlook for the Future – Civil Engineering

• While there are always shifts in engineering priorities that cause periodic changes in the demand for a given engineering field, there is now a critical need for civil engineering graduates.

• There is very little likelihood that this demand will disappear in the near future.


MRT Lines – Singapore - 2030


Land Reclamation – Singapore - 2030


Railways – China – Laos/Vietnam/Myanmar


Additional Sources of Information

• Institution of Civil Engineers, United Kingdom. Website: www.ice.org.uk

• American Society of Civil Engineers, USA. Website: www.asce.org

• Building and Construction Authority, Singapore. Website: www.bca.gov.sg


Questions & Answers

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