CONTENTS
Celebrating 50 Years of Engineering Excellence
FEATURES 04 INTERVIEW:
Revitalising the profession to serve community and country The newly elected IES President highlights some of the issues in engineering and the strategies to be adopted by the institution.
21 COVER STORY:
Recognising Engineering Excellence An overview of the projects that IES has selected, over the years, as examples of outstanding engineering, demonstrates the growing expertise of Singapore engineers.
Chief Editor T Bhaskaran t_b_n8@yahoo.com CEO Angie Ng angie@iesnet.org.sg Publications Manager Desmond Teo desmond@iesnet.org.sg Publications Executive Queek Jiayu jiayu@iesnet.org.sg
32 PROJECT APPLICATION:
Southern Stack at Crespi d’Adda village Advanced materials technology contributed to the restoration of this defining feature at the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
36 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT:
Media Consultants Roland Ang roland@iesnet.org.sg Desmond Chander desmond@shamrockcraine.com
Managing risk
The adoption of best practices is recommended for the delivery of major public works.
38 MARINE & OFFSHORE ENGINEERING:
Asia Pacific Maritime 2016 registers strong participation In spite of the problems faced by the sector, the response to the event was positive.
39 MARINE & OFFSHORE ENGINEERING:
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Maritime leaders call for adoption of technology The findings of a survey are presented.
REGULAR SECTIONS 02 MESSAGE 08 IES UPDATE 40 EVENTS 42 INDUSTRY NEWS
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