www.ies.org.sg 26 Apr 2019

Announcements, Events, and News

Proclamation of World Engineering Day

After a unanimous vote in Commission, the UNESCO Executive Board adopted a draft decision on 17 April in plenary session, recommending that the General Conference in November 2019 “decide to proclaim 4 March of every year World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development". This is a crucial step in the approval process for a historic decision for engineering.

A letter from WFEO President Dr Marlene Kanga on the subject can be found HERE.

IES 53rd Annual General Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the 53rd Annual General Meeting of The Institution of Engineers, Singapore will be held at 1.00 pm sharp on Saturday, 25 May 2019, at Ballroom II and III, Level 1, Raffles Town Club, 1 Plymouth Avenue, Singapore 297753 (Raffles Town Club is near the Downtown Line Stevens MRT Station).

For more information, please click HERE.

World Engineers Summit 2019: Call for Papers

In August 2019, IES will once again host the World Engineers Summit (WES). The theme for this year is "Engineering Future Cities - Harnessing and Managing Technologies to Improve Quality of Life', and the summit Technical Committee warmly welcomes all members to submit technical papers for presentation.

For more information, please click HERE.

Circulars

1. Enhancement to Earth Control Measures (ECM) Requirements - Joint Audit Check by Contractor and QECP

Courses / Seminars / Talks / Workshops

Date	Event	Points
6 - 8 May 0900 - 1800	Proficiency Masterclass in Energy Efficiency for Refinery and Petrochemicals	PDU (PE) PDU (SCEM) (All TBC)
25 Jun - 2 Jul (Early Bird ends 7 May!)	Joint IES and CILTS Study Trip - Transport Engineering Wonders and Great Bay Area Transport System	PDU (PE) (TBC)
8 May (Wed) 1330 - 1700	Technical Visit to SMRT-NTU Smart Urban Rail Corporate Lab	2 PDU (PE) 2 PDU (IES CEng)
10 May (Fri) 0900 - 1700	Technical Seminar on Energy Use in Process Industries - Management, Optimisation & Innovation	6 PDU (PE) 6 PDU (IES CEng) 6 PDU (SCEM)
14 May (Tue) 1815 - 2115	Satellite Monitoring Approaches For City Management: The Atlas Processing Chain To Make Resilient Infrastructures	2 STU (Struct) PDU (PE) (TBC)
16 May (Thu) 1530 - 1745	Asset Management Challenges and Implementation	PDU (PE) (TBC)
18 & 25 May OR 28 & 29 May	Sales and Value Creation Course	N/A; Click for Course info
23 & 24 May	Turning Ideas Into Gold Course	N/A; Click for Course info
Ongoing 0900 - 1800	Singapore Certified Energy Manager (SCEM) Course, Professional Level (4 Core + 2 Elective Modules) (e2i Grant Supported)	Refer to website

Other News/Events

LTA Industry Briefing on Design Control and Accredited Checking Services:
6 May 2019 (Mon), 4.30pm, LTA Auditorium (Blk 5, 1 Hampshire Road)

LTA will be procuring independent Design Control and Accredited Checking (DCAC) consultancy services on the civil engineering designs developed in the Design and Build Contracts. These services will involve design reviews and checks during the design development stage with full independent calculation, as well as accredited checking services to fulfil the statutory requirements stipulated under the Building Control Act.

To explain the scope and requirements of DCAC services, LTA is organising an industry briefing session for Civil Engineering consultants. To RSVP, please email Ms Elizabeth George at elizabeth_george@lta.gov.sg by 30 April 2019. A maximum of 2 representatives are allowed to attend this briefing.

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6th International Conference on Applications of Structural Fire Engineering: 13 - 14 Jun 2019, NTU

This conference will focus on the application of design methods for structures to resist fire. Particularly relevant themes will be fire modelling, simulation of the heat transfer between fire and structures, and modelling of structural behaviour at elevated temperatures.

For more information and to register, please click HERE.

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International Built Environment Week 2019: 4 - 6 Sep 2019, Marina Bay Sands

For more details on the event, please click HERE.

Members' Benefits

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