www.ies.org.sg 22 May 2020

Announcements, Events, and News

50% Waiver of Membership Annual Subscription Fee and Waiver of CPD points (STU / PDU) for Year 2020 / 2021

To help members tide over the difficult situation caused by COVID-19, IES will be waiving 50% of the membership fees for 2020 / 2021. CPD point requirements for the various registries managed by IES will also be waived.

The letter on this situation, from the IES President and addressed to all members, can be found HERE.

[WEBINAR] Testing Your Next
Business Venture - How to Test New Business
Ideas the Startup Way with Live Case Studies:
26 May 2020 (Tue), 5.00pm - 6.30pm

Calling all Engineers, SME Engineering and Technology Companies Management Leaders!

In this webinar, our speaker will show you how to apply the methods used by top startups and corporate incubators so that you can improve your company’s responsiveness to disruption, reduce the risk and cost of launching new ventures, and create better performing products that your customers have already shown they want to buy!

Follow IES on LinkedIn!

IES is now on LinkedIn! Get in touch with us and other engineering professionals by following our page today!

You may also wish to highlight your IES membership on your LinkedIn profile using the post-nominals for the various membership grades: Associate - AIES; Member - MIES; Senior Member - Sr. MIES; Fellow - FIES. See you there!

Incubate your Deeptech / Engineering Venture with IES Incubator and Accelerator (IES-INCA)

IES-INCA is a strategic initiative by IES to support engineers in technopreneurship and tech-related business ventures, by incubating new companies and helping them with fundraising and mentorship. Its goal is to put each incubatee in the best position to pursue opportunities in markets here and beyond.

Check out Solustar (an IES-INCA incubatee)'s Self-Cleansing Disinfecting Robot HERE!

For more information on incubation with IES-INCA, click HERE. You may also email incubate@ies-inca.com with your queries.

Circulars

1. Circular on One-off Advance Payment for Public Sector Construction Contracts Affected by the Extended Circuit Breaker (from 5 May 2020 to 1 Jun 2020) and FAQs

2. Enterprise Singapore Calls for Public Comments - 15 May 2020

3. Extension of Revised Transaction Processes with LTA until 1st June 2020

4. Notification of New Edition of Code of Practice on Environment Health (2020 Edition)

E-Learning Courses / Webinars

Date	Event	Points
13 May - 30 Oct	[E-LEARNING] Introduction to Robotic Process Automation (RPA) for Engineers [Registrations close 23 Oct]	2 PDU (PE, IES CEng)
2 Jun (Tue) 0900 - 1715	[WEBINAR] Advanced Structural Concrete Design (4th Run)	6 STU (Struct) 7 PDU (PE, IES CEng)
2 Jun (Tue) 0900 - 1315	[WEBINAR] Noise Pollution and Vector-Borne Diseases as Environmental Health Concerns from Construction Sites (6th Run)	2 STU (Safety) 4 SDU
4 - 5 Jun 0900 - 1245	[WEBINAR] Scaffold Design Basics and Safety (17th Run)	2 STU (Safety) 3 STU (Struct) 7 SDU
6 Jun (Sat) 0900 - 1215	[WEBINAR] Module 4 Construction of Underground & Related Structures - Tunnelling (1st Run)	3 STU (Struct) 3 PDU (PE, IES CEng) (All TBC)
9 Jun (Tue) 1330 - 1745	[WEBINAR] Safe and Risk Management during Lifting Operations involving Mobile and Tower Cranes at Construction Sites (1st Run)	2 STU (Safety) 4 PDU (PE, IES CEng) (All TBC)
11 Jun (Thu) 0900 - 1730	[WEBINAR] Essential Construction Project Management Skills for Engineers & Technical Officers (7th Run)	CET Hours (TBC)
12 Jun (Fri) 1300 - 1715	[WEBINAR] Design for Safety in Construction (11th Run)	2 STU (Safety) 4 PDU (PE, IES CEng) (TBC)
17 Jun (Wed) 1330 - 1745	[WEBINAR] Lessons from Construction Accident Case Studies (1st Run)	2 STU (Safety) 4 PDU (PE, IES CEng) (TBC)

Other News / Events

[WEBINAR] Preparing for the new business as usual:
26 May 2020 (Tue), 10.00am - 12.00pm

In this special webinar organised by SGBC, take a look at how buildings can prepare for the resumption of work and the new business as usual.

For more information and to register, please click HERE.

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[WEBINAR] BuildTech Asia Digital Series - How to Mitigate Potential Pre-construction Risks Before A Shovel Breaks Ground:
28 May 2020 (Thu), 10.00am - 11.00am

This webinar will dive into the reasons why Pre-construction is the new competitive advantage, while looking at some examples of contractors who have prioritised the optimisation of their pre-construction processes with digitisation and the resutls recognised across their projects.

To register, please click HERE.

Members' Benefits

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The following companies are looking for engineering professionals:

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Click HERE for more details.