Structural Engineer

Ensure that structures serve their function without collapsing, bending, twisting in undesirable ways. To make efficient use of costs and materials to achieve these structural goals.

Tendering

● Checking of specification requirements for the project, taking note of the standards, regulations/ Code of Practices, etc.

● Reviewing the Performance Criteria and any special requirements, such as load factors for brackets and anchors.

● Sizing structural system, such as mullion, transom, bracketing as well as supporting steel frame.

● Provide options for value engineering.

● Prepare preliminary calculation for tender submission.

Shop drawing submission

● Wok closely with designers and work out feasible and cost effective structural system.

● Provide alternative proposals for value engineering.

● Thoroughly checking member sizes and connection details. Advise designers to adopt alternative connection details to reduce member and bracket sizes.

● Provide calculation report for submission to consultants and BCA for approval.

● Reply consultants' and BCA's comments, clear their doubts with documents, rebut their unreasonable demand diplomatically with the knowledge of standards and codes.

● Attend meetings with clients, consultants and contractors. To answer queries and explain our design consideration. Liase with professional engineer for technical assisstance and report endorsement.

Site works

● Provide alternative connection details due to site conditions, such as the structure out of tolerance.

● Visit site to verify the structural system integrety. Provide advice to site personnel how to strengthen the structure.

● Advise material replacement due to material availability and site urgency.

● Prepare remedial work calculation for submission.

● Reply consultants' comments of site modification work.

Coaching of the designers

● Educate designer of the basic structural knowledge.

● Advise designer of basic concept of better structural system.

● Provide designer with different mechanical properties of different materials.

● Propose a feasible and cost effective structural system.

Any other tasks as assigned by the Company