MAA Bulletin JUNE 2001 ISSUE 32 · 2 MAA Bulletin Issue 32 JUNE 2001 Moh and Associates Inc. 1st-3rd Floor, No. 63, Ren-Ai Road, Section 2 Taipei 100, Taiwan, R.O.C. Tel: 886-2-26967888

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MAA BulletinIssue 32 JUNE 2001

Moh and Associates Inc.1st-3rd Floor, No. 63, Ren-Ai Road, Section 2Taipei 100, Taiwan, R.O.C.Tel: 886-2-26967888Fax: 886-2-26968688email: [email protected]: www.maa.com.tw

MAA Group Consulting Engineers is a multi-disci-plinary consulting firm providing professional servicesto both private and public clients. Today, MAA Grouphas offices from Taiwan to Hong Kong, Singapore,Malaysia, Thailand, U.S. West Coast, and Mainland China,creating a close network in the Asian Region.

MAA Group’s goal is to establish engineering capabilitythat will meet local needs. Along with the change insocio-economic environment over the years, businessphilosophy of the group has been modified. Today, pro-fessional service is no longer a product under the rule ofsupply and demand. The service is transformed as anasset to the client with long lasting benefits. MAA Group’sprinciples for professional conduct is summarized in theASSET motto:

Advanced Technology project Safety client’s Satisfaction

Economical solution Timely completion

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MAA GROUP ...into the 21st

Century

TAIWAN HIGH SPEEDRAIL PROJECT

PROJECTS APRIL 2000 –SEPTEMBER 2000

PROFESSIONALACTIVITIES

PERSONNEL MOVEMENTS

PERSONNEL PROFILES

12 May 2001 HsiChih Fireand MAA Taiwan

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MAA GROUP ...into the 21st Century

New Challenges – the first decade of the new millennium

In the past two years, the world has experienced enormous impacts of hi-technologyand telecommunication developments on socio-economics, politics, and businesssystems. With greater means of information access and communication options, busi-ness methods are changing rapidly. Of particular importance are the impacts of thesechanging methods on traditional industries such as civil engineering.

Civil Engineering reflects the advancement of human civilization

Civil engineering is a typical traditional industry where the services provided are basedon tangibles such as buildings, roads, underground structures, and other infrastructuredevelopments. These tangibles are the foundations to economic well-being of anycountries. Because of the steady nature of building methods, civil engineering hasnaturally evolved into a disciplinary, functional, and steady-paced business style, whichfitted well with the so-called old economy – where business relationships are linear andboundaries are clear. However, today in the new economy, geographic and demo-graphic boundaries are vanishing rapidly and business relationships are becomingmore and more complex. Business cycles have shrunk, changes are constant, compe-tition is fierce, and business attitudes of new talents are different.

These changes are challenging the traditional business styles of civil engineering in-dustries all over the world. However, although it is important to meet these challengesand changing environments, a value of civil engineering should always be embraced –civil engineering is a reflection of the advancement of human civilization. In the past, civilengineers built buildings, roads, and railways to promote the well-being of people. Andstill, tomorrow, civil engineers will continue to build various infrastructures for the better-ment of people.

Recognizing these issues, MAA Group Consulting Engineers held a workshop, MAAGroup Development Strategy Workshop on 5th – 6th August , 2000, to bring togetheremployees and officers in MAA Taiwan and MAA regional offices together to discuss andbrainstorm ways to meet these challenges. The two-day workshop was organized withone day of small group brainstorming session, followed by a large group discussionand conclusion. The workshop has successfully over the two days achieved many of theobjectives. The most important achievement is the establishment of a common lan-guage among MAA employees, bringing forth a stronger MAA team with an internationalmind and willingness to uphold the civil engineering value while meeting the newchallenges.

Day 1 of the strategic workshop conference

MAA regional office managers at the strategicworkshop conference

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WEEK 1: 14 May to 18 May

1) Work force: 95% of the work force wasin working mode by the middle of theweek.

The Fire Incident

On 12 May 2000, early morning at 4:00am, a devastating fire broke out at the Ori-ental Technological Complex. The Orien-tal Technological Complex is a high-tech-nology complex that houses many large-scale companies. These companies in-clude investment companies, hi-technol-ogy companies, software companies, en-gineering related companies, and con-sumer product companies, all of whichplays an important role in the economy ofTaiwan. The fire was first spotted at thethird floor of Tower A around 4:01 am. Be-cause of the large floor area and the hightemperatures inside the enclosed area,the fire had spread to distant places in ashort 30 minutes - by 4:30 am fire werespotted on the 5th floor and by 7:00 pmthe same day, the 10th floor too caughtfire. And most unexpectantly, by 10:30 pman explosion blasted from the 16th floorand an even bigger fire began to burn itsway to the top two floors, 25th/F and 26th/F, and across to the adjacent Tower B andC. The fire lasted at a haunting length of42 hours, burning everything in its way,including most of MAA Group's Taiwanbranch office.

Located on the 22nd floor, it is unfortu-nate that the fire has also burned downMAA Taiwan's main office, burning almosteverything in the office and destroying 25plus years of invaluable engineering data,information, and library. Such great lossis unspeakable. However, with the highmorale, experiences, knowledge, andhardwork of the 400 plus MAA employees,and with the great help of friends and cli-ents all over Taiwan, 80% of the workforcewere back in working mode on the follow-

Day 1: 13 May

An emergency meeting was held at 8 amto discuss immediate actions.

12 May 2001 HsiChih Fire andMAA Taiwan

ing Monday. And in a short 2 weeksperiod, MAA Taiwan has regrouped the260 in-office employees at a new tempo-rary office. Below is a short description ofthe emergency actions of MAA Taiwan.

MAA's Emergency Actions

In the short two weeks period, all MAATaiwan staff has upheld the MAA Groupmotto ASSET (advanced technology,project safety, client's satisfaction, eco-nomical solution, and timely completion)as well as minimize any impacts on on-going projects.

Day 0: 12 May

The fire incident. Many employees, wor-ried about the office, have rushed to thefire scene on the day of the incident.However, the fire was so large that bro-ken window glasses, burning papers, andfire sparks flew out for long hours. Thebad weather - rain showers and strongwinds due to a typhoon that was brewingat southern Taiwan - have added to theeerie mood.

1) Location: The decision was to orga-nize places for the departments to reportto on Monday. Under the help of friends,clients, construction site offices, and MAAstaff, all of the departments were placedin 8 different areas, with the emergencyheadquarters placed at SURV - a newlyfounded architecture and urban planningcompany affiliated to MAA.

2) Communication: It was important to im-mediately establish communicationchannels to reach all of the departments.An internet webpage to post importantcontact information and news was estab-lished under the help of www.olemap.com. Contacts were made to the tele-phone company who under great helphas immediately transferred our old of-fice numbers to the SURV office.

3) Clients: Managers and Vice Presidentsbegan to organize visits to key clients suchas High Speed Rail and MRT to guaran-tee that any impacts to the projects will bekept to the minimal.

Emergency meeting

Recovery of data

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3) Discovery and Recovery of unburntmaterials: After the confirmation of put-ting out the fire, the complex was reopenedto allow people to return to the damagedcompanies to rummage for materials.Engineers and staff members of MAAwere organized over a period of severaldays to visit the place. On the first day ofthe visit, 15 May 2001, to our greatsurprise, the Finance and AccountingDepartment, Personnel Department,Laboratory, Drafting, and High Speed RailGeotechnical Division were unharmed.Immediate actions were taken to send 20or so helpers to recover all the data. Un-der the harsh conditions, many computerharddisks and boxes of documents weretransferred via staircases from the 22ndfloor. To an even greater surprise, of themany harddisks recovered, 95% of the in-formation was unharmed. These infor-mation were the key to the quick recovery.

4) Sleepless Nights: Many employees es-pecially the administration, finance, infor-mation center, and drafting staff membershave slept little to reorganize the recov-ered materials. Without their exceptionalhelp, the regrouping process would havebeen delayed greatly.

5) Locating a temporary place: With thehelp of many friends and clients, MAA Tai-wan was offered with many places to re-group the 260 plus employees. The keyissues of relocating the temporary placewere: easy transportation, minimal con-struction needed, large spaces, andreadily available utilities. By the end of theweek, a decision was made to rent threefloors of office space at Hone SheeBuilding. This was made possible withthe help of the Chairman of Hone SheeGroup.

6) Purchasing computers: With ACER'sincredible help and coordination, MAA wasable to repurchase computers at the fast-est possible rate. By the end of the week,70 computers were bought and used bythe departments.

7) Clients: Communication and visits toclients continued to ensure minimal de-lays to ongoing projects.

WEEK 2: 21 May to 25 May

1) Move in: Telephone lines, internetconnection, network setup, temporarywooden tables, etc. were setup over theweekend of 20-21 May. A special appre-ciation should be noted here to the utilitycompanies and the interior constructionforeman for their sleepless nights to buildthe 120 wooden tables. By Tuesday, 22May, three departments have moved intothe new temporary office. By the end ofthe week, all of the departments havemoved in.

2) Information Center: The informationcenter continued their exceptionalhardwork over the week to ensure a us-able computer networking system, pur-chase of computers, printers, andscanners. By the end of the week, 180computers were ready for use.

Temporary office

2) Two model MAA Staff members: Twostaff members have shown their excep-tional bravery and behavior that deservedthe uptmost respect from all of MAA. Theywere at the office on the day of the fire seeMAA's Past Announcements.

Library before and after the fire

New temporary office at Hone Shee Building

WEEK 3: 28 May to 1 June

1) Official working date: On Monday, 28May, MAA Taiwan has officially started workin the new temporary office location. Thelocation is to be used for 6 months duringwhich time MAA will search for a new of-fice space.

A note by the President to all MAA Taiwanstaff

Recovered computers

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Aftermath

After the first week of regrouping the MAAstaff, more tasks that require hardworkfrom all individuals began. The specifictasks are data recollection, establishingnew management information systems,and relocating a new office space. De-spite the many rebuilding processes, any

2) No delays of salary: Salary for the monthof May was not delayed.

3) Information Center: email systems wasreestablished by the end of the week.

4) Appreciation notes: Great apprecia-tions are made to countless of clients,friends, and supporters to MAA Group..

11 May 2001 was the opening of SURV;an all-day open house was followed bythe official reception from 6-8pm, toppedoff with a party at 10pm, in which the en-tire office was converted into a loungecomplete with DJ’s.

impacts on projects will be kept to theminimal. Quality of the projects will not beaffected.

SURV

Originally the design group of MAA Taipei, SURV is set up as a multi-disciplinary firmoperating strategically in the realms of urban/architecture design, as well as in otherdesign fields. The long term goal is the creation of an integrated network of profession-als that can span the full scope of any one given project - from initial pre-project develop-ment consultancy stages to design processes of the actual project to post-projectmanagement, sales/leasing, etc..

The development of a clear design identity to compete in an ever-internationalizing worldis the paramount priority of the new firm. Other than its own projects, SURV’s missionincludes supporting MAA’s projects in all its design-related aspects.

ECOLS.COM Press Release

The Concept - E-consulting

E-consulting is an online Question andAnswer Interface Platform where profes-sional engineers answer all types ofquestions regarding civil and environ-mental engineering works. The platformserves as an educational, entertainment,and an additional communication chan-nel to those who are concerned with the

potential natural hazard dangers, risks,and safety issues involved in his/her/theirprojects or homes.

The Story

In the past three years, the world has ex-perienced enormous impacts of hi-tech-nology and telecommunication develop-ments on socio-economics, politics, andbusiness systems. These developmentsinclude mobile phones and the internet,which have created additional communi-cation channels that can reach any indi-viduals at any time, place, and age.

Such developments are not only revolu-tionizing the way people behave, but arealso revolutionizing the way businesses

are conducted. Businesses today arebecoming more and more complex asbusiness cycles shrink, changes becomeinevitable, competition is getting fiercer,and attitudes of employees, employers,and clients change. Businesses such asthe traditional civil engineering industrymust adapt into this changing world.

One adaptation is the use of the web me-dium as a communication channel to un-derstand the needs of non-engineeringprofessionals and layman, as well as aninformational channel to provide educa-tional information on natural hazard risksto homes and/or project developments.In particular, such method can be em-ployed in the natural hazards prone islandof Taiwan.

SURV OFFICE

SURV PROJECT

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Taiwan is a country subject to major earth-quakes such as 921 Chi-Chi Earthquake,heavy rainfalls, and typhoons, creatingmany life-threatening risks to people. Inaddition, poor ground qualities – faultlines, soft materials, and uneven land pro-files - have increased the frequency ofnatural disasters such as floods andlandslides. These disasters have not onlylimited sound developments in the nu-merous hill-lands surrounding the few flatland areas, but also limited rapid large-scale infrastructure developments. Tominimize these risks and dangers, peopleresponsible of developing their housesor blocks of land must undertake the re-sponsibility to understand the complexbehaviors of natural disasters and groundbehaviors. However, many people lackthe understanding of the importance andthe complexity that lie behind suchconsultations.

In order to emphasize such needs, it isimportant to provide a channel forcommunication and education. As aresult, Engineering Consulting On LineServices (ECOLS.com), published inJune 2001, uses the web medium toachieve this need.

The website

The main purpose of the EngineeringConsulting On Line Services (ECOLS.com) website is to provide an online plat-form where people can ask various engi-neering questions to help them better un-derstand the potential risks involved intheir projects or to learn about the safetyand dangers in their area during hazardssuch as typhoons, earthquakes, andlandslides. The website provides basicknowledge on how engineers carry outtheir projects, the risks they face, and thespecific challenging issues engineersface in areas with poor ground qualities.

The website is designed to reach audi-

ences of both layman and non-engineer-ing professionals such as Developers,Architects, Real Estates, and Contractors.

The website design is based upon fourmajor factors:Educational, Professional, International,Technological

The structural elements of ECOLS.comcan be categorized into three channels:1) Basic information regarding ECOLS.

com2) Main navigation bar separated into

- E-consulting- Interactive tools

Basic civil engineering Information onother Asian countries

The Team

ECOLS.com is formulated under the col-laboration of MAA Group Consulting Engi-neers and OLEMAP INC. to provide peoplewith the understanding of the complexityand risks involved in engineering of theground. The collaboration brings togetherthe 26 years of professional engineeringexperiences of MAA Group throughout Asiaand the remote sensing, geographic in-formation system (GIS), global position-ing system (GPS), and internet-technol-ogy based company, OLEMAP Inc.

OleMap is a new breed of Internet GIS tech-nology company supplying the infrastruc-ture and content pertinent to deliveringLocation Based Services to users sensi-tive to location related information. Capi-talizing on the increasing needs of loca-tion sensitive information, OleMap en-ables businesses to incorporate func-tions of “location-awareness” and “loca-tion-sensitivity” into their front/back officeapplications, supply chains operations,field operations, and web offerings suchas CRM applications. Founded in March2000, OleMap is uniquely positioned toprovide innovative products and services

to the location sensitive business com-munities by combining its deep experiencein Geographic Information System and ex-pertise in Internet and wireless locationtechnologies. Led by the 2 founders, Dr.Chung-Tien Chin and Dr. Cheng-HongCho, who are experts in the field of GISand Computer Science/data miningrespectively, OleMap has solutions ad-dressing different segments of the LBSvalue chain.

OLEMAP’s motto is “Stretch yourimagination - Discover the power oflocation ”

ECOLS.com is officially published on 11June 2001.

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TAIWAN HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT

The Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) runs approximately 345 kilometers from Taipei in the north to Kaohsiung in the south. Taipei, thecapital city, is the political, economical, and business center of the island, while Kaohsiung is the heavy industry center. With three-quarters of the island’s population residing along this corridor and the continuing economic development of the island, the demand foran efficient north-south transportation has became of great significance. As a result, the Taiwan High Speed Rail was established tomeet this demand and to encourage the overall economic growth of the island.

Construction of the THSR is divided into 12 sections with 10 stations, 1 workshop station, 2 maintenance bases, and 3 depots. MAAwas awarded the detailed design or contractors independent check of 6 sections and 1 station. Below are brief introductions of the

works awarded to MAA.

MAP OF THE 12 SECTIONS AND 10 STATIONS OF TAIWAN HIGH SPEED RAIL

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Project: CC220Contractor: Daiho - Chiu Tai - Kou Kai (DCK) Joint Venture

Location: Chiupei City, Hsinchu County (68K+540) to Bao San Village, Hsin Chu County (86K+320)

Scope of Services: Design of permanent works including 10 tunnels, 29 sections of cut and fill earthworks, viaduct and bridge

structures, and soil and water conservation plan.

Project: CC260 and CC270Contractor: Bilfinger+Berger (B+B) and Continental Engineering Corp. (CEC) Joint Venture

Location: Changhwa County (170K+400) to Yunlin County (207K+015); and Yunlin County (207K+015) to Chiayi

County (249K+814)

Scope of Services: Contractor’s Independent Checking Engineer (CICE) of all design works including 7 tunnels with one being

the longest tunnel in the HSR project, viaduct and bridges, cut and fill earthworks, and major temporary works.

Project: CC291Contractor: Evergreen – Shimizu Joint Venture

Location: Madou, Tainan County (284K+221) to Koejen, Tainan County (312K+734)

Scope of Services: Design of permanent works including viaduct and bridge structure, excavation and foundation design, perma-

nent diversion works of road and drainage design, additional soil investigation, and core system

interface coordination and design services.

Project: CC295Contractor: Evergreen – Italian Thai – PEWC Joint Venture

Location: Koejen, Tainan County (312K+734) to Jenwu, Kaohsiung County (340K+058)

Scope of Services: Design of foundation of all permanent works and civil works including viaduct and bridge structures,

permanent and temporary diversion of road and drainage systems, and temporary works.

Project: CC296Contractor: Evergreen – Shimizu Joint Venture

Location: Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung County

Scope of Services: Design of permanent works including viaducts and structures, sub-station buildings, earthworks, drainage

and road diversion works, and core system interface coordination and design services.

Project: Hsin Chu StationClient: Artech International Design Limited

Location: Hsin Chu

Scope of Services: Project management, civil works designs including earthworks, road and parking lot design, storm water and

sewerage disposal system designs. Hsinchu Station is an elevated station with 4 tracks, 2 side platforms,

and 2 passthrough tracks at the center of the station. The station will be designed to provide connection to the

future MRT station and function as an inter-modal transportation center to serve the greater Hsinchu Metro

politan area. Hsinchu HSR Station site has an area of 13.02 hectares and is located at the eastern part of

Hsinchu District Development Site.

Project: D301Contractor: Evergreen – Italian Thai – PEWC Joint Venture

Location: Chiao-Toe Workshop

Scope of Services: Design of all permanent and temporary works including final design – route alignment and final design – box

culvert structure.

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PROJECTS APRIL 2000 – SEPTEMBER 2000

For the period between April 2000 to Sep-tember 2000, more than 150 new projectswere commenced. 70 projects were civil/structural/geotechnical design projectsincluding high speed rail, highways, in-dustrial development, common duct, air-port facility, pharmaceutical and chemi-cal facilities. 99 projects were completedin this time period.

In December 2000, the owner, Core Pa-cific City Corporation, awarded MAA Taiwanfor the timely completion and outstandingplanning, design and construction super-vision of the deep excavation of Core Pa-cific City Shopping Mall. The deepexcavation, 31.7 meters, is the deepestexcavation ever done in Taiwan. The CorePacific City Shopping Mall occupies a sitearea of some 2.66 hectares in the newcentral business district in the easternpart of Taipei City. The mall has a com-plex structure with 13 stories above ground,and 7 stories below ground. MAA wascommissioned by the developer in March1997 as the geotechnical consultant toprovide services on the planning and de-sign of foundation construction. Majorworks included si te invest igat ion,geotechnical analyses, evaluation offoundation construction scheme andsequence, structure floatation analysis,and design of construction monitoringsystem.

Core Pacific City Shopping MallAward

Reconstruction of 921 Chi-ChiEarthquake Damaged Schools

The catastrophic 921 Chi Chi Earthquakethat attacked central Taiwan in the morn-ing of 21 September 1999 not only de-stroyed towns, bridges, and dams in ar-eas surrounding the epicenter, but alsodamaged buildings many kilometersaway. Numerous schools in YunlinCounty, Chiayi County, Chiayi City, TainanCounty, and Tainan City were seriouslydamaged and need immediate recon-struction to resume normal class sched-ule for students. Professional projectmanagement approaches are needed forproper and timely development and imple-mentation of the reconstruction projects.

MAA Taiwan was engaged by the Ministryof Education to provide project manage-ment services for the reconstruction of 22primary and junior high schools. A totalof 571 classrooms with a combined floorarea of 164,000 square meters will bebuilt. In addition to civil works, the ser-vices include program developments,assistance in the selection of architects,design reviews, construction tenderprocesses, contract management, andquality assurances. Because the projectsare located in many different areas, threesite offices were established to keep trackof the project progresses. A web pagewas also launched to publicize theprogress and news of the projects: www.home.kimo.com.tw/maa-cm/

Proposed Developments forNTU

As part of the development program ofthe Nanyang Technological University(NTU) of Singapore, two (2) proposedbuildings, namely the proposed NanyangTechnological Executive Center and theproposed Research Techno Plaza areplanned to be developed in the JuroungCampus where complicated geologicalformation and slope ground are found.MAA Singapore was engaged by theProject Architect and Engineer, M/s IndecoConsultants Pte. Ltd. on behalf of NTU toprovide geotechnical consultancy ser-vices including soil investigation work withregard to the foundation system, earthretaining structures and slope stability ofthe proposed developments.

Model of Core Pacific Shopping Mall-to beopened in October 2001

Children’s Park in Tainan, Taiwan

Where children play to learn and adultslearn to play!

Tainan, the city in southern Taiwan rich inhistorical heritage, is planning to build aChildren’s Park at a site in downtown with

9 hectares of land area. This development,in conjunction with the development of theMunicipal Park of 12 hectares of land area,will be the main urban renewal drivingforces. The proposed Children’s Park willinclude several museums that will holdvarious cultural, art, science, technology,and amusement related exhibitions. Inaddition, educational interactive programswill be designed to promote intellectualand creative stimulations for children. Itwill serve as the learning and discoverycenter for children, families, schools, andcommunities. Annual visitors to the parkare forecasted to be over one millionpeople.

MAA Taiwan was engaged by the TainanMunicipal Government to carryout theplanning of the park and development ofthe urban renewal program for its sur-rounding area. The service also includesfeasibility study and drafting private par-ticipation scheme for the project.

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Proposed Tableting Facility forSchering Plough Ltd.

M/s Schering Plough Ltd., SingaporeBranch is planning to develop a tabletingfacility at the western industrial area ofSingapore. The proposed development,comprising a new 3-storey pharmaceuti-cal manufacturing building with accessroads, parking lots, and miscellaneoussite structures such as pipe racks andguard houses, will be built on approxi-mately 5.0 hectares site located on re-claimed land in close proximity to thewestern coast line at Tuas West Avenuewhere ground subsidence and erratic soilstrata are the major concern in the foun-dation design.

MAA Singapore was engaged by the En-gineer and Constructor, M/s Jacobs LendLease Pte. Ltd. on behalf of the client toprovide geotechnical consultancy serviceto the project team including soil investi-gation work with regard to foundation sys-tem and site formation works of the pro-posed development. MAAS was also thegeotechnical consultant for the ProposedSterile Factory at Tuas West Drive forSchering Plough.

Proposed Singapore Manage-ment University

The Singapore Management University(SMU) of Singapore is planning to developa new campus at Bras Basah within thecentral business district of Singapore.The proposed development, which occu-pied a land area of 7.76 hectares, is lo-cated over five land parcels where theexisting National Library, Standord Road,Bras Basah Park, existing MRT Lines, andproposed Marina Lines are located.Complicated geological formation varyingfrom very soft marine clay to very hardBouldery Clay are found. MAA Singaporewas engaged by the SMU to providegeotechnical consultancy services includ-

Proposed Multiple-User Busi-ness Park Development

The Piling and Substructure Works Con-tract of the Proposed Multiple-User Busi-ness Park Development to be developedby the Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) atChangi Business Park Central 1/ChangiBusiness Park Avenue 1, Singapore wasawarded to M/s Seatwon Construction Pte.Ltd. in March 2000. Works involved in thisContract consist of the installation of ten-sion and compression bored piles up toan ultimate compression capacity of 3000tons and the excavation within a circularbasement area (i.e. 169 meters indiameter) surrounded by a short perma-nent diaphragm wall design. Conven-tional retaining method, i.e. internal brac-ing was found not to be a practical solu-tion for this restricted site condition. MAASingapore was engaged by the Main Con-tractor to provide professional services

Proposed Construction ofQueesway/CommonwealthAvenue Interchange

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) ofSingapore has awarded a contract for Ac-credited Checker to the Proposed Con-struction of Queensway/CommonwealthAvenue Interchange in May 2000 to M/sIndeco Consultants Pte. Ltd. on the basisof the technical support on highwaybridge/deep excavation analysis providedby MAA Singapore to the AC firm. Theproposed interchange consists of de-pressed carriageway, twice-cell under-pass with water storage chamber, deeppump sump, contiguous bored pile walls,electrical sub-station and pedestrian over-head bridges to be constructed alongQueensway in close proximity to the ex-isting housing and MRT viaducts. MAAwas responsible for the accredited checkfor the design of the proposed depressedcarriageway, underpass, pump sump,contiguous bored pile walls and founda-tion bored piles.

ing soil investigation work regarding thefoundation and retaining systems of theproposed development.

Singapore Management University

Big-C Bang Na Superstore

In addition to two recently completed superstores in Hat Yai and Hua Mark and two on-going projects in Fashion Island and Don Muang, Big-C Supercenter Co., Ltd. (Public),one of the leading hypermarket chains in Thailand, has awarded the construction man-agement contract to MAA Consultants Co. as the fifth contract within two years for it’snew branch on Bang Na-Trad Highway near Samutprakarn province in March 2001.

Big-C Bang Na Superstore consists of a three-story building with single level of basement.The total floor area is 60,000 sq. m. with ground and 2nd level as shopping and retailarea while the basement and 3rd floor to be parking zone. Total construction cost isexpected to be over 500 million Baht (about US$ 12 million). Due to high competitionamong superstores in the region, the Big-C Bang Na is required to be completed within9 months to meet the opening schedule in January 2002.

consisting of i) design of piles, ii) pile ec-centricity analysis, and iii) design of “RingBeam-Diaphragm Wall” system using cy-lindrical thin-wall theory for maintain-ing the stability of excavation to be car-ried out close to or partially beyond thetoe level of diaphragm wall for the pro-posed project.

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

International Visits

Dr. Za-Lee Moh was invited by PresidentChen Shui-Bian of R.O.C. to join his statevisit of six countries. The countries vis-i ted include: Dominican Republ ic,Nicaragua, and Costa Rica in CentralAmerica; and Gambia, Borkina Fasso,and Chad in Africa. The presidential partyleft Taiwan on 13 August 2000 and re-turned on 25 August 2000.

Dr. Za-Chieh Moh Honored

At the opening ceremony of the 10th Con-ference of the Road Engineering Asso-ciation of Asia and Australasia held inTokyo on 4 September 2000, Dr. Za-ChiehMoh was honored by being elected as the11th Honorary Member of the Association.Dr. Moh, one of the longest serving coun-cil members for 26 years, and the Honor-ary Treasurer-General for the last 14years, decided not to stand for re-electionfor the eleventh council term. During thepast 26 years, Dr. Moh has served as ViceChairman of the Organizing Committeefor the 1st and 4th Conference of the Asso-ciation and Secretary General of the Or-ganizing Committee of the 3rd Conference.

MEETINGSREAAA

From 4th to 7th September 2000, Dr. Za-Chieh Moh and Mr. Richard T.F. Song,Senior Vice President of MAA Taiwan at-tended the 10th Conference of the RoadEngineering Association of Asia andAustralasia in Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Moh wasinvited to serve as Chairman for two tech-nical sessions.

In addition, Dr. Moh also attended theSteering Committee Meeting, the 67th

Council Meeting and the Tenth General

Meeting of the REAAA in his capacity asthe Honorary Treasurer-General of theAssociation.

FIDIC

The 2000 FIDIC Annual Conference washeld in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA from 11th

to 13th September. On behalf of the Chi-nese Assoc ia t ion o f Engineer ingConsultants, Taipei, Dr. Za-Chieh Moh,Vice President of CAEC led a delegationthat included Mr. John Yu, President ofCTCI; Mr. K.C. Liu, Chairman of PacificEngineers & Constructors Ltd.; Mr. Dah-Yung Hsieh and Mr. Yen-Po Chen, SeniorVice Presidents of CECI; Mr. Chi-ShouHsieh, President of Sinotech; Mr. RobertHsiao, Vice President of CTCI; and Mr. I.K. Yang, Secretary-General of CAEC. Avery cordial get together dinner with over60 delegates of the Chinese National As-sociation of Engineering Consultants ledby President Mr. She Jianming was heldon 12th September to celebrate the Chi-nese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival.

Tempisque, Costa Rica

Dr. Za-Chieh Moh visited Costa Rica from11th to 15th November 2000. MAA is thedesigner for the Tempisque Bridge aswell as the 38 kilometers long mountain-ous San Carlos Highway (see MAA Bulle-tin Issue No. 30-31). The purpose of thevisit was to discuss the two projects withH.E. Dr. K.W. Mao, Ambassador to CostaRica and other embassy officers. A pre-sentation of the preliminary design of thehighway was made to HE MiguedRodrigues, President of Costa Rica. Asite visit to the Tempisque Bridge was alsomade with Dr. and Mrs. Mao and manysenior embassy officers and their spouse.

GEOTECH 2000

The Geotech 2000 was held in Bangkokfrom 27th to 30th November 2000, underthe sponsorship of Asian Institute of Tech-no logy and the Southeast As ianGeotechnical Society. Dr. Za-Chieh Moh,Dr. Richard N. Hwang, Mr. Duann Shaw-Wei, and Mr. Jan-Jia-Bin attended the

conference.

MAA Holding

The MAA Consultants Holding Co., theho ld ing company o f MAA Groupcompanies, held its 38th Board of Man-agement meeting in Beijing on 2nd & 3rd

November 2000. This is the first time thatMAA Holding has its Board meeting heldin China.

IYGEC (International YoungGeotechnical EngineersConference)

Geotechnical engineer Mr. Yung-KangYang represented Southeast Asia Regionof the ISSMGE (International Society forSoi l Mechanics and GeotechnicalEngineering) to the first InternationalYo u n g G e o t e c h n i c a l E n g i n e e r sConference. The conference was heldfrom 8 September 2000 to 13 September2000 at the University of Southampton,United Kingdom. More than 100 del-egates from over 50 countries partici-pated the conference. Along with pre-

MAA Consultants Holding Ltd. 38th Board ofManagement meeting.

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sentations by all delegates were keynotespeeches delivered by distinguishedprofessionals, including Dr. Kenj iIshihara, Dr. Robert Mair, Dr. SuzanneLacasse, and Dr. Kerry Rowe. The orga-nizer also arranged equally attractive ac-tivities such as a filed trip, conferencedinner, etc..

Dr. D. Q. Yang, Senior Geotechnical Engi-neer of MAA Singapore attended the AsianConference on Unsaturated Soils inSingapore on 18th and 19th May 2000, andpresented a paper on Water Flow in Un-

CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, and Other MEETINGS

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Seminar on the Use of Fly Ash in Concrete for

Public Works

Conference on Geological Exploration

Techniques of Tunnel Engineering

Workshop on Design Manual and Expression

for Tunnel Engineering

The Precast Segmental Method of Construc-

tion (Seminar on Technology of Bridge

Engineering)

Manager Training Program for Design Compa-

nies

Seminar on Practice of Claim Events and

Contract Management

Q.C. Engineering Training

The 35th Discussion Meeting of the Sino-

Geotechnics (Debris Flow)

Workshop on Bridge Engineering -Bridge

Monitoring Inspection and Management

Asian Conference on Unsaturated Soils

Automatic Supervision Control and Network

Technology Design for Central HVAC

Seminar on Blasting Densification Method

Geology Field Trip and Engineering Site

Visiting Along the Coast Road from Hualien to

Taitung

Conference on Floor and Risk Analysis

Seminar on Rules and Regulations for Soils

and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act

Seminar on Network Applications for

Slope Safety Monitoring Systems

Seminar on Test of Hydraulic Engineering on

921 Chi-Chi Earthquake

Technology Symposium for Tunnel Engineer-

ing

The 11th Hydraulic Engineering Conference

Public Construction Commission

Taiwan Construction Research Institute

Chinese Taipei Tunnelling Association

China Engineering Consultants, Inc.

Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of

Economic Affairs


China Productivity Center

Sino-Geotechnics Research & Development

Foundation

National Central University

Nangan Technological University

Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of

Economic Affairs

China Engineering Consultants, Inc.

Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic

Engineering

Sinotech Foundation for Research & Develop-

ment of Engineering Sciences & Tehchnology

Environmental Protection Adminis tration

Construction and Planning Admin.,

Ministry of Interior

Sinotech Engineering Consultants, Inc.


Hydrotech Research Institute, National Taiwan

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Chung-li

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Hsinchu

Taichung

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Taipei

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saturated Soil Slopes with HorizontalDrains. Dr. Yang was also the organizingcommittee member of the conference.

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Discussion Meeting for Environmental

Impact Assessment

TEPA-USEPA Bilateral Cooperation Program

Workshop on Groundwater Pollution

Airport System Planning Seminar

Seismic Safety Evaluation and Damage

Prevention in Harbor Engineering

Seminar on Steel Structures Long- Term

Protection Technique Against Corrosion

Short Course on Construction and Supervi-

sion of Pile Foundations

Workshop on Bridge Engineering(II)-Bridge

Inspection, Monitoring and Management

Seminar on Cross-Strait Highway

Construction, Building Seismic Design and

Strength

Recycling and Storage Earthwork Manage-

ment of Construction Earthwork Material

Develop 2000

Seminar on Durability and Practice of Concrete

Second International Conference on Debris-

Flow Hazards

Short Courses for Treatment of Tunnel Lining

Deterioration

Workshop on Practical Bridge Corrosion

Prevention

Seminar on Construction and Internet Technol-

ogy

Seminar on Kaohsiung Metropolitan Trans-

portation System Planning and Development

The Relationship between Faults and the 921

Earthquake

The 5th National Conference on Structural

Engineering

Training for Bridge Inspection, Evaluation and

Maintenance

Conference on Prevention of Soil Liquefac-

tion and Methods of Improvement

Workshop on Seismic Resistant Evaluation

and Strengthening for Elementary School

The International Young Geotechnical Engi-

neers Conference

Second International Workshop on Mitigation

of Seismic Effects on Transportation

Engineer’s Discussion on 921 Strong Earth-

quake

International Workshop on Annual Com-

memoration of Chi-Chi Earthquake

Bureau of Environmental Proection, Taipei City

Government

TEPA, USEPA

Institute of Transportation, MOTC

Institute of Harbor and Marine Technology

Taiwan Galvanizers Association


National Central University

Moh and Associates, Inc., Civil Engineering

Technology Science Research and Develop-

ment Foundation

Industrial Technology Research Institute

ORACLE

Widening Construction Office, Taiwan Area

National Freeway Bureau

Ministry of Education



Taiwan E-Construction

Chinese Institute of Engineers, Kaohsiung

Branch

Department of Rapid Transit System,

Municipal Government Taipei

Chinese Society of Structural Engineering

Institute of Transportation, MOTC

Construction and Planning Admin., MOI

National Center for Research on Earthquake

Engineering

British Geotechnical Society


Engineering

The Chinese Institute of Engineers


Engineering

Taipei

Taipei

Taipei

Taipei

Taipei

Taipei

Taipei

Taipei

Taichung

Taipei

Taipei

Taipei

Taipei

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Taipei

Kaohsiung

Taipei

Nantou

Taipei

Taipei

Taipei

U.K.

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Taipei

Taipei

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‧ Workshop on Durability Technology of

Concrete Structures

‧ Workshop on Seismic Site Response Analysis

‧ Architecture Research Projects Seminars

‧ Conference on Reservoir and Watershed

Planning and Management

‧ International Conference on Rail Transporta-

tion for the New Century

‧ Discussion on Groundwater Pollution

Prevention:Lecture on Remediation

‧ Conference of Industrial Safety & Health

Technical Services

‧ The Transfer of the Val Technology for the

Taipei Rapid Transit System

‧ Transit System Technology Symposium

‧ Geotech 2000


Taiwan Construction Research Institute &

Taiwan Society of Geotechnical Engineering

Architecture & Building Research Institute,

Ministry of Interior

Department of Landscape Architecture, C.C.U.

Department of Transportation Management,

Tamkang University

Environmental Protection Adminis tration

Industrial Dvelopment Bureau, Ministry of

Economic Affairs

Department of Rapid Transit Systems Taipei

Municipal Government

Department of Rapid Transit Systems, Taipei

Municipal Government

Asian Institute of Technology and Southeast

Asian Geotechnical Society

Kaohsiung

Taipei

Taipei

Taichung

Tamshui

Taipei

County

Taipei

Taipei

Taipei

Taipei

Bangkok

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TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

HWANG, R.N., WANG, F.G., CHENG, K.

C., and CHEN, Y.K. (2000), “Ground Im-

provement for NATM Tunneling in Soft

Ground,” Sino-Geotechnics, No. 78, April,

Taipei (Chinese).

WANG, G.S., TANG, D.C., HWANG, R.N.,

HU, I.C., and WANG, F.G. (2000), “Infor-

mation System for the Safety of Construc-

tion of Rapid Transit Systems,” ISARC

2000, 17th IAAARC/CIB/IEEE/IFAC Inter-

national Symposium on Automation and

R ob ot i cs in C o ns t ru c t i on , 1 8 -2 0

September, Taipei, Taiwan.

YANG, D.Q., KONG, S.K., RAHARDJO, H.,

and LEONG, E.C. (2000), “Water Flow in

Unsaturated Soil Slopes with Horizontal

Drains,” The Asian Conference on Un-

saturated Soils, 18-19 May, Singapore,

pp. 211-216.

PERSONNEL MOVEMENTSNEW APPOINTMENTS

‧許伯銓 Po-Chuan Hsu

‧黃浩志 Hao-Chih Huang

‧林志佳 Chih-Chia Lin

‧賴環鴻 Hwan-Horng Lay

‧施文章 Wen-Chang Shih

‧李尤娟 Yiu-Chuan Lee

‧楊婷婷 Ting-Ting Yang

‧孫偉庭 Wei-Ting Sun

‧林弘哲 Hung-Che Lin

‧李淑美 Shu-Mei Lee

High Speed Rail Project

Transportation & Civil Engg. Dept. 1

The Second Freeway Nantou Section Construction

Project


Project



General Affairs, Administration Dept.

Construction Management Dept.


Drafting Group, Information Center

Civil Engineer II

Civil Engineer I

Civil Engineer II

Civil Engineer III

Civil Engineer I

Civil Engineer II

Clerical Assistant

Senior Technician

Senior Technician

CADD Operate

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‧李光達 Kuang-Ta Lee

‧鍾啟泰 Chi-Tai Chung

‧劉立慶 Li-Ching Liu

‧張穆奎 Mu-Kuei Chang

‧張芳清 Fang-Ching Chang

‧蘇清和 Ching-He Su

‧陳裕棟 Yu-Tung Chen

‧吳振瑞 Chen-Jui Wu

‧翁繡珮 Shiu-Pei Weng

‧許燕萍 Yen-Ping Hsu

‧黃玉鳳 Yu-Feng Huang

‧劉育志 Yuh-Jyh Liu

‧范書田 Shu-Tian Fan

‧周秉正 Ping-Cheng Chou

‧賴昀暉 Yun-Huei Lai

‧任德煜 Te-Yu Jen

‧石麒麟 Chyi-Lin Shyr

‧吳基政 Ji-Jeng Wu

‧郭吉富 Jyi-Fuh Guo

‧黃惠玲 Huen-Ling Hwang

‧溫年通 Nian-Tong Uen

‧蔡耀賢 Yaw-Shyan Tsay

‧林楚儒 Chuu-Ru Lin

‧宋煥文 Huann-Wen Song

‧張博森 Bor-Sen Chang

‧楊柏榮 Bor-Rong Yang

‧蔡定義 Ding-Yih Su

‧葉晉華 Jinn-Hwa Yeh

‧吳宗駿 Tzong-Jiunn Wu

‧沈　勤 Chyn Sheen

‧張瑜真 Yu-Jen Chang

‧陳宥汝 Yow-Ruu Chen

‧朱恪瑋 Ke-Wei Chu

‧林慈貞 Tsyr-Jen Lin

‧何文元 Wen-Yuan Ho

‧楊頤光 I-Kuang Yang

‧黃文泓 Wen-Hung Huang

‧李慧菁 Huoy-Jing Lee

‧葉建益 Chien-Yi Yeh

‧劉宏光 Houn-Kung Liu

‧江國良 Gwo-Liang Jiang

‧周世銘 Shih-Ming Chou

‧謝文凱 Wen-Kai Hsieh

‧陳逸宇 Yi-Yu Chen

‧陳俊男 Jiunn-Nan Chen

‧蘇宏修 Hung-Hsiu Su

Geotechnical Engineering Dept.





Electric & Mechanical System Engineering Dept.



Project

Personnel Group, Administration Dept.





Environmental Protection Engineering Dept.



Kaohsiung New Town Project

Kaohsiung Office




Geomatics Dept.






Kaohsiung Office



Structural Engineering Dept.





Business Development Dept.







Transportation & Civil Engg. Dept. l


Dajia-Changben Supervision Office of Taiwan

Central Second Freeway Project


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Structural Engineer II



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Senior Electrical Engineer II

Civil Engineer II

Civil Engineer II

Personnel clerk III

Civil Engineer III




Environmental Engineer II

Civil Engineer II


Senior Technician

Senior Technician

Senior Civil Engineer I

CAD Designer III


Geotechnical information Engineer II

Senior Civil Engineer II


Civil Engineer II

Civil Engineer II


Civil Engineer III




CADD Operator

Techincian I

Clerical Assistant

Technician I

Vice President and Manager of

Business Development Depart-

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Trainee


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Civil Engineer II


Senior Technician


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CHINESENAME

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‧程明達 Ming-Dar Cherng

‧楊智雄 Jyh-Shyong Yang

‧吳寶雅 Bao-Yea Wu

‧龐宏昌 Horng-Chang Pang

‧溫思明 Sze-Ming Wen

‧郭俊何 Jun-Her Guo

‧林碧戀 Bih-Liann Lin

‧郭惠君 Huey-Jiun Guo

‧鐘偉逞 Wei-Chen Chung

‧鍾梅萍 Mei-Pyng Jong

‧徐國峰 Kuo-Feng Hsu

‧林怡成 Yee-Chen Lin

‧許澤雍 Tzer-Eong Hsu

‧陳薇旭 Wei-Hsu Chen

‧林燕慧 Yen-Huoy Lin

‧曾漢湘 Hann-Shiang Tseng

‧李雯靜 Wen-Jing Lee

‧鄭幸美 Shing-Mei Jeng

‧張敏宏 Min-Hung Chang

‧黃裕華 Yu-Hung Chang

‧胡柏笙 Po-Sheng Hu

‧王榆茜 Yu-Chian Wang

‧潘志文 Chih-Wen Pan

‧邵國士 Gwo-Shyh Shaw

‧李磑柏 Wey-Bor Lee

‧張耀宗 Yaw-Tzong Chang

‧游淑蓉 Sue-Rong Yu

‧郭蕙萍 Huey-Ping Guo

‧張光弘 Kuang-Hung Chang

‧楊劍鳴 Jian-Ming Yang

‧闕志同 Chih-Torng Chiueh

‧徐國輝 Kuo-Hui Hsu

‧洪國隆 Grow-Long Hong

‧廖容晨 Rong-Chern Liaw

‧余慶驊 Ching-Hwa Yu

‧廖朝木 Jau-Muh Liaw

‧李玉麒 Yu-Chih Lee

‧鄧萍嬌 Ping-Chiao Teng

‧鄭隆印 Lung-Yin Jeng

‧張麗娟 Lih-Chuan Chang

Structural Engineering Dept.



Geomatics Dept.




Drafting Group, Information Center

Information Center

Transportation & Civil Engg. Dept. II




Information Center

Development & Planning Dept.







Geomatics Dept.

Geomatics Dept.

Business Dept.





Accounting Group

Development & Planning Dept.














General Affairs, Administraton Dept.



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Messenger


Civil Engineer I



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Computer Operator

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Technician l

Civil Engineer l

Civil Engineer ll

Senior Programmer

Architect & Urban Planner

Civil Engineer ll

Geotechnical Engineer l

Senior Technician

Environmental Engineer ll

Civil Engineer l



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Planner II

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Civil Engineer II

Civil Engineer II

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Civil Engineer ll

General Affairs Clerk lll

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Civil Engineer II

Senior Technician

Secretary lll

General Affairs Clerk ll

CADD Operator

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Mr. I-Kuang YANG

Mr. I-Kuang YANG, a notable civil engi-neer with over 20 years of experiences inthe design and construction of roads,bridges, flooding prevention method,architecture, and landscape designplanning, joined MAA in July 2000 as theVice President and Manager of the newlyformed Business Development Depart-ment of Moh and Associates, Inc.. Mr.Yang has received his bachelors degreefrom Feng Chia University in 1966 and amasters degree from the Department ofManagement Science of the NationalChiao-Tung University in 1981. Mr. Yanghas been involved in various major pub-lic construction works in Taiwan such asthe design and construction supervisionof Tseng-Wen Reservoir, Chi Zhiang,Hsin Hai, and Chuang Ching tunnels. Inaddition, he furthered his experiences inthe academic realm as a Professor inConstruction Management, Departmento f Na t iona l Ta ipe i Un ive rs i t y o fTechnology. He has been active in manyengineering associations such as hold-ing the Secretary-General position for theChinese Association of Engineering Con-sultants in Taipei, and as the supervisorfor the Urban Design Review Committeeof the Taipei City Government. As the Vice-President and Manager of the BusinessDevelopment Department, his main re-sponsibilities include the analysis andcarrying out various business strategicdevelopments of MAA Taiwan.

PERSONNEL PROFILES

EMBA Degree

In August 2000, Mr. Ben Pen-Chi LIN hassuccessfully completed the EMBA coursefrom the Asian Institute of Technology inBangkok, Thailand. He is the first of theseveral MAA staff to have attended andcompleted the EMBA course. Mr. Lin hasbeen a Senior Geotechnical Engineer inMAA Taiwan for over 5 years and is cur-rently the Deputy Project Manager of theAirside Pavement Project for the NewBangkok International Airport. With over18 years of experience, Mr. Lin has beeninvolved in several major projects suchas various residential and commercialbuildings in California, Taipei Mass RapidTransit Systems, Airport Planning inSouthern In ternat iona l A i rpor t &Kaohsiung International Port Overall De-velopment Project, Taiwan High SpeedRail Project, B.T. Roadway Project inVietnam, and Bangkok-Chonburi NewHighway Project. Mr. Lin received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Chung YuanChristian University in 1981 and UtahState University in 1988, Respective’s. Heis a registered Civil Engineer of Utah, Cali-fornia and R.O.C., and is a member ofAmerican Society of Civil Engineers, Chi-nese Society Institute of GeotechnicalEngineering, Taiwan Professional CivilEngineers Association, InternationalWho’s Who of Professionals, and Soci-e ty o f Profess ional Engineers ofThailand.

Mr. Horn-Kuan LIU

Mr. Horn-Kuan LIU joined MAA Taiwan inJuly 2000 as a Senior Engineer in theGeomatics Department. Mr. Liu was aprofessional officer in the Combined Ser-vice Forces for 20 years. He was respon-sible for developing and promoting theautomation of the accounting system andthe payroll system, which is still beingused by all the military units of the Chi-nese Armed Forces. He was promotedto Deputy Director, Accounting and Audit-ing Department with the rank of lieuten-ant colonel before he retired from Com-bined Service Forces in 1995. Subse-quently to that, he worked for four yearsat a computer company and was involvedin interesting projects such as computersimulation of war games, taxi dispatch-ing system, noise monitoring and con-trolling for 5 airports, and on-line real timemonitoring of traffic on freeways. He iswell experienced in MIS, GIS, GPS, andPDA systems and is currently respon-sible for upgrading the MIS system andpromoting GIS applications at MAATaiwan.

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Mr. Cheng-He SU

Mr. Cheng-He SU joined MAA Taiwan asa Senior Electrical Engineer II in May 2000.Mr. Su received the diploma degree fromthe Air Conditioning & Refrigerating Sec-tion of the Electrical Engineering Depart-ment of National Taipei Institute of Tech-nology in 1975. With over 25 years of ex-periences as an electrical engineer, Mr.Sun has developed strengths in manu-facturing and commissioning switch gearcubicle, panelboard, and motor controlcenters; planning and designing for elec-trical power, lighting and control systems;and installation and commissioning ofLithoplus Coating (LPC) & Ultraviolet Cur-ing systems. His experiences includeelectrical power, lighting and control sys-tems for factories, office buildings,schools, and hotels. Some specific ex-amples include electrical quantity survey-ing for Marina Square in Singapore, elec-trical works for Central United Office Build-ing of Executive Yuen Phases I & II, FubonBanking Center in Taipei, and LithoplusCoating System Installation for ShanghaiFan Yin Leefung-Asco Printing & PackingCo., Ltd..

Mr. Chi-Fu KUO

Mr. Chi-Fu KUO, with more than 25 yearsof experiences in various engineeringworks a t the Ch ina Eng ineer ingConsultants, Inc. (CECI), joined MAA Tai-wan in June 2000 as a Senior Civil Engi-neer I. Mr. Kuo Graduated from NationalTaiwan University. His major works in-clude the publication of several researchpapers, acting Manager for the CKS Inter-national Airport Supervision Office, DeputyManager of the Kee-His Section of theSecond Freeway Supervision Office, ChiefEngineer for Yang Min Sun Arch BridgeSupervision Office and many other archi-tectural and civil engineering design andconstruction supervision experiences.

Mr. Chu-Zu LIN

Mr. Chu-Zu LIN received his B.S. degreefrom the National Taipei University in 1975and M.S. from Oklahoma State Universityin 1984. He is a registered Environmen-tal Engineer in Taiwan. Mr. Lin has over20 years of civil engineering experiencesand has undertaken considerable worksin bridge planning and designing. Mr. Linwas a structural engineer in MAA from1985 to 1987. Before rejoining MAA inJune 2000, Mr. Lin has worked forSinotech Engineering Consultants andChina Engineering Consultants, Inc.. Cur-rently Mr. Lin is carrying out major worksfor the High Speed Rail Project in MAATaiwan.

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