HIGHLIGHTS

Dec 2015

THE PROJECT MANAGERNewsletter of the Society of Project Managers, Singapore www.sprojm.org.sg MCI (P) 153/08/2014

From left to right (Er. Tan Joo Chuah, Er. Chang Meng Teng and Prof Ting Seng Kiong)

Minister Masagos Zulkifli addressing Annual Dinner guests

PMS TO RAISE PRACTICE STANDARD

Project managers in the built environment industry are to raise professional practice standard to meet more demanding and complex projects. This was the call and encouragement of Minister Masagos at the SPM 20th Annual Dinner held on 25 September 2015.

Guest-of-Honour Masagos noted that projects in Singapore were getting larger and more complex in nature. Sharing from his personal involvement in the Tampines integrated town hub project, he said that in large projects, many professional disciplines and stakeholder groups had to work closely together. While each group had their unique requirements and demands, coordination and integration became more critical to project success. On top of that, construction professionals had to satisfy a multitude of requirements of various stakeholders – higher productivity, quality standard, sustainability

and safety requirements, and amidst budget constraints. The Minister stressed that the Project Manager’s role was ever more important and critical. The PM had to integrate ideas and efforts of the various professional disciplines to harness innovative and productive solutions for effective outcomes.

He was heartened to note that SPM was in the process of developing an accreditation scheme for project managers to raise the standard of project management practice and to enable competent professional project managers to be recognised with certification. This would undoubtedly enhance the professional image of project managers.

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14th China International Construction Project ManagementSummit Meeting

The 14th China International Construction Project Management Summit Meeting, organized by the China Construction Industry Association (CCIA), was held from 10 to 12 October 2015 in the City of Shijiazhuang, China. The theme for this Summit Meeting was “Advance of PPP Concession Model & Development of Construction Industry”. The Summit was well attended by more than 800 project management professionals from all over China, many of them were the winners of this year’s International / National Outstanding Project Manager Awards.SPM’s delegation was led by our President Prof Ting Seng Kiong. The other 2 members are our past President Er. Chang Meng Teng and past 2nd Vice-President Er. Tan Joo Chuah.

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SPM-UniSIM Professional Talk Series

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Book Launch cumSeminar 2015 12

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Project Management Jurong Rock Caverns

Obituary:Our Tributes to Honorary FellowMr Kwek Leng Joo

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SPM President’s Speech At Annual Dinner 2015Minister Masagos Zulkifli, Honoured Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,on behalf of the Society of Project Managers, I welcome all of you to our 20th anniversary celebration.

SPM continues to be active in organizing seminars, talks and professional courses for our members. Besides our regular lunchtime talks, we have been holding evening talks at UniSIM as well. These had been very successful.

I hope that those of you who travel to Hong Kong or work there for any projects are making full use of our MOU with HKIPM which allows reciprocal benefits to our SPM members.

Our partner in China, the Construction Project Management Committee of the China Construction Industry Association is having its 14th China International Construction Project Management Summit in ShiJiaZhuang from 10 to 12 October 2015. SPM will be organizing a delegation to go for the summit and you are welcomed to join us.

This year, SPM is chairing the Construction Industry Joint Committee (CIJC). It is appropriate that SPM should take a giant step forward for project management.

Currently, any person can call himself a Project Manager and practise project management in the Built Environment/Construction Industry. Unlike the practice of Architects and Professional Engineers, the professional practice of Project Managers is not legislated. Developers and consumers of Project Management (PM) services find the quality and standard of PM services vary greatly. There is a need to have a good industry standard stipulated for the practice and provision of PM services in Singapore. The Society of Project Managers (SPM) wants to lead the way to have an accreditation scheme to assess and certify qualified practitioners in Project Management.

The primary purpose of the PM Accreditation scheme is to raise the practice standard of Project Management in the Built Environment/Construction Industry and to provide consistency in PM practice with a baseline performance benchmark.

The key benefits of the PM Accreditation scheme are:

• AssuranceofqualityprofessionalPMservice

• IndustryrecognitionofPMcompetencyofaPMpractitioner

• PortabilityoftherecognisedPMcompetency

• GoodandconsistentprofessionalPMservices

These can help propel higher productivity in project delivery and contribute to the overall productivity in the industry. This will raise the profile of Project Managers.

The SPM framework for the PM accreditation system consists of four pillars: PM Standard, Training, Assessment and Recognition (in short, STAR).

Standard: SPM has determined to use the Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards (GAPPS) Global PM standards as the reference competency standard for accreditation. The PM standards will be customized and made relevant to our local industry. It would

help propel the local PM practice

standard forward to benefit the industry as a whole.

Training: Training courses will be in place to enable practitioners, who are still short of the standards, to level up their knowledge and competency skills, to bridge practice competency gaps to qualify for accreditation.

Assessment: Methodology and system are being developed for robust assessment of the PM competency level of individuals who wish to be accredited to receive a certificate of quality.

Recognition: The accreditation scheme is an industry-led certification of individual PM professionals. There need to be industry support and demand for project managers to be certified for good practice standard and quality. We are looking to government authorities and procurement entities as well as private sector developers for strong support and recognition of the scheme. This is critical. With the demand, the PM practitioners who take pride in their profession will have the added incentive to raise their practice standard to achieve certification.

We have formed the Project Management Accreditation Board and we plan to launch the accreditation scheme in the first quarter of 2016.

In the meantime, we welcome any comments and volunteers who would join our team in finalizing the details of such a scheme for our profession in the coming few months.

Let me now thank the dinner organizing committee chaired by Bernard Ho and his team comprising of Ruby, Swee Yee, Raymond and Patrick. As the evening progresses, I am confident you will appreciate what they have done as you enjoy the evening.

On behalf of the council, I wish all of you good health and every success in the years ahead.

Enjoy the dinner and the friendships.

Dr Ting Seng KiongPresident (11th Council) Society of Project Managers

SPM took over the chair of CIJC from July 2015 for a one year term.

CIJC or the Construction Industry Joint Committee comprises eight keyinstitutions/associations of the construction industry:

•AssociationofConsultingEngineersSingapore(ACES)•InstitutionofEngineersSingapore(IES)•RealEstateDevelopers'AssociationofSingapore(REDAS)•SingaporeContractorsAssociationLimited(SCAL)•SingaporeInstituteofArchitects(SIA)•SingaporeInstituteofBuildingLimited(SIBL)•SingaporeInstituteofSurveyorsandValuers(SISV)•SocietyofProjectManagers(SPM)

In the mid 1990s under the ambit of the Construction 21 study, a need forimmenseexpansionandprogresswasidentifiedforSingapore'sconstruction industry in the 21st century. CIJC was thus formed in 1997

SPM CHAIRS CIJC

to align the goals of the different pillars of the construction stakeholders to synergize their effort and partner with the government agencies to build our industry to greater heights.

CIJC meets bi-monthly to discuss strategies and initiatives to engage with the government agencies and other stakeholders in our industry. The chairmanship is a one year term by rotation among the members associations. SPM is honored to chair the CIJC for the term 2015-2016.

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The Society of Project Managers celebrated its 20th anniversary in conjunction with Singapore’s SG50 celebration on 25 September 2015 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. The event was attended by about 700 guests and members.

Dr Ting Seng Kiong, President of the SPM, welcomed all to the evening’s celebrations.

The guest of honour of the evening was Mr Masagos Zulkifli, the Minister in Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Home Affairs & Foreign Affairs.

In an effort in Rebranding of the Construction Industry, SPM handed out 3 Book Prize awards to students from NUS for MSc Project Management Programme, NTU for MSc International Construction Management and Sim University for Bachelor of Building and Project Management.

This year, the Society also organised the bi-annually Outstanding Project Manager (OPM) Award 2015. The winner for the Senior Category is Er Teo Tiong Yong from Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) for his involvement and successful completion of the Jurong Rock Caverns (JRC) project.

As part of SPM’s corporate social responsibility, the Society has again made a generous donation to the Singapore Children’s Society.

Amidst the celebratory mood of the evening, the sumptuous 8-course dinner and the music provided by the live band and performances by JESS SHOWBIZ, it was an opportune time to catch up with fellow professionals in the industry. Old friendships were rekindled and new contacts were made as member and guests mingled among each other. Music, performances, good food and great company created a convivial atmosphere for the evening. All too soon, the evening came to an end. As the good byes, were said, it was time to look forward to next year’s Dinner.

SOCIETY OF PROJECT MANAGERSANNUAL DINNER 2015

SPM are shocked and deeply saddened by the sudden death of our Honorary Member, Mr Kwek Leng Joo who is the Deputy Chairman and Executive Director of property giant, City Developments Limited on Monday, 16 November 2015 at the age of 62.

Words alone would not be sufficient to depict his distinguished life and career, but Mr Kwek would be fondly remembered as someone who had an illustrious career and was recognised not only for his high quality developments, but also his equally unflinching zeal in spearheading the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability initiatives.He was President of the Singapore Compact for CSR and was recently awarded the President’s Award for the Environment.

All these efforts have established CDL and in turn Singapore on the global map of Sustainability. Not only was he involved with CDL / Hong Leong related companies, the late Mr Kwek stood out as a Community Leader and served as President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 1993 – 1997 and 2001 – 2015. He was the S-League’s first Chairman as well.ThelateMrKwekwasincludedinthisyear'sForbesHeroesof

Philanthropy for his commitment and benevolence in contributing towards worthy causes.

The late Mr Kwek also served on MediaCorp’s Board of Directors between 2004 and 2007 and made significant contributions.

In addition to establishing far reaching contributions to society, the late Mr Kwek also made significant contributions to the Real Estate industry. With the same zeal and commitment under his charge, CDL developed high quality residential and commercial developments and duly received the accolade of being the industry’s champion for Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility. The Society of Project Managers had acknowledged his influence on the industry and bestowed upon Mr Kwek the Honorary Fellowship in recognition of his achievements in 2011.

His devotion to society is indeed inimitable and awe inspiring.

We have lost a dear friend and a champion of life.

Obituary

In honour and respects of our dear Honarary Fellow, the late Mr Kwek Leng Joo, the SPM council on behalf of SPMmadeadonationofS$5,000totheinmates'familiessupport fund as a symbolic gesture of partnership in Mr Kwek'sphilanthropiccause.

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SPM Best Students Awards 2015At the SPM Annual Dinner 2015, SPM presented awards to the best students from Masters of Science, Project Management, National University of Singapore; Bachelor of Building and Project Management, Sim University and Masters of Science, International Construction Management, Nanyang Technological University. After the awards presentation, SPM took an opportunity to interview the three winners on their thoughts and how the awards could assist them in their career.

Ms. Teh Ming ChingNUS Best StudentMing Ching was euphoric that her hardwork has gained recognition and was grateful to SPM for the award. This award will certainly provide her additional motivation to excel by improving her understanding on theProject Management in keeping the project within time and budget. When asked of how SPM could reach out to have more members and the view that Project Management is always understated. She suggested SPM could consider active promotion of SPM activities both at the institutions of higher learning and industry players, engaging them in exchange of views of project management. On the view that PM is always understated, she felt that project management should not limit to master planning, contract and finance management during pre and post construction stage.It should include the empowerment/leverage on team members to manage the project for successful delivery.

Ms. Chow Chu XinSim University Best StudentChu Xin was pleasantly surprised to receive the award and this served as a form of encouragement and a reminder for her to work hard and maintain the highest standards when discharging her duties. She felt itwould open up opportunities for her career advancement. When asked of how SPM could reach out to have more members, she felt that SPM should collaboratewith industry partners and institutions in orgainising programmes at tertiary institutions to reach out tomore members to create awareness of Project Management. Chu Xin views Project Management has an important role to play in many industries. Although it may seem like an easy job to plan and manage projects, but there is more to that. Very often, what is planned might not be implemented because there maybe hidden constraints that could only be discovered at the implementation phase. It requires good knowledge, skills and critical thinking to excel in Project Management and basically as Project Manager, he or she should be in control of the issues that might crop up during the course of implementation.

Ms. Teo Woan TyngNTU Best StudentWoan Tyng was surprised to receive the award and expressed her gratitude to NTU to nominate her for this award. This award was a great form of recognition on her effort in pursing professional advancement in Master of Science (International Construction Management). She was grateful that the SPM 20th Dinner had given her opportunities to interact with the practitioners and SPM Committee Council. It had inspired her thought in pursuing the Project Management Career. Woan Tyng thought that SPM provided a good platform of sharing information on the latest technologies, project management experiences and relevant legislation updates. It was a good medium to extend networks among the industry stakeholders, thus enabling the participants great opportunity in learning and acquiring relevant knowledge of Project Management. When asked of how SPM could reach out to have more members, she felt that SPM should actively promote participation and contribution from the members. She thought through this event of participation and contribution it would certainly benefit members and recommend their peers to join SPM.

20th Anniversary Magazine Write-upIn conjunction with the Society 20th anniversary celebration, the Publication Committee completed a 20th Anniversary magazine

In this 20th Anniversary magazine we revisited some relevant activities and people from different time and perspective. We tried to relive the memories of past events, like Annual Seminar/Conference, Technical Talk, Annual Dinner, and wisdom and advice of people from past Society’s Presidents, Honorary Fellows, as we celebrate all that the future promises for the construction industry. The journey of the Society through the years were depicted by the transformation of its logo, newsletter, working committees and series of courses to the current pursuit of accreditation of project managers under Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards (GAPPS). The Society’s affiliation in its international alliance through the various MOUs and commitment to corporate social governance were also captured. This is a good collection and compilation of the Society’s past works and achievements since its inception in 1995.

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Good evening,

Dr Ting Seng Kiong, President, Society of Project Managers, Council Members, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and gentlemen.

I am told that amongst the guests here tonight are many construction professionals. I, myself, was trained as an Electrical & Electronic Engineer and have worked in the electrical and electronic engineering profession for 6 years.

It is indeed heartwarming to be in your company.

I am indeed delighted to be here tonight to join you in your 20th Anniversary celebration; and fortuitously this joyous occasion coincides with our nation’s SG50 celebration.

SG50Over the last 50 years, Singapore’s development as a nation is in no small measure supported by good and efficient physical infrastructure. On a landmass of merely 700 square kilometers, building and infrastructure developments over the past five decades have been relentless, but yet organized and systematic. It has transformed a nondescript landscape of kampongs and fishing villages into a modern, thriving and vibrant metropolis; and propelled our nation from third world to first world in this remarkably short span of time.

Moving into the Future

The relentless pace of Singapore’s physical

development and transformation is

expected tocontinue unabated.

The projected demand of building and infrastructure projects is expected to be $27 billion to $37 billion annually for the next five years. Public sector projects will make up just a slightly bigger part of the pie - at 56%. Construction professional services and skills will continue to be in demand.

Raising the profile of Project ManagersBuildings and other physical infrastructures have been developed through the concerted efforts of construction professionals like you - town planners, architects, civil and structural engineers, mechanical and electrical engineers, quantity surveyors, general contractors, and specialist trade contractors. You may wonder why I did not mention the project

managers. Surely, these projects would not have been successfully completed without the Project Managers bringing together the efforts and expertise of the different professionals to bear. Project managers have played a major part and project management is key to project success.

Over the last 20 years, SPM have been promoting the practice of project management through education, training and recognition of good practice among the PM fraternity.

I note too that projects are getting larger and more complex in nature. Take for example, the Tampines integrated town hub development, which I have close involvement as a Member of Parliament. When completed in 2016, the 120,000 square metre development will have recreational, sporting, community and cultural facilities all under one roof. It will have community club, library, family medical centre, football stadium, swimming complex and other sports facilities, retail F&B and a hawker centre. The project is complex and huge with multiple users and numerous stakeholders, with keen community interest and social relevance too. The challenges in managing such projects are copious, but not insurmountable.

In large projects, many professional disciplines and stakeholder groups are involved, each having their somewhat unique requirements and demands. Coordination and integration have become more critical to project success.

Construction professionals have to satisfy a multitude of requirements from various stakeholders - higher productivity, quality standard, sustainability and safety requirements, and amidst budget constraints. The role of the Project Manager is ever more important and critical. He has to integrate ideas and efforts of the various professional disciplines for innovative and productive solutions to achieve effective outcomes.

Demanding and complex projects require good project management. It is imperative that the standard of professional Project Management practice must be raised to meet this requirement. I am glad to note from Dr Ting that SPM is in the process of developing an accreditation scheme for project managers. With this scheme, competent professional project managers will be recognised with certification. This will undoubtedly enhance the professional image of project managers. SPM will draw from their learning experience with their international counterparts in establishing a professional PM practice standard for the accreditation. Demand for PM trainingwill increase.

SPM will work with local institutions of higher learning, fellow professional associations in the Construction Industry Joint Committee (CIJC) and BCA Academy to develop relevant courses.

Rebranding the Construction IndustryI would like to conclude with a note on

the important role the construction

professionals, including the project managers, would play in shaping the future landscape of Singapore into SG100

and beyond.I note that the built environment sector for the past decade has been experiencing declining popularity amongst the young in joining the workforce. Student enrolments into courses for construction related disciplines have not been encouraging for many years. In this regard, BCA has been leading the effort, in partnership with the CIJC and the institutions of higher learning, to rebrand the Construction sector. I note that amongst this year’s four recipients of the prestigious President’s Scholarship is Ms Clara Lim, from Dunman High School, who will read Mechanical Engineering in University College London. She is the first President’s Scholar in nine years to pursue an engineering degree. Perhaps, this is a sign that the rebranding effort is already sprouting fruits.

As the CIJC chair this year, perhaps it is an opportune time for SPM to lead the construction professional associations to moving the rebranding up another notch.

It leaves me now with the pleasure to congratulate SPM on its 20th anniversary. I wish all of you an enjoyable evening of celebrations.

Guest-Of-Honour's Speech at Annual DinnerSPEECH BY MR MASAGOS ZULKIFLI, MINISTER IN PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE AND SECOND MINISTER, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS AND MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS,

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Project Management: Jurong Rock Caverns

As land is scarce in Singapore, JTC is always looking at how to optimise land use creatively. The Jurong Rock Caverns (JRC) are an innovative solution to optimise land and create more industrial space for the energy and chemicals cluster on Jurong Island by utilising the underground rock cavern for the storage of oil.The Jurong Rock Caverns (JRC) project is Southeast Asia’s first commercial underground rock cavern facility for liquid hydrocarbons storage. The first two caverns have been operational since 2014, with the last three caverns being scheduled for completion by 2016.

Jurong Rock Caverns

JRC is located beneath the Banyan basin on Jurong Island, Singapore’s energy and chemicals hub. Conventionally, above ground steel storage tanks are built to store liquid hydrocarbons, but these tanks occupy large tracts of land. By utilising subterranean storage spaces, JRC not only ensures the security of the products in storage, it also translates to a savings of approximately 60ha of land for higher value-added activities, such as petrochemicals manufacturing activities. As a commercial underground storage facility, JRC will complement and enhance the existing network of integrated infrastructure on the Island, and further reinforce Singapore’s position as a leading global energy and chemicals hub. The other advantages of going underground include lower Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) risks. Most of Singapore’s man-made subterranean structures are at most 50m underground. Located 150m below the ground, JRC is the deepest known underground public works endeavour in Singapore to date, making it an engineering and construction feat. Adding to this complexity is the challenge of constructing the caverns 130m beneath the seabed. In order to bring this engineering feat from the drawing board to reality, JTC assembled an international team

of specialists from SINTEF-Tritech-Multiconsult Consortium (STM), Geostock-Jurong Consultants Consortium (GK-JCPL) and Hyundai Engineering and Construction (HDEC) and Sato Kogyo (SK) to work with JTC’s core team on the project. JTC also engaged National Technological University (NTU) and Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) to carry out research and provide advice for the underground excavation works respectively. All in all, some 280 engineers have worked on this game changing project, from conceptual work and planning to construction. The team has employed many different construction methods including the drill and blast method, to build two access shafts, five nine-storey high caverns, 9km of tunnels, as well as kilometres of piping networks with supporting utilities such as a wastewater treatment plant, various valves pumping systems, and vapour recovery units etc. In the process, 3.5 million cubic metres of rock was removed with kilometres of pipelines installed. The completed caverns will be used to store up to 1.47 million m3 of liquid hydrocarbons, the equivalent of the capacity of 600 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Planning works started early in 2001 when the first two site investigation works and feasibility study were carried out. The planning works intensified between 2004 and 2006.

Project Management of Jurong Rock Caverns In order to expedite the implementation works, the construction of JRC was split into two stages. Stage 1 involved the design and construction of two Access Shafts (AS) and the start-up galleries. Stage 2 involved the design and construction of the remaining facilities, including the tunnels, five caverns and the associated underground and aboveground works.For this project, besides the various studies, site investigation work, and insurance contracts, the following multi-disciplinary contracts were awarded:1. Project management team (PMT) 2. Basic Engineering design and

Superintending Officer (SO) teams 3. Detailed design and construction

contracts To manage such a complex project, JTC worked with the project management team to implement key requirements in the project management system. These requirements were included in

the consultancy and cavern construction contracts for all JTC’s partners to comply. The good cooperation between JTC and all partners had overcame these challenges in a very productive way, with the first two caverns completed successfully and operational in July 2014. One key achievement is the excellent safety record for this complex and challenging project. JTC has required in the Tender specification for the consultancy and construction contracts to have a high focus on HSE. Based on this strong HSE attitude, JTC implemented the JRC HSE Zero Philosophy of zero injury and impact. A systematic, continuous establishment and follow-up of risks and uncertainties has been performed throughout the project from the planning and design phases to the construction phase. The project management team implemented a comprehensive Risk Management System which ensured that major risks and uncertainties were uncovered and broughttothemanagement'sattentionin due time for corrective action. With the successful implementation of the HSE and Risk Management plans, the JRC’s accident frequency and severity rates were much lower than the national average.

Jurong Rock Caverns

Package 2 – Tunnels and Caverns

Package 1 – Access Shafts

Package 2 – Aboveground and Underground Facilities

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Design and Construction of Jurong Rock Caverns Entry to the caverns is via the two Access Shafts (AS), AS1 and AS3. Due to the site’s flat terrain, vertical shafts were designed and constructed to provide entry to the tunnels and caverns underground thus utilising less land as compared to an access ramp.AS1 (with a diameter of

25m) and AS3 (with a diameter of 22m) are 130m deep. They provide access to the underground and during construction, allowed for the removal of excavated muck from underground. AS1 is located within the main aboveground facility area of the project and provides space for the installation of equipment and pipelines to connect between aboveground and underground facilities, which include import

and export systems, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation facilities and firefighting facilities (with an escape staircase and fireman lift). AS3 is used primarily for construction access. It will eventually be used as the second permanent access to the underground area, providing an alternative escape route in case of emergency.There are two levels of tunnels. The 100m deep ‘operations tunnels’ (Level 1) connect the access shafts to the maintenance chamber located above each cavern. The 130m deep ‘access tunnels’ (Level 0) are used as temporary access from the two shafts for the construction of the caverns.The storage caverns are located at 130m to 150m below the ground. Each cavern consists of two storage

galleries. A typical storage gallery is 20m wide, 27m high (nine storeys high) and 340m long with a storage capacity of 165,000 cubic m3, equivalent to 64 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The caverns are designed to be unlined and located well below the groundwater table, which is unprecedented in Singapore. The hydraulic containment principle utilises the principle of pressure difference between the water saturating the rock mass around the caverns and the pressure inside the caverns. As a precautionary measure, water curtain galleries consisting of 6m wide tunnels with 80m long boreholes drilled at10m apart are provided toenhance the hydraulic pressure outside the caverns.

Conclusion JTC’s mandate involves creating more usable space to maximise our economic potential. Land will always be scarce in Singapore, but with human creativity and ingenuity, JTC will continue to find new ways to do more with less. This drive to overcome land constraints led to the idea of going underground beneath the seabed to create JRC. The planning and construction of JRC was rigorous and intense as it involved the excavation of caverns 130m beneath the seabed. Beyond the technical difficulties, JTC had to consider the commercial viability of the

project by working with various stakeholders at the onset to ensure that JRC would match the requirements of the manufacturers. With the successful completion of five huge nine-storey high caverns lying 130m beneath the seabed, Singapore will be well positioned to explore more underground projects for the future.

Water Curtain Tunnels Separating the Individual Caverns

Overview of the Jurong Rock Caverns beneath Banyan Basin

Er Teo Tiong Yong is the Director of Innovative Space Division of JTC Corporation.

Tiong Yong graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the National University of Singapore in 1992. He obtained a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, also from the National University of Singapore in 1996. He is a Singapore Registered Professional Engineer.

Tiong Yong joined JTC in May 2006 as a Senior Principal Engineer (Civil & Structural) and later took on a Project Manager role in Project Management and Contracts Division (PMCD). Prior to joining JTC, his portfolio included design and construction of buildings and underground structures. With his working experience in underground projects - Mandai’s Underground Ammunition Facility and the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System Contract T05 project, Tiong Yong was tasked to lead the planning and physical implementation of the Jurong Rock Caverns (JRC) Project.

In his current role as Director of Innovative Space Division, he oversees the development of both industrial land and space solutions which includes specialised industrial buildings, marine infrastructures and underground developments. In addition, he continues to play the role of an underground cavern domain specialist to advise and add value to other potential JTC underground projects.

Outstanding Project Manager Award 2015,Senior CategoryEr. Teo Tiong YongDirector, Innovative Space DivisionJTC Corporation

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I would like to sincerely apologize for not being able to be present at this AGM. Due to a last minute urgent business engagement, I have to be away.

I want to thank the members of the SPM council and the various working committees for the support and time they have given to promote the objectives of the Society.

Total membership of the Society as of June 2015 stands at 400 comprising 5 Honorary Fellows, 64 Fellows, 298 Ordinary Members and 33 Associate Members.

During the past year 2014/2015, SPM had continued our engagement with our MOU partners both internationally and locally.

We had been very active in the Global Alliance for Project Performance Standards (GAPPS) workshop sessions held at various avenues of member organizations.

A delegation of four attended the 13th China International Construction Project Management Summit in Hangzhou from 12 to 13 October 2014 organized by the Construction Project Management Committee (CPMC) of the China Construction Industry Association.

We were not only involved in the inaugural Asia Pacific conference in Beijing from 29 to 30 November 2014 organized by the Asia Pacific Federation of Project Management (apfpm) but also the IPMA research conference in Tianjin from 1 to 2 December 2014.

On 10 April 2015, we signed an MOU with the HKIPM. This allows our members reciprocal benefits with HKIPM. Our members can attend their events and functions at similar costs as their own members.

The Society has been and will be actively conducting talks and professional courses for members. I hope all of you had been able to attend the lunch time talks that we organized in the past year. We have also started organizing evening talks at UniSIM to reach not only to members but also to students so as to promote our profession.

SPM has just conducted our 10th run of the course on Project Management for Professionals of the Building & Construction Industry with BCA Academy from 8 April to 29 May 2015.

We are holding a book launch on 31 July. This will be on the Singapore Public Sector Construction Contract. I hope all of you can attend.

For this coming year, we are going to focus strongly on accreditation of project managers. SPM will develop a PM accreditation scheme. So lookout for the launch of this.

Our annual dinner will be at the Ritz Carlton on 25 September 2015.

I look forward to your continued support and for more ideas on how we can make our Society even better.

Thank you.

Dr Ting Seng KiongPresident Society of Project Managers

President's AGM Address

SPM 19th Annual General Meeting

The Society of Project Managers held its 19th Annual General Meeting on 16 July 2015 at the Singapore Recreation Club Lounge 1883. Members gathered for networking and catching up over a hearty buffet lunch prior to the AGM commencement.

On behalf of the President, Dr Ting Seng Kiong, who was on an urgent oversea business engagement, 1st Vice President, Mr Yip Kim Seng, conveyed Dr Ting’s apologies and delivered his message to the meeting. He highlighted a few activities involving the development of international relations with other overseas Project Management organizations. He also mentioned many talks/seminars/

Members of the 11th Council elected at the AGM 2015

courses held for our members. The President thanked the Council members and the various working committees for their support and the time they had given to promote the objectives of the Society. [Full text of the President’s message is given in the article below.]

Assistant Honorary Secretary, Ms Audrey Tee presented the Annual Report and Assistant Honorary Treasurer, Ms Pauline Sim presented the audited accounts. A proposal to amend clause 2.2 of the Constitution was explained and approved. Essentially, the amendment sought to make clear the provision to empower SPM to carry out professional accreditation programmes and activities for individual professional project managers leading to certification. Two new honorary auditors were elected: Mr Benedict Tan and Mr Tong Chong Heong.

Besides the usual agenda, this year happened to be an election year for a new 11th Council (2015-2017). The results were validated and witnessed by the 10th Council with no objection from those present. The new 11th Council has five new faces, namely Mr Kenneth Loo, Mr Ng Cheng Huat, Mr Jonathan Shek and Prof Tan Teng Hooi and Mr Teoh Wooi Sin. After the AGM, the new 11th Council took the opportunity to express their gratitude to those who have voted and given their support to them with the rest of the members.

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Judging Session for the 14th International Outstanding Project Manager Awardson 8 Jul 2015 in Nanjing, ChinaThe judging event was held to select the outstanding project managers. The 14th CICPM summit was a conference and an occasion to give out the awards.

The China Construction Industry Association (CCIA) and Construction Project Management Committee (CPMC) of the People’s Republic of China have been awarding the “International Outstanding Project Manager” Awards to deserving Project Managers in China for the last 13 years. They are now in the process of evaluating the candidates for the “14th International Outstanding Project Manager” Awards.

As part of the evaluating process for the Awards, there is a Presentation cum Q&A Session to evaluate and test the candidates’ ability in presentation and their command of English. This year’s Q&A Session was held on 8 Jul 2015 in Nanjing, China.

Mr. Tan Joo Chuah, SPM’s Official Representative for the People’s Republic of China and past Vice President, was invited to be one of the Judges for this Presentation cum Q&A Session. Mr. Wu Tao, the Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of China Construction Industry Association (CCIA) was the Chief judge, together with other 5 eminent judges.

There were a total of 17 candidates attended this Q&A Session. They have been shortlisted from hundreds of applicants from the various provinces and cities in China.

Following the presentation, Mr. Tan Joo Chuah gave his comments on the performance of the candidates and provided advices to them on their presentation materials and communication skills.

The Q&A Session was successfully completed and the results of the Awards will be announced in due course. The Awards will be presented to the successful candidates in October this year during the 14th China International Construction Project Management Summit to be held in Shijiazhuang, China.

14th China International Construction Project Management Summit Meeting

As part of the program, the Summit participants visited “Xibaipo”, a historically significant place where Chairman Mao and his senior colleagues were staying and working out their battle plans. The participants were also treated to a high standard cultural performance at the end of the Summit meeting.

During the Summit, SPM’s delegation also held a meeting with Mr. Wu Tao, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of CCIA, and his team to discuss how the 2 organizations can have more collaboration. One of the proposals discussed was for both parties to jointly work out a training course (to be conducted both in Singapore and China) to train the project managers from both countries. Mr. Wu is very supportive of this initiative and both parties agreed to follow up to work out the details of this training course. This is the beginning of more collaboration to come between the 2 organizations.

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The opening session of the Summit

The candidates together with the judges. Mr. Tan Joo Chuah (front row, 7th from left). Mr. Wu Tao (front row, 6th from left)

The judges encouraging the candidates. Mr. Tan Joo Chuah (front row, 3rd from left). Mr. Wu Tao (front row, 4th from left)

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from the Editorial Team...Looking Forward...You can look forward to the following in the coming issues:

Design for Safety (DFS)

• Overview of DFS Regulations

• DFS from a Practising DFSP Viewpoint

Note: No part of this newsletter shall be reproduced without the written permission of the Publisher, Society of Project Managers. The views of the writers expressed in the newsletter may not necessarily represent the corporate views of the Society and no liability is accepted in relation thereof.

SPM-UniSIM Professional Talk was held on 04 June 2015 at UniSIM Campus jointly organized by SPM and UniSIM. One of the objectives of SPM for the series talk was to promote practice and knowledge of Project Management in the Built Environment Industry. Besides engaging with professionals and practitioners of PM, and other allied disciplines like Architects, Engineers, Quantity Surveyors and Facilities Managers, we feel that it is equally important to interact with, and tap the minds of the academia and engage the students in this field. Together with UniSIM, SPM wants to create a platform for students and faculties to interact with industry practitioners.

In the second talk series, SPM and UniSIM had invited Dr. John Keung, Chief Executive Officer of the Building and Construction Authority, Singapore, to give an insight on the upcoming plans and directions for the construction industry, and Ms. Audrey Perez from Dragages Singapore Private Limited to share some key pointers that had helped Dragages to successfully deliver a series of complex and large scale projects.

Overall the series talk benefitted the participants in understanding the vision of the Construction 2020, challenges and how these could overcome by team by putting the right attitude of the Project team members, providing efficient resources, develop culture for safety, focus on the well-being of the workers on site, making the people proud of what they are doing, motivated, hearing the problem at worker level, thinking ahead of the schedule, do things first time correctly and not being a “complaining baby”.

Dear Readers,We invite you to contribute articles of Project

Management interest so that this could be shared with

and learnt by the project management fraternity.

We also invite you and your esteemed company to

place an advertorial under our sponsorship scheme.

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form of a feature article such as a write-up on a project or

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Calling for feature Articles and Sponsorship!

SPM-UniSIM Professional Talk Series - BCA and Dragages

Dr. Ting Seng Kiong, SPM President giving his welcome address

Prof Cheong Hee Kiat with Dr. John Keung,CEO, BCA and Ms Audrey Perez,Dragages Singapore Pte Ltd

The Editorial TeamMr Teoh Wooi Sin (Chairman)Mr Yip Kim Seng (Advisor)Mr Tan Kok Siong (Advisor)Mr Carlson NgMr David Cheong

Mr Justin BoonMr Lee Kok BoonMr Manish BangaMr Shaun Yeo

Merry Christmas &A Happy New Year!

Dear Readers,Wishing you and your family…

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SPM organized the seminar together with the book launch on 31 July 2015 at Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. The 2015 Seminar focus was on Improving Construction Delivery with the PSSCOC and Contractor Selection Strategy for Public Sector Projects with the launch of new book “The Singapore Public Sector Construction Contract” which provides a clause-by-clause commentary on the articles and conditions of 7th edition of the Public Sector Standard Conditions of Contract by Mr. Chow Kok Fong

Mr. Seah Choo Meng shared insights about the “Contractor selection strategy for Public Sector Projects” and how the Planning and Construction Management (PCM) together with Architect, Engineers and QS could overcome the challenges faced during selection of the contractor. And by having closer review of the participating teams earmarked for the project. He shared the following factors that should be considered in the Contractor selection strategy:

a) Unusually low pricing should be carefully scrutinised and analysed.b) Contractors’ understanding and responses to Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) should be important criteria in the assessmentc) ECI is a good gauge of the contractor’s competence and keenness, also illustrate his programming methodology, constructability and buildability, alternate design / methods of construction and planning experienced) Contractors need to strengthen the management of sub-contractors (nominated / domestic).e) Many main contractors do not keep a watchful presence to ensure works under the sub-contractors are aligned with the overall requirements and timelines of the main contract.f) Contractors should outline the management processes of downstream activities relating to subcontractors and summary of activities be updated at regular intervals.g) Make it a point to visit running / past projects, locally and overseas, talk to relevant parties involved.h) For better participation and fairer treatment, clients should consider compensation for the unsuccessful tenderers “efforts” as practiced in other countries. Usually compensation is considered for the runner ups (2nd, 3rd, 4th).

In addition, he shared that the Employers and Consultants need to improve / enhance on services scope as construction projects become integrated in design and are higher in construction values, hence the demand for higher level of skills. He also shared about the current shortages of competent site management staff, Architects, Engineers, QS and PMs and the construction industry must re-organize and re-engineer our skills set as it is not easy to train PMs let alone the PCMs overnight.

Mr. Christopher Chuah shared about the “Contractual Terms Relating to Project Delivery” from Public Sector Standard Conditions of Contract (7th Edition – July 2014) related to main provision which impacts Construction Methods / Programme and Time.

Mr. Eugene Tan shared about the “When the Contractor Fails: When is it time to Terminate?” He shared about the contractual clauses and "can the Employer terminate and should the Employer terminate?". As a conclusion he shared about the five signs that Contractor may be heading towards insolvency

a) Schedules don’t make senseb) Frequent changes of Key Personnelc) Payment Applications consistently don’t add upd) Excessive applications for claimse) Suppliers and Subcontractors don’t get paid

In the end was the Book Launch “The Singapore Public Sector Construction Contract” and review of the Book by Mr. Mohan Pillay identifying aspects of the book which are particularly important for each constituency in the industry. The book provides a clause-by-clause commentary which itself will serve as an authoritative source of reference to everyone in the industry who uses this contract form. More importantly it points to how vital Issues arising from this standard form have been resolved in practice. This latest book comes at an opportune time to form the development of a productivity-centric construction procurement process in the public sector.

The Official Launch of book was by The Honourable Justice Quentin Loh one of the most highly respected of our High Court judges who had practiced extensively in construction law and disputes before his elevation to the bench.

The participants benefitted from the seminar and the panel discussion by Chairman Mr. Vikram Nair together with panelists Mr. Seah Choo Meng; Mr. Christopher Chuah, Mr. Eugene Tan & Mr. Chow Kok Fong. Participants also raised questions related to “Extension of Time” (EOT) during the panel discussion and its related conditions of contract.

SPM Book Launch cum Seminar - The Singapore Public Sector Construction Contract

Chow Kok Fong presenting the Honourable Justice Quentin Loh a copy of his new book

Q&A session in progress