E X O T I C

An interview with

Mr.Chen Ghee Kheong

“Seeing opportunity in every difficulties”

Engineering

Q&A on engineering

Preface

This magazine is to develop an understanding

of the building team, its organization, their duties,

responsibilit ies and the inter -relat ionship within

which they will seek employment, career progression

or fur ther study.

An interview with a civil engineer is included in

this magazine.5 questions about engineer are

provided dur ing the interview so that we are able to

understand more about engineer.

I would like to thank to my teammate who

works together with me for the interview and also

Mr.Chen Ghee Kheong, construction director from

Binastra Group whom we interviewed.

JY Gwen

Mr.Chen Ghee Kheong

Mr.Chen,as the construction

director in Binastra Group,takes

part in all phases of both

residential and commercial

construction projects.

He is also fully and actively

involved in overall daily group

construction arm administration

and projects operation.He leads

and guide groups of

management organization and

construction teams.

To ensure project

safety,compliance and quality

control policies,he addresses

architectural and structural

issues.

He is widely recognised for his commitment, shear

hard work and determination. His philosophy is “seeing

opportunity in every difficulties”. Try looking our

problems from different perspectives. He believes

teamwork and good understanding amongst team

members are the key to achieve objectives.

“Seeing opportunity in every difficulties”

Career path

He is equipped with

academic qualification in

Civil Engineering. He has

high exposure in the

construction and

development industry

with over 23 years of

experience. Extremely

resourceful having

completed numerous

commercial buildings,

condominiums, hotel and

infrastucture works,He has

gained strong networks and

supports in related field and

attained great confidence in

the market.

Creations

Q&A1)Q:What is the job description of an engineer?

2)Q:What is an engineer’s role in construction industry?

3)Q:What responsibilities does an engineer uptake?

A:Depends on how you understand about

engineer.Certain skill and knowledge are

required. Engineer also involved in design

stage in the field of construction electrical,

mechanical electronic and monitoring from

designing to work stage

A:Engineer involved in design stage for

structural and infrastructure. An

engineer also need to fulfill the

requirement of architect.

A:During design stage, engineer have to

look into safety and practicality of design

and cost . An engineer is also responsible

for 5M(money , management . man

power , material , machinery)

4)Q:What kind of qualities should one possess to an engineer?

5)Q:What kinds of problems have you faced as an engineer?

A:One should be able to play the role overseeing

the work and him or herself, sensitive to requirement

and society needs, ethical in work, sincere,

hardworking and solve problems from time to time

A:Suiting requirement of architect.For example

setting up position , material usage , space.

An engineer may also meet problems on cooperate of

project(multi-task), coordination and disturbancy.