CHRISTMAS PARTY IN KL & SINGAPORE OFFICES
WEB 10
ON 22ND DECEMBER 2006
WEB 10 NO.5 Web Structures’ Internal Magazine Aug/Sept/Oct/Nov/Dec-2006
Director’s Note Web Management Offsite Meeting
Contents: • Director’s Note
This is the fifth Web10 in the tenth year of Web Structures. The ten years which have seen us grow in size and in stature to be one of the leading proponents of creative structural engineering in the region and beyond. With the advent of Web Structures entering its 10th year in the industry and with offices in both Singapore and Malaysia, the management considers it timely to not only reflect upon the past success but looking beyond that, to review and equip the company for the very real tasks that lie ahead. It is time to revisit our vision and our operations.
• New Websters
• Recent Projects
Our Core Values: •Competence •Discipline • Possible Projects
•Communication •Teamwork •Beauty (Aesthetic)
• New Design Software
• Web Activities
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With this in mind, an offsite meeting was organized for the weekend of October 6; 9 senior management staff got together for an interactive session to redefine Web Structures’ core values, culture and to sharpen the vision/mission statement. In the course of that weekend we deliberated on our commitment and re-assessed our capability of adapting ourselves to meet the challenges of an increasingly competitive rapidly and ever changing global market place. It was recognized that Web Structures had always done many things well; our current record of success, our commitment and the quality of our people and our output bear testament to that fact. So, it’s not the intention to wipe off the whole slate and re-invent ourselves, but rather to build upon what we already can do in an even better way. These ingredients which created the present success must be retained, while addressing the new, specific challenges of expanding in terms of size and reach, globally. Strategies, direction and well-thought out synergy is critical, so that the end result is an immediately recognizable Web Product, no matter where the project is located. How do we work and interact as effectively in this new environment? After 10 years, a Web Structures identity has been created, but which needs to be re-visited at this juncture; the foremost question being “Where Do We All Aspire To Be?” This weekend should set a platform for the management to unify thoughts and form strategic direction of the Company in the years to come. Mr Paul Pafett, a Business Associate and also a close friend of Dr Rezai, was invited and very generously agreed to join the management team in Bintan, to assist in facilitating the process. Continue on page 3
WEB 10 is compiled by Lian Thong from KL office. Ideas & article for future issues are welcome. Please forward to lianthong@webstruc.net
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HUMAN RESOURCE: WEBSTERS ON THE MOVE
NEW ANALYSIS SOFTWARE: PLAXIS By Masoud, KL Office, December 2006
Masoud Paknahad joined us as a Senior Design Engineer on 01/12/06; a very valuable addition to the Web KL team as he has just completed his Phd on soil-structure interaction, using FEM modeling. He is spearheading the mastery of our newly acquired Plaxis program and has proven himself to be superlative at all CAD problems. With him aboard, our KL design team is really going places!
Having joined us on 18/12/06 as a Draughts person, Sonny Lim brings with him, 22 years of drafting experience. His technical knowledge and understanding of structures makes him a very welcome addition to the drafting team and we envisage him being a key player in our future plans.
Zhang Wei Qi joined the Singapore office on 1 August 2006 as Structural Engineer/Cad Operator. Zhang graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China with a Master's Degree in Management Science and Engineering. He is currently providing the needed support to strengthen our drafting team in the Singapore office to handle the ever increasing projects in Singapore. The vast experience he has brought with him will certainly be valuable to the entire Web Structures team
Yong Siak Sing is our new RE for Taman Melawati. He joined us on 15/12/06, bringing with him a good 24 years mix of construction experience on the site, in design and especially in major waterproofing works. His role is crucial to coordinate the all-too-many contractors on the Melawati project.
Hrj in Bangkok for Northpoint Project:
Liam in Seychelles for Four Season Project:
Huang Yu in Bangkok for Northpoint Project:
Models can contain both drained and undrained layers. Steady pore pressures may be generated by input of phreatic lines or by groundwater flow analysis. Large deformations may be analyzed by means of an Updated Mesh (Lagrangian) calculation. Factor of safety calculation by means of phi-c-reduction. Fully graphical input and output in a Windows environment.
Plaxis 3D Foundation is a finite element package intended for the three-dimensional deformation analysis of foundation structures. A project geometry is modeled using a top view approach. Soil layers are defined by means of boreholes. Multiple boreholes can be placed in the geometry to define a inclined ground surface. It automatically interpolates layer and ground surface positions in between the boreholes. Structures are defined in horizontal work planes. Multiple work planes can be defined to create complex foundations, multi-storey basements and relevant parts of the upper structure. The program allows for an automatic generation of unstructured 2D finite element meshes based on the top view. From this 2D mesh, a 3D mesh is automatically generated, taking into account the soil stratigraphy and structure levels as defined in the boreholes and work planes.
HUMAN RESOURCE: WEBSTERS ON OVERSEAS MISSION
Akbar in Beijing for Hilton Project:
PLAXIS is a finite element program for plane strain and axisymmetric modelling of soil and rock behaviour. Fully automatic mesh generation, allowing for a virtually infinite number of 6-node and 15-node elements. Elements exist to model walls, plates, anchors, geotextiles and soil-structure interaction. A special tunnel designer exists to create circular and NATM-like tunnels including lining and interface. Ground loss during tunneling can be simulated. Fully automatic load stepping procedure. Staged construction enables realistic simulation of the construction process. Soil models: Linear elastic, Mohr-Coulomb, Soft-Soil model (Cam-Clay like), Soft-Soil Creep model (Cam-Clay like with time-dependent behaviour), Hardening Soil model (double hardening).
Huang Yu in Shanghai for Cambridge Project
Quadratic 15-node wedge elements are available to model the deformations and stresses in the soil. Foundations may involve structural objects like walls, floors and beams. A beam element can be used to model slender one-dimensional objects with a significant flexural rigidity. Plate elements can be used to model raft foundations, basements, walls and floors of buildings, as well as other parts of structures. The behaviour of these elements is defined using elastic stiffness properties or non-linear deformation curves. Interface elements are automatically added to walls to allow for a proper modelling of soil-structure interaction. Circular and square piles can be defined using a pile designer. Massive piles are composed of volume elements whereas hollow piles are composed of wall elements. Pile-soil interaction can be modelled using interfaces around the pile. Various types of loads (point loads, line loads, distributed loads) can be applied in the model.
Seew Len in Bangkok for Northpoint Project:
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GENERAL NEWS: COMPANY OFFICE TRIP 2007
WEB MANAGEMENT OFFSITE MEETING
Plans are underway as the Web Structures staff prepare to gear up for another long awaited office trip to Phuket - a tropical island south of Thailand. The venue was chosen as it always seemed to have perfect sunsets, interesting food and easy living – features with which Phuket has been richly rewarded. The date has been set for the 23rd weekend of March. The weekend will be packed with activities which will include a site visit to one of our project – Laemsingh Villa and a short classroom learning session with our very dear friend, Professor Paul Regan.
Laemsingh Villa
For the sunseekers, there will be time to explore the beautiful sandy beaches, sheltered coves, clear waters and the waterfalls, snorkeling, scuba diving and if time permits, visit the nearby islands. Of course for the shopaholics you will not be left out - Phuket is your paradise! The island has a great variety of shopping, from bustling open-air village food markets, noisy night markets, street stalls and local shops to western style department stores and upmarket specialist shops. With traditional handicrafts, beautifully designed clothing, jewellery, ceramics, antiques, housewares and much more. Will leave the rest to be explored during the trip! Come March ’07 – we will immersed ourselves with the Phuket’s hospitality and experience Thailand’s exotic culture!
Continue from page 1
The workshop commenced with Jessie Tan tracing the beginnings of We Structures, covering its physical growth over the last 10 years and more importantly, presenting the correlation between the growth in project portfolio, with the in- tandem growth of architects with whom Web Structures first started working relationships. As the stature of these architects increased internationally, so did Web Structures’s diversity and size of portfolio. This was followed on by Dr Rezai who gave a presentation on the 7 levels of leadership, the cultural entropy and the time management matrix. Via a very interesting and interactive “select and discard” exercise organized by Paul, the management group identified the following core values for Web Structures:Competence Discipline Communication
WEB EVENTS: BROWN BAG IN KL & SINGAPORE
Teamwork
Past Movie
Beauty (Aesthetic) The management team was then sub-divided into 5 groups, each group assigned with developing each of these core values, starting with a write-up on how this is proposed to be introduced, inculcated and infused into every person in Web Structures. Dr Rezai and Mr Anthony Ang will undertake the role of defining the vision and sharpening the vision statement.
: World Trade Center Anatomy of the Collapse
Movie Title
: Tokyo’s Sky City
Venue
: WebKL's Studio
Venue
: WebSG's Conference Room
Date
: 26-01-2007
Date
: 26-08-2006
Movie Title
Web’s hard earned legacy after ten years is - a reservoir of talent empowered by shared values and a deep commitment towards providing unique and effective engineering options through design excellence. The enrichment and development of this same legacy sets the goal for WHAT we want to achieve in the future, and more importantly, HOW we go about achieving such goals. We will make the necessary changes of adaptation to much more complex and challenging working environments. But we will hold steadfast to our integral beliefs; that we are committed to valuing the talent and potential of each individual, that we harness the strength and blessings of diversity through shared core values, that we continue learning and enriching our work force from different communities and cultures. The way in which Web Structures manages its future operations must lead our fellow colleagues towards a standard of business excellence will help put us in a superior position in the market place; and as we continue to grow and succeed, so too should our partners, our clients, our consultants, around the world.
Coming Movie
Movie Title
: Turning Torso
Movie Title
:Trans Atlantic Tunnel
Venue
: WebKL's Studio
Venue
: WebSG's Conference Room
Date
: Mid March
Date
: Mid February
nph
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RECENT PROJECTS:
POSSIBLE PROJECTS:
Our recent projects present new challenges and opportunities to us. The projects are fairly high-profile and sizable. As such we have had to compete with international firms which have traditionally not been in the region. Examples of these are Messrs Thorten and Tomassetti out of Seattle-USA for the project Jalan Pinang, and Messrs Arup out of New York for the IMC towers, both in KL. We anticipate this trend to persist, and look forward to future successes to mirror our current project utilization.
Cambridge Forest, Shanghai:
We continue to have a healthy list of "possible jobs". This is encouraging, and reflects on the very good work we continue to do on our current projects. Our track record and our performance on current jobs are our best marketing tools
Mixed Development, Sofia-Bulgaria:
High Rise Condominium, Bangkok:
70-storey mixed development
High Rise Condominium Development
Shanghai, China
Architects: CSYA
Northpoint, Pattaya: Architects: HB Design-Singapore Woods Baggot-Bangkok
Pattaya, Thailand
Kuala Lumpur, M’sia Seychelles
High Specification Hotel, Dubai-UAE:
Design Audit, Shanghai:
50-storey high specification hotel
Singapore Sofia, Bulgaria Dubai, UAE
Bangkok, Thailand
Ardmore Park, Singapore: Architect: UNStudio Shanghai, China Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Kuala Lumpur, M’sia
IMC Tower, KL: Architects: TsAO & MCKOWN Architects-New York MOAantonioeraso/GDP-Kuala Lumpur
Mix-Development, Jeddah:
Singapore
High specification commercial towers
Four Seasons Resort, SEYCHELLES:
Office Building, Singapore:
Architects: AREA Design Bali.
Architects: CSYA
Taiping Lake, China:
Office Tower, Chong Qing-China:
Resort development
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RECENT PROJECTS:
POSSIBLE PROJECTS:
Our recent projects present new challenges and opportunities to us. The projects are fairly high-profile and sizable. As such we have had to compete with international firms which have traditionally not been in the region. Examples of these are Messrs Thorten and Tomassetti out of Seattle-USA for the project Jalan Pinang, and Messrs Arup out of New York for the IMC towers, both in KL. We anticipate this trend to persist, and look forward to future successes to mirror our current project utilization.
Cambridge Forest, Shanghai:
We continue to have a healthy list of "possible jobs". This is encouraging, and reflects on the very good work we continue to do on our current projects. Our track record and our performance on current jobs are our best marketing tools
Mixed Development, Sofia-Bulgaria:
High Rise Condominium, Bangkok:
70-storey mixed development
High Rise Condominium Development
Shanghai, China
Architects: CSYA
Northpoint, Pattaya: Architects: HB Design-Singapore Woods Baggot-Bangkok
Pattaya, Thailand
Kuala Lumpur, M’sia Seychelles
High Specification Hotel, Dubai-UAE:
Design Audit, Shanghai:
50-storey high specification hotel
Singapore Sofia, Bulgaria Dubai, UAE
Bangkok, Thailand
Ardmore Park, Singapore: Architect: UNStudio Shanghai, China Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Kuala Lumpur, M’sia
IMC Tower, KL: Architects: TsAO & MCKOWN Architects-New York MOAantonioeraso/GDP-Kuala Lumpur
Mix-Development, Jeddah:
Singapore
High specification commercial towers
Four Seasons Resort, SEYCHELLES:
Office Building, Singapore:
Architects: AREA Design Bali.
Architects: CSYA
Taiping Lake, China:
Office Tower, Chong Qing-China:
Resort development
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GENERAL NEWS: COMPANY OFFICE TRIP 2007
WEB MANAGEMENT OFFSITE MEETING
Plans are underway as the Web Structures staff prepare to gear up for another long awaited office trip to Phuket - a tropical island south of Thailand. The venue was chosen as it always seemed to have perfect sunsets, interesting food and easy living – features with which Phuket has been richly rewarded. The date has been set for the 23rd weekend of March. The weekend will be packed with activities which will include a site visit to one of our project – Laemsingh Villa and a short classroom learning session with our very dear friend, Professor Paul Regan.
Laemsingh Villa
For the sunseekers, there will be time to explore the beautiful sandy beaches, sheltered coves, clear waters and the waterfalls, snorkeling, scuba diving and if time permits, visit the nearby islands. Of course for the shopaholics you will not be left out - Phuket is your paradise! The island has a great variety of shopping, from bustling open-air village food markets, noisy night markets, street stalls and local shops to western style department stores and upmarket specialist shops. With traditional handicrafts, beautifully designed clothing, jewellery, ceramics, antiques, housewares and much more. Will leave the rest to be explored during the trip! Come March ’07 – we will immersed ourselves with the Phuket’s hospitality and experience Thailand’s exotic culture!
Continue from page 1
The workshop commenced with Jessie Tan tracing the beginnings of We Structures, covering its physical growth over the last 10 years and more importantly, presenting the correlation between the growth in project portfolio, with the in- tandem growth of architects with whom Web Structures first started working relationships. As the stature of these architects increased internationally, so did Web Structures’s diversity and size of portfolio. This was followed on by Dr Rezai who gave a presentation on the 7 levels of leadership, the cultural entropy and the time management matrix. Via a very interesting and interactive “select and discard” exercise organized by Paul, the management group identified the following core values for Web Structures:Competence Discipline Communication
WEB EVENTS: BROWN BAG IN KL & SINGAPORE
Teamwork
Past Movie
Beauty (Aesthetic) The management team was then sub-divided into 5 groups, each group assigned with developing each of these core values, starting with a write-up on how this is proposed to be introduced, inculcated and infused into every person in Web Structures. Dr Rezai and Mr Anthony Ang will undertake the role of defining the vision and sharpening the vision statement.
: World Trade Center Anatomy of the Collapse
Movie Title
: Tokyo’s Sky City
Venue
: WebKL's Studio
Venue
: WebSG's Conference Room
Date
: 26-01-2007
Date
: 26-08-2006
Movie Title
Web’s hard earned legacy after ten years is - a reservoir of talent empowered by shared values and a deep commitment towards providing unique and effective engineering options through design excellence. The enrichment and development of this same legacy sets the goal for WHAT we want to achieve in the future, and more importantly, HOW we go about achieving such goals. We will make the necessary changes of adaptation to much more complex and challenging working environments. But we will hold steadfast to our integral beliefs; that we are committed to valuing the talent and potential of each individual, that we harness the strength and blessings of diversity through shared core values, that we continue learning and enriching our work force from different communities and cultures. The way in which Web Structures manages its future operations must lead our fellow colleagues towards a standard of business excellence will help put us in a superior position in the market place; and as we continue to grow and succeed, so too should our partners, our clients, our consultants, around the world.
Coming Movie
Movie Title
: Turning Torso
Movie Title
:Trans Atlantic Tunnel
Venue
: WebKL's Studio
Venue
: WebSG's Conference Room
Date
: Mid March
Date
: Mid February
nph
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HUMAN RESOURCE: WEBSTERS ON THE MOVE
NEW ANALYSIS SOFTWARE: PLAXIS By Masoud, KL Office, December 2006
Masoud Paknahad joined us as a Senior Design Engineer on 01/12/06; a very valuable addition to the Web KL team as he has just completed his Phd on soil-structure interaction, using FEM modeling. He is spearheading the mastery of our newly acquired Plaxis program and has proven himself to be superlative at all CAD problems. With him aboard, our KL design team is really going places!
Having joined us on 18/12/06 as a Draughts person, Sonny Lim brings with him, 22 years of drafting experience. His technical knowledge and understanding of structures makes him a very welcome addition to the drafting team and we envisage him being a key player in our future plans.
Zhang Wei Qi joined the Singapore office on 1 August 2006 as Structural Engineer/Cad Operator. Zhang graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China with a Master's Degree in Management Science and Engineering. He is currently providing the needed support to strengthen our drafting team in the Singapore office to handle the ever increasing projects in Singapore. The vast experience he has brought with him will certainly be valuable to the entire Web Structures team
Yong Siak Sing is our new RE for Taman Melawati. He joined us on 15/12/06, bringing with him a good 24 years mix of construction experience on the site, in design and especially in major waterproofing works. His role is crucial to coordinate the all-too-many contractors on the Melawati project.
Hrj in Bangkok for Northpoint Project:
Liam in Seychelles for Four Season Project:
Huang Yu in Bangkok for Northpoint Project:
Models can contain both drained and undrained layers. Steady pore pressures may be generated by input of phreatic lines or by groundwater flow analysis. Large deformations may be analyzed by means of an Updated Mesh (Lagrangian) calculation. Factor of safety calculation by means of phi-c-reduction. Fully graphical input and output in a Windows environment.
Plaxis 3D Foundation is a finite element package intended for the three-dimensional deformation analysis of foundation structures. A project geometry is modeled using a top view approach. Soil layers are defined by means of boreholes. Multiple boreholes can be placed in the geometry to define a inclined ground surface. It automatically interpolates layer and ground surface positions in between the boreholes. Structures are defined in horizontal work planes. Multiple work planes can be defined to create complex foundations, multi-storey basements and relevant parts of the upper structure. The program allows for an automatic generation of unstructured 2D finite element meshes based on the top view. From this 2D mesh, a 3D mesh is automatically generated, taking into account the soil stratigraphy and structure levels as defined in the boreholes and work planes.
HUMAN RESOURCE: WEBSTERS ON OVERSEAS MISSION
Akbar in Beijing for Hilton Project:
PLAXIS is a finite element program for plane strain and axisymmetric modelling of soil and rock behaviour. Fully automatic mesh generation, allowing for a virtually infinite number of 6-node and 15-node elements. Elements exist to model walls, plates, anchors, geotextiles and soil-structure interaction. A special tunnel designer exists to create circular and NATM-like tunnels including lining and interface. Ground loss during tunneling can be simulated. Fully automatic load stepping procedure. Staged construction enables realistic simulation of the construction process. Soil models: Linear elastic, Mohr-Coulomb, Soft-Soil model (Cam-Clay like), Soft-Soil Creep model (Cam-Clay like with time-dependent behaviour), Hardening Soil model (double hardening).
Huang Yu in Shanghai for Cambridge Project
Quadratic 15-node wedge elements are available to model the deformations and stresses in the soil. Foundations may involve structural objects like walls, floors and beams. A beam element can be used to model slender one-dimensional objects with a significant flexural rigidity. Plate elements can be used to model raft foundations, basements, walls and floors of buildings, as well as other parts of structures. The behaviour of these elements is defined using elastic stiffness properties or non-linear deformation curves. Interface elements are automatically added to walls to allow for a proper modelling of soil-structure interaction. Circular and square piles can be defined using a pile designer. Massive piles are composed of volume elements whereas hollow piles are composed of wall elements. Pile-soil interaction can be modelled using interfaces around the pile. Various types of loads (point loads, line loads, distributed loads) can be applied in the model.
Seew Len in Bangkok for Northpoint Project:
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CHRISTMAS PARTY IN KL & SINGAPORE OFFICES
WEB 10
ON 22ND DECEMBER 2006
WEB 10 NO.5 Web Structures’ Internal Magazine Aug/Sept/Oct/Nov/Dec-2006
Director’s Note Web Management Offsite Meeting
Contents: • Director’s Note
This is the fifth Web10 in the tenth year of Web Structures. The ten years which have seen us grow in size and in stature to be one of the leading proponents of creative structural engineering in the region and beyond. With the advent of Web Structures entering its 10th year in the industry and with offices in both Singapore and Malaysia, the management considers it timely to not only reflect upon the past success but looking beyond that, to review and equip the company for the very real tasks that lie ahead. It is time to revisit our vision and our operations.
• New Websters
• Recent Projects
Our Core Values: •Competence •Discipline • Possible Projects
•Communication •Teamwork •Beauty (Aesthetic)
• New Design Software
• Web Activities
WEB10
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With this in mind, an offsite meeting was organized for the weekend of October 6; 9 senior management staff got together for an interactive session to redefine Web Structures’ core values, culture and to sharpen the vision/mission statement. In the course of that weekend we deliberated on our commitment and re-assessed our capability of adapting ourselves to meet the challenges of an increasingly competitive rapidly and ever changing global market place. It was recognized that Web Structures had always done many things well; our current record of success, our commitment and the quality of our people and our output bear testament to that fact. So, it’s not the intention to wipe off the whole slate and re-invent ourselves, but rather to build upon what we already can do in an even better way. These ingredients which created the present success must be retained, while addressing the new, specific challenges of expanding in terms of size and reach, globally. Strategies, direction and well-thought out synergy is critical, so that the end result is an immediately recognizable Web Product, no matter where the project is located. How do we work and interact as effectively in this new environment? After 10 years, a Web Structures identity has been created, but which needs to be re-visited at this juncture; the foremost question being “Where Do We All Aspire To Be?” This weekend should set a platform for the management to unify thoughts and form strategic direction of the Company in the years to come. Mr Paul Pafett, a Business Associate and also a close friend of Dr Rezai, was invited and very generously agreed to join the management team in Bintan, to assist in facilitating the process. Continue on page 3
WEB 10 is compiled by Lian Thong from KL office. Ideas & article for future issues are welcome. Please forward to lianthong@webstruc.net
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