TWO-DAY SHORT-COURSE ON: “RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN GROUND IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES AND CASE HISTORIES” Date: 10 – 11 August 2010 (Tuesday - Wednesday) Venue: Military Guest House Hotel Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm (Day 1) 9:00am to 5:00pm (Day 2) Speakers: Dr Teik Ann OOI (Malaysia) Dr CHU Jian (Singapore) Course Objectives The objectives of this course are to introduce the latest development in ground improvement techniques; discuss the design and construction aspects of common ground improvement methods and illustrate the applications of various ground improvement techniques using case histories in Singapore, Malaysia and elsewhere around the world Course Content 10 August 2010, Tuesday 0800 – 0900 Registration 0900 – 1030 Introduction: Objectives of ground improvement; Classification of ground improvement methods; Considerations in the selection of ground improvement method (Dr Chu Jian) 1030 – 1045 Coffee / Tea Break 1045 – 1230 Vertical Drain Techniques and Recent Development-1: Design and analysis (Dr Chu Jian) 1230 – 1330 Lunch (not included) 1330 – 1500 Vertical Drain Techniques and Recent Development-2: Installation, quality control and practical considerations (Dr Chu Jian) 1500 – 1515 Coffee / Tea Break 1515 – 1700 Vacuum Preloading Techniques and Recent Development: Working principles, construction procedures, effectiveness evaluation and case histories (Dr Chu Jian) Course Content 11 August 2010, Wednesday 0900 – 1030 Methods for Soil Improvement of Cohesionless Soils and Recent Development: Types of compaction techniques – dynamic compaction, vibro compaction (Dr Chu Jian) 1030 – 1045 Coffee / Tea Break 1045 – 1230 Ground Reinforcement Methods and Recent Development: Types of ground reinforcement - dynamic replacement, stone columns, and rigid inclusions (Dr Chu Jian) 1230 – 1330 Lunch (not included) 1330 – 1500 Ground Improvement Case Histories in Malaysia: (Dr T A Ooi) 1500 – 1515 Coffee / Tea Break 1515 – 1700 Ground Improvement Case Histories in Singapore: (Dr Chu Jian) Course Presenters Dr Teik Aun OOI is a Consultant in Geotechnical and Civil Engineering and Project Management He also acts as Arbitrator, Expert Witness and Adviser Dr Ooi is a Chartered Engineer of the United Kingdom and a Registered Professional Engineer of Malaysia, an Asean Engineer, APEC Engineer, an International Professional Engineer and an ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia, a Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators and a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, United Kingdom Dr Ooi graduated in Civil Engineering in 1966 from Auckland University, New Zealand and obtained his Masters degree in Civil Engineering from the same University in 1968 He obtained his PhD from Sheffield University in 1980 He joined Public Works Department, Malaysia (PWD) in 1968 and held the posts of Engineer, Senior Executive Engineer and Assistant Director respectively in charge of the PWD Headquarters Soils and Materials Laboratories in the Design and Research Branch before he left to join Promet Construction Sdn Bhd in 1982 Whilst in PWD he was involved in airport and port design, Johore Causeway widening, slope investigations, design and rectifications, Soils and Materials investigations, Highway, Bridges and Building foundation designs as well as remedial works Whilst in Promet he was Project Manager of the Wisma Serbakas in Kuching, Sarawak, Deputy General Manager of Promet-API Property and General Manager of Promet Construction Sdn Bhd In 1984 he joined Pilecon Engineering as an Operations Director in charge of Design and Construction operation of Geotechnical and Civil Engineering Projects In 1989 he joined Transfield Construction Group as a Director and General Manager for operation in Asia He was responsible for the Project Management and Turnkey Design and Construction supervision of the New Kuching Deep Water Port at Senari in Kuching, Sarawak He started his consultancy services in 2000 after leaving Transfield He was IEM Council Member in 1981-1984, Vice President in 1988-1990 and is a Director of IEM Training Centre since 1991 He served as council member, treasurer, vice president, deputy president and President and is now the immediate Past President of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators, ICE Country Representative for Malaysia since 2000, Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society Council member 1985-present and President in 1993-1996, 2010-2013 Chairman of Geotechnical Technical Division in 1991-1992 Chairman of Tunnelling and Underground Space Technical Division in 2002-2003 and 2006-2009, Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the Annual Professor Chin Memorial Lecture 1995-2008 and Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the 16 th and 12th SEAGC held respectively in Kuala Lumpur in 2007 and 1996 and Organizing Secretary of the th SEAGC held in Kuala Lumpur in 1975 He is immediate Past Chairman of the Association of Geotechnical Societies of Southeast Asia and President of the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society Dr CHU Jian is the Director for Centre for Infrastructure Systems, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and the VicePresident of the Geotechnical Society of Singapore He received his Ph.D from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 1991 He has more than 20 years research and consulting experience in geotechnical engineering and is one of the leading researchers in the areas of laboratory testing, soil improvement and land reclamation He was the founding Chairman of ISSMGE Technical Committee TC39: Geotechnical Engineering for Coastal Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation and the Co-coordinator of Working Group C in TC17: Ground Improvement He is a co-author of a book and coeditor of several books on ground improvement and has published over 200 technical papers in international journals and conferences He has delivered many keynote or invited lectures at international conferences including the State-of-the-Art Lecture at the 17th International Conference for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in Alexandria in 2009 He is a recipient of the prestigious R.M Quigley Award from the Canadian Geotechnical Society for publishing the best paper in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal in 2003 He also serves as the Co-Editor for Geotechnical Engineering, the Journal of Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society, and an Editorial Board Member for five other international journals  ... was involved in airport and port design, Johore Causeway widening, slope investigations, design and rectifications, Soils and Materials investigations, Highway, Bridges and Building foundation... 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