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Date: Saturday, 28 August 2010 Time: 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. Venue: Auditorium 1, The Zon Regency Hotel, Johor Bahru, Johor Speaker: Ir. Kenny Yee, Regional Director of Menard Southeast Asia Presented by: Menard Geosystems Sdn Bhd Approved BEM CPD Hours: 3 Hours Ref. No.: IEM10 / SB / 228 / T Download the Technical Paper (UPDATED ON: 12 SEPTEMBER 2010)
Synopsis: Ground improvement methods have been well developed over the last few decades in Malaysia. The combination of technological advancement in specialist equipment as well as the advanced methods of analysis has created a new era for ground improvement works. Ground improvement techniques are broadly categorized into various methods of improvement such as consolidation, compaction and reinforcement according to the nature of the soil conditions. The common ground improvement techniques available in Malaysia are Prefabricated Vertical Drain, Dynamic Compaction, Vibro Compaction, Dynamic Replacement, Jet Grouting, Deep Soil Mixing, Stone Column, Controlled Modullus Column and others. This presentation shall cover a range of ground improvement technique, basic mechanism, advantage and limitation of each technique and its applications. | Time | Tentative Programme | | 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. | Registration | | 9:00 - 9:10 9:10 - 10:00 10:00 - 10:45 10:45 - 11:00 | Welcome Speech By Organising Committee Chairman - Introduction by Speaker on “Consolidation Techniques – Prefabricated Vertical Drains and Vacuum Consolidation” - Densification Techniques – Dynamic Compaction and Vibro Compaction Coffee Break | | 11:00 - 11:45 11:45 - 12:00 | Reinforcement Techniques Stone Column, Controlled Modulus Column, Dynamic Replacement, Deep Soil Mixing Questions & Answers (Q&A) Session | | 12:00 p.m. | End |
About the Speaker: Ir. Kenny Yee is currently the Hon. Secretary-General of the Association of Geotechnical Societies in Southeast Asia (AGSSEA); member of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE); member of the General Committee of the Southeast Asian Geotechnical Society (SEAGS); member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); member of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM); chairman of the Malaysian Standards Drafting Committee MS1314 Precast Concrete Piles and member of TC 7 Drafting Committee for Geotechnical Specifications for Road Engineering Association of Malaysia (REAM). He is the past chairman of the Geotechnical Engineering Technical Division of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (2002 - 2004). Ir. Yee is also a registered Professional Engineer with the Board of Engineers, Malaysia (BEM). Ir. Kenny Yee graduated with Honours in 1984 from the University of New South Wales Australia. He worked for Randwick Municipal Council in Sydney before returning home to join Menard in 1987. He is now the Regional Director of Menard Southeast Asia, a ground improvement turnkey contractor, a subsidiary of VINCI, the world’s largest integrated concession and construction group based in France. Ir. Kenny Yee has published more than 50 technical papers on geotechnical engineering in local and overseas conferences and seminars. He has co-authored keynote papers for the 16th Southeast Asian Geotechnical conference in Kuala Lumpur on 2007 and the International Symposium on Ground Improvement Technologies and Case Histories in Singapore on 2009. In 2010, Ir. Yee presented the keynote lecture on Ground Improvement: Innovation and Sustainability in Vietnam for their 50th Anniversary of the Vietnamese Geotechnical Society. In 2005, he received the IEM Tan Sri Haji Yusoff Award for the outstanding technical paper published in conferences. Commitment Fees: RM 30.00 (For IEM members) RM 60.00 (For non-IEM members)  Registration will be on a first-come-first-serve basis. Kindly return the reply slip to the IEM (SB) office before 13 August 2010 together with a non-refundable seminar fee made payable to The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (Southern Branch). Alternatively, you could bank-in the Commitment Fees into the Institution’s Maybank Current Account (No. 5-013920-15708) and to facsimile the bank-in slip as well as the Reply Slip to the Institution. Please note that the fees must be settled in advance prior to the talk. Please also be reminded that if a place is reserved and the intended participant failed to attend the talk, the fee will still have to be settled in full. Thank you for your continuous support of the Institution. Chairman, Sub-Committee on Seminar and Technical Talk, IEM (SB) |
