Overview:
This half-day webinar will address the topic of climate
crisis and feature prominent structural engineers from Hong Kong and around the
world speaking about the action that structural engineers must take to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
From the work of climate scientists it is clear that,
without a complete re-imagining of the way humankind designs and constructs
their world, life on earth by the end of this century will be extremely
uncomfortable – affecting the lives of children and grandchildren.
Structural engineers have each the opportunity to save
thousands of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions from entering the atmosphere
every year. How can they take the first steps towards changing the
industry and enabling these savings to be realised?
Webinar
Highlights:
Presentations will touch upon the
following topics:
·
the international approach to reducing carbon in
structures
·
efforts towards net-zero carbon development and
climate resilient infrastructure
·
climate change resilience and sustainability in
bridge design
·
reducing carbon and waste in the buildings
industry
Reasons to attend:
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Hear from industry leaders from Hong Kong and
the UK
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Learn about the impact you can have on carbon
emissions as a structural engineer
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Discuss ways in which you can reduce carbon on
your next project
Prices:
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IStructE Members and Students: free
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Non-members: £20 + VAT
Supporting organisations:
This event is being supported by the following
organisations:
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The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
·
Institution of Civil Engineers - Hong Kong
Region
·
Hong Kong Institution of Highways and
Transportation
·
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers - Civil
Division
·
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers - Safety
Specialist Committee
Event programme:
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Mr Will Arnold – Embodied carbon and structures
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Mr Ricky Wong – Moving towards net-zero carbon
development and climate-resilient infrastructure for tomorrow
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Dr Robin Sham – Resilient, tolerant and
sustainable bridge engineering against climate change
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Mr Thomas Tong – Structuring the new normal
and being future-ready to approach net-zero targets
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Speakers
Joseph Chi
- Event chair
Mr Joseph Chi is a Fellow Member of the Institution of
Structural Engineers, he is currently Chairman of the Regional Group of
IStructE.
Ricky Wong
Chi-Pan - Head of Civil
Engineering Office, Civil Engineering and Development Department, HKSAR
Government
Mr. Wong is a civil engineer by profession. He has over 30
years’ design and practical experience in various engineering aspects,
including project management, feasibility study, design and construction
supervision of urban development, site formation, environmental protection,
drainage, sewerage, roads, and historic buildings revitalization. As Chief
Engineer in Port Works, he looked after the construction and maintenance of
port facilities and carried out technical studies of several reclamation
projects. He was also involved in research and development to enhance the
standards of marine structures design and maintenance and their resilience
under the effects of climate change. Mr. Wong was the Deputy Head of the Civil
Engineering Office (Port and Land) of Civil Engineering and Development
Department in June 2018 before moving to his current position.
Robin Sham
- Global Long
Span and Specialty Bridges Director, AECOM
With a career that spans over three decades and several
continents, Robin has worked on many of the world’s record-breaking
cable-stayed and suspension bridge projects. For his notable contributions to
the civil engineering profession, he has been appointed Commander of the Order
of the British Empire by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, recognized by the UK’s
Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) as an engineering superhero and Gold
Medallist, and named by the Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania as one
of the greatest bridge engineers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Robin Worked
on the Kap Shui Mun Bridge, arguably the most difficult rail-road cable-stayed
bridge ever built. He also pioneered the creation of third generation
suspension bridges to attain aerodynamic stability in typhoon winds at speeds
in the realm of 100m/s (Tsing Lung Bridge); he spearheaded the sciences of
construction engineering with the first attempt in history to construct
cable-stayed bridges with main spans exceeding 1km (Sutong and Stonecutters
Bridges) at a time when such a human endeavor was technologically uncharted;
and he created seismic-resilient and scour-tolerant designs for disaster
prevention and economic expansion (Second Penang and Padma Bridges).
Thomas Tong
- Assistant
Director, Industry Development, Construction Industry Council
In his current role, Thomas makes good use of his technical
expertise on the modular construction to promote construction modernisation
through technologies, facilitating industrialisation and digitalisation of the
construction industry. His team collects the challenges faced by the industry,
and scouts practical construction innovations and readily available
technologies worldwide to resolve them. His team also has established a webinar
platform to facilitate cross-industries and cross-borders knowledge, through
sharing how these technologies improve productivity, sustainability,
construction safety and quality in specific projects. To engage industry
practitioners, his team also has established iHub, a physical and digital
exhibition centre that provides guided tours for professionals and general
public to arouse their interests in the modern construction industry. Mr Tong
also cooperates with the Hong Kong Institute of Construction (HKIC) and School
of Professional Development in Construction (SPDC) to provide professional
training and to update our construction professionals on the implementation of
modular integrated construction through the lesson learnt from completed MiC
projects.
Will Arnold
- Head of
Climate Action, Institution of Structural Engineers
Will leads the IStructE’s response to the climate emergency,
bringing sustainability action into all aspects of its work. He is responsible
for driving change within the profession, setting the minimum sustainability
standards for institution members, producing sustainability publications and
training to support this, and collaborating across the wider industry as it
moves towards zero emissions. Previous to his work with the Institution, Will was
a practising structural engineer at Arup for 10 years, where he was responsible
for key aspects of ambitious architectural projects across the world. Will is
chair of the Construction Industry Council’s 2050 Group, and an active member
of The Edge thinktank, the UK Built Environment Advisory Group, and the
Engineering Advisory Group for The Structural Engineer magazine. He also sits
on the judging panel for The Structural Awards. In 2021, Will was presented
with the President’s Award by the Institution, in recognition of his work
instigating change in the field of structural sustainability.
Contact
Email - events@istructe.org