TUCSS Monthly Seminar No. 228

Event details

TUCSS Monthly Seminar No. 228 – Thursday, 12 August 2021, 6.30 pm

Safety Practices in Tunnelling Industry

by Mr. Michael Chin

Abstract

Underground works in particular tunnelling carry significant safety and delivery risks given the uncertain ground conditions and the limited and congested working areas.

It is therefore imperative that managers and supervisors overseeing tunnelling be fully aware of the potential safety risks and be open to adopt tested practices that will minimise safety incidents and importantly, save lives.

This presentation looks holistically at the appropriate safety management system for tunnelling and recommends a fundamental approach to safety that hinges on building safety values, getting full senior management support and adopting specific practices that will help change workers behaviour.

These practices have been adopted in the cable tunnel projects and have proven to be effective and appropriate.

Simple techniques like the use of ABSIS videos are presented to demonstrate how simple handphone cameras can be used to capture video clips on work processes and used at daily tool box briefings to bring about impactful learning and help achieve improvement in safety practices across the industry.

Speaker

Michael has been in the construction industry for more than 40 years. He started his career as a geotechnical engineer at the Public Works Dept in Singapore where he spent years developing numerical models of soil behaviour for practical applications.

He authored papers on bored and driven pile analysis, excavation modelling and slope stability.

He moved on to pursue a career as a management and project consultant and has successfully delivered mega projects like the Paragon commercial development, the Resorts World at Sentosa and 40km cable tunnel project in Singapore. During the many years spent in overseeing projects, he has implemented with the cable tunnel team many useful and practical safety practices. He played a key role in changing and entrenching safety values in all his projects and amongst his many working colleagues.

He has since retired from Singapore Power, his last appointment was the Chairman of SPPG, the subsidiary that operates Singapore’s electrical grid network.

He is currently serving as a board member of LTA and as technical adviser to the Mandai redevelopment project and SP’s UGSS project at Labrador.

Time and Place

The presentation will take place electronically on Thursday, 19 August 2021 at 18:30 hrs. The presentation will take approximately 45 minutes, follow by 15 minutes of questions/discussion.

 Invitation

This is the 228^th in a series of presentations by TUCSS and is open to current TUCSS Members only. Seats are on first-come-first-served basis and limited to 500 persons.

Registration

Members are to sign up for the seminar via their TUCSS account on the TUCSS Website or TUCSS Mobile App. The details on how to access the seminar will be sent to the members who has successfully signed up for the seminar, at a date nearer to the seminar. The deadline for registration is on Friday, 6 August 2021 or when total registered participants reaches 500 whichever comes earlier.

Attendance Policy

For members who require certificate of attendance, please note of the attendance policy:

-        Login at the beginning of the seminar (link will be assessable at 18:15 hours)

-        Evidence of participation by video switched on throughout the seminar

-        Complete the quiz at the end of the seminar before logging out. The duration for the quiz is 15mins.

Certificate of Attendance will be uploaded to the member’s account after the compliance to the Attendance Policy is verified.

PDU/STU

Points have been applied and pending approval.

NOTE TO MEMBERS

Note 1: Members are not required to indicate their names and TUCSS registration details through Chat function. Members shall not send messages through Chat function during the presentation.

Note 2: Higher no-show was observed at the last TUCSS monthly seminar. As there are limited openings for the seminar, members are urged to register for the seminar only if they can attend the seminar.

Note 3: For any suggestions/feedback to improve the online seminar, members are to email to the secretariat.

Thank you.

Speaker

Michael Chin