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19 November
- 19 November 2026, Thursday
- 18:30 To 19:30
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Online (via Microsoft Teams)
- Fibre Reinforced Concrete (FRC) for Underground Infrastructures – Where are we today and where do we go from here?
- Registration Link
Event details
TUCSS Monthly Seminar No. 274 – Thursday, 19th November 2026
Fibre Reinforced Concrete (FRC) for Underground Infrastructures – Where are we today and where do we go from here?
by Gan Cheng Chian, NV Bekaert SA
Abstract
Since 2016, it is mandatory to adopt FRC in all precast segmental tunnel linings for Singapore’s Mass Rapid Transit tunnels. It is an application that has been recognized as highly durable and contributes to environmental sustainability via its low-carbon fibre concrete mix design. But does the industry stop here? Is that all we can achieve? More studies have gone into considering FRC for sprayed concrete, diaphragm walls, thick base slabs and track slabs. But there are many more applications to be seen with FRC. This presentation will discuss some present usage of FRC and what other application we can consider and what is needed to make those yet to be considered applications acceptable to the engineering community in Singapore.
Speaker
Gan Cheng Chian, Technical Manager, NV Bekaert SA.
Gan graduated from National University of Singapore with a B. Eng (Civil) in 1989. To date, he has 37 years of civil engineering experience. He works for NV Bekaert SA as Technical Manager, Underground Solutions since 1998 and has been involved in many prestigious underground and construction projects around Asia - including Qinling Railway & Highway Tunnel Xian, China; Mandai Underground Cavern, Singapore, BMW Shenyang, China, Daimler Chrysler Beijing, China, Busan International Exhibition & Convention Center, South Korea, Jurong Rock Cavern, Singapore and Cross Island Line, Singapore. In 28 years, he has been involved in over 22 sprayed fibre concrete tunnel linings and over 20 fibre concrete precast segmental and cast concrete tunnel lining projects. Since 2019, he has been a Member of the Working Group on SS674-2021 Design of fibre concrete structures and Domain Expert for Sprayed Concrete and Fibre Reinforced Concrete under Intelligent National Productivity and Quality Specification Singapore.
Time and Place
The presentation will take place electronically on Thursday, 19th November 2026 at 18:30 hrs. The presentation will take approximately 45 minutes, follow by 15 minutes of questions/discussion.
Invitation
This is the 274th 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
Individual Members and Corporate Members can sign up for the seminar via the registration link. 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 Monday, 9 November 2026 or when total registered participants reach 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.
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