Director-General of Public Works Department (PWD) which is the biggest technical department in Malaysia that provides technical consultancy in the construction industry. The department supervises majority of government projects related to infrastructures and building. DATO’ IR HJ MOHAMAD ZULKEFLY BIN SULAIMAN has been appointed as the President of the Malaysian Structural Steel Association (MSSA) on 5th October 2020. He is also the President of the Board of Engineers, Malaysia (BEM) , an organisation that has more than 130,000 registered Graduate/Professional Engineers and regulate the practice of Engineering in Malaysia. Y.Bhg Dato’ Ir Hj Mohamad Zulkefly graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from The University of Malaya and a Masters in Asset and Facilities Management from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and had served in the civil service for 35 years with his first position as an engineer at the Public Works Department (PWD) on 16 August 1985. Throughout his service in PWD, he was entrusted to spearhead the various branch and held key positions in the department.

Dr. Azlan Bin Adnan is a Professor of Structural Earthquake Engineering at the Structural and Material Department, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). He is the Head for research group, “Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Research” or e-SEER.

He was born in Kuala Lumpur and had a high school education from Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur. He pursued his B.Sc in Civil Engineering at California State University, Long Beach and his M.Sc in Structural Engineering at UTM. His Ph.D. degree was obtained through a joint program between UTM and Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA.

Before joining UTM in 1989, Dr. Azlan Adnan had been working with several organizations in the government and private sectors for more than three years. He is a member of several international associations such as the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) of United States and the Seismological Society of America (SSA). Currently, he is serving as the Vice President of Malaysian Structural Steel Association (MSSA).

Since the setting up of e-SEER in 1998, the group had successfully obtained research funds of more than RM 6 million through the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MOSTI) and Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) with 13 research titles as the project leader. All projects funded are related to earthquake studies; for examples, “Development of Seismic Design Code for Malaysia”, “Development of Earthquake Hazard Reduction Material Using Steel and Natural Rubber”, “Bridge Conditional Rating Using Artificial Neural Network Considering Earthquake Effects”, “Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment for Malaysia”, and “Application of Base Isolation System to Bridges in Malaysia”.

Dr. Azlan has received five international and many national awards. He received awards for his invention, “Digital Triaxial Seismo Accelerograph using Single Mass and Hall Sensors (SEER-SAG)”; a gold medal in the 2005, 33rdInternational Exhibition on New Techniques, Innovation and Product at Geneva, Switzerland, and a bronze medal in the IENA 2004, International Trade Fair “Ideas-Inventions-New Products” at Nuremberg, Germany. He has also received the Malaysian Construction Industry Excellence Awards for the year 2005 and 2008 under the category “R&D Project of the Year Award”. His invention of the “Intelligent Structural Conditional Rating Inspection System (SEER-INTEL)”, has won a gold medal in the Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE), 2008 and a silver medal in the Invention and New Product Exposition (INPEX) 2008 at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. His latest inventions of SEER-SAC and SEER-iBLOCK received two gold medals and “Innovation of the Year Award” at British Invention Show (BIS2013) in London.

Beside publishing more than 200 technical and academic papers, he is also the earthquake engineering consultant for several mega projects in Malaysia such as the new Pan-Borneo Sarawak Highway Project, the new expansion project of Penang bridge, the Second Penang Bridge, the KLIA1 and KLIA2 ATC towers, the new iron ore processing plant in Teluk Rubiah, Perak, the Bum-Bum Island-Semporna Bridge in Sabah and the Bakun Dam, Sarawak. Being the active committee members of IEM Seismic Design Code Committee of Malaysia and MOSTI Inter-Agency Committee on Earthquake and Tsunami, his goal is to see more local engineers to incorporate and adopt seismic design in their construction projects in Malaysia.

Dr. Libriati binti Zardasti is a Senior Lecturer of Reliability Engineering and Safety Assessment at the Structural and Materials Department, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. She is an active member for the research group, “Reliability Engineering and Safety Assessment” or RESA registered under the Innovative Engineering Research Alliance in UTM. She is the Coordinator of Final Year Project for School of Professional and Continuing Education (UTMSPACE), a part time degree program in UTM. She also the coordinator for Engineering Mechanics subject for the undergraduate program.

Dr. Libriati was born in Kuala Lumpur and had a high school education from Sekolah Menengah Jenis Kebangsaan (Cina) Chong Hwa, Kuala Lumpur and Sekolah Menengah Teknik Selangor, Sungai Buloh, Selangor. She pursued her Diploma in Civil Engineering at UTM Kuala Lumpur (2002-2006). She obtained her Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) with first class honour in 2009 at UTM Johor Bahru. She continues her postgraduate studies of Master in Engineering (Civil-Structure) and Ph.D (Civil Engineering) at the same institution and successfully completed both in 2011 and 2016, respectively. Before completing her Master degree, Dr. Libriati had been appointed as a Tutor in September 2010 in the same department where she was currently working.

Dr. Libriati’s primary research interest includes the consequence modelling of oil and gas pipeline failure, risk assessment approach for deteriorating infrastructure, structural health monitoring and second-order structural analysis. She and her research group team, Reliability Engineering and Safety Assessment (RESA) has completed a consultation project with Petronas Research Sdn. Bhd. (PRSB) entitled “Intelligent Pipeline Integrity Management System (i-PIMS)” to develop an automated system of risk assessment with capability of handling big data from real-time monitoring system based on ULRAT technology as well as historical data from pigging inspection. Dr. Libriati has received a total of RM179,000.00 research grants as the project leader and a research member of a total of RM1,600,000.00 grants.

Dr. Libriati is a member of several international associations such as the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST), International Association of Engineers (IAENG), and International Society of Environmental Relationship and Sustainability (ISERS). Currently, she is serving as the Committee Member of IMarEST and the Council Member of Malaysian Structural Steel Association (MSSA). She also members of Asian Council for Science Editors (ASCE), Society of Engineering Education Malaysia (SEEM) and a registered Graduate Member of the Board of Engineer Malaysia (BEM).

Dr. Libriati enjoys reviewing conference and journal papers and more than 80 articles were reviewed successfully since 2016. She currently appointed as an editor and reviewer of several international journals and published more than 30 articles, journals and conference proceedings. She is also the recipient of Special Award for Innovation by the Malaysian Construction Industry Excellence Award Committee in 2013 on the design of earthquake resistant structure using damper as the earthquake loading dissipater. The design has bagged several awards such as 2nd Place Overall, Most Creative Engineering Design (Structure) award and Best Presentation (Poster) award in the International Built and Test Competition -"Introducing and Demonstrating Earthquake Engineering Research in Schools (IDEERS)", Taiwan in 2012. After six years of work, she has been awarded as one of the recipients of the Excellent Service Award by UTM in 2020.

Law Wai Ho graduated from Imperial College London, UK with a MEng in Civil and Environmental Engineering.

He is currently the Business Development Director of Hiap Teck Venture Berhad, one of the leading steel manufacturing and trading company in Malaysia. He is actively exploring potential collaboration or opportunities to develop value-added products using the company’s existing steel products and manufacturing facilities.

Datuk Matthew Tee, aged 47, is currently the Group Executive Director of Bina Puri Holdings Bhd, a public listed company on Malaysia's stock exchange, with core business in construction, property development, utilities and highway concession. He is an Executive Director of KL-Kuala Selangor Expressway Berhad or LATAR Expressway and also the Independent Non-Executive Director of Chin Teck Plantations Berhad.

He is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Marketing) from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He has been a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) since 2002 and was duly awarded the status, Fellow Certified Practising Accountant (FCPA) by CPA Australia in March 2016. He is also a Certified Financial Planner (Financial Planning Association of Malaysia).

Datuk Matthew Tee is also active in the construction industry and other public roles. He was the President and Immediate Past President of the Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM) from 2012 to 2016 and 2016 to 2020 respectively. He continues to serve MBAM as the Honorary Advisor and will continue to contribute actively towards the growth of the Association for the term 2020-2022. Previously, he served as a Board member of Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia (CIDB Malaysia) from 2013 to 2016 and Construction Labour Exchange Centre Berhad (CLAB) from 2012 to 2016.

He was the Council Member of the Road Engineering Association of Malaysia (REAM) for term 2017 to 2019 and the 44th President of the International Federation of Asian and Western Pacific Contractors’ Associations (IFAWPCA) in year 2017 to 2018. He was also appointed as a member of the Advisory Committee on Hotel and Tourism Management by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) for term 2017 to 2020.

At present, Datuk Matthew Tee sits in the Board of Advisory of Construction Labour Exchange Centre Berhad (CLAB) and the Honorary Treasurer General of Malaysian Steel Structural Association (MSSA) since 2011. He serves as a Board Member of Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) and Chairman of Board Audit Committee.

Dato’ Sri Ir. Dr. Judin Bin Abdul Karim (P.Eng, FIEM, FIStructE, FSc, Accredited Checker, ACPE) is a highly respected corporate figure who has headed a long list of respected companies and government bodies in Malaysia.

Dato' Sri Ir. Dr. Judin is currently the Executive Vice President Special Projects of Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) and the Chairman of MRCB Builders Sdn Bhd, which is one of Malaysia's largest construction companies, as well as MRCB-George Kent Sdn Bhd. The latter has been appointed as the Project Delivery Partner for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) 3 project in Malaysia.

He also holds the position of Chairman in CIDB Holdings Sdn Bhd.

Dato’ Sri Ir. Dr. Judin started his career in the Public Works Department (PWD) of the Government of Malaysia in 1978 where he progressively moved up the hierarchy to ultimately become the Director General. Following his long career with PWD, he went on to head the Construction Industry Development Board of Malaysia as its Chief Executive Officer from August 2011 till December 2015.

Other significant positions previously held included serving as President at both the Professional Services Development Corporation(PSDC) under the Ministry of Finance and Board of Engineers Malaysia. In addition, he has served as the President of the Road Engineering Association of Asia and Australasia (REAAA) and Chairman of World Road Association (PIARC) for Technological Exchanges and Development Commission.

Dato’ Sri Ir. Dr. Judin holds a BSc. (Hons) Civil Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK as well as a Masters of Science in Structural Engineering and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Civil Engineering from the University of Southern California.

He was awarded the Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia for his significant contributions to the construction and engineering industries in Malaysia.

Other significant achievements include being awarded a Fulbright Hayes Fellowship, Eisenhower Fellowship and British High Commissioner’s Chevening Scholar.

Ir. Lim Tau Soon graduated in 1980 with a BSc in Civil Engineering and has since been in Government Service with JKR, Engineering Consultancies in Malaysia, Brunei & Australia as well as been in General and Steel Construction for 27+ years. He has completed numerous Building, Civil, Road and Bridge projects both in Malaysia and abroad.

He is presently the Managing Director of STAM Engineering Sdn Bhd. He is also a Professional Engineer with Practicing Certificate Registered with the Board of Engineers, Malaysia as well as a Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia.

Ir. M. Ramuseren has more than 30 years of working experience, both in private and government sectors. He worked for contractor, consultant, PMC and now working as General Manager at CIDB Malaysia, an agency under the Ministry of Works. During his early days in construction industry, he has involved in the Civil & Structural project supervision, contract administration, engineering design and project management. He is a double degree holder in the field of Civil Engineering and Law. He is a Certified Construction Project Manager/Adjudicator and a registered Professional Engineer with Board of Engineers, Malaysia. He is also a certified Lead Auditor for ISO 9001 and OSHAS 18001(now known as ISO 45001)

Ir. M. Ramuseren has involved in many mega projects such as North-South Expressway(PLUS), Second-Link to Singapore, construction of costal road linking Teluk Ramunia to Bandar Penawar for JKR, engineering design of Lembah Subang Depot for LRT-2 (Putraline), design audit & value engineering for Dedicated Highway (Now known as Mex Highway) / East Coast Expressway and construction supervision of condominium project, etc.

Currently, Ir. M. Ramuseren is the General Manager at CIDB Malaysia and active in the development of construction safety and health related standards. He has involved in the development of Malaysian Standard and Construction Industry Standards. He was tasked by the CEO of CIDB to immediately work on Malaysian Standard for safe demolition activities after the collapsed of Jeya Supermarket during demolition activities in 2009. He managed to developed the provisional Malaysian Standard (MS) for safe demolition works within the same year.

Besides the said demolition standard, Ir. M, Ramuseren also involved in the development of other safe construction and OSH related Standards. He was the Chairman for few Technical Committees established under CIDB Malaysia for the development of Construction Industry Standards or better known as CIS. Some of the Construction Industry Standards (or CIS) initiated, developed and published under his chairmanship were as follows:

1.SHASSIC -(CIS 10) as Chairman
2.Guidelines on construction Work at Night (CIS )- as Chairman
3.Guidelines on Prevention of Fall (CIS 15) as Chairman
4.Guidelines for Works at Confine Space (CIS 16) as Chairman
5.Guidelines for Works at Noisy & Dusty Areas (CIS 17)- as Chairman
6.Safe Use of Scaffolding in construction (CIS 22) – as a member
7.Safe Use of Falsework/formwork– (CIS 23) - as a member
8.CARA-HIRARC – (CIS 25) - as Chairman
9.OSH specification and BQ – (CIS 27)- as Chairman
10.Public & Road User Safety: Construction works Adjacent and Above Roadways (CIS 28)- as Chairman

Other than development of OSH related safety standard, Ir. M. Ramuseren also has contributed his expertise in the construction accident investigation. Some of the construction accidents that he has directly involved in the investigation, such as the accident at Plaza Damas, near Jalan Duta KL where a steel mould felt from 19th floor and hit a car at ground floor and caused fatal accident. Besides this, he has been appointed by Secretary General of ministry of housing and Local Government to assist Technical Committee Members on the investigation of the collapsed of Jeya Supermarket during demolition activities and killed 6 construction workers.

Ir. M. Ramuseren also has involved in the investigation of collapsed of temporary structure at Pavilion Bukit Bintang KL which kill a Malaysian and injured 10 construction workers. Last year, again he was roped in to assist the investigation on the accident involving a parapet wall which felt from SUKE highway and hit a car and injured a woman.

Besides developing construction safety Standards and accident investigation in construction industry, Ir. M. Ramuseren also active and giving lectures to undergraduates and master students at local universities. He has been appointed by UTM to lecture master student on Safety, Health & Environment’s subject. He has given lecture on OSH related subject to Manipal University’s undergraduates.

On International OSH activities, Ir. M. Ramuseren has been promoting the best practices in construction safety and health. He has visited numerous OSH authorities in the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore to share on OSH experience and to learn on new ideas that could reduce the construction accidents in Malaysia. Finally, Ir. M. Ramuseren has also supported and participated as an OSH Speaker for an International conference organized by MOSHPA and APOSHO in New Delhi, India in 2019.

Ivan Chong is the Managing Director of Chong Lek Engineering Works Sdn. Bhd, a G7 contractor conferred by Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) authority, established in 1979 that specialized particularly in Fabrication of Metal, Structural Steel Works/ Parts/ Machinery/ Piping Fabrication, Installation, Testing, Repair & Maintenance Works as well as Civil Constructions. Also specialized in copper related works such as fabrication, repair, site welding, etc.

ASME certificate of manufacturing of Pressure Vessel (U-stamp) was also added into the Company’s portfolio

van Chong is a distinguished young industrialist who has successfully modernized the family steel business and opened up new international markets for their products. He has shown that he was able to overcome great odds to lead a small company of 45 employees when he was just 21 years old to a growing and viable private limited in just eight years. He has also shown his perseverance, tenacity and most of all his filial obligations to his family. It was his family business and he rose to the occasion by making great sacrifices, learned the business from scratch, withstood stress and threats from creditors, overcame objections and humiliation from certain relatives. His positive and humble attitude, sense of responsibility and commitment to the society, as well as leadership and achievement in his workplace, make him to a true role model to the young Malaysian. In this day and age of indulgence, Ivan Chong is the proverbial self-made businessman of an era past.

Arthur Lee Sek Koon graduated from Campbell University, North Carolina, USA in Bachelor in Science, Analytical Chemistry.

With 3 years of sales and marketing experience working with reputable trading company while handle wide range of products such as chemical, petrochemicals structural steels and more.

Currently a Senior Sales and Marketing Executive in SCG International (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, handling structural steel related business together with Siam Yamato Steel Co., Ltd in Malaysia market.

Ir. Dr. Lim Eu Shawn obtained his BSc. (Hons) in Civil Engineering from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia in the areas of offshore engineering with particular emphasis on metocean, seismic engineering, offshore design and asset integrity. He is currently providing active support for research and consultancy works of the Offshore Engineering Centre, UTP (OECU) while pursuing his doctorate studies in UTP. He actively engages with various major oil and gas corporations on research and consultancy works such as PETRONAS to identify value optimizations in their design and operations.

He also engages in active competency building in the offshore engineering industry and has previously engaged in training programmes via MSSA and HRDF. He represents MSSA in the development of national offshore structures code MS ISO 19901/2 and is a Chartered Engineer of Energy Institute. He is also an accredited trainer recognized by the Malaysian Human Resource Development Fund (HRDF).

He actively seeks collaboration opportunities within the oil and gas fraternity through value enhancement and innovation of technologies via university-industry partnership models.

Desmond Woon Yang Leng, aged 62, a Malaysian, Group Technical and Marketing Director for Ann Yak Siong Hardware Sdn Bhd.

He graduated from Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok with a Master of Engineering specialized in Steel Structures and Project Management.

Mr Woon has more than 4 years of extensive practical experience in Steel Construction while he worked as a site Engineer on construction of facilities for company such as AT&T, President Lines and Super store warehousing in Taiwan. Mr Woon also has completed a high-rise building using structural steel.

His specialise knowledge in the field of steel construction has brought him into British Steel in 1991 and responsible for promoting British Steel products in construction market in Taiwan. Having successful developed the market sector of steel construction for British Steel in Taiwan, Mr Woon was transferred to Malaysia in 1994 to kick start the British Steel office in Malaysia. Mr Woon went through the transformation of the company from British Steel to Corus and later to Tata Steel. He was heading the Malaysia office until 2008.

Mr Woon started Steelco Malaysia in April 2008 and carry on his career in the steel industry. He made use of his extensive steel knowledge helping to bridge the local steel related industries with the more competitive regional suppliers especially the specialized steel producers from China.

Mr Woon join Ann Yak Siong Hardware Sdn Bhd in 2012 as Senior General Manager before promoted to the current position.

Ir. Stephen Tam is a founding member of the Malaysian Structural Steel Association. He has served on its Council in various roles since 1995 and was the Deputy President prior to his retirement in 2017.

Ir. Tam is a Professional Structural Engineer registered with the Board of Engineers Malaysia. He has 35 years of engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) experience in both the general construction and oil & gas industries. He has engineered and constructed many large span structures in steel in the form of bridges, high-rise buildings, stadiums, industrial facilities, airports and aircraft maintenance facilities. He has also worked in the oil and gas fabrication industry for six years in both upstream offshore and downstream onshore sectors.

IHe presently applies his experience in constructional steel on projects of his own investment in various parts of the world, and continues to advise the MSSA..

Amna A Emir, born in Singapore in 1965, is a qualified Architect from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London with 28 years of experience in the architectural and real estate development industry.

Amna is Founding Partner of Neuformation Architects Sdn Bhd, a company offering Architectural, Interior Space Planning and Masterplanning services with niche expertise in Transport Oriented Developments, Institutional & Commercial Campuses as well as Industrialised Building Systems(IBS) in residential and commercial developments

Amna has provided strategic advice to government‐linked companies in the area of urban regeneration on localities ranging from greenfield to brownfield with roles to include lead consultant for Khazanah Penang in the preparation of the Georgetown Transformation Plan and Komtar Business Improvement District Scheme (BIDS) for Think City.

Amna is an Honorary Advisor to the Malaysian Structural Steel Association having recently retired as Hon Secretary General after serving the organisation since 1996 in promoting the use of constructional steel. Amna believes in engaging the younger generation and supports the Future Problem Solving Programs for gifted children in Malaysia. Amna is currently focused in Retirement Oriented Developments and is a director of Roselle Properties Sdn Bhd, a company specialising in neo retirement products.

Active in the field of academia, Amna has from 2009 to 2012 served as External Lecturer with University Southern California Summer Schools, conducting workshops in Malaysia in collaboration with University Malaya & University Technology Petronas. As External Juror, Amna has been invited to sit on Crit Panels for both public institutions such as UM, USM, UPM, UKM & UITM as well as private institutions such as Taylors University and Lim Kok Wing University amongst others.

Amna’s experience as CEO of Neuformation has meant involvement in projects of diverse architectural typologies and complexities. These include for:
TRANSPORTATION:

• LRT System II Kuala Lumpur – Underground LRT Stations at KLCC, Ampang Park and Kg Baru, Kuala Lumpur
• Planning for LRT / Monorail System Advance Work : Station 7,8,9,10, 11, 12, 13, 20, Putrajaya
• Kelana Jaya LRT Line Extension Project – Elevated Stations at Lembah Subang, Ara Damansara, Glenmarie, Subang Jaya, SS 15 and SS18
• Klang Valley MRT Sungai Buloh - Kajang Line – MRT Underground Stations at Tun Razak Exchange, Conchrane and Maluri and elevated stations at Taman Pertama, Taman Midah, Taman Mutiara and Taman Connaught, Kuala Lumpur

• KLCC Convention Centre Kuala Lumpur.
• UEM IBS Training Centre, Petaling Jaya

• Plot 3C4/ Menara Prisma, Commecial Office at Precinct 3, Putrajaya

• Satyam IT Campus, Cyberjaya
• Hewlett Packard Global IT Campus, Cyberjaya

• 548 Units Government Apartments, Parcel 17RK2, Precinct 17, Putrajaya
• 800 Units Apartments Perumahan Penjawat Awam 1 Malaysia, Precinct 17, Putrajaya
• Student housing for Kolej UEM, Lembah Beringin

• George Town Transformation Plan, Penang
• George Town Business Improvement District Scheme, Penang

• TNB Office HQ Campus at Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur (under construction)