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Page 1: Arup Newsletter Issue 2 2012 · The team, from left to right: Ricky Chan, Wayne Heywood, Bee-Choo Lloyd, Roy Samuels, Marlon Kobacker, Scott Munro, Kenett Low, Mei-L Yeow Singapore

Arup Newsletter Issue 2 2012MICA (P) 159/01/2012

Page 2: Arup Newsletter Issue 2 2012 · The team, from left to right: Ricky Chan, Wayne Heywood, Bee-Choo Lloyd, Roy Samuels, Marlon Kobacker, Scott Munro, Kenett Low, Mei-L Yeow Singapore

2 | Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012

MICA (P) 159/01/2012. The Singapore Profile is published by Arup in Australasia, part of the global Arup Group. Publisher: Arup Singapore Pte Ltd. Printer: Dominie Press Pte Ltd (L029/09/2011). Published by Arup’s Marketing & Communications team. Editor: Jenny Lie. Writers: Celia Choong and Daniel Kee. Photo contributions: Key Anderson, Symur Diche, and Frank K.

Issue 2 2012Profile

A silver jubilee

The last quarter has been a big few months for me, with the passing of a major personal milestone and the move into the office leadership role.

I joined Arup in September 1987 as a structural engineering graduate in Fitzrovia, London, and was given the opportunity to

work on some of the most exciting projects in London at that time. 25 years and four different countries later, I am still working on great projects, but find myself on a different side of the world. Incidentally, this marks my tenth year of working in Singapore. The office has certainly come a long way since then.

In October, we said farewell to André Lovatt, who takes up a new role as Chief Executive of New Zealand’s Christchurch Arts Centre rebuilding programme, confident he will make the same positive contribution to his hometown as he has to Arup.

Shaping a better world – that’s an Arup trait that doesn’t change. What is less well published, but increasingly well known, is the distinctive Arup culture. After 25 years of developing and growing in Arup’s creative and challenging environment, I am still inspired by the concept of a firm run by a set of values based on a humane philosophy that aims to produce excellent work. It makes a real difference to what we do and how we determine the best actions.

I hope you will enjoy this edition of the Singapore Profile that showcases Arup's ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking that I’ve grown so custom to.

Last but not least, join me in this silver jubilee toast as we shape a better future for 2013.

Russell Cole, Office Leader

Russell Cole, Office [email protected]

Covers: UP, and away! is Arup’s latest creative installation that has presented an unconventional yet meaningful opportunity to showcase our multidisciplinary design expertise; and most of all, to connect with a diverse community © Arup | Key Anderson

Content

01 | Downtown Line Bugis Station 3Digging deep for a better solution

02 | Design Story: CREATE 4A brilliant integration of ideas and ideals

03 | Project Showcase: Green is the new black 7The green glow of success

04 | Innovation: Downtown Line 3A 10The rail deal Keeping progress on track

05 | Cool Stuff You Didn’t Know Arup Does 14Going beyond labels

06 | Arup News/Events 16The Penguin Pool: A deliciously good timeThe Penguin Pool: Backward thinkingWinning by greeningExamining the future of healthcareOff to a flying finale

07 | Arup People 18Russell Cole, New Office LeaderShaping a better world one person at a timeJoe Paveley + Mei-L Yeow

Feel free to drop us a note on what you have enjoyed about the Singapore Profile. We welcome any thoughts on how we can make this a more informative read for you.

Editor, Jenny [email protected]

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Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 | 3

01 | Downtown Line Bugis Station

As part of Singapore's new Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) development from Chinatown to Bugis, Arup was given just nine months to design and engineer a new station that would facilitate passenger interchange between the new Downtown Line and East West Line.

With the new interchange station required to interface with the existing station, the design of Bugis Station turned out to be a complex proposition. It would require approximately 400m of mined and cut-and-cover tunnels on both sides of the new station. This meant our consultants had to overcome the challenges of deep tunnelling – up to 30m deep – in an area lined with historic shop houses along Rochor Road.

Arup developed an alternative solution that made the station interchange significantly easier to construct. By designing an alignment that was 20m shallower than the initial base design, the team managed to pull off a 45m-long tunnel directly beneath the existing Bugis station while exposing its base slab. This translated into time, labour and substantial cost savings.

When completed in 2013, the new Bugis interchange will be an important connection to Singapore’s new downtown, catering to the existing and upcoming developments within Marina Bay.

For more on Arup's Infrastructure capability, refer to Innovation: Downtown Line 3A on pages 11 and 12.

Digging deep for a better solution

What lies beneath Rochor Road is a beautiful architecture of a cross-over tunnel that will enable Bugis station to cope with the high volume of traffic when the Downtown Line becomes operational in 2013.

Above: The evolving face of BugisBelow: Construction of Downtown Line Bugis station

nearly complete. Image © Paul McMullin and Arup

Arup scopeCivil, structural, mechanical, electrical and fire engineering, geotechnics, tunnel design, acoustics

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Client: Singapore Land Transport AuthorityArchitect: AedasProject completion: 2013

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4 | Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012

02 | Design Story: CREATE

A brilliant integration

of ideas and ideals

images © Darren Soh

Arup scopeStructural, mechanical,

electrical and water engineering, acoustics, building physics,

environmentally sustainable design (ESD)

Client: National Research FoundationArchitects: Perkins + Will in association

with DP ArchitectsProjectcompletion: 2011

Contact: Jason Tan / Scott Munro [email protected] / [email protected]

With such an exciting brief to begin with, only the outcome could top it. In November 2012, the Arup-engineered, $360m Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) opened its doors at the National University of Singapore’s new University Town. It has lived up to every expectation, thanks to its unique aesthetics and design, eco-centric philosophy and the understated engineering that made it possible.

Nestled in a tropical garden setting, CREATE epitomises the land development characteristics of Singapore, tactfully concentrating development and minimising its carbon footprint.

With green walls and sky gardens making a visible statement, Arup’s passive design approach extended inwards, placing the laboratory core spaces and corridors at the perimeter to introduce maximum daylight while significantly reducing the need for artificial lighting.

Energy recovery, photovoltaic power systems and chilled beams in office zones were installed to minimise the need for energy-intensive mechanical systems. Arup’s water-efficient strategy also reduced CREATE’s dependence on municipal water by 88% through the collection, storage, treatment and re-use of rainwater.

When the National Research Foundation proposed a home for the world’s top researchers, it was always going to be something special. It had to send out a clear message of being responsibly progressive, while being practical in facilitating the work and interactions of its multicultural and multidisciplinary tenants.

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BIM provided an accurate visualisation which enabled our engineers to integrate E&M services into the architectural design.

BIM provided an accurate visualisation which enabled our engineers to integrate E&M services into the architectural design.

BIM provided an accurate visualisation which enabled our engineers to integrate the structural, electrical and mechanical services into the overall architectural design of CREATE.

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To facilitate a project the scale of CREATE, departments and personnel cannot work in isolated silos, especially when traditional engineering groups are now infused with the modern science of environmental sustainability. Instead, Arup’s engineering teams find themselves coming together over Building Information Modelling (BIM) tools that allow any aspect of a design’s performance to be simulated and assessed before it is built through sophisticated 3D and interaction modelling. This is in fact, the key to Arup’s seamless technical integration.

For CREATE, Arup used BIM to develop a flexible building configuration – zoning areas within the facility according to usage types and ventilation requirements, such that wet laboratories are located in the low-rise wings, while the dry ones and offices are assigned to the high-rise tower.

Horizontal services runs are nested neatly within the voids strategically formed by the use of pre-cast deep beam sections, an example of building services and structural engineers working in harmony. It also helped the environmental designers utilise the tropical environment more effectively, incorporating green roofs to reduce storm water runoff and minimise interior heat gain – translating statistics into massive energy conservation.

BIM also allowed the team to visualise vehicular and people movement within the complex, allowing them to create a campus that eased and encouraged interaction. Vehicular roads were redirected to the site perimeter, while a network of walkways that respond to the existing topography, hydrology and vegetation were made to intersect at collection points for passive and active interaction, without neglecting

the human experience. For example, the grand stairs were positioned so that occupants could be presented with visually appealing scenery of the landscape gardens adjacent to the research laboratories – even before a brick had been laid.

Building towards the future

By advancing BIM, Arup is not just closer than ever to realising the total design of systems and structures – we are also a big step ahead in terms of conforming to the Singapore Building and Construction Authority (BCA)’s plan to move the construction industry towards the official adoption of BIM by mandating electronic submissions in BIM format for architectural, structural and mechanical and electrical plans for regulatory approval beginning 2013.

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Arup’s building services team comprises of mechanical and electrical engineers, and environmentally sustainable design (ESD) consultants.

Led by Roy Samuels who joined Arup Singapore in June 2011 on the back of iconic successes that include the Burj Khalifa, Dubai Mall, Yas Mall and Raffles Hotel in Dubai, the team has also recently attained Panel 1 certification for Mechanical & Electrical engineering by the Public Sector Panels of Consultants (PSPC).

In Singapore, Arup has established itself as one of the forerunners in the civil and structural consultancy

service and is now increasingly recognised for its building services work. This has enabled us to bring together the best of our building disciplines to provide a holistic design solution for our clients.

In recent years, the team has successfully delivered BHP Billiton’s ‘office of the future’ and the Green Mark Platinum award-winning CREATE. The 40-strong and still growing team now has a full portfolio of infrastructure and building projects such as Thomson Line and Capitol Development, and truly is set to become a force to be reckoned with.

Combining the best of worlds: Building Services

“At Arup, we pride ourselves as leaders rather than followers in technical advances. Through our own research, development, and even adoption, of new technologies and methodologies, we ensure that clients get the benefit, rather than the risk, of innovation. For Building Services in particular, these innovations will only come faster, now that we’re a truly integrated and experienced unit.”

Roy SamuelsPrincipal, Building Services Leader

Contact: Roy Samuels [email protected]

The team, from left to right: Ricky Chan, Wayne Heywood, Bee-Choo Lloyd, Roy Samuels, Marlon Kobacker, Scott Munro, Kenett Low, Mei-L Yeow

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03 | Project Showcase: Green is the new black

The green glow of successCapitaGreen In response to the Central Business District’s typical concrete buildings, CapitaGreen was designed to replicate a plant’s circulatory system. Through a tropical tree-filled ‘Sky Forest’ on the roof, a cool void system draws cool, clean air and delivers it through a central core to each floor, much like a real tree trunk would. Meanwhile, its energy-efficient façade enables more natural light to illuminate internal spaces while minimising heat gain. Together, these innovative systems will significantly lower overall energy consumption while giving nature a firm foothold in the city.

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The lightweight canopy has been engineered to provide a naturally-ventilated shelter against the worst of the tropical climate. Its dynamic form and structure filters out heat and converts solar glare into electricity through photovoltaic cells, while encouraging airflow within the spaces beneath. It doesn’t stop at providing protection from the rain either. In fact, its unique shape also serves as a channel for rainwater harvesting and reuse.

Each year, up to 40% of the world’s energy is used to heat, cool and light buildings. Meanwhile, it is estimated that the world will need 60% more energy in 2030 than it does now.* It is clear then that going green when designing buildings isn’t just good practice, it is essential for our collective future.

It is also core to Arup’s building philosophy to integrate sustainable practices into our work. Through positive partnerships with our clients, we’ve been able to develop cutting-edge solutions and adopt best practices to our work. Here, we’d like to highlight just some of the projects we’ve had the privilege to work on.*Based on study done by International Energy Agency

Client: South Beach Consortium Pte Ltd

Architects: Foster + Partners in association with Aedas

Project completion: 2015

Arup Scope: Civil, structural and façade engineering, geotechnics,

environmentally sustainable design (ESD)

Client: Joint venture of CapitaLand, CapitaCommercial Trust and Mitsubishi Estate Asia

Architects: Toyo Ito & Associates

Project completion: 2014

Arup Scope: Vertical transportation, environmentally sustainable design (ESD), acoustics and façade engineering

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03 | Project Showcase: Green is the New Black

Labrador Nature and Coastal Walk Running along Alexandra Road, through the Berlayer Creek mangrove area and around the foothills of Bukit Chermin, the 2.1km Labrador Nature and Coastal Walk introduces nature lovers to bird, fish and mangrove plant species previously inaccessible to the public. The boardwalk was designed to maximise the use of concrete precast elements as this solution minimises the ecological impact to the mangrove and seabed. Some sections have also been elevated to allow animals to move unhindered from one end to the other – even as their visitors are moved by the view of Singapore’s southern coast.

Client: Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)

Architects: DCA Architects Pte Ltd

Project completion: 2012

Arup Scope: Civil, structural, mechanical, electrical

and maritime engineering,

environmentally sustainable design (ESD)

Client: Dragages Singapore Pte Ltd

Architects: Arup (Sports venue design) and DP Architects (Architectural QP)

Project completion: 2014

Arup Scope: Sports venue design, civil, structural, fire and maritime engineering, geotechnics, acoustics, audio visual and multimedia,

building physics and environmentally sustainable design, security and risk consulting, lighting design, advanced technology and

research (moving structures); Specialist technical services (sports lighting, bowl cooling, pedestrian modelling and turf consulting).

Singapore Sports Hub With what is to be the world’s largest free-spanning steel dome roof at 310m, Arup’s design for the new 55,000-seat stadium will form the centrepiece of the Sports Hub in Marina Bay. Flexibility is a key factor in the design—a movable lower-tier provides optimised viewing for a range of sporting events, while its piece de resistance, a moving roof, can extend to shade spectators or retract to bathe the pitch with natural sunlight during non-event days. Its cooling system, which delivers cooled air to every seat in the stadium, can be controlled to operate only in occupied zones, providing comfort where it is most needed and saving energy otherwise.

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03 | Project Showcase: Green is the new black

The Star The Star is an iconic 62,000m2 development pulling together an entertainment, lifestyle and retail experience in a vivacious, geometrically complex, almost organic structure. With daringly slanted columns and a twisting, flexing façade, the challenge was to integrate environmentally sustainable designs into the building while maintaining its architectural intent as an open-air design. We employed advanced computer simulations and detailed analyses to set the location of its canopies to provide effective rain protection while maximising air movement and daylight – particularly in the basement level. To increase user comfort, mechanical fans were also installed in selected areas to encourage greater natural ventilation.

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Yale-NUS College Yale and the National University of Singapore (NUS) are collaborating to develop a Yale campus within the new NUS University Town. In working with the Yale-NUS team and architects to design a campus that can accommodate teaching, sports, recreational and residential facilities while minimising energy usage, Arup found novel ways of optimising passive design strategies. The building massing of this development is configured to promote breezeways through outdoor and naturally ventilated spaces. Being self-shaded, solar heat gain is minimised, leading to more comfortable outdoor spaces. The façade design has been developed to balance heat gains, daylight and views, and to minimise construction time. An eco-pond that acts as a stormwater catchment for irrigation greatly increases the appealing green outdoor environment.

Client: Rock Productions Pte Ltd/CapitaLand Retail Ltd

Architects: Aedas

Project completion: 2012

Arup Scope: Environmentally sustainable design (ESD),

fire engineering

Client: Yale NUS College,

National University of Singapore

Architects: Pelli Clarke Pelli,

Forum Architects Pte Ltd

Project completion: 2015

Arup Scope: Environmentally sustainable

design (ESD), acoustics,

façade and water engineering,

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The rail dealby Michael McGowan, Infrastructure Leader

Singapore Profile Issue 2 2012 | 10

I was asked a little while back – how did I end up in the rail infrastructure business? It left me pondering for a bit. Like many things, it was not by design but forged by location and timing. For the past 15 years, I have worked mostly in Hong Kong and Singapore - two of the most space constrained, and forward looking cities in terms of urban rail development in the world. In both cities the necessity to maximise land use means that rail networks are generally built underground in close proximity to development.

Being a geotechnical engineer by training the picture is clear, I hope - the ground was the start. But I soon started to appreciate the other elements of the business that I continue to enjoy as an engineer. Realising real project benefits that reduce risk, capital and life cycle costs; and enhancing commuter experience is something anyone would be proud and inspired to be associated with.

It is no secret that by 2020, Singapore’s rail network will have extended from the current 178km to 278km. Despite the huge advancement of public transport in this city, car ownership seems to remain a national obsession – something that still surprises me. In some countries where there is a lower penetration of infrastructure, driving is a necessity. In Singapore, getting around certainly isn’t an issue. I’ve never once felt the impetus to own a car here, or in Hong Kong for that matter. Using public transport for me means that every journey is different and I get to experience a different slice of life – what could be more interesting and enriching in Singapore of all places?

As Arup assists the Singapore authorities in delivering multiple rail projects, we bring in global expertise and best practices to supplement the extensive local client experience. Our emphasis on all of our projects is centered on recognising that the railway is in place for way beyond our time, and as such the user experience and convenience is paramount. This, for Arup and our team, translates into delivering shallower well-planned stations and railways, and optimising interchanges. If convenience creates engineering challenges, then they must be overcome – that’s the real deal!

04 | Innovation: Thoughts

Michael is a Principal and leads the infrastructure team of 120 staff, delivering key projects such as Downtown Line and Thomson Line in Singapore and the Kelana Jaya Line Extension in Malaysia.

Contact: Michael McGowan [email protected]

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04 | Innovation: Downtown Line 3A

Keeping progress on track

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The Singapore rail network today spans four lines and transports around 1.4m passengers daily. To enhance connectivity, particularly from the east to the central business districts, the 21km Downtown Line was conceived. Arup has partnered with Aedas, to provide a full multidisciplinary service suite on five stations that fall collectively under the Downtown Line 3A (DTL3A) package. The team worked amongst a dense built environment which called for technical excellence that gave rise to three innovative design solutions.

Design Solution 2 Power of BIM

As a leader in the field, Arup has been utilising Building Information Modelling (BIM) since 2001. BIM helped our engineers better visualise suitable route alignments and resolve potential interface issues. With that, we were able to coordinate complex mechanical, electrical and plumbing services within the tight spaces of the MRT railway stations within a shorter time frame and with a lower margin of construction error.

We produced over 7,000 drawings conforming to the Singapore Land Transport Authority’s CAD Standards, saving considerable cost otherwise spent on traditional methods of documentation.

Design Solution 3 Saving heritage buildings and more

Fully underground, DTL3A will be constructed within a very dense network of existing buildings, infrastructure and rail lines. Avoiding damage to conservation buildings and working around the complicated arrangement of existing utility lines was crucial to the project’s success.

Arup performed an alignment study to assess ground conditions which helped us draw up an extensive plan to aid the diversion of the lines.

We explored multiple options and design solutions that included constructing some of the new tunnels within 1.5m of existing tunnels, as well as having tunnels in a stacked configuration, preventing 60% of the buildings from being demolished.

Design Solution 1 Minimised cost, maximised productivity

DTL3A will house Southeast Asia’s first steel-fibre tunnel constructed between the Jalan Besar and Geylang Bahru stretch. Arup's use of Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete (SFRC) translated to cost savings during construction (15% savings), long-term durability, improved fire safety, and greater impact protection.

Openings created within the tunnels are typically supported with traditional frame props to limit any deformation to the concrete lining. The use of Shear Cones shares the load of the frame props and reduces the size of the frame required for the passage which improves work flow within the tight underground space.

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Connector (Top); Shear Cone (Bottom) Necklace of old shophouses representing Singapore’s heritage

Virtual environment of station and tunnel design

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Downtown Line 3A

DT20 Fort Canning DT21 Bencoolen DT22 Jalan Besar

Overcoming complex geology

The fundamental technical challenge of DTL3A was the complex soil and rock geology. The rail alignment starts from the diverse rock profile of the Jurong Formation at Fort Canning station and runs through the unpredictable and challenging geology of the Fort Canning Boulder Bed at the Bencoolen station. Due to the sensitive nature of soft marine clay and the loose sands of the Kallang Formation,

the excavation process became extremely difficult at the Jalan Besar and Geylang Bahru stations.

The sound technical solutions that Arup introduced to counter the complex geological profile laid the necessary foundation for the design and construction process.

The construction of Fort Canning Station is challenging due to its undulating geology and proximity to the exit of the Central Expressway.

The equipment selection process was crucial as maximum control will be required when boring through the geology and existing piled foundation of adjacent buildings. To make way for the twin tunnels to be built, we had to construct a bow-shaped canal by first creating a diversion in the Singapore River.

Bencoolen Station will be the most challenging station to work on given the tough geological make-up of sandstone boulders, co-existence with parts of three other rail networks and the proximity of buildings to a built area with live utilities.

To avoid existing rail networks, the optimum depth for this station was 43m, making it the deepest to be constructed in Singapore. Another brave solution was to design a non-traditional stacked configuration to maneuver around the utilities.

We designed a robust retaining wall system that will limit ground movement caused by the soft marine clay and loose sands, ensuring that surrounding buildings will not be impacted by the building works.

Jalan Besar is also dotted with aged buildings. Without much historical built records, prolonged assessments were carried out. Our challenge was to ensuring that there was minimal disruption to the daily lives and homes of people living here despite the extensive works.

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Client: Land Transport AuthorityArchitects: AedasProject completion: 2016Arup scope: Civil, structural, mechanical, electrical engineering, geotechnics, tunnel design,

transport planning and environmental consulting

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DT23 Bendemeer DT24 Geylang Bahru

Contact: Poh Seng Tiok / Michael McGowan seng-tiok [email protected] / [email protected]

Bendemeer is the only part of the DTL3A to house a cross-over track, allowing trains to cross-over onto the adjacent track when needed.

Complex cut-and-cover tunnels 400m long and 30m deep had to be built. Critically, precise sequencing of work flow was hence needed to ensure a safe and efficient construction process. A robust retaining wall system was designed to prevent any anomalies in the construction sequence.

Due to the lack of historical built records, Arup had to conduct investigations by building boreholes and trenches to assess the type of foundation and the actual depth in this area. A rigorous process of planning and implementation of the temporary works was necessary to counter the soft clay soil conditions.

The proximity of the substation brought along with it a complex utility layout which involved many stakeholders and an extensive diversion plan.

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05 | Cool Stuff You Didn’t Know Arup Does

Going beyond labelsArup’s multidisciplinary setup has allowed us to transcend limitations that labels such as “engineering” and “design” traditionally impose on what we actually do ‒ which is much, much more. Here, we gather just a few of our people and projects that spark the imagination and inspire action, in an almost quirky way.

UP, and away!Lighting Design + Engineering = Inspiration

Cycling with your arms outstretched, the wind

in your face, the road slowly falling away as you

gently soar into the open skies. It’s a wonderful,

well-trodden (or, in this case, cycled) fantasy, and

a bunch of artists from Arup have brought us one

step closer to it with UP, and away!

Brainchild of the Singapore office’s lighting

consultants Key Anderson and Vellachi Ganesan,

structural engineer Mauro Pellegrini, design

consultant Alma Banuelos and facades designer

Gautam Bhasin, UP, and away! is an interactive

light art installation comprising five recycled

bicycles retrofitted with psychedelic wings,

engineered so that the faster you pedal, the

brighter the wings glow. The bicycles have been on

a world tour ever since its launch at light festivals

Vivid Sydney and Luminance! Singapore.

Greenhouse by JoostProject Management + Engineering = Sustainability

What started out as a showcase in sustainable

construction techniques and operational processes in

Melbourne in 2009 is now an award-winning pop-up

restaurant concept touring Europe. Greenhouse grows

its own produce on its roof and walls and recycles

cooking oil to generate electricity, bringing sustainability

to a whole new level.

Brainchild of environmental artist Joost Bakker,

Greenhouse requires no structural foundation

and is built entirely from recycled and recyclable

materials. Arup played a vital role in its core design,

providing project management, fire engineering and

environmentally sustainable design services for the

project in Sydney (2011) and Melbourne (2012).

“Arup has helped me to realise my creative vision.

Where others have said things could not be done,

Arup has found solutions.”

Joost Bakker, Creative Director

Contact: Key Anderson / Vellachi Ganesan [email protected] / [email protected]

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05 | Cool Stuff You Didn’t Know Arup Does

Stuart CandyForesight + Information = Opportunity

If one person were to be the sum of interdisciplinary

thinking, it would be Dr. Stuart Candy, Arup

Australasia’s resident futurist. As regional Foresight

and Innovation Leader, Stuart is a catalyst for

thoughtful engagement with future scenarios,

helping people develop innovative strategies best

suited to them.

Having first joined Arup in San Francisco before

returning to Australia last year, Stuart’s first

assignment in this Australasia region was to work

with the CEO and Board of Directors of the Sydney

Opera House to consider upcoming renovations

in view of the future. Locally, he is leading a

multidisciplinary project to test the thinking behind

Singapore’s sustainability blueprint for the year

2030, for the national Ministry of the Environment

and Water Resources.

When designing for the built environment, thinking

systematically and creatively on longer timeframes

is not just a nice thing to do — it’s crucial.

Tim Jarvis leads the Shackleton EpicEnvironmental Science + Adventure = Answers

His Arup business card says he is a sustainability and climate change strategist—and it’s easy to buy that story when you hear him champion the green agenda at a conference. But put him at the helm of a wooden lifeboat with five other men and little else somewhere in the Southern Ocean and you may recognise action hero, Tim Jarvis: explorer, adventurer and boundary-buster.

In January 2013, in honour of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famous treacherous voyage nearly a century ago, Tim and his crew will attempt to authentically re-enact the Shackleton Epic expedition using the same type of clothing and equipment available to Shackleton’s original crew.

Besides the personal challenge, Tim relishes it as an opportunity to highlight global environmental concerns.

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Contact: Tim Jarvis [email protected]

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06 | Arup News/Events

A deliciously good time April 2012

The inaugural Singapore Penguin Pool launch delights the mind and tastebuds to equal measure

Owner and Chef of 2am:dessertbar and 2am:lab, Janice Wong, designed and executed five edible art installations around the office. The star attraction was a forest-inspired chocolate wall, but equally popular were the hanging spheres which housed edible food leathers.

With a capacity crowd of over 120 people packed into the Arup office, Arup staff mingled with guests from industries as far-ranging as music, advertising, media, fashion and education. Janice also shared her definition of art and how she draws inspiration from the mundane, everyday things.

The series takes its name from Arup's first project in 1935 ‒ the Penguin Pool at the London Zoo. Each event is as quirky and stimulating as the spiralling, cleverly cantilevered double ramps of the famed penguin enclosures.

Held globally, the event sums up everything Arup believes in: the sharing of ideas across a

diverse spectrum of people, the celebration of creativity, and the perpetual drive to excellence.

We will continue to look for exciting ways to engage the creative community in the new year. Drop us a line at [email protected] if you wish to be part of our event series.

The Penguin Pool

Backward thinking October 2012

The second edition of Penguin Pool looks to the past to design for the future

In a culture that is hung up about forward thinking, we take the contrarian view and explore how in retrospect, backward thinking can release a powerful inspiration to our human experiences in our daily lives. Our eclectic mix of panelists from the diverse fields of photography, architectural conservation, visual art and product design shared their personal journeys where memories have in fact empowered their best creation.

With an energetic turnout of close to 120 people, the hyped crowd was deeply engaged and vocal about a topic that was so close to the heart. Conversations about memories and design continued as the night went on, all done over good drinks and traditional local delights.

Arup's global creative events series designed to inform, inspire and entertain.

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Off To A Flying Finale

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Singapore

With more than 8,000 attendees participating in the festival, it was the perfect opportunity for Arup to catch up with old friends and make a few new ones.

So what better way to end a day of talks than to get our globetrotting architect friends off their chairs and up into the Singapore Flyer for some light-hearted conversation over much needed drinks. With a turnout of more than 100 guests, the Singapore Flyer was buzzing with energy and laughter. Clients, architects and Arup staff found themselves in inspiring and like-minded company. For those who could remember anything the morning after, it was a high point of their WAF experience.

Winning by greening

Arup sweeps awards at the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Green Mark awards

In 2005, the BCA launched its Green Mark scheme to raise the awareness of sustainable and environmentally friendly buildings. It is a benchmarking scheme which incorporates internationally recognized best practices in environmental design and performance. Our efforts and contributions to a greener cityscape were matched by the highest recognition in Singapore being awarded to a total of nine awards across three categories:

• Green Mark Platinum: CapitaGreen, South Beach (Residential & Non-residential) and Edu Sport Building

• Green Mark GoldPlus: Singapore Sports Hub, Changi City, Khaya & Angsana Residential Colleges and UP@Robertson Quay

• Green Mark Gold (Provisional) The Ritz Carlton Residential Berjaya Central Park in Malaysia

Examining the future September 2012 of healthcare

Katie Wood, Arup’s Australasia health lead, was in Singapore this September to discuss the future role of healthcare facilities in the region.

Katie facilitated an Arup-hosted workshop which brought 20 leaders from various fields to brainstorm on practical ways in which health facilities can be shaped to cater to future needs.

She also spoke at the inaugural Healthcare Infrastructure, Technology & Engineering Conference organised by Ministry of Health Holdings, where she focused on value management techniques in healthcare infrastructure solutions. Therein, she explored the very definition of value-for-money when it came down to health facilities.

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07 | Arup People

Almost side-stepping into the position of Singapore’s Office Leader is Russell Cole, who replaces André Lovatt, who after a stellar six years in this role, has left Arup to return to Christchurch to assist in rebuilding his hometown.

Barely a few weeks into the role, Russell has a clear vision of what’s to come. Having grown to 400 employees from 50 just six years ago, the Singapore office is poised to move from a local focus towards a broader regional spread of work in Asia, where opportunities abound. Whilst faced with the challenges of growing a busy office and implementing a new business strategy, perhaps Russell’s most important task is to ensure Arup’s unique philosophy-driven culture remains a key differentiator that elevates the company from most other engineering firms.

Russell elaborates, “Commercial performance is essential to sustain the firm and allow us to determine our actions and reward ourselves reasonably. Time and again when faced with a challenging staff issue, reference to our values provides good guidance. Equally, when explaining our needs or actions to a client, if we have held to our values, the direction of the discussion is clear.”Doubtless, as he plans for the office’s continued growth, Russell will be building on Arup’s design leadership and pushing the ecological agenda within the built environment. Within the organisation, he intends to cultivate and develop stronger relationships between Arup and its industry partners. His focus will also be to identify and grow leaders who will eventually make crucial and visible contributions to the built environment.

Russell Cole, New Office Leader

Before we lose Russell to all that responsibility, let us first toast his wonderful appointment with a few celebratory, drink-laden questions:

1. What do you enjoy most about being part of Arup Singapore?

The excitement of being a part of a team making a big impact on Singapore. So many of our teams bring something special to their projects that contribute to Singapore’s position as a leading city of the future, often reflected in the eyes of our visitors.

2. Singapore’s sheen and organised conservation sometimes obscures its 'soul'. Is this a fair accusation?

Being well-organised is something very deep in Singapore's soul and is in itself a defining characteristic. However, Singaporeans see past this and whilst they are ambitious to always see things done better, they are also realistic with a sense of humour and community that comes to the fore.

3. How do your staff address you?

Asking young team members to call their local seniors by their first names can initially be challenging. But it’s not an issue, and my staff address me as Russell.

4. Tiger Beer or Guinness Stout?

Heineken!

5. State the one random word that comes to mind.

Challenge – it keeps me going!

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Arup is a special place driven by positive philosophy and the people. Here, we highlight a few of our

colleagues who contribute not just to Arup’s reputation, but to its unflagging spirit for the bold

and better.

07 | Arup People

Transferring our passion to Amsterdam Colin Yip, Senior Structural Engineer

From intern to international Mike King, Principal

Shaping a better world one person at a time

In good company Arup awards five scholarships in Singapore

Contact: [email protected]

Contact: [email protected]

Contact: [email protected]

Australian by birth, Mike, in his 17 years with Arup, has worked in practically all our key offices. He started as an intern in Sydney, and later moved to London, New York before settling in Singapore.

True to the Arup way, Mike has a particular interest in buildings with a high interaction between architecture and structure and sustainable development. One of his most gratifying projects was the King’s Cross New Western Concourse – its spectacular geometric roof ingeniously blends with the redeveloped station’s original architecture to create a space for passengers that has been described as being akin to a waterfall in reverse. Mike also led other milestone projects such as the Zaha Hadid-designed London Aquatics Centre, the City of Manchester Stadium and the Pearson Airport in Toronto.

Today, Mike leads the structural design of the Singapore Sports Hub. Already, he has put his globally acquired inspirations to work, leading an impressive feat of engineering in the form of the world’s largest (and retractable) free-span steel dome roof for the new National Stadium.

Singaporean Colin Yip finds himself on a rather interesting trajectory. In the five years he’s been with Arup, he’s worked on major projects in Singapore and China. His specialisation in structural and geotechnical engineering has allowed him to combine his technical expertise with the artistic aspect of the job. That’s also how he found his way to our Arup Netherlands office at the end of 2010, on a long term assignment.

“Working in the Amsterdam computations group was a challenge where innovation, programming and pushing the boundary with radical digital solutions was the way forward. It was a very inspiring and motivating experience to see this human dynamism in action,” says Colin of his overseas stint.

Clearly at Arup, it’s not just about import or export of talent. It’s about facilitating an active exchange of ideas among different cultures and people to gain real human insights.

Nurturing young talent is an inherent part of Arup’s nature. That’s why, in partnership with Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority (BCA), we have awarded five undergraduate scholarships to talented young people who aspire to lead and shape the future of Singapore’s built environment. These graduates will begin their Arup journey with a two-year programme that will give them career mobility, interaction with globally respected experts and opportunities to develop a specialisation.

The BCA-Industry Built Environment Scholarship represents the concerted efforts of the BCA and leading industry players to offer young people with high potential the opportunity of a rewarding career in the built industry. This year, a record number of 106 scholarships were given out.

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Singapore10 Hoe Chiang Rd#26-01, Keppel Towers,Singapore 089315t +65 6411 2500f +65 6411 2501

London13 Fitzroy StreetLondon, W1T 4BQUnited Kingdomt +44 20 7636 1531f +44 20 7580 3924

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New York77 Water StreetNew York, NY 10005USAt +1 212 896 3000f +1 212 229 1056

Tokyo3F Tobu Fuji Building24-4 Sakuragaoka-choShibuya-KuTokyo 150-0031, Japant +81 3 3461 1155f +81 3 3476 1377

07 | Arup People

Mei-L Yeow Building Services

A recent addition to the Arup family, Mei has been working in the building services consultancy sector for the last 20 years.

Leading up to her position of Senior Associate/Technical

Director, she has been responsible for all aspects of project delivery including client and authorities liaison, leading multidisciplinary projects, co-ordinating teams of engineers, tender documentation and site supervision. She has worked on almost every project imaginable – from mixed developments, super high rise buildings, high-end condominiums and institutions, to recreational projects and townships. Among the highlights are Keppel Marina, W Hotel in Sentosa and Reflections at Keppel Bay.

With her keen interest in sustainable building design, Mei’s on her way to becoming a Green Mark Professional, having just completed her MSc in Sustainable Design.

Contact: Mei-L Yeow [email protected]

Joe PaveleyFire Engineering

Joe Paveley is a Senior Associate with 25 years of experience as a fire engineer. In this time, Joe has taken an active role in multidisciplinary teams on many large projects, and has been pivotal in smaller projects

requiring specialised fire engineering solutions.

Joe’s expertise in fire engineering has been paramount in the design and operation of infrastructure and buildings; including shopping centres, rail stations, tunnels, rolling stock, research complexes, airports, offices, atria buildings and residential high-rises – for projects in Australia, UK, Ireland, Singapore, Denmark and Iran.

It’s his second stint at Arup, having previously worked in the Sydney office from 1999 to 2005, before returning in 2008. On what led him to Arup, not once, but twice, Joe says: “Arup offered me the chance to work on great projects, and with the freedom to develop ideas not available in other firms.”

Contact: Joe [email protected]

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Singapore services

Acoustics | Audio Visual and Multimedia | Building Information Modelling | Building Physics | Civil and Structural Engineering Environmentally Sustainable Design | Façade Engineering | Fire Engineering | Geotechnics | Geographic Information Systems GreenMark & LEED® Consulting | Infrastructure Design | IT and Communications Systems | Lighting Design Masterplanning and Urban Design | Maritime Engineering | Mechanical and Electrical Engineering | Program and Project Management Security and Risk Consulting | Site Development | Sports Venue Design | Sustainability Consulting Theatre Consulting | Transport Planning Tunnel Design | Vertical Transportation Design | Water Engineering

Why did we … embark upon comprehensive design embracing architecture as well as all branches of the relevant engineering disciplines? The answers can perhaps be abstracted from my many papers, published or unpublished, which deal with what could be called my philosophy of design and the crucial role design plays in the affairs of mankind.

World leaders in design, engineering and business consultancy

Established in Singapore since 1968, Arup has over 11,000 planners, designers, engineers and consultants spanning 90 offices in 38 countries.

The firm’s creative spark is derived from the beliefs and convictions of the firm’s founder, the engineer and philosopher Ove Arup. Recognised for creating some of the world’s most iconic projects like the Sydney Opera House and the Beijing National Stadium, Arup’s impressive portfolio of Singapore projects include Marina Bay Sands®, Singapore Flyer, The Helix, School of the Arts, South Beach, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore Sports Hub, Capitol Development, Downtown Line 3 and Thomson Line.

Our success is founded on delivering Arup’s global expertise locally and we now have over 400 staff offering a range of specialist disciplines unparalleled in Singapore.

Sir Ove Arup, Founder (1895 – 1988)

Philosophy of design - a unique collection of 35 original essays by Ove Arup on the theme of design in the built environment.

Publisher: PrestelLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 3791347314ISBN-13: 978-3791347318

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