President’s Message 34/2020
In early April, the Singapore government reacted swiftly to the sudden explosions of virus infections among the more than 250,000 foreign workers. It had to isolate the healthy from their infected co-workers in their dormitories. Foreign workers are crucial not only to Singapore’s economy but also to the health infrastructure as they keep our housing…
Read MoreNaval Architecture Short Course: Fundamentals for Floating Structures
Naval Architecture Short Course: Fundamentals for Floating Structures organised by Society of FLOATING SOLUTIONS (Singapore) In view of the Covid-19 outbreak and raising of the DORSCON to ORANGE status in Singapore, the Society has decided that it is in the best interest of all parties to reschedule the course to a later date, probably in 2H 2020,…
Read MorePresident’s Message 33/2019
Rice is the staple food of more than half the world’s population. “Rice is Life.” Unfortunately, with climate change and global warming this important food source is under threat, by drought on the one hand and floods on the other. These twin havoc affects the life not only of the consumers but more devastatingly of…
Read MorePresident’s Message 32/2019
The Singapore economy must be responsive to the rapid shift from the Third Industrial Revolution to the Fourth. Mega floats can be a useful tool to fast-track the process. Too much land is used to support industries of the last three decades. Of these, three of them take up about 10% of the total land…
Read MorePresident’s Message 31/2019
November 21 marked a significant milestone in the Society’s short history; our two-year old society held its first dinner event at the Churchill Room of the prestigious Tanglin Club. We have reasons to celebrate. Our membership strength more than triple in the past twelve months to sixty. In fact, in the past week alone about…
Read MorePresident’s Message 30/2019
Is a floating structure in Singapore waters a building or a ship? Is it subject to statutes of the Building Control Authority (BCA) or the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA)? The law deems it a building. The Building Control Act applies. Specifically, the Act defines a “building” to include “a floating structure, not being a…
Read MoreMember’s Night & Dinner 2019
Dear Members & Friends of the Society of FLOATING SOLUTIONS (Singapore), The Society has had two eventful years. It held several seminars and conferences where eminent speakers from the many parts of the world, including Norway, the Netherlands, China, Japan, South Korea and the US shared their experiences and researches with engineers, architects and planners…
Read MorePresident’s Message 29/2019
This month we have the distinct pleasure to welcome on board two eminent persons, one an engineer and the other an architect, as our Honorary Fellows. It marks a significant milestone in our short history. Professor Torgeir Moan spoke at our Wold Conference on Floating Solutions 2019. He a Professor of Marine Technology, and former…
Read MorePresident’s Message 28/2019
Time passes swiftly. The present council will have served its 2-year term in less than 3 months from now and will make way for a new one. It has been an eventful term and one that has impacted on engineers, architects, urban planners, developers and environmentalists. No longer do they need to be confined to…
Read MorePresident’s Message 27/2019
The Society has had a busy year as you can surmise from my previous messages. The world-class speakers we have attracted to Singapore include thought leaders and researchers in the field from the US, UK, Norway, Netherlands, China, Japan and South Korea. In fact, the World Conference on Floating Solutions 2019 (WCFS 2019) which we…
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