All structures are to be supported on sound foundation for their safety and subsequent performance. A good understanding of the pile foundation design principles and construction practices is essential for every practitioner, designer, builder and supervisor involved so that structures will be built and maintained safely throughout the lifetime of the structure. This course aims to provide participants with an insight into the engineering principles of pile foundation design as well as good construction practices adopted locally with special emphasis on cast-in place reinforced concrete bored piles in compression.

Coordination and management are keys to successful construction projects. As an aspiring coordinator, you will need to have working knowledge and skills in interpreting and coordinating architectural, structural and M&E works. The NBQ programme gives you essential and in-depth knowledge of various Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) works, as well as effective communication skills to coordinate projects successfully.

With advances in technology, building projects are increasing becoming more sophisticated and complex. To manage this challenging environment, competent and well-trained project supervisors are needed to ensure that contractors complete projects in a timely manner while maintaining a high level of workmanship. The NBQ in Project Supervision offers essential skills training and knowledge that will give you the extra edge you need to manage projects successfully.

A good geotechnical monitoring instrumentation system with proper protection, recording and data analysis could avoid catastrophic site incident. These instrumentations play an important role in the safety monitoring especially during the construction stage. The recorded data are also useful for design verification. Therefore, it is of foremost importance that engineers should be equipped with the knowledge on the different functions of geotechnical instrumentations, their installation method and how the readings are taken so that they could better plan and design the system to get their desired data. This course will cover this essential knowledge and also the skill to interpret the readings obtained, the good practices in installation of the instruments and the statutory requirements.

Geographic Information System (GIS) applications are in great demand nowadays due to many of their value-added services. To generate any recommended solution using GIS applications, there must be accurate data collected by the land surveyors. In addition, the development of many new challenging construction and civil engineering projects also requires a higher level of service from the land surveyors.The part-time Diploma in Geo-Spatial Information and Technology which was developed in collaboration with Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV) offers graduates the integrated domain knowledge of various surveying techniques and GIS applications with the use of latest technology and equipment. This diploma creates a unique opportunity for graduates to venture into different aspects of the surveying services. With this, graduates are able to begin or advance their career further in the surveying and geospatial profession.

There is an increasing demand for knowledge-based skilled workforce as the industry restructures itself following the transition of our nation into a knowledge-based economy. A new generation of knowledge-based specialist subcontractors, supervisors or Resident Technical Officers who possess adequate practical skills and technical knowledge is needed. They will have the skills to supervise construction workers directly in this new economy to ensure that construction sites are safe, highly productive with good quality standards.The Diploma in Construction Engineering is accepted for registration as a Resident Technical Officer under the Building Control Act.

Good passive and ventilation design strategies could reduce the dependence of active cooling yet maintaining a good thermal environment. This course promotes the design for thermal comfort with ventilation strategies. Participants are also introduced to the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation software to model airflow in a space and urban environment, so as to analyse the effectiveness of various design options.

This course is organised to prepare civil, structural and geotechnical engineering practitioners, ground investigation and testing laboratories, builders and supervisory personnel on the design of spread and axially loaded pile foundations particularly to Eurocode 7 in Singapore. The participants will be able to: (1) Appreciate and understand the design approach of foundations based on Eurocode 7 and its National Annexes; (2) Understand the use of Eurocode 7 on design and construction considerations for spread and axially loaded pile foundations; and (3) Understand the execution and testing requirements relating to foundations

Singapore experiences the highest incidence of lightning strikes in the world. These lightning strikes have caused major disruptions to main systems equipment and considerable damage to building structures. Understanding of lightning phenomenon and proper setup of lightning protection system are critical for the protection of lives, properties and equipment. The 2-day course aims to provide participants with an understanding of the effects of lightning and various lightning protection methods for building structures. It will also cover various analytical methods for the performance assessment of lightning protection systems.

CORENET e-Submission System (eSS) is a G2B (Government to Business) Internet-based system that allows industry professionals to submit their projects related documents electronically to regulatory authorities for approval without the constraints of time, nor physical distance. It is a one-stop, non-stop convenient point of access for round-the-clock submission via the internet, converges all regulatory application requirements, from development & building plans compliance, to building maintenance and certification of statutory completion.The System is designed to handle all plan and documentary submissions and approvals across the whole building project life-cycle, including: 1) Processing of documents related to issuance of planning approvals 2) Building plans approval 3) Structural plans approval 4) Temporary occupation permit 5) Certification of statutory completion 6) Fire safety certification