Private Residence X
This intricately detailed reinforced concrete private residence is spread over a Grade III and IV hillslope, with each block lightly perching on the hill and cantilevering out by approximately 5.5m. Work includes remediation of a portion of the slope that failed whilst design was in progress. Soil nail walls are used as the retaining solution, which also doubles up as measures to strengthen the slope.
Location Kuala Lumpur
Client Private Owner
Architect Design Unit Architect
Services Civil, geotechnical and structural
Size/ Cost Approx. 27,000 sqft
Status Construction
Year 2021 to date
Private Residence X
The impact of the neighbouring boundary conditions on the retaining solutions and earthworks drove the levels and positioning of this reinforced concrete structure. The structural elements were positioned to suit and complement the architecture, with parts of the structure having fair-faced concrete.
Location Kuala Lumpur
Client Private Owner
Architect MJ Kanny Architect
Services Civil, geotechnical and structural
Size/ Cost Approx. 11,000 sqft
Status Tender
Year 2021 to date
Private Residence X
This private residence is elevated over a hillslope with almost half of its area being Grade III and IV slopes. The structure is of reinforced flat slab with a mixture of columns and structural walls to suit the architecture. The feature folded roofs are designed in steel with box-sections used and purlins kept within the structural depth to allow a slim buildup.
Location Kuala Lumpur
Client Private Owner
Architect Formzero
Services Civil, geotechnical and structural
Size/ Cost Approx. 17,000 sqft
Status Tender
Year 2021 to date
Private Residence X
The new ground levels and building position were catered to allow open-cut retaining wall construction and minimiseearthworks to keep substructure and earthworks costs minimal. Superstructure-wise, the challenge was to limit visible columns and hide vertical structural elements within the architectural walls whilst enabling the feature roof and significant cantilevers.
Location Kuala Lumpur
Client Private Owner
Architect Seshan Design
Services Civil, geotechnical and structural
Size/ Cost Approx. 11,000 sqft
Status Design
Year 2021 to date
Damansara Country Height House
This house is located on stilts on a hillslope with its structural steel frame and metal deck slab soffit fully exposed and expressed. The pool level floor is of reinforced concrete supported on the steel frame to seamlessly accommodate the pool and form a clean silhouette of the various steps and inclinations of this level.
Location Selangor
Client Private Owner
Architect LS Design
Services Civil, geotechnical and structural
Size/ Cost Approx. 13,000 sqft
Status Design
Year 2019 to date
Tijani House
This split-level residence perched on a hillslope is kept free of any visible vertical structural elements to meet the Client’s brief. This together with varying building lines formed by the stacked boxes approach in the architecture resulted in a structure designed as a 3D system where the structure at each floor level is interdependent on the structure of the floor above and below, with some elements hung, some transferred and some cantilevered.
Location Bukit Tunku, Kuala Lumpur
Client Private owner
Architect CMC Designworks
Services Civil, geotechnical and structural. Inception to completion of substructure
Size/ Cost Approx. 20,000 sqft
Status Scope completed
Year 2019 to 2022
Q House
This 3-storey split level residence has stepped building lines, causing most of the walls to be unaligned between floors and as a result, making vertical load transfer a real challenge. To address this, the structure is of reinforced concrete flat slab with fin columns designed as a 3D system where the structure at each floor level is interdependent on the structure of the floor above and below, with some elements hung, some transferred and some cantilevered, with up to 6m long cantilevers.
Location Petaling Jaya
Client Private owner
Architect Hijjas Kasturi
Services Civil, geotechnical and structural
Size/ Cost Approx. 12,000 sqft
Status Design
Year 2017 to date
Modular double storey home in steel
Development of design solution for a lightweight steel modular low-rise twin residential structure that can flat packed into a shipping container and assembled on site with minimal work.
Client Confidential
Services Design support for specialist contractors: Structural
Status Completed
Year 2020
Tower X
Value engineering proposal for a 42-storey single residential tower where we found a savings of approximately RM3.5million in concrete and reinforcement cost by converting the residential floors from a beam and slab system to a flat slab system.
Project Confidential
Location Petaling Jaya
Client Confidential
Services Value engineering: Structural engineering
Status Scope completed
Year 2020
Section 6 House
The architect and contractor for this private residence decided upon a steel structure with profiled metal deck and concrete composite floor slab for speed of construction. The design efficiency was increased by designing the beams as composite beams where possible and maximising slab span by assuming propped construction.
Location Section 6, Petaling Jaya
Client Private owner
Architect Seshan Design
Services Civil, geotechnical and structural
Size/ Cost Approx. 10,000 sqft
Status Completed
Year 2019
Mr Yong's House
A double storeyprivate residence elevated 30+m on a hillslope. During conceptual design we worked with the architect and client in studying the various potential forms and order of costs for each of these before a final concept was decided upon.
Location Kuala Lumpur
Client Private owner
Architect Unit One Design
Services Civil, geotechnical and structural. Inception to detailed schematic design
Size/ Cost Approx. 20,000 sqft
Status Scope completed
Year 2017 to 2019
Setiamurni Residence
This 3-storey 16,000ft2private residence is located on a 12m cut into a hillslope. A contiguous bored pile wall was used to retain the cut in order to maximise the built uparea. The structure is primarily of reinforced concrete flat slab and columns with some portions in steel, coordinated to flow seamlessly with the architecture with spans reaching up to 10m.
Location Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur
Client Private Owner
Architect GDP
Services Civil, geotechnical and structural. Inception to the completion of construction documentation
Size/ Cost Approx. 30,000ft2
Status Scope completed
Year 2017 to 2018
Ponderosa House
This private residence has a glue laminated timber (Glulam) roof canopy appearing to float over reinforced concrete boxes with various structural timber components between these boxes, including a cantilevered timber box for a gymnasium and a timber link bridge. We undertook the timber engineering design, specifying several local timber species for the Glulam. The timber connections have been meticulously and elegantly designed to meet the desired aesthetics, especially where the timber interfaces with the reinforced concrete boxes.
Project Ponderosa House Location Johor Bahru, Johor
Client Woodsfield Architect Tetawowe
Services Structural: Timber engineering
Status Scope completed
Year 2017
RMM Affordable Housing Lanai Residency
Structural optimization assessment of a 29-storey fully precast concrete residential tower. Approximately RM2.158 million worth of potential optimisation measures were tabled including to use crack width analysis to determine the minimum reinforcement requirement. Determining minimum requirement through crack width analysis in accordance with BS8110 Part 2 results in a more exact and less conservative quantity than the fixed values given in BS8110 Part 1.
Location Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur
Developer Berjaya Land
Services Value engineering: Structural engineering
Status Scope completed
Year 2017
Tropicana Aman Phase 3
A township of 272 units of double storeysemidetached fully precast houses, a community centre and three TNBsubstations. The precast system was fully developed by us for Panahome, our Japanese D&B contractor client, from scratch using first principles in part. The type of precast system, element sizes and connection details were all developed to the preference of our client and their construction process.
Location Kota Kemuning, Selangor
Developer Tropicana
Client Panahome
Architect Blee + W Architect
Services Geotechnical and structural engineering. Inception to completion of construction documentation
Status Scope completed
Year 2016
Tower X
Structural and geotechnical assessment of alleged over stressed columns on behalf of a contractor for a 39-storey residential tower. The approach adopted by us for the assessment found the columns not to be over stressed, resulting in not having to strengthen them.
Location Penang
Client Mentari Berseri
Services Forensic and remedial: Structural and geotechnical assessment
Status Scope completed
Year 2016