SOM PONG A / L PICHAN , Ir .
FIRST EDITION , VOLUME 2 , 2022
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2020 – Current Senior Superintendent Civil Engineer , Geotechnical Engineering Branch , PWD
2017 – 2020 District Engineer , PWD , Gombak
2016 – 2017 Superintending Civil Engineer , Geotechnical Engineering Branch , PWD
SOM PONG A / L PICHAN , Ir .
Born September , 1976
CIVIL ENGINEER Sompong @ jkr . gov . my
CURRENT DESIGNATION
• Senior Superintendent Civil Engineer , Geotechnical Engineering Branch , Public Works Department ( PWD ) Malaysia
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
• BEng . ( Hons ) in Civil Engineering , Universiti Sains Malaysia ( USM )
• MSc . in Civil Engineering , Trinity College Dublin , Ireland
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate , BEM
2009 – 2016 Senior Work Engineer , Geotechnical Engineering Branch , PWD
2002 – 2009 Civil Engineer , Geotechnical Engineering Branch , PWD
Other Professional Involvement / Affiliation
• 2021- Current : Co-opted Committee Member , Malaysian Geotechnical Society ( MGS )
• 2021 – Current : Member , TC222 : BIM and Digital Twins , International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering ( ISSMGE )
• 2021 – Current : Member , Industry and Community Advisory Panel ( ICAP ), USM
• 2016 – Current : Corporate Fellow , Centre of Tropical Geo-Engineering ( GEOTROPIK ), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia ( UTM )
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Geotechnical engineering
• Design and construction of geotechnical related works
• Member of various technical committee related to geotechnical engineering
• Published and presented technical papers at national and international conferences and seminars
Project management
• Supervision , contract administration , inspection and testing of civil engineering works for infrastructure and building projects
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