KALAI CHELVAN A / L ARUMUGAM , Ir .
WHO ’ S WHO IN ENGINEERING MALAYSIA
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2020 – Current Director , Riaque Konsult Sdn . Bhd .
2018 – 2020 Chief Operating Officer ( Special Projects – Asia Pacific Division ), Snowy Mountains Engineering Company ( SMEC )
2014 – 2017 Chief Operating Officer ( Asia Pacific Division ), SMEC
KALAI CHELVAN A / L ARUMUGAM , Ir .
Born June , 1964
CIVIL ENGINEER kalai . arumugam @ riaque . com
2003 – 2014 Regional Manager South East Asia , SMEC
1993 – 2003 Various Engineering / Managerial Positions , SMEC
1989 – 1993 Design Engineer , Zaidun Leeng Sdn . Bhd .
1988 – 1989 Site Engineer , Zublin ( M ) Sdn . Bhd .
CURRENT DESIGNATION
• Director , Riaque Konsult Sdn . Bhd .
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
• BEng . ( Hons ) in Civil Engineering , Universiti Teknologi Malaysia ( UTM )
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate , BEM
• Member , The Institution of Engineers Malaysia ( IEM )
• Certified Value Manager ( CVM ), Institute of Value Management Malaysia ( IVMM )
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Marketing , business development and managing international projects
• Liaison with clients and government organisations , international funding organisations such as World Bank , ADB , JBIC
• Experience in highly challenging regional markets such as Indonesia , Philippines , Myanmar and Vietnam
• Technical and financial proposals and negotiations
Hydropower and highway engineering
• Design and construction of small and large hydropower projects
• Specialist in highway engineering
• Preparation of “ Guidelines for Malaysia Toll Expressway System – Design Standards ” for Malaysian Highway Authority ( MHA )
Certified Value Manager ( CVM )
• Value engineering for large infrastructure projects
• Design optimisation for large and complex civil projects
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