The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Accreditation 2009

by webmaster FAB | Oct 14, 2009 | News, Uncategorized

The Bachelor in Quantity Surveying and B.Sc in Construction programmes are accredited by The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) for the 2004-2008 academic years.

The RICS evaluation panel has visited the Department of Quantity Surveying, Faculty of Built Environment on the 7th October 2009 to re-accredit the above programmes. The outcome of the visit is very positive.. the panel will recommend to the RICS Board of Studies to re-accredit the Bachelor of Quantity Surveying and Bsc in Construction programmes for the 2009-2013 academic years. Congratulations to the everyone at the Deparment of Quantitiy Surveying.

Dr. Ismail Said was Appointed as Chairman of a Panel of Eight Juries by The Government of Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan

by webmaster FAB | Oct 8, 2009 | News, Uncategorized

Dr. Ismail Said was appointed as chairman of a panel of eight juries by The Government of Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, to judge entries of international competition for Urban Eco-planning Concepts and Ideas of Banjarmasin. The team comprised of three professors from Institute of Technology Bandung, Gajah Mada University, Seoul National University, and four government officers from Office of Ministry KLH Jakarta, Direktorat Jendral Penataan Jakarta and city hall of Banjarmasin. The evaluation last for two days, 5 to 6 October 2009. Fourteen entries from USA, Belgium, Korea, Australia, the Netherlands, Canada and Indonesia were examined and were finalized into five nominees. These nominees will be presenting their planning proposals on 20 and 21 October 2009 before the juries.

The Study Of The U.S. Thematic Institute For Foreign Undergraduate Students On The Environment

by webmaster FAB | Jul 20, 2009 | News, Uncategorized

A Third Year Student of Urban and Regional Planning, UTM, Abd. Hafiz b. Sheik Abd. Hardy has been selected as one of the 7 Malaysian undergraduates to join a special program at East-West Centre in University of Hawaii. This program entitled The Thematic Institute on the Environment will take place from 10th May until 21st June, 2009.  Other participants that had been selected from Malaysia include students from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Malaysia Sabah and Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. They will join other participants from Singapore, Fiji and Papua New Guinea in Hawaii. The selection was done competitively by the United States Embassy in the respective countries through the resumes that had been sent to them.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the students who take part in this six-week program will look at global environmental challenges and the need for active leadership to deal with them.  The program will provide a deeper understanding of the environmental movement in the U.S. and how advocates for environmental conservation and action undertake advocacy, market, policy, cultural and scientific approaches to environmental issues.  During final week of their program, the students will travel to San Francisco, California and visit the Capitol Hill at Washington, D.C for a field study.

The institute aims to provide a transformative learning experience for participants through introductions to a broad spectrum of American life; enhance networks of understanding linking participants with U.S. environmental actors and each other; transfer, where applicable, lessons from the U.S. to the participants’ countries; provide opportunities for U.S. practitioners to learn about participants’ countries environmental challenges; link the next generation of foreign leaders in the environmental movement with the U.S.; and develop collaborative projects among participants themselves and with U.S. organizations.

On 2nd April 2009, the Public Affairs and the Economic Section organized a pre-departure briefing and visa interview for the 7 Malaysian undergraduate students at the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur.  The students met with Public Affairs staff to discuss the purpose and content of their upcoming program, and what to expect when traveling in Hawaii and the Continental United States.  They met other Embassy staff as well, including the Economic Counselor and the Environment Science Technology and Health officer.  Several local journalists were invited to attend and interview the students.

Mr Khairul Anuar Bin Bakhtiar Won the Best Paper Award of Sustainable Urbanization and Construction Management

by webmaster FAB | Jun 16, 2009 | News, Uncategorized

Khairul Anuar Bin Bakhtiar, a tutor from Quantity Surveying Department, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and a PhD student at Building and Real Estate Department (BRE), the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, has received the Best Paper Award of Sustainable Urbanization and Construction Management at the First International Postgraduate Conference on Infrastructure and Environment held at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), Hong Kong on 5 and 6 June 2009.

The title of the paper was ‘Challenges to Sustainable Construction in Developing Countries’. His co-author is Prof LY Shen and also his Chief PhD supervisor. He received certificate and cash prize worth HK$2,000 from the Dean of the Faculty, Prof J.G. Teng. The conference attracted 82 papers and around 200 participants from 40 University around the world including China, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, USA, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Australia, Malaysia and New Zealand.

The conference contains papers addressing a diverse range of topics within the two broad fields of infrastructure and environment. The specific topics addressed by the papers include building energy, structural engineering, construction management, sustainable urbanization, geo-information technology, and urban environment. PolyU has been organizing a local version of this of this conference in Hong Kong since 2006 to provide a forum for postgraduate students working in the area of construction and land use to exchange their research findings and to developed collaboration and friendship.

KPI Workshop

by webmaster FAB | Jun 4, 2009 | News, Uncategorized

Every year Architecture Department organizes a workshop to discuss rigorously on matters that concern architectural education at UTM. This time the workshop has been held at Kayangan Suite, Pulai Spring Resort which is just five minutes away from UTM, Skudai. Things that are not done well in the last session had been analyzed thoroughly during the workshop. Steps and action for correction and improvement are also been tabled and debated so that tangible action could be taken next session. The workshop is held from 25th May until 28th May 2009. The workshop also prepare for a 5-year master plan.