IEM (Southern Branch)

24B Jalan Abiad, Taman Tebrau Jaya

80400 Johor Bahru
Tel: 07-3319705 Fax: 07-3319710

Email: sec@iemsb.org.my

(Southern Branch)
REGISTRATION FORM
Name(s)

M/ship No

Grade

Course on

Fees

Tall Buildings and Their Design Challenges

TOTAL

Enclosed herewith a Cheque No. : _______________________ for the sum of RM

______________ issued in favour of The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia
(Southern Branch) and crossed A/C Payee only. If I/we fail to attend the course,
the fee paid will not be refunded.

Organizer:
The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia
(Southern Branch)
BEM APPROVED CPD/PDP HOURS: 6.5
IEM16/SB/316/C

Contact Person: ............... Designation : ....................

Date:

Name of Organisation: ......

13 August 2016 (Saturday)

Address: .............................
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Mobile : ..................................................... E-mail: .............................................................
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Date

IMPORTANT NOTES
CLOSING DATE : 10 August 2016
For ONLINE REGISTRATION, payment MUST BE MADE VIA ONLINE PAYMENT (bank-in the
participant fees into the Institutions Maybank Current Account (No. 5-013920-15708)
before the closing date.
FULL PAYMENT must be settled before commencement of the course, otherwise
participants will not be allowed to enter the hall. If a place is reserved and the intended
participants fail to attend the course, the fees is to be settled in full. If the participant
made payment and failed to attend the course, the fees paid is non refundable
The Organizing Committee reserves the right to alter or change the program due to
unforeseen circumstances.

Venue:

Sapphire 3, Level 4
The Grand Paragon Hotel, Johor Bahru
Closing Date: 10th August 2016 (Wednesday)
Grade

On-line

Normal

IEM Student Members

RM 100.00

RM 150.00

IEM Graduate Members (Below 30 years)

RM 250.00

RM 300.00

RM 300.00

RM 350.00

RM 250.00

RM 300.00

RM 400.00

RM 450.00

IEM Corporate Members &

IEM Graduate Members (30 years and
above)
IEM Senior Engineers (60 years and
above)
Non IEM Members

PROGRAMME

Synopsis
Rapid grow in the population of countries has significantly increased
demands for construction of residential buildings as well as offices and
hotels. This, in return, has made construction of taller buildings inevitable.
While high-rise structures share many basics with short and mid-rise
structures, their design and construction has put forward new challenges for
engineers. This one-day course targets the most important design matters
that practice engineers have to take into consideration when dealing with
tall buildings. In this course, wind induced load and vibrations to tall
buildings will be described by explaining provisions of Eurocode 8 and
presenting a simple example and a real case study project. The general
framework of seismic design of structures will be presented with more
emphasis on the performance-based approach which is often being
employed for high-rise buildings. Finally, some analysis and construction
matters like structural health monitoring will be briefly introduced. This
course would be beneficial for architects, structural engineers and
construction site supervisors.
Biodata of Speaker

Dr. Mohammadreza Vafaei (PhD, P.Eng., M.ASCE, M.EERI, M.SSA) is

currently a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Civil Engineering, UTM JB and a
research fellow of Forensic Engineering Center, and Institute of Noise and
Vibration, UTM. As a Professional Engineer previously serving a consultant
company in Iran, he has led seismic design of numerous structures including
tall residential and office buildings, airport terminals, air traffic control
towers, lattice telecommunication towers, bridges, water reservoirs and
monumental structures. His expertise includes seismic design of special
structures, seismic retrofit, damage identification and nonlinear structural
analysis. Dr. Vafaei is professional in seismic design using structural software
like SAP2000, ETABS and SAFE. He is also expert in internationally employed
seismic codes like UBC, ASCE/SEI 7-10 and Eurocode 8.

8.30 a.m. 9.00 a.m.

- Registration

9.00 a.m. 9.10 a.m.

- Welcome Speech By IEM (SB) Organising

Committee

9.10 a.m. 10.30 a.m.

- Introduction to Tall Buildings and Their Structural

System

10.30 a.m. 10.45 a.m.

- Morning Coffee Break

10.45 a.m. 12.30 p.m. - Structural Dynamic and Seismic Design of Tall
Buildings
12.30 p.m. 1.30 p.m.

- Lunch Break

1.30 p.m. 3.15 p.m.

- Wind Induced Effects on Tall Buildings

3.15 p.m. 3.30 p.m.

- Afternoon Coffee Break

3.30 p.m. 4.30 p.m.

- Analysis and Maintenance Matters of Tall

Buildings

4.30 p.m. 5.00 p.m.

- Discussion
- Questions & Answers Session

5.00 p.m.

End of Course