The Life of a Heavy Lifter

Synopsis

Modularize Build is increasingly being adopted in Hong Kong for its ability to improve build quality, reduce construction program, and optimize material use i.e. require fewer temporary works. In this session, we shall introduce Heavy Lifting, share ideas about abnormal load engineering and ways to handle heavy loading and large-scale modularization built in the construction industry. Examples demonstrates how heavy lifting facilitate alternative solutions for “tricky” site adopted on the installation of construction material. Modulized-Built enables safe & sound and quality of products. At last, the most commonly used Heavy Lifting Equipment, i.e. Strand Jacks, SPMTs etc. shall be introduced in this sharing session.

Large-scale modularized construction is originally developed/advanced in the Energy sector. The talk will discuss the history of Heavy Lifting plant and equipment’s development and its future applications. Introduce the Heavy Lifting opportunities and its possible application in Hong Kong, especially working around tight-spaced city centre.

Speakers Profile

Eur Ing & Ir. Eric Kwok joined Goldwave Steel Structure Engineering Limited in 2019, providing professional consultancy service of Heavy Lifting from scheme design of construction methodology to on site operation. He devoted in Structural Steel Erection Engineering and Heavy Lifting with over 20 years of experience in the field. He was highly involved in many Extreme Engineering / Worlds Wonders Projects around the globe in his career so far.

He is a civil and structural engineer by training, a Fellow member of the CABE; Institution of Structural Engineer; Institution of Civil Engineer; and a member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineer in the Structural discipline.