ISSUE 49- 5 0 Bulletin SEPTEMBER 2011 BANGKOK BEIJING HONG KONG SHANGHAI SINGAPORE TAIWAN CONTENTS AwarDS AND RECOGNITIONS 01 MAA Bulletin - THE 10TH (2010) Public construction Golden Issue 49- 50 September 2011 Award - THE 12TH (2010) national architecture Golden ACHIEVEMENT Award AND TOP NationaL ARCHI- TECTURE Award - THE 11TH (2010) Motc Golden Way Award - The 2011 excellent tunnel enGineerinG Award Founded in 1975, MAA is a leading Asian engineering and consulting - Giant GrouP PharMaceutical caMPus Project service provider in the East and Southeast Asian region focused in the – SURV AND MORPHOSIS ARCHITECTS areas of infrastructure, land resources, environment, buildings, and - DiaMond certification for Green buildinG information technology. MateriaL LABEL BUILDING INFormation MODELING 07 To meet the global needs of both public and private clients, MAA (BIM) has a full range of engineering capabilities to provide clients with sustainable solutions - ranging from conceptual planning, general MAA TATPEI OFFICE MOVING AND 09 consultancy, engineering design to project management. NEW OFFICE ESTABLISHED NOTICE PROJECTS 1ST MAY 2010 to 10 MAA employs 800 professional staff people with offices in the Greater 30TH APRIL 2011 China Region (Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taiwan), Mekong Region (Bangkok), and Southeast Asia Region (Singapore), creating PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 20 a close professional network in East/Southeast Asia. - PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES - PROFESSIONAL Awards/HONORS MAA’s goal is to establish engineering capability that will meet local - SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE needs. Along with the changes in social-economic environment over - TECHNICAL PUBLications the years, MAA’s business philosophy is to provide professional PERSONNEL PROFILES 27 service that will become an asset to clients with long lasting benefits. ASSET represents five key components that underlies MAA’s principles of professional service Advanced Technology project Safety client’s Satisfaction ISO 9001 and LAB CERTIFICATIONS Economical Solution Timely Completion Produced By: Moh and Associates Inc. Oriental Technopolis Building A, 22 Fl., No.112, Xintai Wu Road, Section 1, Xizhi District, New Taipei City 22102, Taiwan, R.O.C. Tel: 886-2-2696-1555 Fax: 886-2-2696-1166 Email: [email protected] Website: www.maaconsultants.com fucheng) and underground section from anan to yun river WARDS AND RECOGNITIONS (turnkey contract). A (2) the Construction Management Golden Award for the Project & Construction Management for National Cheng Kung THE 10TH (2010) PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION University Hospital Expansion project. GOLDEN AWARD the mission of the Public construction Golden award is to strengthen public construction quality, improve the living and working environment, and encourage positive competitive culture in taiwan. each year, Golden awards in construction, Design and Quality are given to outstanding engineering projects completed by organizations and individuals. 161KV Cable Transmission Links (Anan to Fucheng) and underground section from anan to yun river. The project is to construct a new main high voltage power supply system for Tainan, which includes 2.45 km underground tunnel, working shaft and underpass adjacent to power station, MAA’s Chairman Dr. Za-Chieh Moh receives award during The 10th (2010) electrical workshop office, etc. the design works include Public Construction Golden Award civil, architecture and electric system. The project uses shield tunneling method instead of cut-and-cover method to reduce the impact on adjacent environment and traffic during construction period. The tunnel is one of longest boring tunnel project in Taiwan. Due to the “88 Disaster” caused by the super Typhoon Morakot in august 2009, Maa adopted a higher flood control standard in the design to protect the substation from the extreme weather conditions the world faces today. The Public Construction Golden Award for project 161KV Cable Transmission Links (Anan to Fucheng) and Project and Construction Management for National Cheng Kung University Hospital th 161KV Cable Transmission Links (Anan to Fucheng) and Underground On 28 December 2010, during the Tenth (2010) Public Section from Anan to Yun River construction Golden award ceremony held by the Public construction commission of the executive yuan of taiwan, Project and Construction Management for National Cheng Kung MAA Taiwan received two awards: University Hospital Expansion Project. (1) the Construction Design Golden Award for the National Cheng Kung University Hospital is the biggest hospital Construction of 161KV Cable Transmission Links (Anan to in Tainan City accommodating 1093 sickbeds. The treatment of 1 acute, heavy and rare disease is the core medical service for the hospital. Due to the 20 years history, the hospital has encountered various problems such as lack of emergency treatment space and outdated facilities, which are critical to the medical treatment efficiency and quality improvements. As a result, the hospital planned to National Cheng Kung University Hospital build a new building to solve the problems. The new 65,595 m2 10-storeys building with to help produce a consistent standard operating procedure a 3-level basement will house outpatient department, cancer format and development process for all operating units and and clinical research facilities while the current building will to provide innovative solutions for energy saving and carbon continue to provide hospitalization, emergency treatment and reduction methods. MAA successfully managed the standard critically ill departments. MAA was engaged to provide project operating procedure development process for all units and in and construction management services with special attention addition adopted the design of circular caisson to avoid ground settlement. THE 12TH (2010) NatIONAL ARCHITECTURE GOLDEN ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AND TOP NatIONAL ARCHITECTURE AWARD The national Golden award for architecture was founded by the Republic of China National Enterprise Competitiveness Development Association. The National Enterprise Competitiveness Development Association was established in November 1999 with the following objectives: to improve domestic corporate image, to strengthen business operational performance of enterprise, and to help enterprises raising product quality. The goal of the Association is to increase Taiwan’s competitiveness edge in architectural construction on a national level. The 12th (2010) national Golden award for Architecture ceremony was held on 20th October 2010. Maa taiwan received the national architecture Golden Achievement Award and Top National Architecture Award for the construction of Taiwan Architecture and Technology Center of National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. The Taiwan Architecture and Technology Center is a 7-storeys building with a unique structure. The building’s structure is composed of segments that create the aesthetic appearance of sailboat sails. in addition to winning the Golden award for Architecture, this construction project received the green The Taiwan Architecture and Technology Center receives the National Architecture Golden Achievement Award and Top National Architecture Award 2 building copper certification from the Green building label station. an approach located at b1 floor connects the MRT of taiwan. the project was awarded with the certification station with the Songshan Airport, which used to be the only because it encompassed 6 characteristics of the Green building international airport for Taiwan. Today, it is an important airport Label requirements: Soil Water Content, Water Resource, Daily that provides direct flights between mainlandc hina and taiwan. Energy Saving, CO2 emission reduction, sewage and Garbage Due to its ideal location, the usage is now on the rise. The MRT Improvement and Indoor Environment. MAA Taiwan carried station therefore plays a very important international gateway out project and construction management for the project. to taipei metropolitan area. it is the first comprehensive transferring MRT station comprising airway, urban passenger transport and intercity transport. due to the flight safety and THE 11TH (2010) MOTC GOLDEN WaY AWARD operation & management of the airport, the project is a tough challenge during both design and construction phase. MAA is The Golden Way award responsible for the design of all civil, geotechnical and structural was founded by the Ministry works in addition to overall coordination and management. Due of Transportation and to strict management, the site never had any serious accidents, Communications (MOTC) in six years of the construction. in 2000. The mission of the Motc Golden Way award Project hsin Wei butterfly bridge in Maolin national scenic is to encourage organizations Area contract CK01 of roads, railways and MRT to MAA was commissioned in 2002 by the National Expressway maintain good transportation Engineering Bureau to design and provide construction system conditions and to supervision of the hsin Wei butterflyb ridge that links national provide a safe and comfortable Expressway No. 27 & 28 at Da-jin Village and Hsin-wei Village environment for users. There in Maolin National Scenic Area, Kaohsiung County which is a are 7 kinds of Motc Golden long and narrow scenic area that encompasses several Purple Way Awards: landscaping, butterfly valleys, where every winter as many as 600,000 road maintenance, equipment euploeini butterflies take shelter in. to reflect the famous maintenance,