SIE2016

Reader's Response Draft In the article “Use of cladding in buildings here have grown in recent times: Experts” from Faris Mokhtar, states that although there are benefits of cladding on a building, cladding is still a fire hazard. Mokhtar (2017) states that the usage of cladding has shown to provide many benefits for the building. According to Assistant Professor Fadeyi (2017), cladding has shown to benefit in the reduction of energy consumption and increases the sustainability of the building.  According to Assistant Professor Budig (2017), he mentions that Singapore practices another style of cladding which enhances the shade of the building. However, usage of cladding has been contributing in the rapid spreading of fire as it endangers the fire safety in the building as the oxygenation could escalate the fire (Mokhtar, 2017). According to Mokhtar (2017), cladding may have contributed to the fire that struck the Grenfell Tower, which led to multiple fatalities. ...

Reader Response Draft In the article “Use of cladding in buildings here have grown in recent times: Experts” from Faris Mokhtar, states that although there are benefits of cladding on a building, cladding is still a fire hazard. Mokhtar (2017) states that the usage of cladding has shown to provide many benefits for the building. According to Assistant Professor Fadeyi (2017), cladding has shown to benefit in the reduction of energy consumption and increases the sustainability of the building.  According to Assistant Professor Budig (2017), he mentions that Singapore practices another style of cladding which enhances the shade of the building. However, usage of cladding has been contributing in the rapid spreading of fire as it endangers the fire safety in the building as the oxygenation could escalate the fire (Mokhtar, 2017). According to Mokhtar (2017), cladding may have contributed to the fire that struck the Grenfell Tower, which led to multiple fatalities. Alt...

10 September 2017 Dear Ms Lim Introduction of Self, Strengths, Weaknesses and Goals. My name is Lim Wen Wei, currently pursuing the degree in Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Land). Having graduated from Singapore Polytechnic with a diploma in Environmental Management and Water Technology, I chose to enroll in SIT’s degree program to hone my knowledge and technical skills in engineering. The strengths in communication that I believe I have is the ability to read body language and understand the various tones and words to use to on different people. Through my experience in work, school and army, I have had various opportunities to interact with people from all sorts of backgrounds through different modes of communication. I understand the vast difference tone can make while communicating with another party. An example that I had faced before was while sending emails to people from different departments of a company. The difference in the words I used could eithe...