Asia Pacific & Middle East NEWSMAR-APR 2018 SEAB 13Arup enhances Digital and Cities and Planning capabilities
with senior hires in Singapore
Singapore – Arup welcomes digital
strategy and solutions specialist Kevin
Koh, and city and transport planning
specialist Neil Walmsley to lead its digital
services and cities and planning teams in
Singapore respectively.
With more than 23 years of experience
in the industry, Mr Koh joins Arup as a
market leader, particularly in the creation
and implementation of vertical solutions
plans for national governments. Having
spent a large part of his career in Australia,
United States and Asia, he has intimate
knowledge of the needs and drivers of
Asia’s growing and emerging markets.
“Having consulted in both public and
private sectors, I am excited to apply my
breadth of experience in technology and
strategy to help our clients determine their
digital needs. I’m really looking forward to
learn and leverage on Arup’s vast design
and engineering capabilities to deliver the
next level of digitally-enhanced projects
for our clients,” said Mr Koh.
Mr Koh also takes a personal interest
in working with young start-ups who
are developing the drone, video analysis
and robotics capabilities of tomorrow. In
assisting the next generation of companies
to grow and thrive, he hopes to develop
a community that can revolutionise
the industry and bring new levels ofoptimisation to the built environment.
Mr Walmsley’s move to Singapore
reinforces Arup’s focus in shaping healthy,
sustainable and liveable cities. The cities
and planning team will bring together a
holistic range of specialist technical and
advisory services across all aspects of the
built environment including sustainability,
resilience, policy, economics, urbanism,
transport planning, site development,
logistics, operations and digital.
“I’ve always admired Singapore’s
approach to city building and I’m very
excited to now have the opportunity to
contribute to future growth here, and
across the region,” said Mr Walmsley.
Mr Walmsley joined Arup in 1997 and
brings with him more than 20 years of
global planning and design experience. He
started his career with Arup in the United
Kingdom, leading urban development and
transport projects in key cities including
Leeds, Bradford, Hull and Sheffield. He
has spent the last decade leading the
Planning business in the Middle East
where he led Arup’s work on major city-
scale projects including the Abu Dhabi
Plan 2030, Sharjah’s Strategic Plan and
Dubai’s successful bid to host Expo 2020.Kevin Koh. Photo: © Arup Neil Walmsley. Photo: © Arup
Bangkok, Thailand – Submissions are now being accepted for
the 2018 Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
This year’s awards cycle will mark the launch of a three-year
partnership with Think City, a Malaysian urban renewal body that
will support the programme and host the annual Awards Jury
meeting in Penang, Malaysia.
Eligible projects must have been completed within the last
10 years. Houses, commercial and institutional buildings, historic
towns and villages, archaeological sites and cultural landscapes,
for example, are all suitable for entry. Winners will be announced
in early November 2018 in the following categories: “Award of
Excellence”, “Award of Distinction”, “Award of Merit”, “Honourable
Mention” and “Award for New Design in Heritage Contexts”. The
“Award for New Design in Heritage Contexts” is given to newly-
built structures that demonstrate outstanding design which is
well-integrated into historic contexts.
Call for Entries: 2018 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural
Heritage Conservation
The deadline for receipt of materials is 15 May 2018. To apply for
the 2018 Awards and for relevant resources, visit http://bangkok.
unesco.org/content/apply-awards.