ABOUT

Michael Benjamin C. D.

MSc in Civil–Structural Engineering
National University of Singapore
Graduate Summer Program in Seismic Resilience
Tongji University · Shanghai, China
Licensed Civil Engineer
Professional Regulatory Board of Civil Engineering, 2008
PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO

More than 15 years of applied structural and civil engineering experience across design consultancy and construction.

SPECIALIST PRECAST INDUSTRY

More than a decade in Singapore’s precast design and manufacturing industry, having worked across operational, management, and technical roles, with hands-on involvement in design and detailing, BIM and automation workflows for ICPH operations, DfMA for precast construction, production and batching-plant operations, construction management of precast office buildings and factories, business development, and project coordination.

DESIGN & ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY

Extensive hands-on involvement in structural design, structural analysis, analytical structural modelling, structural idealization, detailed engineering design, and the preparation and delivery of structural plans and detailed design calculations across a range of civil and structural engineering works, including bridges and flyovers using long-span built-up steel box girders and post-tensioned girders, telecom towers, and mass-movement mitigation structures.

CONSTRUCTION & PROJECT DELIVERY

Former Managing Partner of a small construction company in Manila, with hands-on involvement in its day-to-day business operations, including driving a subcontract project through to final closure — a 45-storey + penthouse (190-unit high-end residential project in Greenhills, San Juan).

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

Areas I continue to explore

Numerical modelling of precast concrete connections and their influence on global structural response under lateral loading Ductile design and detailing of lateral systems Performance-based design Geotechnical FEA