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CIVILTHE
E N G I N E E R I N G L I F E
Get to know hisbackground, what he doesas a civil engineer, his roles
and responsibilities, etc.
An exclusive interviewwith Mr. Kenny about thesuccessful projects he was
involved in.
Celcom Tower, the ongoingproject Mr. Kenny and Miss
Sing Ying is involved in.
ABOUT MR.KENNY
SUCCESSFULPROJECTS
ONGOINGPROJECT
Sing Yingcontract manager
4 years in Crest Builder
Mr. KennyCivil Engineer
2 years in Crest Builder
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Contents
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About Crest Builder Holdings.........................4
Crest Builder's Journey.......................................5
Getting to know Mr. Kenny...............................6
The Awesome Celcom Tower..........................7
Nature Calls!...................................................................8
Need for speed...............................................................9
Editors' page..................................................................10
CrestBuilder
HoldingsBerhad
CBHB was incorporated inMalaysia under the Companies
Act, 1965 on 9th March 2002 as apublic limited company, CBHB is
principally an investment holdingcompany and had successfully
undertaken a Corporate and DebtRestructuring Scheme which
involved taking over the listingstatus of MGR Corporation
Berhad. CBHB was listed on theMain Board Of Bursa Malaysia on
12th June 2003.
The CBHB Group was founded in1985 by Mr Yong Soon Chow.
What started out as a small timerof less than 10 staffs has grownto a strong corporation of over
500 staffs under its stable.
Over the past 25 years, the CBHBgroup has carved a strong foothold inthe local construction industry. With
in depth industry experience, theCBHB group has a proven track
record in the sector – especially in thecommercial, residential and
institutional building construction.Then Group counts top branded
developers and international propertyplayers amongst its clientele.
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The Crest Builder Group was foundedby Yong Soon Chow, a former engineer
with the Public Works Dept (JKR) in1983. Spearheading with foresight,
armed with the expertise of hismanagement artillery, the ManagingDirector successfully earmarked for
the company, a niche in theconstruction industry. It has been a
steady journey towards the top, guidedby a vision to create shareholders’
value through prudent businesspolicies, while emphasizing on quality
and timely delivery of projects.
Today, Crest Builder has diversifiedfrom its core construction businessinto other businesses. Construction
aside, Crest Builder also offersdesign-and-build (D&B) services to
its clients where it advises onbuildings, technicalities as well asdesign. The group’s Mechanical &
Electrical division offers a series ofwide M&E services. The Group has
also diversified into propertydevelopment, of which our maiden
development project is at the heart ofPetaling Jaya. 3 Two Square, a
commercial development, comprisesretail shops and offices, as well as acorporate office tower, The Crest.
When thejourney started....
More than 30 YEARS
building the nation!5
AboutMr. Kenny
“It’s all a matter of time and cost...And the wayyou plan,” Mr. Kenny stated. Mr. Kenny, from
Penang, has been in the construction industryfrom the year 2000, so that makes it about 15years. He graduated at Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia (UTM) Johor, with a Diploma in CivilEngineering and a Degree in Civil Engineering.After he got his diploma, he worked part timeas an assistant engineer. It got busier after hedecided to continue his studies in Degree. He
worked from Monday to Friday and studies onSaturday and Sunday. Basically, he had no
weekends for 5 years. 15 years ago, Mr. Kennybecame a civil engineer in Penang. He workedwith the government under the company WCT
Holdings Berhad. In this company he got towork overseas in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar.
His projects with this company involve inmaking Formula 1 racetrack
Mr. Kenny’s role as a civil engineer is involving intender. There are two processes in tender: the firstone is commercial and financial. His responsibilityis getting the projects and knowing where the siteoffice and workers headquarters is. The second
part is the technical part. This is where Mr. Kennyanalyze and make logistics plan, such as figuringout where to put the tower crane and how many.He began working with Crest Builder in 2013. For
these past 2 years in this company, he was involvedwith tender again.
Mr. Kenny loves to explore new things.He likes challenges. He told us that
teamwork is the most important partin his work. If there were any problemsregarding the project, they would all sit
down and discuss it together untileveryone is satisfied. He said that thework wouldn’t be as tough or stressful
if you love it. “Once you have thepassion, you don’t care.”
“CHALLENGING.Once you have thepassion, you don’t
care.”6
The AwesomeCelcom Tower
One project that Mr. Kenny is involved in is theCELCOM Tower. This particular project iscurrently ongoing and will be located in
Petaling Jaya. The CELCOM Tower has beenunder construction since the end of November2014. Upon the completion of the tower, it willbecome CELCOM’s Corporate Headquarters.
The expected completion date of constructionis around the end of August, 2016.
Taking 19 months estimatedbefore completion, the end
product of this ongoing projectwill be a 33 floor, glass exterior,futuristic like building costing a
staggering 90 million MYS. In thisproject, Mr. Kenny will be in
charge of all technical issues iffaced with any. From what Mr.
Kenny has shared with us aboutthe CELCOM Tower, everything
seems to be in order and smooth-flowing without any speedbumpsin the way of construction. Mostimportant is that nothing much
has come up to delay theconstruction process.
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NatureCalls!
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One other project that Mr.Kenny was involved in is
the ALAM SANJUNGbuilding. Mr. Kenny was the
one doing the tenderingand was also in charge of
the technical issues.
The ALAM SANJUNG building is aresidential building and started in
June of 2013. It took 24 monthsfrom start to finish and and isnow a thriving metropolis-like
building consisting of shop lots,parks or gardens and apartment
units.
This project wasaccomplised on June of
2015, exactly 2 yearsafter constructionbegan. The ALAM
SANJUNG building is a25 level building
costing a cool 128million MYR. Now fully
booked, with rareaccounts of
apartments being onsale or to let.
NEED FORSPEED
F1 CIRCUITAbu Dhabi
in racing car news!
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One of Mr. Kenny's proudest accomplishments andbiggest projects will be the F1 Grand Prix Racetrack in
Abu Dhabi. Now known as The Yas Marina Circuit. Beingused for well-known F1 racing ever since 2009, after
Formula 1 first appeared in Abu Dhabi in 2007.
Mr. Kenny at that time beingunder WCT, was again, undertechnical issues and QA/QC(Quality Assurance/Quality
Control). With being the largestpermanent sports venue lighting
project in the world, meanscoming in with a cost amounting
to 4.2 Billion MYR.
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EDITORSAtiqah Ghazali
Adam Songan
Jeff Tan
Cheah Man Yee
Haney Marsya
Raimy
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