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Terence Yau

Over 20 years' experience in the planning, design and supervision of a large variety of building projects. Well known for providing innovative solutions to deep excavation and foundation in difficult ground.

 

Registered Geotechnical Engineer and Registered Structural Engineer for a large number of private projects.

 

Academic Qualifications

Bachelor in Civil and Structural Engineering (BEng), HKUST

Master of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (MPhil), HKUST

Master's in Public Administration (MPA), Tsinghua University

 

Professional Qualifications

FHKIE, CEng, MICE, MIEAust, CPEng, RPE (CVL & GEL)

Registered Geotechnical Engineer

Registered Structural Engineer

 

Public Services
- Chairman of Contractor Registration Committee, Specialist Contractor of

  Foundation under Buildings Department
- Member of Contractor Registration Committee, Registered General Building

  Contractor under Buildings Department

- Member of Working Group for Performance-based GFA Concession Mechanism

  under Buildings Department

- Member of Technical Committee on the Code of Practice for Foundations under

  Buildings Department

- Member of AP, RSE and RGE Committee, The Hong Kong Institution of

  Engineers

- Member of HKIE Geotechnical Division Committee, The Hong Kong Institution of

  Engineers

- Member of Jockey Club “Craft Your Life Together” Co-living Community Project 

  Building Committee, The Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention

- Past Member of Minor Works Contractors Registration Committee Panel,

  Buildings Department

- Past Member of Task Force on Review of Design Methods for Excavation, The

  Hong Kong Institution of Engineers Geotechnical Division Committee

 

Publications

Co-author of the following publications:

 

2000

Shaft Resistance of Large Diameter Bored Piles Constructed under Water in Saprolites -Proceedings of the 19th HKIE Geotechnical Annual Seminar

2000

A New Ultimate Load Criterion for Large Diameter Bored Piles in Hong Kong - Proceedings of the 19th HKIE Geotechnical Annual Seminar

2001

Behaviour of Large Diameter Floating Bored Piles in Saprolitic Soils - Soils and Foundations

2001

New Failure Load Criterion for Large Diameter Bored Piles in Weathered Geomaterials - Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE

2001

Side Resistance of Large Diameter Bored Piles Socketed into Decomposed Rocks - Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE

2005

Structural Aspects of Excavation and Lateral Support Works using: Limit State Approach - Proceedings of the One-day Seminar on Excavation and Lateral Support Works

2012

Application of C580 for Private Section Projects in Hong Kong - Proceedings of the technical seminar on the Observational Method and its Applicability to Hong Kong

2017 Green Structures and Construction for Natural Terrain Protection in Hong Kong by Innovative Flexible Barrier Design - Proceedings of HKIE/IStructE Joint Structural Division Annual Seminar 2017