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Me & My Career: Creating sustainable buildings an exciting role for veteran engineer
This is a series in which individuals share their career journeys and provide an inside look into their jobs and industries. In this interview, we look at civil engineering.
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Ms Serena Yap says those wanting to join the civil engineering industry should stay open-minded, be proactive not reactive, and adopt design-led thinking.
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SINGAPORE - Think of constructing a building and you might envision concrete, glass or other common materials.
But timber - with the warm feeling of comfort and well-being it evokes - is the material of choice for Ms Serena Yap, a veteran with three decades of engineering experience in both buildings and infrastructure work.
