SYNOPSIS

The course is an introduction to QGIS, which is free Geographical Information System (GIS) software that can and has been used for master planning and design of various water resources and civil engineering projects locally and internationally. GIS is one of the key digital engineering tools that supplements conventional CAD draughting. On top of being able to digitize geographical information and produce digital maps, GIS allows engineers/analyst to attach
attributes and parameters to geometry assets, thus allowing them to carry out advance spatial analysis which is crucial for the master planning and design of water resources and civil engineering projects. GIS is widely used for digital mapping, geospatial and engineering calculations and analysis, asset inventory and geodatabase development and seamlessly integrates with 3D Building Information Modelling (BIM) workflows.

The course will provide a good mix of short lectures and with a series of hands on tutorials, allowing participants to appreciate how GIS can be applied and how to use QGIS to carry out common GIS mapping and spatial analysis tasks. The course will cover the key fundamental topics of GIS application using QGIS software as listed below:

 Application of GIS in water resources & civil engineering projects
 How to use QGIS to produce digital GIS maps
 Loading, creating and editing of raster files such as satellite images, heat maps, etc.
 Loading, creating and editing of vector files for digitization of geometric assets
 Creation, editing of parameters and attributes for vector elements
 Carrying out geospatial analysis and GIS processing tools typically used for master planning and
    engineering design.
 How to import and export your QGIS work with CAD and Google Earth for seamless inter
    operability between commonly used engineering applications.
 Lecture of how GIS can be integrated seamlessly with CAD and 3D BIM modelling.

By the end of the course, participants will be equipped with the fundamental skills in using QGIS (which is free!) for GIS mapping and spatial analysis in Civil Engineering Projects. Participants will be able to apply this newly acquired knowledge and skill into their daily work, which will greatly enhance their productivity and efficiency in water resources / civil engineering master planning and design. Participants will also get a good idea of how this newly acquired skill can be further developed to integrate with 3D BIM workflows for engineering design in the future.


SPEAKER BIODATA

Ir. Cheok Hou Seng is the Head of Upstream Water Resources & Digital Engineering at Ranhill Consulting Sdn. Bhd. Throughout his 19 years of working experience, Ir. Cheok has delivered more than 80 water resources and civil infrastructure design projects for Malaysia and mo re than 6 overseas  countries (UK, Singapore, Australia, Canada, Taiwan, Scotland, Ir. Cheok has led and completed on some of the most complex and high profile water & civil infrastructure projects locally (ie: SMART Tunnel, the Johor Barrage, the KL Singapore High Speed Rail Project, Johor Water Resources Study, Pilot
application of Radar Rainfall for Flood Forecasting in Malaysia, various catchment wide flood mitigation project etc) and internationally (ie: Flood Risks Review of the Lower Thames River, London, UK, Integrated Catchment Wide Modelling for 5 out of 9 Coastal Reservoirs in Singapore, Nationa l Scale Flood Modelling for Taiwan, M6 Motorway Tender Design in Sydney Australia, etc).

Ir. Cheok has vast experience in spearheading the application of Digital Engineering (DE) including Geographical Information System (GIS), 3D reality capture, 3D Building Information Modelling (BIM) and various programming and workflow automation technologies in water and civil engineering projects. Ir. Cheok is an active committee member of the Water Resources Technical Division of the IEM.