Effective Communication

In the article, “Hotel New World Collapse,” Kayat (2012) had unfold the theories and reasoning of this catastrophe. According to “Chronology of events,1987,” (as cited in “Hotel New World Collapse, 2012”), various theories like internal explosions resulted by gas leakage or terrorism, defective building materials, poor soil foundation and additional live load were made. However, they were not the causes to the failure after further examination. It also stressed that the failure was progressive and was due to initial inferior structure design and insufficient maintenance. As this was further mentioned by Neale (2001), the building self-weight was overlooked in the calculations done by the engineers and draftsman. He also stated that the calculations should be checked by a different professional engineer before submission. (123 words)

In the article, “Hotel New World Collapse,” Kayat (2012) has asserted that the catastrophe had serve as a warning to “the country and its building industry.” Neale (2001) stated that the building collapsed in a split second; emergency response units were sent in immediately. “How to avoid another Hotel New World disaster,” The Straits Times (1987) wrote that Wee Kim Wee, the forth President of Singapore, demanded a detailed investigation of the collapse. According to “Chronology of events,” The Straits Times (1987), internal explosion, defective building materials, poor soil foundation and additional live load were not the causes to the failure after examination. It also stressed that the failure was due to inferior structure design and insufficient maintenance. Neale (2001) stated that after the collapse, “the Building Control Act of 1989” and “the Building Control (Accredited Checkers) Regulations 1989” was introduced. (141 Words)

Dear Brad, I am formally writing a letter to you to introduce myself as a student in your effective communication class. I am currently an undergraduate studying civil engineering in SIT. I graduated from Singapore Polytechnic with a diploma of environmental management and water technology in 2015. My decision to study in civil engineering came from both my family and hobbies. My father and brother are both in the engineering field. Understanding that an engineer needs to have the flexibility to solve various complex problems in the field, I got inspired and decided to partake in engineering. Moreover, my interest in radio-controlled car racing engages my mind to think and get my hands down and dirty to improve the technical aspect of the car. In terms of communication, Polytechnic and Army have groomed me to improve my form of communication through group projects and work. One of my strengths is to deliver messages across with the help of some visualization through drawings an...