Engineering Geology & Environmental Geology Working Group

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Committee

Mr. Tan Boon Kong (Chair)

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Forthcoming Meetings / Plans

2026

• Potensi Hakisan, Runtuhan & Pelembutan Tanah Baki Granit Bergaram (P.Geol. Dr. Nor Shahidah Mohd Nazer)– 21 January 2026
• Active Tectonics and Seismic Source in Peninsular Malaysia: A Case Study of the Johor Fault System (Prof. Emeritus Dr. Felix Tongkul)- 11 March 2026
• Challenges of Unknown Ground Condition and Construction Activities that Could Lead to Sinkholes (Er. Dr. David Ng Chew Chiat)– 22 April 2026

Past Activities

• Penyerakan dan Pengasingan Tanah Baki sebagai Mekanisme Utama Hakisan Dalaman dan Permukaan serta Pengaruhnya sebagai Faktor Pengawal Tanah Runtuh (Mr. Azlan Shah Nerwan Shah)– 15 January 2025
• Geotechnical BIM & Digital Twins (Ir. Dr. Gue Chang Shin)– 12 February 2025
• Geotechnical Observations on Pile Behaviour in Negative Face Loss Tunnelling: Risks and Opportunities (Ir. Dr. Khoo Chee Min)– 12 March 2025
• Geological Evaluation Study of Batu Arang, Gombak from GeoHeritage to GeoHazard (P.Geol. Ahmad Nizam Hasan)– 23 April 2025
• Common challenges in cavity detection (P. Geol. Devendran Arumugam)– 21 May 2025
• Common challenges in design and construction of injection piles on limestone (Ir. Chow Chee Meng)- 18 June 2025
• Initial insights into block-in-matrix slopes: Challenges and characterisation in tropical terrain (Ir. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rini Asnida Abdullah)- 23 July 2025
• You pay for geological assessment whether you do it or not 2.0 – A call to regulate geological (impact) assessment report for pre-development phase (P.Geol. Abd Rasid Jaapar)- 13 August 2025
• Kampung Pasir revisited- Case history of a liquefaction slide (Ir Dr Toh Cheng Teik)– 24 September 2025
• Slope Management by JKR Malaysia (Ir. Dr. Mohamad Niizar Abdurahman)– 15 October 2025
• Investigation of human-induced landslides (Dr. Lim Choun Sian)- 19 November 2025
• Case Study on Stabilization of a Rock Slope at a Former Quarry in The Kuala Lumpur Limestone (Dr. John Kuna Raj)– 17 December 2025