Effective Communication

In the article “Hotel New World Collapse”, Lim (2009) discussed the events leading up to the collapse of Hotel New World, which was caused by a series of engineering faults and poor building management. Hotel New World was a multi-story building that was constructed in 1971 and was located at Owen Road. According to Lim, the collapse of Hotel New World in 1986 was so devastating that it did not leave any walls and columns standing. After the collapse, rescue teams consisting of both local and foreign specialists were dispatched. Lim states that former president Wee Kim Wee initiated the commencement of the collapse investigation on 22 March 1986. Lim states that according to the investigation report, the primary reason for the collapse “was due to inadequate structural design of the building”. The additional installation on the roof also contributed and accelerated the collapse. The investigation report also mentioned that visible “cracks in the column, wall, and floor” were observed p...

Dear Professor Brad, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Moe Wai Yan Tun, but you can call me Wai Yan. I graduated from Singapore Polytechnic with a diploma in civil engineering with business in 2017. I chose to study civil engineering in polytechnic because my parents encouraged me to. However, I have grown my interest in it while studying in Singapore Polytechnic and decided to further my studies. A communication strength I possess will be the ability to make a conversation interesting. My love for telling jokes and stories over the years had made me develop a habit to make the conversations captivating. However, I strongly believe that I still have room for improvement. In my opinion, I have a weakness in the ability to initiate a conversation with a stranger. Whenever I am at a party or an event, I find myself interacting with the people that I have known before. I am not a shy person, but I lack the communication techniques and s...