This is the very first issue of VNIX Bulletin! It is now a year since the birth of VNIX. Looking back, what started off as an architectural detailing and rendering start-up have now grown robustly and dynamically into a full-fledged design house, with capabilities and track records in structural design, steelwork detailing, architectural and quantity surveying. It’s amazing what has happened in a year!

With the confirmation of our latest project - a 28 storey residential development in Perth, we have added another feather to our cap: - precast concrete detailing technology. Featured in this bulletin are some selected projects from the residential, commercial, industrial and institutional building segments that we have completed. We also take an optimistic gaze into the crystal ball – upcoming potential projects! We are currently in negotiations with some major players in the mining, off-shore and construction industries to provide long-term contracts for structural design and detailing services. We are gradually and constantly moving towards our goal of becoming the leading design and detailing one-stop solution center in the region.

We would also feature a dedicated staff employee on every issue, software updates, plus write-ups on some interesting current industry issues. I hope that you would find reading this quarterly bulletin a worthwhile experience.

Stephen Cha
Editor

Isn’t it ironic that, while we live in a 3D world, we interpret and communicate our design ideas with a 2D medium?

Building projects are more often than not battlefields with various departments arguing their way through a minefield of misunderstandings.

What we need is thorough project understanding through a robust collaborative platform.

Enter 3D modeling, where architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical and plumbing pros come together to solve problems easily. Unproductive arguments between departments and costly construction mistakes can indeed be a thing of the past.

A little over a year ago, VNIX was born with a dream to make seamless 3D modeling a reality. Today, we are proud to become an integrated service center with both architectural and structural modeling capabilities.

But we are not resting our laurels. As we move towards the closure of 2007, VNIX hopes to stablish MEP (mechanical, electrical and piping) modeling capabilities and become a true “one stop solution center” for cad modeling in all aspects of building projects.

Chan Sook Lee is a soft spoken lady. Born in Malaysia, she is a permanent resident in Singapore and has been working in the construction industry here for more than ten years.

She has two kids - 2 boys both in primary school. Sook Lee has managed to perfectly balance work and family commitments. Previously working as a detailer in an engineering contracting firm, Sook Lee joined VNIX in March 2007 as a Steel Detailer. As part of her induction program, she received a week of official training in March on the use of StruCad, a 3D steel modeling and detailing software. Since her training, she has now already completed more than 6 steelwork projects on StruCad. Now she will be able to teach, train and guide new detailing staff. Her ability and dexterity on the use of StruCad is commendable indeed. More commendable is her attitude towards her work and sense of urgency and responsibility. It is usual to see her working in the office into the late hours at night, just to meet a client dateline request. A comment from her immediate supervisor: “I could not recall any single occasion where I actually had to instruct her to stay late to complete urgent work”. She was always proactive and is obligingly sensitive to client requests. Already we have received client feedback on her exemplary level of service. Sook Lee is definitely an asset to VNIX.

We hope to hire more employees whom will follow in her style, attitude of work and life.