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Hong Kong Jardine House; Alexandra House; Chater House; Edinburgh Tower; The Excelsior, Hong Kong; One & Two Exchange Square; Three Exchange Square; Gloucester Tower; Landmark Atrium; Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong; Prince’s Building; SuperTerminal 1, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd; York House; MTR Wong Chuk Hang Depot, South Island East Line; Midfield Concourse, Hong Kong International Airport; MTR Express Rail Link; The Link - Retail and car park facilities; Wo Hop Shek Crematorium; Tai Po Sewage Treatment Works; Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS); Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal; Environmental Protection Department (EPD) Sludge and Incineration Plant - Swimming Pool; Aircraft Loading Bridge, Hong Kong International Airport; Two IFC (International Finance Centre); Civil Aviation Department Headquarters; One Island East ; Argyle Centre; Central Government Complex, Tamar; Tung Chung Sewage Pumping Station; Data Centre in Kerry Warehouse, Tsuen Wan; Kennedy Town Swimming Pool; Baggage Handling System, Hong Kong International Airport; JW Marriott; Sheung Fung Street Market; King Shan Court; Shatin Plaza; Constellation Cove; Lo Wu Correctional Institution; Hong Kong Baptist University; Kwong Kin Trade Centre; Kerry Logistics Wine Storage Warehouse; Hollywood Plaza; InterContinental Grand Stanford; YMCA Building; Prince of Wales Hospital; MTR Seat Plinth Modification; North Satellite Concourse, Hong Kong International Airport; Stonecutters Bridge; Chek Lap Kok Fire Station; Three Pacific Place; Former Marine Police Headquarters in Tsim Sha Tsui; Chai Wan Laundry; Citibank Plaza; AIA Plaza Shopping Arcade; Hong Kong Centre for Youth Development; 35 Mount Kellett Road, The Peak; Cheung Sha Wan Sewage Pumping Station; Shek Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Works; Shatin New Town Plaza; Ngau Tam Mei Animal Waste Composting Plant ; Kowloon Hospital; Nam Wan Tunnel; HSBC Data Centre, Tseung Kwan O ; Shatin Sewage Treatment Works; Princess Margaret Hospital; Light Rail Train System; KCRC Ma On Shan Railway (now under MTR); Lok Ma Chau Control Point X-Ray Vehicle Inspection Centre ; Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse; Hong Kong Science Park; Langham Place; Oxford House; Inflatable Dam Systems - Ngau Tam Mei, Yuen Long, San Tin; Tuen Mun Water Treatment Works; Stanley Sewage Treatment Works; Various 7-Eleven stores in Hong Kong; MTR Kwun Tong Line; Hopewell Centre; Hongkong International Terminals, Kwai Chung; Kai Tak Airport; The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Building (HSBC Main Building today); King’s Theatre; Queen’s Theatre; Tin Hau Temple Road Fire Station; Tsuen Wan Plaza; North Lantau Hospital; MTR Airport Express; North District Hospital; MTR Tsuen Wan Extension; Mei Foo Sun Chuen; Hang Lung Centre; Yau Chai Hospital; Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park and Swimming Pool Complex; Hong Kong

Disneyland - Grizzly Gulch; The Diocesan Boys’ School - Boarding School, Gymnasium and

Swimming Pool Complex. Mainland China Shanghai Hongqiao Business District; Beijing South Railway Station; Asia Aluminium Flat Rolled Factory, Guangdong Province; Forum Hotel, Shenzhen; Crystal Palace Hotel, Tianjin; Hua Wei Centre, Beijing; Zhenlong Alcohol Plant, Shandong; Hetian River Gas Field, Xinjiang; Book Conveying System, Beijing National Library; Wuhan Railway Depot Equipment, Wuhan; Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (China) Ltd, Shenzhen; Shanghai Putong Development Bank, Shanghai; Upjohn Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility, Suzhou; Glaxosmithkline Limited, Shanghai. Macau Mandarin Oriental, Macau; One Central Macau; City of Dreams; Galaxy Macau; Hospital Kiang Wu; Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino; MGM Macau; The Venetian Macao; 16 health centres around Macau ; Luso Bank Building; Grand Lapa, Macau; Royal Hotel Macau; Wynn Macau; 18 sport centres including the Macau Olympic Complex. The Philippines Mandrain Oriental. Manila; Taguig North Sewage Treatment Plant, Libingan ng mga Bayani , Manila; Pacifictech Solutions Incorporated, Santo Tomas, Batangas City ; B/E Aerospace, First Philippine Industrial Park; IBM - Technical facilities management of various IBM sites; Maybank Data Centre, Manila; Ayala Land - operations and maintenance at various sites; ON Semiconductor Corporation, Cavite; Monde Nissin Corporation, Santa Rosa, Laguna; Universal Robina Corporation - various sites; United Laboratories (UNILAB), Mandaluyong City; Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines - Davao City and Santa Rosa, Laguna; ePLDT Ventus Call centre, Dumaguete City. JDI Applaud 10 WP; Applaud 25 SC; Chix; Padan; Legend; Nurelle; Dantop; Sumicidin; Sumithion; Lorsban 3 E; Lorsban 40 EC; Slash; Agroxone; Tornado; Weedkill 2,4-D ; Diukill SC; Clincher 100 EC; Surekill; Bayonet; Anvil 5 SC; Manzate; Danjiri; Ringo-L; Steady 10 WP; Limelite; Omex Bio-20; Omex DP-98; Omex Calmax; Paclo 25 SC; TH-82 US Agriseeds; US-88 US Agriseeds; Seminis; Solignum ; Solignum Interior; Wood Shield; Hometrek; Soilguard; Protek; D-fence; Super Thoroseal; Waterplug; Optimum Flex; Rheomix; Solignum

Aerosol; Klerat Rodenticide; ZAP Insecticide ; Optiguard Ant and Cockroach Bait; Sureseal Elastomeric Sealant; Solignum Wood Stain. Singapore One Raffles Quay; Marina Bay Financial Centre;

One Raffles Link; Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre; UOB Plaza One; National Heart Centre; Merrill Lynch HarbourFront; Data Centre (Tier 4) for a leading bank, Singapore; Suntec City ; National University of Singapore;

ITE College West Campus ; Marina Square; DBS Tower One; Various 7-Eleven stores in Singapore; The Concourse; Lucky Plaza; Asia Square Tower 1; Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall. Thailand Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok ; Gaysorn; Mega

Bangna; Siam Paragon; Siriraj Hospital; Chaophya Hospital; Energy Complex (ENCO); PTT Polymer Platform Facility; Government Office Centre Complex (GOCC); Central Plaza - Bangna, Chaengwattana, Ladprao, Pattaya, Rama IX; Big C

Supercenters - Chonburi, Aom-Yai, South Pattaya, Daokanong, Rajdamri ; Riverside Garden Marina Project; The Sports Stadium Commemorating His Majesty, Nakorn Ratchasima Province; King Power Complex; Bank of Thailand, Head Office; Suvarnabhumi

Airport; The Chedi Chiang Mai Hotel; MRT, Chaloem Ratchamongkhon Line; All Season’s Place; Carrefour Branches - Future Park Bangkae, Rama IV, Ram-Indra; Shinawatra III Tower, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road; National Broadcasting Services of Thailand, Vibhavadi

Rangsit Road; Bangkok Garden, Sathorn Road; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chaengwattana Road; Panyavejinter Hospital; Thai Pure Drinks Company, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road; Yanhee Hospital; Primary Warehouse of Bristol-Myers Squibb; Phayathai III Hospital; Microchip

(Thailand), Chachoengsao Province; Aikchol Hospital, Chonburi Province; Nakornthon Hospital, Bang Khun Thian; Imperial World - Ladprao, Sumlong; Club house of Mountain Shadow Golf Club; Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital; Vejthani Hospital; Vibulthani Tower (Maleenont Tower today), Rama-IV Road; 3M Thailand, Chalong Krung Road; Payathai Plaza; Baan Thai Suan Thip Condominium Complex, Nonthaburi Province; Delta Grand Pacific Hotel (Westin Grande Sukhumvit Hotel today); Thai Military Bank , Phaholyothin Road; National Starch & Chemical, Rayong; TOT (Telephone Organization of Thailand) Public Company, Chaengwattana Road; The Sheraton Grande Laguna Beach, Cherngtalay, Phuket; Hua Hin Palm Beach complex; Jomthien Plaza Condotel; Novotel Lotus Hotel Bangkok (previously Lotus tower); Ratanakososin View Mansion; Police General Hospital; The Sukhothai Bangkok; Thaniya Plaza; Bann Kaimuk Residential Complex; Quality Houses Public Company, Bangkok; Thai CRT, Laem Chabang Industrial Estate; Dumex Thailand, Samutprakarn Province; International Capsule Company, Nava Nakorn Industrial Estate; Marriott Resort and Spa, Chonburi Province; Michelin Siam - various factories; Thai Melon Textile factory, Pathum Thani Province; AMD Thailand, Nonthaburi Province; Don Muang International Airport; Bumrungrad International Hospital; Pattaya Park Hotel, Jomtien Beach; Pradipat Hotel; Kian Gwan Building, Lumphini; PTT Public Company, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road; textile factory of Asia Fiber Public Company Limited ; Vajiralongkorn Dam, Kanchanaburi Province ; Siam Cement Public Company, Bangsue District; Royal River Hotel, Bang Phlat; Maneeya Center Building, Ploenchit Road ; Rajjaprabha Dam, South Thailand ; Sino-Thai Tower, Asoke Montri Road ; Auditorium of Chulalongkorn University ; Charn Issara Tower I, Rama-IV Road; Johnson & Johnson Thailand, Bangkok; Mahboonkrong (MBK) Center, Pathumwan District; The Panya Indra Golf Club, Ramindra Road; Ocean Life Insurance Company, Surawong Road; Pantip Plaza, New Petchburi Road; Kodak Thailand, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road; Bangkok Bank, Silom; Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel; Srinagarindra Dam, Kanchanaburi Province ; Erawan Hotel (1969), Bangkok; Holiday Inn Pattaya; Chamchuri 5, Chulalongkorn University; Bangkok Hat Yai Hospital; Central Department Store, Chiang Mai; AIA Sathorn Tower, Sathorn Road; Chula Block L, Chulalongkorn University; American International Assurance-Capital Market Center, Ratchadapisek Road; UBC-III Building & Emporium Department Store-II; Khon-Kaen University; Pattana Medical Clinic Center, Praditmanutham Road; Holiday Inn Resort Phuket; Watergate Pavillion; Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University; Siam Center, Pathumwan District; Park Ventures Ecoplex, Wireless Road; Hilton Pattaya Hotel. Kazakhstan Central Asia Pipeline Gas Compression Station, Kazakhstan. Pakistan Kandhkot Gas Compression Station, Pakistan. Indonesia Wisma Metropolitan I, Jakarta; Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta. Hong Kong Jardine House; Alexandra House; Chater House; Edinburgh Tower; The Excelsior, Hong Kong; One & Two Exchange Square; Three Exchange Square; Gloucester Tower; Landmark Atrium; Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong; Prince’s Building; SuperTerminal 1, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd; York House; MTR Wong Chuk Hang Depot, South Island East Line; Midfield Concourse, Hong Kong International Airport; MTR Express Rail Link; The Link - Retail and car park facilities; Wo Hop Shek Crematorium; Tai Po Sewage Treatment Works; Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS); Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal; Environmental Protection Department (EPD) Sludge and Incineration Plant - Swimming Pool; Aircraft Loading Bridge, Hong Kong International Airport; Two IFC (International Finance Centre); Civil Aviation Department Headquarters; One Island East ; Argyle Centre; Central Government Complex, Tamar; Tung Chung Sewage Pumping Station; Data Centre in Kerry Warehouse, Tsuen Wan; Kennedy Town Swimming Pool; Baggage Handling System, Hong Kong International Airport; JW Marriott; Sheung Fung Street Market; King Shan Court; Shatin Plaza; Constellation Cove; Lo Wu Correctional Institution; Hong Kong Baptist University; Kwong Kin Trade Centre; Kerry Logistics Wine Storage Warehouse; Hollywood Plaza; InterContinental Grand Stanford; YMCA Building; Prince of Wales Hospital; MTR Seat Plinth Modification; North Satellite Concourse, Hong Kong International Airport; Stonecutters Bridge; Chek Lap Kok Fire Station; Three Pacific Place; Former Marine Police Headquarters in Tsim Sha Tsui; Chai Wan Laundry; Citibank Plaza; AIA Plaza Shopping Arcade; Hong Kong Centre for Youth Development; 35 Mount Kellett Road, The Peak; Cheung Sha Wan Sewage Pumping Station; Shek Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Works; Shatin New Town Plaza; Ngau Tam Mei Animal Waste Composting Plant ; Kowloon Hospital; Nam Wan Tunnel; HSBC Data Centre, Tseung Kwan O ; Shatin Sewage Treatment Works; Princess Margaret Hospital; Light Rail Train System; KCRC Ma On Shan Railway (now under MTR); Lok Ma Chau Control Point X-Ray Vehicle Inspection Centre ; Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse; Hong Kong Science Park; Langham Place; Oxford House; Inflatable Dam Systems - Ngau Tam Mei, Yuen Long, San Tin; Tuen Mun Water Treatment Works; Stanley Sewage Treatment Works; Various 7-Eleven stores in Hong Kong; MTR Kwun Tong Line; Hopewell Centre; Hongkong International Terminals, Kwai Chung; Kai Tak Airport; The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Building (HSBC Main Building today); King’s Theatre; Queen’s Theatre; Tin Hau Temple Road Fire Station; Tsuen Wan Plaza; North Lantau Hospital; MTR Airport Express; North District Hospital; MTR Tsuen Wan Extension; Mei Foo Sun Chuen; Hang Lung Centre; Yau Chai Hospital; Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park and Swimming Pool Complex; Hong Kong Disneyland - Grizzly Gulch; The Diocesan Boys’ School - Boarding School, Gymnasium and Swimming Pool Complex. Mainland China Shanghai Hongqiao Business District; Beijing South Railway Station; Asia Aluminium Flat Rolled Factory, Guangdong Province; Forum Hotel, Shenzhen; Crystal Palace Hotel, Tianjin; Hua Wei Centre, Beijing; Zhenlong Alcohol Plant, Shandong; Hetian River Gas Field, Xinjiang;

Book Conveying System, Beijing National Library; Wuhan Railway Depot Equipment, Wuhan; Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (China) Ltd, Shenzhen; Shanghai Putong Development Bank, Shanghai;

Upjohn Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility, Suzhou; Glaxosmithkline Limited, Shanghai. Macau Mandarin Oriental, Macau; One Central Macau; City of Dreams; Galaxy Macau; Hospital Kiang Wu; Grand Lisboa Hotel and

Casino; MGM Macau; The Venetian Macao; 16 health centres around Macau ; Luso Bank Building; Grand Lapa, Macau; Royal Hotel Macau; Wynn Macau; 18 sport centres including the Macau Olympic Complex. The Philippines Mandrain Oriental.

Manila; Taguig North Sewage Treatment Plant, Libingan ng mga Bayani , Manila; Pacifictech Solutions Incorporated, Santo Tomas, Batangas City ; B/E Aerospace, First Philippine Industrial Park; IBM - Technical facilities management of various IBM

sites; Maybank Data Centre, Manila; Ayala Land - operations and maintenance at various sites; ON Semiconductor Corporation, Cavite; Monde Nissin Corporation, Santa Rosa, Laguna; Universal Robina Corporation - various sites; United Laboratories (UNILAB),

Mandaluyong City; Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines - Davao City and Santa Rosa, Laguna; ePLDT Ventus Call centre, Dumaguete City. JDI Applaud 10 WP; Applaud 25 SC; Chix; Padan; Legend; Nurelle; Dantop; Sumicidin; Sumithion; Lorsban 3 E; Lorsban 40 EC; Slash;

Agroxone; Tornado; Weedkill 2,4-D ; Diukill SC; Clincher 100 EC; Surekill; Bayonet; Anvil 5 SC; Manzate; Danjiri; Ringo-L; Steady 10 WP; Limelite; Omex Bio-20; Omex DP-98; Omex Calmax; Paclo 25 SC; TH-82 US Agriseeds; US-88 US Agriseeds; Seminis; Solignum ; Solignum

Interior; Wood Shield; Hometrek; Soilguard; Protek; D-fence; Super Thoroseal; Waterplug; Optimum Flex; Rheomix; Solignum Aerosol; Klerat Rodenticide; ZAP Insecticide ; Optiguard Ant and Cockroach Bait; Sureseal Elastomeric Sealant; Solignum Wood Stain. Singapore One Raffles Quay; Marina Bay Financial Centre; One Raffles Link; Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre; UOB Plaza One; National Heart Centre; Merrill Lynch HarbourFront; Data Centre (Tier 4) for a leading bank, Singapore; Suntec City ; National University of Singapore; ITE College West Campus ; Marina Square; DBS Tower One; Various 7-Eleven stores in Singapore; The Concourse; Lucky Plaza; Asia Square Tower 1; Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall. Thailand Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok ; Gaysorn; Mega Bangna; Siam Paragon; Siriraj Hospital; Chaophya Hospital; Energy Complex (ENCO); PTT Polymer Platform Facility; Government Office Centre Complex (GOCC); Central Plaza - Bangna, Chaengwattana, Ladprao, Pattaya, Rama IX; Big C Supercenters - Chonburi, Aom-Yai, South Pattaya, Daokanong, Rajdamri ; Riverside Garden Marina Project; The Sports Stadium Commemorating His Majesty, Nakorn Ratchasima Province; King Power Complex; Bank of Thailand, Head Office; Suvarnabhumi Airport; The Chedi Chiang Mai Hotel; MRT, Chaloem Ratchamongkhon Line; All Season’s Place; Carrefour Branches - Future Park Bangkae, Rama IV, Ram-Indra; Shinawatra III Tower, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road; National Broadcasting Services of Thailand, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road; Bangkok Garden, Sathorn Road; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chaengwattana Road; Panyavejinter Hospital; Thai Pure Drinks Company, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road; Yanhee Hospital; Primary Warehouse of Bristol-Myers Squibb; Phayathai III Hospital; Microchip (Thailand), Chachoengsao Province; Aikchol Hospital, Chonburi Province; Nakornthon Hospital, Bang Khun Thian; Imperial World - Ladprao, Sumlong; Club house of Mountain Shadow Golf Club; Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital; Vejthani Hospital; Vibulthani Tower (Maleenont Tower today), Rama-IV Road; 3M Thailand, Chalong Krung Road; Payathai Plaza; Baan Thai Suan Thip Condominium Complex, Nonthaburi Province; Delta Grand Pacific Hotel (Westin Grande Sukhumvit Hotel today); Thai Military Bank , Phaholyothin Road; National Starch & Chemical, Rayong; TOT (Telephone Organization of Thailand) Public Company, Chaengwattana Road; The Sheraton Grande Laguna Beach, Cherngtalay, Phuket; Hua Hin Palm Beach complex; Jomthien Plaza Condotel; Novotel Lotus Hotel Bangkok (previously Lotus tower); Ratanakososin View Mansion; Police General Hospital; The Sukhothai Bangkok; Thaniya Plaza; Bann Kaimuk Residential Complex; Quality Houses Public Company, Bangkok; Thai CRT, Laem Chabang Industrial Estate; Dumex Thailand, Samutprakarn Province; International Capsule Company, Nava Nakorn Industrial Estate; Marriott Resort and Spa, Chonburi Province; Michelin Siam - various factories; Thai Melon Textile factory, Pathum Thani Province; AMD Thailand, Nonthaburi Province; Don Muang International Airport; Bumrungrad International Hospital; Pattaya Park Hotel, Jomtien Beach; Pradipat Hotel; Kian Gwan Building, Lumphini; PTT Public Company, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road; textile factory of Asia Fiber Public Company Limited ;

Vajiralongkorn Dam, Kanchanaburi Province ; Siam Cement Public Company, Bangsue District; Royal River Hotel, Bang Phlat; Maneeya Center Building, Ploenchit Road ; Rajjaprabha Dam, South Thailand ; Sino-Thai Tower, Asoke Montri Road ; Auditorium of Chulalongkorn

University ; Charn Issara Tower I, Rama-IV Road; Johnson & Johnson Thailand, Bangkok; Mahboonkrong (MBK) Center, Pathumwan District; The Panya Indra Golf Club, Ramindra Road; Ocean Life Insurance Company, Surawong Road; Pantip Plaza, New Petchburi

Road; Kodak Thailand, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road; Bangkok Bank, Silom; Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel; Srinagarindra Dam, Kanchanaburi Province ; Erawan Hotel (1969), Bangkok; Holiday Inn Pattaya; Chamchuri 5, Chulalongkorn University; Bangkok Hat Yai Hospital; Central

Department Store, Chiang Mai; AIA Sathorn Tower, Sathorn Road; Chula Block L, Chulalongkorn University; American International Assurance-Capital Market Center, Ratchadapisek Road; UBC-III Building & Emporium Department Store-II; Khon-Kaen University;

Pattana Medical Clinic Center, Praditmanutham Road; Holiday Inn Resort Phuket; Watergate Pavillion; Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University; Siam Center, Pathumwan District; Park Ventures Ecoplex, Wireless Road; Hilton Pattaya Hotel.

Kazakhstan Central Asia Pipeline Gas Compression Station, Kazakhstan. Pakistan Kandhkot Gas Compression Station, Pakistan. Indonesia Wisma Metropolitan I, Jakarta; Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta.









Cover: Passenger boarding area of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. In a landmark and award-winning project in 2006, JEC Thailand installed the world’s largest radiant floor cooling system at the airport. While conventional air-conditioning systems discharge cool air from the ceiling level down, the high ceilings of the halls in the Suvarnabhumi Airport make conventional systems inefficient because of the large empty spaces between floor and ceiling. The innovative air-conditioning system that JEC Thailand installed cools from the bottom up, discharging cool air through displacement diffusers (seen in the foreground) and ensuring efficiency by keeping the floor level cool.

JEC 90 YEARSTOGETHER WE ENGINEER A BETTER ASIA

AUTHOR & PROJECT DIRECTOR: Anneliese O’YoungWRITER: Prudence LuiEDITOR: Sandra Lowe

RESEARCHERS: Czarina Tabora, Rachel Forrest

CREATIVE DIRECTOR & PHOTO EDITOR: Derek Hannah

JEC EDITORIAL TEAM: Raymond Lin, Linda Luk, Suki Lo, Livia Chai, Joshua Sum

PHOTO CREDITS: Clara Louie, K.T. Chen, Tony Chow, Willie Huang, Airport Authority Hong Kong, Gammon Construction Limited, Hong Kong Government Information Services Department, Hong Kong Government Drainage Services Department, Hong Kong Public Records Office,

Hongkong Land Limited, Jardine Matheson Limited, Manila Water Company, Incorporated, Raffles Quay Asset Management Private Limited, The Dairy Farm Company Limited – 7- Eleven Hong Kong & Macau, The Link Management Limited

Published by Kevin Sinclair & AssociatesFirst Published September 2013

© Copyright 2013 The Jardine Engineering Corporation, Limited

ISBN: 978-962-85130-9-3

All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of The Jardine Engineering Corporation, Limited.

CONTENTS

1.1 90 YEARS OF ENGINEERING ASIA 04

1.2 HUMBLE BEGINNINGS 10

2.1 POST-WAR BOOM 16

2.2 ORIGINS OF EXCELLENCE 20

2.3 ENERGISING ASIA 24

2.4 NEW FRONTIERS 30

2.5 SERVICES & AIR CONDITIONING 34

3.1 IN EVERY CORNER 42

3.2 BOLD AMBITIONS 46

3.3 BUILDING IN THE 21ST CENTURY 50

3.4 ON THE MOVE 54

3.5 POWER & ENERGY 58

3.6 GREEN FOUNDATIONS 62

3.7 OFFSHORE ARENA 68

3.8 INTO THE FUTURE 74

* Chapters marked in bold are summary or special feature chapters.

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Adam KeswickChairmanJardine Pacific Limited

Since its inception in Shanghai in 1923, The Jardine Engineering Corporation has been a part of Asia’s heritage, executing milestones across diverse fields from buildings to railways. Originally established to support the rapid industrialisation of China, JEC has in the past 90 years had the privilege to participate in, and contribute towards the development of many iconic structures and landmarks throughout Asia.

Many engineering feats were accomplished throughout the region along the way. From the first commercial air-conditioning system in Hong Kong in 1931 to the world’s largest operable wall system in Singapore in 2009, JEC continues to grow from strength to strength through the years.

Underpinning the successes of the past 90 years have been JEC’s ability to read and anticipate trends of each unique market, and adapting to stay competitive and relevant. This has taken many forms – the evolving

solutions which JEC offers in its history, successful joint ventures such as the current ones with Trane Inc., to the recent inclusion of Thermal Private Ltd. into the JEC family.

As JEC approaches its centenary, the dedicated service of its staff, both past and present, have contributed to the success of the company and in turn, the growth of the Jardine Matheson Group. On this occasion, I wish the staff and their families every success in the years ahead.

FOREWORD

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It is with great pleasure that I pay a personal tribute to our colleagues in celebrating 90 years of excellence. The Jardine Engineering Corporation has been at the forefront of engineering in Asia for the last 90 years, and operates today in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

Our regional strength hinges on our technical excellence, our on-the-ground knowledge of these local markets, and the synergies that have been created between our business units. These factors have allowed JEC to deliver innovative sourcing, reliable contracting and dependable servicing solutions wherever we operate.

Fundamental to JEC, then and now, are our twin pillars of people and partners. The success of JEC would indeed not have been possible without the commitment, technical competence and innovations, which the JEC team has demonstrated,

and the partnerships we have forged and developed throughout the past nine decades. Moving forward, these twin pillars will continue to be the foundation of JEC’s growth as we look towards new markets and new opportunities.

Just like in 1923, our determination to engineer a better Asia has not wavered in 2013, and with great pride, I dedicate this book to our 4,000 colleagues in the JEC Group who are committed to engineer a better Asia for the future.

Wilson Kwong Chief ExecutiveThe Jardine Engineering Corporation, Limited

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1.1 90 YEARS OF ENGINEERING ASIAFounded in Shanghai in 1923, Jardine Engineering Corporation (JEC) celebrates 90 years of engineering Asia through world-class technical engineering expertise in product sourcing, project management and technical services. JEC has built up a regional presence with local business strength centred on a workforce of about 4,000, which delivers proficiency in Buildings, Transport and Logistics, Power and Energy and Environmental Infrastructure.

“We are a people business, delivering tangible results through services which we provide,” says Chief Executive, Wilson Kwong. “For 90 years, JEC has delivered business and projects through staying focused and relevant to our customers, and in the process contributing to society. As industry leaders throughout the region, we understand trends and strive to deliver relevant solutions to enable success for our stakeholders – be it for our customers, colleagues or the company. This is what JEC, with our workforce of around 4,000 colleagues, is about.”

JEC was founded in Shanghai as a specialist engineering company importing machinery into Mainland China with branch offices in Hong Kong and Hankow (now Wuhan). As a pioneering firm, JEC brought many engineering “firsts” to the Far East. In 1931 alone, JEC installed the first Schindler lift in

JEC was founded in Shanghai as a specialist engineering company importing machinery into Mainland China with branch offices in Hong Kong and Hankow.

Opposite: Bird’s eye view of The Bund, Shanghai, 1930.

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Hong Kong at Abermor Court along May Road and the first commercial air-conditioning system at the King’s Theatre along Queen’s Road Central. Prior to that, JEC already accomplished some significant engineering achievements, including its first lift installation in Tientsin (now Tianjin), which was to be the first of thousands in China. Later, when The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Building on Queen’s Road Central was being built in 1934, JEC was awarded contracts for its wiring, vault doors and safety deposit installation. Also in that year, JEC

Thailand was founded as a trading company, eventually evolving to become an engineering firm decades later. Leveraging upon past expertise, while changing with the times, JEC remains a market leader.

“We are successful because we are able to cope with the ever-changing market environment,” says Chief Operating Officer, Penn Yeung. “We have to be very proactive in knowing what to change, how to change. Equally important as well, we need to have the right partnerships and people in place. This is demonstrated by the number of leading brands we have been representing, and the capable and dedicated people who have worked here, over the many years.”

JEC continues to pioneer technological leadership through its specialist expertise in design, installation, commissioning and maintenance.

During World War Two, JEC was placed under Japanese supervision. Reopening upon the surrender, JEC eventually relocated its headquarters to Hong Kong in the 1950s. Services and Air Conditioning made up a significant portion of the portfolio with the team

Above: Staff on the roof of JEC’s offices at 14/16 Pedder Street, Hong Kong, 1930s; King’s Theatre souvenir programme, 1931.

JEC has been the spawning ground of some highly successful businesses and as long as buildings will continue to be built in Asia, there will be a role for JEC.

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Above: Hongkong Land’s Union House in Central, 1962; The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Building on 1 Queen’s Road Central, 1930s.

possessing hands-on experience in the maintenance and servicing of personal, commercial and industrial air-conditioning equipment. In the 1960s, JEC assisted its many principals in supplying exchange equipment for the then Hong Kong Telephone Company, power generation and distribution equipment for the two power giants, water treatment plants for Shek Pik and Sha Tin as well as fabricated steel pipes for the waterworks system of Hong Kong (managed today by the Water Supplies Department).

In the 1970s, there was rapid growth of building construction activities and JEC provided services for state-of-the-art and first-of-their-kind projects, including Connaught Centre (Jardine House today) and the MTR’s Kwun Tong Line, which is part of the urban metro system in Hong Kong.

“JEC has been the spawning ground of some highly successful businesses and as long as buildings continue to be built in Asia, there will be a role for JEC to play,” says John Lang, who was the Chief Executive of JEC from 1998-2004 and who first joined JEC in 1974 for 18 months

as a graduate trainee with Jardine Matheson. “As a value creator, JEC is part of the heritage of Jardine Matheson. Engineering and construction activities are important to the Jardine Matheson Group. Together with Jardine Schindler and Gammon, the senior directors view JEC not as a single company on its own, but as part of a large engineering and construction group.”

Pushing into the 1980s, the success of JEC hinged on the expertise of its own engineers.

“I always say we have local presence and business strength,” says Yeung. “This is how we differentiate ourselves from others. The contracting business is one where you have to understand the local environment, supply chains and customs. We thus view it as our responsibility to help empower the local management to be effective leaders.

“Leadership is a very important element for the JEC brand as a whole. The ability to build a local team and develop local management ability is key, as different markets have different behaviours and cultures.

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centres) and healthcare facilities in Hong Kong and throughout the region.

Currently, JEC operates joint ventures in Hong Kong and Thailand with Trane, one of the world leaders in air-conditioning systems, services and solutions. Aside from engineering work in the Philippines, JEC also manages the wholesale marketing and distribution of agricultural and construction related products through Jardine Distribution Inc. (JDI). In Macau, JEC provides backup power (generator sets) for more than 50 per cent of casinos and hotels in the former Portuguese colony. Looking into the future involves leveraging on the specialist expertise of about 4,000 employees around the region to continue providing best-fit solutions for JEC’s many clients.

“There are many opportunities in the market which I believe we can capture and deliver successfully,” says Kwong. “In Thailand, we are well respected with a solid local team, and we have developed partnerships with our customers who treasure working with us. In Singapore, a market with similar characteristics to

Effective local management is thus central to the overall success of JEC as a regional player.”

With 90 years of experience, JEC has been a market leader through the booms and busts of the global economy, through the Jardine Matheson Group’s expansion into China, through the aggressive infrastructure projects driven by the Hong Kong Airport Core Programme in the 1990s and through the city’s reunion with China in 1997. Through it all, JEC has been there to ride the economic cycles, providing services to their many clients via strategic alignment of business focus.

Also in 1997, the region weathered the Asian financial crisis and in the following 10 years, it was the “dark age” of the Hong Kong construction industry. Today, the industry is enjoying another boom with a slew of infrastructure projects, including the expansion of the MTR and the improvement of sewage facilities through the Harbour Area Treatment Scheme. New projects are on the horizon, including the West Kowloon Cultural District and also the expected increase in mission critical facilities (e.g. data

Above: Marina Bay Sands, Singapore – where JEC Singapore installed the world’s largest operable partition wall system in 2009; One of the many standby generator sets that JEC supplies; JEC provided E&M equipment and UV disinfection systems at sewage treatment plants in Tai Po, Hong Kong.

Opposite: One of the many displacement diffusers (on the right) at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport; Trane chillers at Festival Walk, a shopping mall in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong, we are expanding our presence through our growing local knowledge, brand and customer base. Whilst we are relatively new in the Philippines, I am confident about opportunities there because of the stable political environment and the progressive economic growth, which will see continuing infrastructure investment.

“Of course, there are always future markets which we will look at, and we are always prepared to enter into a new market where we can add-value in a sustainable manner.”

As a regional player and industry leader in Electrical and Mechanical (E&M) engineering, JEC is ready to provide regional solutions for their customers, boasting such regional iconic projects as the Suvarnabhumi Airport and Siam Paragon in Bangkok, Thailand, Venetian Macao-Resort Hotel at Cotai, Macau, Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, Central Government Complex at Tamar and Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse in Hong Kong and the Taguig North Sewage Treatment Plant at Libingan ng mga Bayani in Manila, Philippines.

“JEC is one of the longest established Asian-based engineering companies, which has extensive market knowledge,” says Kwong. “We pride ourselves in keeping abreast with innovation and trends to become leaders, and we introduce these best practices in our services to our customers.

“Our regional presence, apart from offering market-specific solutions to local customers and enabling knowledge sharing across our operations, has allowed us to offer regional bundled solutions, such as managing regional critical facilities, a trend we see increasingly required by our customers – an example that we are prepared to stay relevant and ahead.

“But whether we look at a local market or regional presence, our key is people and we are committed to bringing up young people for the future. We believe our success is underpinned by our core values which are: dynamic, customer-orientated, technically proficient, dependable and responsible, and it is about demonstrating these in everything that we do,” says Kwong.

Whether we look at a local market or regional presence, our key is people and we are committed to bringing up young people for the future.

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1.2 HUMBLE BEGINNINGSJEC was formed from the old Jardine Engineering Department in Shanghai with the idea of becoming a specialist engineering organisation to facilitate a rapidly industrialising Shanghai and the developments around China. The head office was established behind the Jardine Matheson Group complex on the Bund, an impressive sandstone building which took up a city block.

Located at 8A Yuen Ming Yuen Road, the three-storey red brick building was a converted warehouse, which housed the showroom on the ground floor while the two upper floors were offices. JEC soon developed specialist departments including railways, marine and general engineering, electrics, showrooms and textile machinery. Later, JEC also expanded into paints, oils, fuel tanks and bulk oil plants.

When the Jardine Engineering Department became the JEC Head Office under the leadership of manager George Shaw Aveyard, the Jardine Engineering Departments in Hong Kong and Hankow (now Wuhan) became branch offices.

In May 1929, J.F. Owen, who was running Jardines in Tientsin (now Tianjin), took over from Aveyard and laid the groundwork for the success to come.

The fortunes of JEC relate back to 15th February, 1923 – it was a Thursday and by the Chinese calendar the 30th day of the 12th

moon of the Year of the Dog. – 50 Years of Progress 1923-1973 (a JEC celebratory booklet)

Opposite: JEC’s first head office, a three-storey red brick building at 8A Yuen Ming Yuen Road, Shanghai, 1923.

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Under his tenure, the Building Supplies Department was soon opened and JEC’s expertise in engineering and sourcing of products brought on such projects in Hong Kong as the Bank of East Asia building, the Maryknoll Convent School, Stanley Fort and Queen Mary Hospital. JEC had soon positioned itself as the region’s leading engineering services and building supplies firm.

In 1934, it won the bid for wiring, vault doors and safety deposit installation for The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Building. At the height of the project, there were 400 workers, including 20 fitters brought in specially from Shanghai for the wiring job alone.

In the sweltering heat of Asia, the theatre was the only place of respite where its savvy business owners understood that providing a “cooled” theatre filled the seats. The original method of cooling was by blowing air over a block of ice before it entered the auditorium via ducts. Eventually, the King’s Theatre (1931) and Queen’s Theatre (1936) were both fitted out by JEC with an ammonia air conditioner, the former being the first such example in Hong Kong.

Expanding through China was the lift system and Otto Theiler, a Swiss engineer from Schindler, was sent to pioneer JEC’s efforts in this burgeoning field. With JEC’s first lift installation being in Tientsin in 1930, others soon cropped up in Shanghai, Tsingtao (now Qingdao), Peking (Beijing), Chungking (Chongqing), Nankin (Nanjing), Newchwang (Yingkou), Hankow (Wuhan), Kashing (Jiaxing), Hong Kong, Canton (Guangzhou), Swatow (Shantou), Wuchow (Wuzhou) and Macau. The team installed the largest lift of its time, an eight tonne unit in a Yangtzepoo warehouse in Shanghai to transport trucks. They also pioneered the mini-lift to raise and lower files to the desk of the Bank of China’s manager on the Bund. It was only a matter of time before JEC became the largest lift operators, with more than 2,000 units installed and maintained by JEC in Hong Kong alone.

Matters took a turn for the worse in 1937 with the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War. The trading and purchasing slowed down while business moved south to the Hong Kong branch. Shanghai soon became the place for the design, manufacturing and

Above: JEC staff photo at the inauguration dinner in the Shanghai Club, 23rd February 1923.

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sale of boilers, machine tools and bailing presses. A factory was established for these goods and another for enamelware.

In the early 1940s, prospects became brighter with the invention of the fluorescent tube. JEC was the first to market the tubes and the fittings which came with them, followed by I.E.S. fixtures (a system of lighting) which were new to Asia.

On 8th December 1941, exploding bombs signalled the invasion of Hong Kong as the Sino-Japanese war now developed into part of World War Two and Hong Kong Island was cut off from Kowloon. Shortly after the invasion, JEC Hong Kong was forced to close its doors. The attack on Hong Kong was part of a synchronized effort of the Japanese to initiate the Pacific War.

In Shanghai, A.P. Simoes, as quoted in JEC’s 50 Years of Progress 1923-1973 celebratory booklet, recalled the event: “The unhappiest day for JEC was undoubtedly the one when the Japanese Navy occupied Shanghai and a Japanese naval officer and party arrived at our head office on Yuen Ming Yuen Road to take possession

of the JEC premises – hauling down our Union Jack and replacing it with their naval Rising Sun ensign.”

Soon after, JEC was placed under the control of Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Ltd. – a Japanese trading company. JEC staff members had their contracts terminated on 31st October 1942, with employment thereafter on monthly terms. Some staff worked until the surrender and others dispersed. Many stayed on in Shanghai, while others filtered off into other parts of China.

While exports slowed to a standstill during the war years, JEC honoured its 1936 contract in Nanchang for the design, construction, supply and installation of an electric power plant and water distribution system for the city. Participation came straight from the top as Sir William Keswick was hands on running machine tools and equipment through the new Burma road.

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Clockwise from above: JEC’s office in Shanghai, 1930s; JEC’s office in Shanghai, 1940s; Queen’s Theatre – where JEC installed one of the first commercial air-conditioning systems in Hong Kong in 1936; The Engineering Department of Jardine Matheson & Co Ltd (before 1923). Clockwise from opposite: JEC showroom in Shanghai, 1930s; The evolution of JEC’s logo from the 1920s till today; Old JEC advertisement in English and Chinese.

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2.1 POST-WAR BOOMJEC did little trading in the post-war period as it was busy with recovering property as well as other assets. With all in the private sector finding themselves having increasingly less room to manoeuvre around, JEC relocated its head office from Shanghai to Hong Kong in January 1950. There, JEC built up a portfolio of international products and expertise tailored to post-war Hong Kong. Some iconic milestones put the brand at the forefront of the industry, such as installing the first industrial air-conditioning plant in Hong Kong for Wyler Textiles’ cotton mill in To Kwa Wan in 1949.

One cannot forget the periods of drought in 1963 and 1967 that were caused by a myriad of reasons, including rapid population growth. The people of Hong Kong suffered, having to cope with water supply being restricted to only four hours every four days. JEC contributed to alleviating the situation with the main plant and much of the ancillary equipment for the water treatment works in Castle Peak, Shek Pik and Sha Tin being supplied directly by JEC or through JEC’s principals. This further enhanced JEC’s standing in this field, which stretched back to the Canton Water Works in 1929.

JEC’s long-time roles in trading and contracting started to evolve when Director and General Manager Michael Smith arrived in 1965. At that time, Willie Huang was a Sales Engineer in the Mechanical Engineering Department in Sha Tin.

“Michael shifted JEC from a trading company to one in a services-provider role, stressing the importance

Some iconic milestones put the brand at the forefront of the industry such as installing the first industrial air-conditioning plant in Hong Kong.

Opposite: View of Hong Kong from The Peak, post-war period.

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of after-sales service and the need for a maintenance team,” says former Managing Director, Willie Huang (1988-1994), equivalent to Chief Executive of JEC today. “His diversification push took the company into the area of ‘non-building construction’ in the late 1960s to 1970s. As part of this directive, the Mechanical Handling Department was set up to engage in industrial activities such as the supply and installation of conveyor systems for use in factories, quarries and mail sorting centres.”

Meanwhile, JEC’s management also sought out partners and several viable associates were formed as a result. These included: Burgot Automatic Alarms (Hong Kong) Ltd, today part of Chubb Hong Kong; Hongstress Ltd, today Unistress Building Construction Ltd; Cemac (Hong Kong) Ltd, still standing but no longer part of JEC; and Casting Equipment and Supplies Ltd, which was dissolved in 1985.

Another remarkable development was the acquisition of an air-conditioning installation company, Wo Sung, in 1963. Installation Manager Lai Chi Kong, better known as C.K. Lai, joined JEC in 1956 as an apprentice

and moved to Wo Sung in 1965. “Wo Sung was a JEC wholly-owned subsidiary and I handled the installation work on site projects like Ocean Terminal in the 1960s,” he says. The name of Wo Sung was consigned to history when JEC restructured and moved the team under JEC’s umbrella. Not all of them followed, however, and Lai stepped back into the JEC family.

“As some staff preferred to leave the job altogether, we were understaffed and had some work that needed to be contracted out. I worked in the Installation Department as before, but now needed to bear the responsibility of managing the department’s profit and loss, and also the annual budget,” he says.

Lai was also sent over to Thailand in 1969 to work on the Erawan Hotel, the first ever air-conditioning contract for Jardine Matheson’s then contracting business in Thailand (today JEC Thailand). “I liaised with other Jardine Matheson colleagues there to teach and supervise local engineers and workers on installation works. It was most important that we passed on our technological know-how as our operations there were not as experienced at that time,” Lai says.

Above: H.R.H Princess Alexandra meeting Michael Smith, Director and General Manager of JEC, at the British Industrial Exhibition in Hong Kong, 1972; Ocean Terminal, Tsim Sha Tsui, 1970.

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In the 1970s, JEC’s business grew bigger and it soon became the leading air-conditioning contractor in town. Joining in 1972 as an Assistant Engineer, Raymond Lau recalls that up until the end of the 1970s, JEC enjoyed a seller’s market. “Being the exclusive agent of famous brands like Thorn (lighting), Schindler (lifts) and York (air conditioning); JEC hardly faced any competition,” says Lau , who would eventually go on to become a Deputy Managing Director of JEC.

JEC’s Lift Department was spun-off in 1974 to become Jardine Schindler – a joint venture between Jardine Matheson and Schindler Group. It was a proud moment for JEC to know that it had successfully grown the lifts business since installing its first lift in 1930 in Tientsin (Tianjin). Today, the Jardine Schindler Group continues to stand strong and operates in 12 territories across the Asia-Pacific region.

The market situation had changed in the 1980s as JEC’s UK products lost market share to Japanese products that had higher reliability and were of lower cost. At the same time, the customers were becoming shrewd and purchases were now made through a tendering exercise.

“From then on, JEC’s agency portfolio switched to a more diversified one and their agencies came from different corners of the globe, including South Africa for Donkin Fans,” says Lau. “Similar to now, JEC at that time was involved in both infrastructure and building projects. For infrastructure, business was done with China Light and Power Company (CLP), Hongkong Electric and the then Hong Kong Telephone Company.”

With work in the pipeline from property developers slowing as the industry faced challenges in the mid-1980s, JEC strategically switched to government projects like the MTR just as the Hong Kong government set aside an estimated HK$8.8 billion to develop numerous public works projects. However, the soon to come open-door policy in China symbolised new business opportunities and this inspired JEC to set its sights on developing its footprint in the immense expanse of the Middle Kingdom.

Above: Staff group photo taken in 1973 when JEC celebrated its 50th anniversary.

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2.2 ORIGINS OF EXCELLENCE JEC was formed from the old Jardine Engineering Department in Shanghai in 1923 with the aim of servicing the Jardine Matheson Group’s various operations, including railways, textiles, machinery, marine motors, electrical appliances, paint and oil. The importation of machinery, tools and industrial equipment was also part of this business. Since then, JEC has played a key role in trading as well as providing engineering expertise, along with contracting activities. JEC also developed a stronghold in purchasing power, with a reputation for dependability and quality. Brands like British Steel, Meidensha Corp and Chubb all started as agencies within JEC. These agencies progressed to become joint ventures with JEC and parted ways after years of successful partnership.

Throughout the years, the company has sourced from and represented international principals for their products that were of quality and reliability. This, coupled with the well-trained sales and service teams, allowed JEC to engineer a better Hong Kong and Asia through sectors such as railways, power stations, telecommunications, electronics and air conditioning. Reputable brands were always part of the family including Schindler lifts, Mather & Platt sprinklers, Westinghouse circuit breakers, Thorn Lighting, Puma standby

generators (manufactured by Grahame Puttick Ltd) and Hasler telex units.

The emphasis on harmonious and trustworthy relations with principals has been, and still is, critical for long-term relationships. JEC was previously an agent for York in Hong Kong from the 1950s to mid-1980s, supplying and installing their air-conditioning equipment. JEC took York’s product to major office buildings like Gammon House (Bank of America Tower today), the World Trade Centre and first-class hotels like the Hong Kong Hilton (since torn down) and The Excelsior. By 1976, more than 500,000 people were kept cool daily in buildings and homes by York air conditioners.

The strategic joint venture with Trane, one of the world’s leading heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) companies, started in 1985, which dovetailed with JEC and York heading in different directions after their successful collaboration.

Former Chief Executive John Lang (1998-2004) recalls, “JEC switched from York to Trane in 1985 – a bold move, since York was a leading brand and had significant market share. Trane was willing to offer JEC access to the China market, while York wanted to go into China alone. Though JEC’s joint venture with Trane in 1985 was eventually only for Hong Kong,

Opposite: JEC’s former offices at East Point, now the site of the World Trade Centre as seen from the waterfront. Jardines’ Noonday Gun can be seen in the foreground.

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sponsored by JEC and English Electric. I oversaw a few products that included lighting from Atlas (later called Thorn). As many of our products were made in the UK and followed UK standards, they naturally went into government buildings such as the Murray Building and also other Architectural Services Department projects.”

SUPPLYING THE MIDDLE KINGDOM

In the early 1980s, China slowly opened its doors to the world and began building infrastructure to connect the vast country. JEC snapped up the opportunity to sell equipment for the construction of new infrastructure and quickly gained a position similar to what they had in Hong Kong. The JEC team quickly secured a large number of prestigious building and infrastructure projects in the major cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Former Deputy Managing Director Raymond Lau recalls, “A significant project secured in China was from the Ministry of Oil and Petroleum for the purchase of three combined cycle gas turbine power stations made by John Brown Engineering of Scotland in 1987.”

it stands strong still today. In 1991, JEC and Trane further extended their partnership with another joint venture in Thailand and that has done very well also.”

Dominic Yiu, who joined in 1967 and retired as Deputy Managing Director in 1996, recalls how the now defunct English Electric was one of JEC’s biggest principals back in the day. English Electric made power generating equipment, transformers, switchgears and motors; all of which JEC sold.

“We supplied power generating equipment to power companies – Hongkong Electric and CLP. Hongkong Electric was constructing its power station in Ap Lei Chau and CLP was constructing its in Tsing Yi at that time,” says Yiu. “In fact, JEC could offer a diverse choice of products, some of which JEC had been representing since the late 1940s in Shanghai. This included railway related products, which JEC later benefited from during the railway modernisation and MTR construction booms.

“I joined the Electrical Engineering Department of JEC in 1969 after completing my scholarship programme

Above: Hong Kong Hilton, 1963; The Excelsior Hotel, with the World Trade Centre being built next to it on the right. Opposite: Advertisement in the 1970s illustrating JEC’s air-conditioning services and products; JEC went into government projects like the Murray Building in Central, which was under construction as seen here in 1967; Kai Tak Airport, 1970.

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Around the mid-1980s, JEC faced several challenges. The uncertainty after the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984 impacted the property market. As property developers were one of JEC’s main customers, this had a knock on effect for the corporation. At the same time, JEC was overstretched with its multi-discipline involvement in various Hong Kong projects. Compounding this was the “brain drain” as thousands of families started migrating from Hong Kong following the Sino-British Joint Declaration. As a result, JEC became more selective in tendering for building service projects and some of the staff had to be laid off.

Business Development Director Raymond Lin, Divisional Manager back then, recalls the uncertainty. “Staff were relocated throughout the Jardine Matheson Group and one person was even transferred to a management role at Water Tours, a tourism-related business. JEC’s entry into China occurred during this period and, as with Hong Kong, business was limited to only selling equipment and providing supervisory services,” Lin says.

Significant jobs then were the Forum Hotel, Shenzhen, and Crystal Palace Hotel, Tianjin, where JEC sold and

provided supervisory services for building services and also the Hua Wei Centre, Beijing, where JEC supplied and provided supervisory services for all E&M works, including lifts and escalators.

Starting out in the contracting side of JEC, Chief Operating Officer Penn Yeung recalls the 1980s as a period where the company was seeking growth opportunities. “As everyone did in Hong Kong in the early 1980s, JEC was also looking for opportunities in China,” says Yeung. “JEC was one of the pioneers of the Jardine Matheson Group that went back into China and one of my major tasks from day one at JEC was to develop JEC’s business in China. A lot of my time in the late 1980s, up to the spring of 1989 was spent in China.

“I was part of the Mechanical Handling Department and we were looking at opportunities to enhance the efficiency of particular systems in China. This was quite a new concept back then and one of the projects I worked on was harbour cranes and the entire system of moving containers from ship to shore and vice versa. We visited many shipyards looking for a

local partner, who was technically capable enough to build the cranes.”

Yeung also points out that communication then was different from today. “Technically, all the shipyards were sound and very capable. However everyone was used to a different system – they were using their own Chinese (or very much Russian) system and we were familiar with something different in Hong Kong. We really had to ensure that the technicalities of the foreign designs of the harbour cranes that we were trying to build were being accurately communicated.”

Eventually, disruptions in the China market at the end of the 1980s led JEC to refocus on Hong Kong and government contracts. Yeung recalls, “We had to restructure with the situation in China having changed. We focused on our core strength – contracting but in a setting that we had not been active – government. At that time, the industry considered contracts in other sectors as more lucrative. Having had previous experience with the government, we developed a good understanding and managed to secure business, including work for the dockyards and at Kai Tak Airport.”

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2.3 ENERGISING ASIAThe development of Hong Kong was driven by the population explosion during the 1950s and 1960s when thousands of refugees from China streamed into the Fragrant Harbour in search of opportunity. The population quickly mushroomed from just over two million in 1951 to four million by 1971. Many had taken refuge in the squatter huts made from planks, corrugated iron and other such material scrounged from the streets covering the hills of Kowloon and eastern Hong Kong Island. By 1968, the number of huts were an estimated 465,000 makeshift homes.

The droughts of 1963 and 1967 brought Hong Kong to a standstill, with rationing seeing water only being supplied for four hours every four days. In lieu of the trend, construction began for a slew of water reservoirs around the colony and JEC supplied the main plant and ancillary equipment for many of these works.

It was also during this time that the recreational sport field began to grow, with JEC becoming the pre-eminent company to supply, install and maintain ten-pin bowling equipment. The China Fleet Club’s bowling centre, the first of its kind in Hong Kong, opened in 1965, followed in rapid succession by other bowling alleys such as the South China Athletic Association Bowling Centre, the Victoria Bowling Centre, Four Seas Bowling Centre as well as those at the Hong Kong Country Club, the Mariners’ Club, Kowloon Cricket Club and Kowloon Tong Club.

During this time the recreational sport field began to grow, with JEC becoming the pre-eminent company to supply, install and maintain ten-pin bowling equipment.

Opposite: A mobile conveyor, made by JEC, undergoing load testing by Hongkong Air Terminal Services at Kai Tak Airport, 1966.

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heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems and lifts for the project. Over in Thailand, JEC Thailand reached a landmark when they won their first air-conditioning contract for the Erawan Hotel in 1969.

“I was sent over to Thailand to teach our colleagues there how to install and operate the air-conditioning machines,” says C.K. Lai, former Installation Manager. “This was the first of such projects for our operations in Thailand, so there was no real expertise. I remember that the Thai counterparts were excellent at welding and it was easy to find people willing to learn. From installation to commissioning, I was there for one year but I got to come back to Hong Kong every three months.”

By 1972, JEC moved offices from Causeway Bay to Aberdeen as their former location was soon to become the World Trade Centre, a development of Hongkong Land at that time. Not everyone at JEC moved out of the Causeway Bay site though as JEC had won the contract to provide all E&M works for the World Trade Centre – this included air conditioning, lifts and fire prevention systems.

“Back then, JEC tendered for all building services, working with consultants from J. Roger Preston Limited to quote prices and provide details on different types of machinery that the consultants wanted,” says Business Development Director Raymond Lin. “Everything was done by hand in those days, including

Former Managing Director Willie Huang joined JEC in the UK and flew to Hong Kong in 1963 to take up the post of sales engineer in the Mechanical Engineering Department. “My portfolio included W&T Avery which supplied and maintained weighing machines to clients like the airport, post offices and Green Island Cement,” says Huang. “One of my jobs was to supervise the subcontractor in installing the water treatment plant for the Kowloon Tsai Swimming Pool. This was my first time working with government officials and subcontractors.

“At the age of 25, I was made a workshop manager in Sha Tin overseeing 35 staff in the late 1960s. We represented Allis-Chalmers for earth-moving machines and also made airport equipment for the Hong Kong Air Terminal Services (HATS) as there were no air-bridges in those days. The decision to terminate our Allis-Chalmers representation in 1967 meant closing the workshop. It was a challenge for me with the relocation of some facilities and key staff in order to merge with the Johnson Outboard Motor Workshop at East Point Godown; the redundancy of some 30 staff, mechanics and fitters and also the unfinished obligations to HATS that needed to be completed. Eventually, I minimised the loss by disposing obsolete Allis-Chalmers spare parts via auction.”

Modern day Central began to take form with the opening of Hongkong Land buildings, including Prince’s Building in 1965 and Alexandra House in 1976 where JEC supplied and installed the

Above: Prince’s Building; JEC’s office block at 54 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen; Connaught Centre, 1973.

Opposite: View from The Peak in 1972 showing the skyline of Hong Kong, including iconic projects like Connaught Centre, Ocean Terminal and Century Tower; JEC Thailand’s office, 1974.

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calculations of the project’s profitability and of the technical specifications required. On the flip side, time was flexible back then as a cable took one week while postal mail, two weeks.”

The Excelsior together with Connaught Centre, later renamed Jardine House, were both completed and opened in 1972 and 1973 respectively. Connaught

Supervisor at Maintenance & Renovation (M&R). “As the tallest building being built then, it had the newest machines and thousands of fan coils. The air- conditioning system was different back then and we used things like ‘low boy fan coils’, which were shorter and saved up to 15 centimetres on the ceiling height. Each room had a special unit, which was about 1.8 metres tall. And each floor had dozens of fan coils and all needed testing and maintenance.”

This was also the year when JEC provided all the E&M for the largest floating restaurant in the world. Built in Tsing Yi, the restaurant was eventually shipped to Hawaii, America.

Former JEC Chief Executive John Lang (1998-2004) first joined JEC in 1974 as a graduate trainee with Jardine Matheson and looks back with fond memories to his time in Aberdeen.

“In the early 1970s, Wong Chuk Hang was quite remote as there was no Aberdeen tunnel at that time,” says Lang who stayed in Aberdeen for 18 months before being assigned on an overseas posting. “An important staff member in those days was the tea lady, who made her rounds twice a day and, along with the tea on the trolley, came one’s weekly toilet roll!

“We had our lunch in the company’s canteen and urgent communications were via the telex machine. Long-distance phone calls were only for senior directors and in cases of extreme urgency.

International executive contracts were rather different back then and I joined on a system of three years with no leave, then six months home leave. That stemmed from the days when one came and went from the UK by passenger boat.

“In the 1970s every letter, internal memo and contract was circulated round the company in colour-coded files and computers were in their early stages of development, being used mainly for various number crunching exercises in the accounts departments. In 1974, contract estimating sheets were written on legal paper with five copies required, hence the need for endless carbons and a large supply of Tipp-Ex to cover any mistakes.”

Lang was, from day one, appointed Manager of the Mechanical Engineering Department with 35 staff reporting to him. Willie Huang was his predecessor and mentor.

In 1975, Simon Murray, a former French Legionnaire who had been based in Jardine Matheson’s London office for the past two years returned to Hong Kong to head JEC.

“I was quite excited when they told me about my new position. JEC was one of the most solid businesses that Jardine Matheson had. Unlike the agency businesses of most other Jardine Matheson companies at that time, JEC provided much value with its other services,” says former Director and General

Centre, then the tallest building in Hong Kong, benefited from the building services system that JEC installed. The “tall” building was zoned into high and low levels to calibrate different machines for different pressure ratings. At The Excelsior, JEC was contracted to fit out all the E&M works including air conditioning and lifts.

“When we worked on Connaught Centre, it was really state of the art at the time,” says Siu Kin Wah, Chief

The air-conditioning system was different back then and we used things like ‘low boy fan coils’, which were shorter and saved up to 15 centimetres on the ceiling height.

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water and sewage treatment plants for major projects in Shenzhen and Beijing.

In this competitive environment, contracting is not without its challenges. In the course of 90 years, JEC has endured some physical challenges in terms of the infamous Hong Kong and Thailand summers, site restrictions and logistical movements around the respective cities. Others came from managing subcontractors as JEC took on the supervisory role for a number of projects. Ensuring a common understanding for the performance and delivery programme is a tougher job than it sounds. Even so, some challenges through the 90 years were unique and remind all that though much has changed in the region, JEC remains a constant, willing to go the extra mile for their clients.

“As an independent company, JEC was set up because we supplied, and were the agents and distributors, for the railway system in China,” says Murray. “It wasn’t all rosy and every year or so, a letter was placed in front of me for signing. The letter was to China reminding them of the fact that they owed us millions of dollars for railway work done years before my time. After decades of billing, we eventually received a reply saying, ‘Thank you for your letter which has been addressed to the wrong department please contact the railway department’ or whatever it was. It was really quite extraordinary. It sounds archaic in today’s context, but we’re talking about nearly half a century ago.” In the late 1980s, the contract was finally settled.

In 1984, JEC pioneered a new system for the Main Treasury of Hongkong Bank – the arm of the bank that dealt with cash. The coin pallet conveyor system, transit box conveyor and elevator systems were supplied, installed and maintained by JEC. This was the first project to apply the fully automated warehouse storage retrieval system in Hong Kong.

“There was a confidentiality agreement with Hongkong Bank that all project details and blueprints had to be returned to the client,” says Lin. “Equipment parts that needed servicing were removed by Hongkong Bank and placed in another building for JEC to work on, thereby limiting our access and ensuring security.”

“It was a mechanical handling system and we worked on it step by step,” says Chan Kwong Choi, better known as K.C. Chan, Senior Manager at E&M Contracting (E&MC). “Every night we went in there to fix the little

Manager, Simon Murray (1975-1980), who first arrived in Hong Kong in 1966 and cut his teeth on Jardines’ contracting business in Thailand. “In Hong Kong, we were installing air conditioners, we were installing lifts, we were contractors and we stocked stuff as well. The company looked like a really independent, strong operation and to me it was one of the most solid businesses that I could see in Jardine Matheson.”

Notable design and fabrication contracts for structured steel in the 1970s featured the Hang Seng Bank Building and Wing Lung Building. Another notable job in this area was the Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (HAECO) No. 4 Hangar at the former Kai Tak Airport which was used to service Boeing 747 jumbo jets under the controlled environment of a roof.

After its grand opening on 30th September 1979, the Modified Initial System, the first phase of the Mass Transit Railway, began business a day later, carrying passengers from Kwun Tong to Shek Kip Mei (Kwun Tong Line) in the purpose built railway system. JEC participated in the supply and installation of the environmental control system for the Kwun Tong Line, bringing ventilation for both the underground tunnel and the stations using pressure sensors within the ventilation shafts.

“The requirements for this project were very strict,” says Lin. “The guarantee of life that MTR Corporation required for the system was set at 20 to 25 years. Still, everyone was excited as working underground was quite remarkable at the time.”

“By the 1980s, we were the largest E&M contractor in town,” says Murray. “We could go to a building like the Hopewell, the tallest building at the time, and offer lifts, plumbing, air conditioning – the whole shebang including fire prevention systems.”

JEC was involved in another of Hongkong Land’s landmark projects – Exchange Square; which still stands today as prime real estate in Central. JEC executed the E&M works and was the first in Hong Kong to introduce off-site prefabrication. The significant advances in construction were not limited to Hong Kong. In 1982, JEC and a domestic Chinese company worked on the White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou. This was the first foreign joint venture hotel to operate in China after 1949, where JEC supplied standby generators and lighting equipment. In the following years, JEC began supplying air-conditioning plants, penstocks as well as other

Above: Five-star White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou was the first Hong Kong-Mainland joint venture hotel; Hopewell Centre, the tallest building in 1981 in Hong Kong at the time of completion. Opposite: Opening of the MTR’s Kwun Tong Line on 30th

September 1979, the first urban metro line in Hong Kong; Pneumatic tube transport system installed by JEC can be found in government hospitals.

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carts, which could hold up to 10kg of weight. Overall, there were many things new to us and we approached these new challenges together as a team.”

JEC had also become industry leaders of pneumatic tubes – a controlled, automatic and secure delivery system used in banks, hospitals and industrial buildings.

“One of the first jobs was the Hongkong International Terminals (HIT) building in Kwai Chung in 1983,” says Huen Wood Wah, Supervisor at E&MC. “Back then, there was only the point-to-point system for the pneumatic tube where each tube could only go to one single station. For the HIT job, there were almost 200 tubes and some of the stations were so far apart that we had to install multiple blowers for a single tube so that the carriers could arrive at their destination.”

From there, JEC transferred their skill set and in more recent times took their technological know-how to hospital labs in Caritas Medical Centre and North

District Hospital (Sheung Shui). The idea was to move surgical materials, blood and X-rays securely through the hospital without people contaminating the samples.

“Because of the size of the hospital and the different needs, we had to programme a more complex routing system,” says Hui Wing Sang, Supervisor at E&MC. “For example, we would have eight or nine stations within each zone. And if you wanted to move zones, we would create transfer areas where the carriers could wait and line up for transfer. What we did was to set up the system, with the addresses of the destinations, putting in as well other features such as automatic cleansing and passwords to ensure sterility and security.”

Throughout the years at JEC, the heart of the business has been the dependable workers who toil at contracting sites bringing their unique technical proficiency onto the dynamic sites. Working together is not just on a singular project by project basis. Instead,

JEC values their customers as long-term partners and pride themselves in proactively introducing solutions which provide real value.

“The spirit of teamwork hasn’t changed through the years,” says Huang. “Brainstorming over discussions is the heart of what we do and decisions are balanced with different perspectives. I am proud to say that everyone knows JEC for our quality and customer service.”

As the industry face of JEC, Raymond Lin, Honorary Life President for the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Association Ltd. continually interfaces with the various stakeholders.

“Business Development is not easy and timing is everything,” says Lin. “As culture, which shapes trends, changes and evolves, it is important hence for JEC to be looking at the big picture in order to catch the wave.”

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2.4 NEW FRONTIERS The pace of regional expansion has been a gradual organic process with its own historic origins. Not long after JEC’s establishment in 1923, the Jardine Matheson Group ventured into Thailand in 1934 with their partners Henry Waugh Trading Company to set up Henry Waugh Limited – a trading company that imported several products and machinery into Thailand. Henry Waugh Limited would over the course of the next few decades, change its name several times until finally in 2007 when the Thailand office officially became Jardine Engineering Company Limited. To most people though, this outfit in Thailand is known quite simply as – JEC Thailand.

Making inroads overseas has never been an easy job, but this is the hallmark of the parentage that JEC comes from. Little wonder then that JEC has, over the years, ventured out to various places in Greater China, Southeast Asia and beyond. Of all these overseas ventures, none have been quite so enduring as JEC Thailand.

Though JEC Thailand traces its roots back to 1934, it was only in 1960 that the corporation first ventured into engineering. Back then, it was known as Jardine Waugh Limited and very quickly, JEC Thailand was well on its way to become one of the leading E&M contractors in Thailand. Significant projects in that era include the Erawan Hotel where JEC Thailand undertook its first air-conditioning contract to replace the water-cooled chillers there in 1969. This was followed up with other major air-conditioning contracts such as for the Indra Regent Hotel in 1970 and the installation of York air

conditioning for the Mandarin Oriental in the 1980s by which time JEC Thailand had established its leading position and standing in the Thai engineering field.

Current Managing Director of JEC Thailand, Narongchai Chavanussaporn, joined the JEC family as a sales engineer in 1985.

“I worked in a small office with a small air-conditioned factory at the back, the dealer sales section was on the ground floor, project sales on the third, finance and accounting on the second floor and the installation department in another small shop-house,” says Chavanussaporn. “We worked long hours, and worked very closely, much like brothers and sisters under one roof.

“The two leading air-conditioning companies in Thailand at that time were Jardine Matheson Thailand

Though JEC Thailand traces its roots back to 1934, it was only in 1960 that the corporation first ventured into engineering. Back then, it was known as Jardine Waugh Limited.

Opposite: Panoramic view of Bangkok, Thailand, 1960.

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it all, JEC learnt much about doing business with overseas partners. The success of the project led us to our second project – the Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta.”

Former Managing Director, Nick Colfer (1994 – 1998) remembers the difficulties. “China was only starting to open up and we were asked by our shareholders, Jardine Pacific, to expand business in Southeast Asia and beyond because our heavy concentration on Hong Kong was a risk and a vulnerability,” says Colfer. “Over time then, we had operations in Vietnam at one stage, we had a little business in Taiwan, and we had something in Singapore, Malaysia and even Hawaii.

“I found it quite funny that actually most of my Hong Kong colleagues were always fairly sceptical. It was very difficult to get someone like Raymond Lau, then a Director, to go off to Malaysia, Singapore or Vietnam. He couldn’t see the point and they were quite right but looking back, nobody could have predicted how China would open up or how prosperous Hong Kong would still be.

“People were a bit worried about the future, so there was all this pressure to diversify. The reality was that anywhere you went around Asia, it was usually far more difficult to do business. Their markets were small; they were very hard to enter, with all sorts of obstacles that an outsider was not going to be very good at conquering.” comments Colfer.

(JEC Thailand today) selling York products and B.Grimm selling the Carrier brand. Other air-conditioning companies like Trane, McQuay and Daikin were not doing so well at the time. B.Grimm was the main competitor and we fought hard in most of the tenders.

“JEC Thailand and B-Grimm have over the years groomed many E&M professionals for the Thai engineering field. Many of them have since become entrepreneurs venturing into air-conditioning retailing, manufacturing of parts, as well as other E&M related businesses such as contracting, project management and consulting firms.”

The parentage of the Jardine Matheson Group also exposed JEC to other overseas markets that provided enriching experiences for employees which further developed their capabilities. For instance, a joint venture consortium of Jardine Matheson and other local and regional partners developed the Wisma Metropolitan, a 16-floor office block and one of the tallest at that time in Jakarta in 1976. JEC was contracted to provide E&M works for the building. Engineer Harry Chan, was sent over there for two years to offer advice, management expertise and technological guidance. “It was an interesting experience that saw different work execution protocols by all parties due to local regulations unfamiliar to us. The language barrier was a bother as well but through

Above: Narongchai Chavanussaporn, currently Managing Director, working in JEC Thailand’s office in 1985; Pairoh Karnjanakrapong (right), who has been with the company since 1960, together with her colleagues from the Accounting Department, 1970s.

Opposite: Opening ceremony of the E-Shum joint venture in 1985; The inauguration ceremony of Jardine Trane Air Conditioning in 1992.

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OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

JEC has been busy cultivating business opportunities since China opened its doors in the 1980s. Owing to immense demand and insufficient supply on the mainland, JEC easily rode on this wave of opportunity to supply a versatile range of equipment. Former Executive Director, Air Conditioning, Tony Chow, was responsible for operations in China and recalls JEC’s first project in Shenzhen: the Lo Wu Immigration Building.

“It was the first premises in town with air conditioning,” says Chow. “On top of air conditioning, we designed and installed the other E&M works as well. We were invited to take up this project mainly because of Jardines’ reputation and good relationships in China. After this, many industry stakeholders knew of us and invited us to do seminars in China. I was later also asked to help set up representative offices in China when we decided to expand our sales network across the border.”

Chow’s department specialised in technical support. “At that time, a lot of sales involved products sold without backup, so we went up to help and thought of becoming total solution providers, offering testing and commissioning as well. The suggestion received the support of many of the developers in China who asked us to enter the market. We did so and focused mainly on air-conditioning systems.

“In the 1990s, we had more projects rolling in from China, so we divided the market into four zones. North China with its head office in Beijing, Central China with its head office in Shanghai, South China with its head office in Shenzhen and a Macau office that also covered Zhongshan and Zhuhai. We leveraged on our depth as a Group and strong teams of sales staff from Hong Kong were sent out to support these four zonal offices.”

to inspect factories for their suitability in forming a manufacturing joint venture. Eventually two joint ventures in Taicang and Jiangsu were formed in the 1990s with local Chinese workshops. Today, JEC no longer has ties with these factories but they set a strong base for the growth of Trane in China.”

Other opportunities were abound for the joint venture with Trane. “I was seconded to our joint venture with Trane from 1986 onwards, initially running the service business, T-Young’s Services,” says Leung. “In 1991, I went to Taipei to set up another new joint venture for the service business there. Everything had to be started from scratch! It was profitable but eventually, we sold our shares in this Taiwanese joint venture back to Trane as part of a shareholding restructuring. JEC is proud of the value that we bring to our joint venture partners through our expertise in running a service business.”

Looking back, nobody could have predicted how China would open up or how prosperous Hong Kong would still be.

Meanwhile, JEC also entered China with its new joint venture partner, Trane, in the mid-1980s.

“JEC partnered with Trane to set up manufacturing facilities in China,” says TYS Ltd Director and General Manager, Leung Kee Keung, better known as K.K. Leung. “Initially, both management teams went to a few places including Qingdao, Yantai, and Shanghai

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2.5 SERVICES & AIR CONDITIONING JEC’s technical excellence comes from its dedicated staff who have a knowledge-based skill set, customer-orientated service mentality and who adopt technical best practices. The original tenet of JEC was to cater more efficiently to the growing engineering needs of China in sourcing and servicing during the heady days of the 1920s and 1930s.

The company supplied and installed Hong Kong’s first commercial air-conditioning system in 1931 and continues to be a pioneer in the trade. Whether it be weighing scales for horses at the Hong Kong Jockey Club, industrial-sized turntables, baggage handling units at Chek Lap Kok airport, submersible pumps in Grade-A office buildings, or the first platform screen doors for the MTR, JEC has done it all.

“When I joined in the mid-1950s, JEC was located in Central on Pedder Street at a building everyone called Jardine House,” says Ho Fung who joined as an Apprentice. “I joined the Air-Conditioning Department under the watchful eye of John Louie, a very smart man who graduated from the University of Michigan.

“At the time, Jardines was considered the best employer who really took care of their people. During the early years, I learned to be a draftsman and sometimes went to help K.T. Chen with the quality control for air

conditioning on site. We worked on such pioneering projects as the largest 10-storey tall cold storage unit in Western District.”

During the late 1950s, Ho boarded a ship to London to attend Imperial College for his formal education. “I was acquainted with Millie Yung, the lady who used to run Sir John Keswick’s house. Sir John had retired by that time and was living in Regent’s Park. Every month, I would be invited together with George Ho and some others to Mr Keswick’s house for a feast of Chinese food.”

Already part of the Jardines extended staff family, Ho returned back to Hong Kong after his studies to work with the Jardine Matheson Group in the region. Later in his career, his relationship with JEC rekindled as a client when he worked with the Hong Kong government.

Looking back, Ho and his colleagues still have fond memories of the early days. Life was dynamic and staff worked on the most iconic projects in their day.

“Here at JEC, every day is different and life keeps on challenging us,” says Senior Manager at E&MC, K.C. Chan. “Who gets to see the things we do? Maintain and service the variety of components that we have? We have been a part of the building of Hong Kong through the years.”

Opposite: Connaught Centre (Jardine House today) under construction in 1972. JEC installed the largest air-conditioning system in Hong Kong at the time in Connaught Centre.

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having been done for the Hong Kong International Airport, Hongkong Post, Hong Kong Jockey Club, scientific laboratories and the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department.

“Our brand name was very strong and our skill set was very specialised,” says Chan, who first started in 1969 as an apprentice.

For 20 years, the Group would calibrate scales according to the “standard” inside each machine. This could range from very small spring and pendulum scales in laboratories to the large platform scales using dial springs to weigh the huge carts in Hung Hom. Holidays were an especially busy time.

“While everyone else was out celebrating, we would be sent off to the quarries in Tai Hang, Mount Butler and Diamond Hill,” reminisces Chan with a rueful smile. “We would be in very dusty conditions and have to crawl into the machines in order to calibrate and ensure that everything was working smoothly. We are talking about five feet to 30 feet of crawling!”

from calibrating weighing machines in the Hongkong Post’s branch offices to the servicing of air conditioners in residences on The Peak.

By 1951, there were just over two million people in Hong Kong. This number grew astronomically to 3.1 million by 1961 and the primitive infrastructure brought traffic to a standstill. Transportation for the workers was via a company scooter and everyone was split geographically, between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, as logistics for crossing the Fragrant Harbour was limited to boats.

WEIGHING IN

Technology has brought about many new efficient systems and the trade and skill set of maintenance workers have had to evolve with the times.

For thousands of years, before the widespread use of the electronic scale, the maintenance of weights was a specialised field. For decades, JEC was a leader in hand calibrating precise scales with such services

“We do everything,” says Supervisor at E&MC, Huen Wood Wah. “If the market shifts and there is no longer any business in what we were formerly experts in, we have the ability to be flexible and change. On the job, there are systems, which we have never seen before, such as the central vacuum system at a residential building on Mount Kellett Road that had a large rock stuck in it. While we did not install it, we thought out of the box creatively. In the end, we saw that it was similar to the pneumatic tubes we install and maintain in hospitals and banks. So we broke the rock into pieces and voila, it was fixed.”

In the 1950s and 1960s, teams of mechanics would be dispatched from the Services Department every morning to maintain and service a variety of products

Above: A series of JEC advertisements published in the South China Morning Post in the 1970s, showing the versatile range of services and products. Opposite: Happy Valley Racecourse, 1971; JEC technicians working together to install a railway turntable.

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Other experiences brought on different pressures, such as the Hong Kong Jockey Club, where their expertise and precise skill set helped to ensure the smooth operation of the organisation.

“Working at the Hong Kong Jockey Club was very nerve wracking ,” says Hui Wing Sang, Supervisor at E&MC, who first started in 1971. “We had a contract to be on standby at the racecourse on race day in case anything happened to the weighing scale. The margin of error allowed was only 0.2 pounds!”

AIR CONDITIONING

The key to JEC’s success can be laid on good people and great partnerships. In muggy and humid Hong Kong, the ultimate luxury of the post-war era was an air-conditioning unit. For others, a mere visit to the air-conditioned movie theatre would bring respite. JEC was an industry leader who supplied, installed and maintained York machines – a partnership which begun since the post-war years and included industrial highlights like the first major industrial

air-conditioning plant in Hong Kong. It consisted of four compressors and it was for the Wyler Textiles’ cotton mill in To Kwa Wan in 1949. For this project, York flew down two engineers from the US – Ken Walden and Bill Ford, from the York factory in Pennsylvania to supervise the installation.

Tsang Tak Yin, Senior Foreman with M&R, recalls that in the 1960s the cost of dinner was 50 cents and the opportunity to work for JEC brought about job security. He first joined the then Maintenance and Repair Department in 1965 to work on air conditioning on Hong Kong Island.

“Learning was part of the job as we would be introduced to new machines or new models and training would ensue,” says Tsang. “Working in residential homes and maintaining their air conditioners was lovely and people really treated us well. You have to remember, back then, air conditioners were a luxury and our partner at the time, York, was a very high-end and quality brand.”

“I worked in Kowloon district and we would wash the filters of our clients every month,” says Heung

Kwong, Senior Mechanic at M&R. “We would ride the bus around or travel using JEC’s motor bikes. I started at HK$1.09 per hour and in one day, I could perhaps make HK$20 wages after allowances and sometimes even an extra HK$20 in tips from the beautiful homes we visited.

“After about 10 years working on smaller machines, I moved to larger machines for commercial sites. I eventually became a foreman with eight or nine workers under me. I moved them around more than 10 sites to check machines, wash filters, fix machines and fans. These included the Kwong Wah Theatre, the King Wah Centre which was previously a hotel and the Lai Kwong Theatre. You have to remember that in those days, having an air conditioner was expensive as we charged HK$400 just for cleaning the filter!”

In the 1970s, the 600 square foot workshop, where orders were issued from each morning, was located in Causeway Bay, next to where The Excelsior stands today. Orders were taken down in the workman’s personal book and off they went to

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During the 1980s and early 1990s, it was a busy period with the service businesses of JEC having more than 300 workers working at about 20 different sites. The market trends were shifting and JEC was there to take on the challenge and change, modify and adapt accordingly.

“You could see that the business environment began to shift,” says Yu. “The factory work had stopped, while service-oriented businesses such as banks and retail chain stores were picking up. JEC was ready and we started providing total solutions for many customers to include HVAC, fire prevention, building management and electrical systems.”

As part of this push into the service-oriented businesses, JEC performed the installation and maintenance of the unitary air-conditioning systems for the first 200 standalone 7-Eleven stores.

No matter the shifts in business environments though, there are always unique jobs for an engineering company and JEC carried out a landmark design-and-build project for CLP over the late 1980s. The project

“We were there to maintain the fan coils, motors and water pumps for the sea water chiller plant,” says Wong Fat, Senior Mechanic/Operator with M&R. “After 8pm, there was no air conditioning and within the building, we had typically 2,000 machines to inspect!”

By the mid-1980s, wages had been transferred from daily to monthly payments and bigger changes were on the horizon.

In 1985, the York partnership had run its course and JEC teamed up with The Trane Company (Trane Inc. today, a brand under Ingersoll Rand), to form a new joint venture. This new joint venture was operated under two main service businesses – Trane Jardine Engineering, also known as Jardine Technical Services, and T-Young’s Services.

“The transition from York to Trane was done, while business was ongoing,” says Operations Director of M&R, Yu Hing Wai, better known as H.W. Yu. “There was product training as well as service training. The basic knowledge was there, so we just built on it with technical knowledge required for Trane’s products.”

their job for the day. These included smaller residential units, medium-packaged commercial-sized units for places like theatres and large industrial-sized units for office buildings.

“Our type of job ranged from maintenance and servicing to testing and commissioning,” says Chief Supervisor at M&R, Siu Kin Wah who lists Tregunter Towers at The Peak, Chater House, The Excelsior and Gammon House as memorable projects JEC worked on back in the day.

As the tallest building of its time, Connaught Centre completed and opened in 1973. It had a maintenance crew that operated in day and night shifts.

Above: Connaught Centre as viewed from the Kowloon side. Opposite: A standalone 7-Eleven store that uses a unitary air-conditioning system; Inaugural issue of JEC’s staff magazine, JEC & You, 1989; K.C. Chan’s mechanic staff card in 1972; Updated JEC & You layout, July 1998 issue.

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was a cold storage system in Sha Tin and JEC supplied the product, provided technical advice and carried out the installation works, over two phases.

“This was not a conventional system as it was an ice storage,” says Yu. “At night the place would become an ice tank and during the day, there would be cool water.”

“It was a demanding project and over Christmas in 1988 and Chinese New Year in 1989, I had to co-ordinate a team of 20 to 30 people to refurbish the seawater cooling pipes. We not only had to move the pump house out further, but we had to change the pipes to titanium. It was more expensive, but had a longer life cycle. The lining had to be washed and put back together to extend the life cycle. Each section was drained of water, fitted out then welded back together. The time pressure and the technical competence required was very high for that job.”

Looking back on their years of service with JEC, the group reminisces about the family feeling.

“JEC is like a family which is why we have stayed so long,” says Pang Kim Wai, a Senior Mechanic at M&R. “Our client relationships have always been strong as they trust us. In the past, there wasn’t any formal contract in place and we would service them until they terminated us. Today, customer demands and job pressures are higher. We strive to create a better system to keep up with the evolving culture.”

EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED

K.C. Chan, Senior Manager of E&MC, lost a shoe during a routine maintenance check at a scrap metal shipyard when jumping over boulders. It was the victim of mud.

Supervisor at M&R, Wong Pak Tim, recalls being deafened by the Noonday Gun. “Our workshop was next door and I remember the very loud bang every day at noon. Scared us like crazy!”

But how about taking a plunge – repeatedly? Senior Mechanic at M&R, Szeto Shu Wan, recalls the

relocation of the seawater cooling pumping room for the Hongkong Land buildings during the 1990s and the regular blockage of the intake valve.

“This became the Phase 3 reclamation, which is where the IFC and new Star Ferry pier are now located. Our intake valve was constantly blocked up because of the reclamation. We had a ‘metal cage’ in front of the intake valve to keep soil from coming in, but with those ground conditions, we had to use a more effective solution: me! My colleagues would tie a rope around my waist and I would literally plunge in and physically move the muck away. This was months of tough work, but it had to be done.”

39 Clockwise from above: JEC Thailand recognising long-service employees at an awards ceremony in 2009; JEC Philippines achieving one million safe man hours at Taguig North SewageTreatment Plant, Libingan ng mga Bayani, Manila, Philippines, in 2012; JDI receiving their award from Anthony Nightingale (second from right), former Managing Director of the Jardine Matheson Group, at Jardines’ Pride in Performance Awards 2008. JDI’s award was for the Marketing Excellence category; JEC celebrating its 80th anniversary (former Chief Executive John Lang is standing in the front row, fourth from right).

40Clockwise from above: JEC Singapore has grown from strength to strength since its formation in 1998; Former Chief Executive Alex Newbigging (fourth from left) and JEC Caring Team members; JEC Hong Kong celebrating the Group’s 90th anniversary (Current Chief Executive Wilson Kwong is standing in the front row, fifth from the right).

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3.1 IN EVERY CORNEROver the years, the diverse portfolio of products, skills and services that JEC has brought to the market has found its way into our everyday life. As Asia has grown, so has JEC, bringing modern day conveniences to the masses for over 90 years.

From an everyday perspective, imagine waking up in the morning and stepping into a bright and clean bathroom. JEC fits out nearly everything – from the shower to the sink. As you wander down for a swim in the pool, you do not think twice about jumping in because you know that the water is safe and clean. JEC has made it so with the installation and maintenance of the swimming pool’s filtration systems. With the sun beaming down, you step out of the pool and laze on the timber decking, yet another product that JEC has supplied and installed.

Stepping out, you are hassle and worry free because of the reliable security systems – from a closed circuit television (CCTV) system to the card access door system that JEC has installed and is maintaining. You hear the soothing sound of rushing water and turn to see the fountain feature that has pumps and filters installed by JEC.

From the urban sanctuary of your home, you only have to take the lift down and walk through the mall to enter the adjacent MTR station. JEC’s services are not limited to privately owned properties as their brand of quality and service can be seen in facilities such as malls, train stations, airports, offices and universities.

As Asia has grown, so has JEC, bringing modern day conveniences to the masses for over 90 years.

Opposite: Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong.

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Carrying an average of over five million passengers per day, the MTR has been a long-time partner with JEC. You descend into the station, walk past the platform screen doors and take a seat on the train. JEC was the first in Hong Kong to supply and install the platform screen doors while the plinths that hold the seats were designed, manufactured and installed by the company. Even late into the night, after the MTR’s train service has ended, the impact of JEC is felt with the depot equipment that JEC supplies coming to life as trains arrive back for their daily maintenance checks.

Arriving at your workplace, you can see that the JEC brand penetrates numerous office buildings across the region with cutting-edge technologies, from air conditioning, building management systems and LED lights to doors, carpets and flooring. Holding a video conference meeting with your colleagues in Singapore and the Philippines, you learn that they work in a similar office building. It’s no wonder – JEC Singapore and JEC Philippines have done similar works in the office buildings around the region. As the world gravitates towards being increasingly online with all information now stored in the cloud, JEC has worked

on multiple data centres around the region, providing E&M equipment and maintenance services that ensure the servers are kept under optimal conditions, 24/7, 365 days a year.

Work hard, play hard. JEC also takes care of the sunny side of life. Strolling in shopping malls, you may not see it, but you can easily feel the impact that the company has brought via air conditioning and E&M works across the region. This is not just limited to the large and prestigious malls, but also many a small cosy neighbourhood shopping mall. That you can continue to feel this way year after year is also due to JEC’s reliable maintenance services.

If you happen to try your luck in Macau’s casinos, JEC is also present with its supply of backup generator sets to more than 50 per cent of the casinos in Macau. Neither seen nor heard, the company provided and installed the pneumatic tubes used to quickly and safely transport gambling chips in mega casinos.

As you board the plane at the Hong Kong International Airport for a holiday, you think that the baggage

Above: Hong Kong International Airport – where JEC has worked on numerous E&M projects over the years; Marina Bay Financial Centre, a Grade-A office development in Singapore’s Central Business District. Opposite: A shopping mall managed by The Link; Kennedy Town Swimming Pool, a project of JEC; MTR is a client of JEC.

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handling system and the air-bridges are the last you’ll see of JEC’s involvement. But as the plane safely touches down on the tarmac of Suvarnabhumi Airport, the experience begins anew with the innovative and award-winning HVAC system installed by JEC Thailand. Arriving downtown, many of the major shopping malls’ E&M works are handled by the Thailand team. Exhausted, you arrive at the hotel and comment on how comfortable everything feels and how it all functions, and then you realise – JEC Thailand was involved in the E&M works for the hotel, as it has for many hotels in Thailand.

For 90 years, JEC has dedicated itself to engineering a better Asia with its dynamic commitment to making a positive impact on the environment and lifestyle of modern day Asia.

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3.2 BOLD AMBITIONSIn the lead-up to the handover in 1997, there was much change in the air, but this was preceded by the lifting of the bamboo curtain as China opened its doors to trade in the 1980s. JEC was there to take on the challenge, forging partnerships along the way. Part of the team driving this forward then was current Chief Operating Officer, Penn Yeung.

“At the time, China was still a developing country and culturally things were different,” says Yeung. “Things took a little bit longer, but we were making inroads.”

The greatest change was undoubtedly the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997. At JEC, the structure of the business had shifted and the company’s air-conditioning sector held much promise. In 1991, JEC was split into two – JEC and Jardine Air Conditioning, but only for a short while before being reunited six years later. 1991 also saw JEC start a joint venture with Meidensha – Meiden Pacific, to sell switchgears in Hong Kong and China. In Thailand, JEC’s distributorship agreement with Trane progressed to a second joint venture with the company – Trane Thailand.

This joint venture is still standing the test of time and continues today to be a successful arm of JEC.

Structure and partnership changes aside, JEC was still very much the same company with people still being its main asset. The early 1990s facilitated a construction boom as the 10 interlinking

The greatest change was undoubtedly the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997. But at JEC, the structure of the business had shifted and the air-conditioning business of JEC held much promise.

Opposite: Air-conditioning maintenance is one of JEC’s core service offerings. The teams take time to understand clients’ requirements and work closely to provide timely support.

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many of them have gone now, but there was Thorn Lighting, Meiden Pacific, Steelcraft, Marley and suppliers such as Petbow.

“The difficulties were how the market was getting more competitive and also how we were going to position ourselves as a trader now that China was opening up . We clearly had to work on the structure of our business.”

projects that were part of the Airport Core Programme were commencing.

Changes at the top level of JEC also took place when in early 1994, Willie Huang was transferred out to become the Chief Representative of the Jardine Matheson Group in China, based in Beijing. Nick Colfer stepped in to replace Huang as Managing Director, holding the post until 1997.

“When I first joined, I wrote down what I thought were the strengths and weaknesses of JEC at that time and kept it in my drawer,” says Colfer. “Our strengths were the huge market potential from a low base, with large populations in the region. The company had a very good, long track record as an extremely capable trader, which could source products, while also having the design and installation skills at the same time.

“JEC was financially very sound and seen as a credible, reputable, reliable and a very stable financial performer. We also had some good relationships, which developed into joint ventures and, of course,

Our strengths were the huge market potential from a low base, with large populations in the region. The company had a very good, long track record as an extremely capable trader.

Above: Trane air-conditioning equipment, 1990s. JEC has joint ventures with Trane in Hong Kong and Thailand; A mechanic from JEC inspecting a building’s fire prevention systems, 1990s.

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Within the joint venture with Trane, structural changes were going on as well and in 1995, parts of Jardine Technical Services were acquired by Jardine Air Conditioning. The rest of the joint venture business grouped together to become TYS Limited, which still stands proud and strong today.

Back at JEC, Colfer and his directors went through the process of merging some departments and closing others down. In 1996, the directors realised there was a need for a more overarching change to the corporate structure. The name, Jardine Engineering, was the famous brand, but the air-conditioning business had been the dominant part, which was spun off as a separate company, Jardine Air Conditioning.

“Ultimately, it didn’t make sense to have the two companies operating in parallel. The smart thing to do was to bring it back to make one bigger business, but put it under the Jardine Engineering name. While we had created a good team at JEC, overall, our piece of the cake was one-third and air conditioning

was probably two-thirds. As John Lang was running Jardine Pacific then, I suggested to him that we re-merge the two companies and – as Jardine Air Conditioning was the larger company – John Dickinson should run JEC and I could act as his number two, which is what happened in the end.”

The organisation started the transition in October 1996, while the official merger occurred on 1st January 1997. The uncertainty of the 1997 handover came to pass without much fanfare or zeal and business carried on as usual. Through it all, JEC has weathered 90 years of economic booms and busts, while overcoming challenges to come out strong, poised and dynamic; ready to provide real value to customers.

Above: Hong Kong International Airport under construction, 1995.

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3.3 BUILDING IN THE 21ST CENTURYManaging projects requires leveraging on both technical excellence and people management to forge dynamic and dependable teams to overcome challenges. While most are consumed with quality, cost control and programme schedules, JEC leverages on its wide range of competencies and capabilities to help achieve the best possible result. The company’s support networks use systems of checks and balances within both the finance and operational functions to maintain the quality of technical proficiency, while at the same time keeping the corporation in the black.

“What we do is prevent JEC from taking up unnecessary risks,” says Director of Commercial and Engineering Support, Gary Lee, whose team is part of this support network and lays down the groundwork for commercial tendering and planning.

“The business nature of JEC is unique for the contracting industry. While we do have a few large projects, most projects are ‘small’ and there are many of them. In addition, JEC does contracting, trading, selling, maintenance and renovation, on a very wide scope of businesses in Hong Kong and its regional offices. What we have done is bring in a process of advising on specific challenges during the tender, project and completion times.

“From a management perspective, having different views is good for the company. Our role is to help colleagues avoid large risks while remaining competitive.”

The new millennium saw JEC furthering its reputation across the region.

Siam Paragon opened in December 2005 as one of the biggest in Asia and one of the most prestigious shopping malls in Thailand, spanning 8.5 hectares with a total gross area of 500,000 square metres. JEC Thailand was responsible for the supply, installation and commissioning of the complex systems for air conditioning and ventilation, plumbing and fire prevention systems.

“This project was a great success, and it was largely due to our determination and strong commitment to the client-owner as well as our successful partnership with Trane,” says JEC Thailand Managing Director, Narongchai Chavanussaporn.

In 2007, JEC won a substantial contract in Hong Kong to replace the VAV (Variable Air Volume) system – a type of HVAC – from a pneumatic control to an electronic direct digital control system for One Exchange Square and Two Exchange Square.

Opposite: One Raffles Quay - JEC Singapore is the E&M operations and maintenance service provider for this Grade-A office property in Singapore’s Central Business District.

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Over in Thailand, the E&M team at JEC Thailand continued to prove itself as the leading engineering firm when it supplied and installed the E&M systems for Energy Complex (ENCO) – a commercial development by the largest energy company in Thailand, PTT Public Company. ENCO was awarded Thailand’s first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification rating for buildings in 2009. This project also saw the JEC Thailand team that worked on ENCO being the Grand Award winner at JEC’s inaugural Values in Action (VIA) Awards in 2010.

Conceptualised in 2009, the internal VIA Awards Programme is an annual exercise that recognises those within JEC who have exhibited the company’s core values. Each core value is represented as a category on its own with multiple winners in each category. Of these winners, the one with the most outstanding reflection of JEC’s core values is honoured as the Grand Award winner.

A busy year, 2009 also brought about the Government Office Centre Complex (GOCC) in Bangkok.

“The GOCC is a sustainable building that incorporates advanced green engineering concepts,” says Chavanussaporn. “JEC Thailand installed a highly efficient air conditioning and ventilation system (HVAC) and an energy efficient co-generation power plant for the project.

“It was a busy time for JEC Thailand and on the coattails of a job well done at Siam Paragon, we moved straight onto other major shopping malls in Thailand – Central Chaengwattana (2007), Central Pattaya (2009), Central Rama IX (2010) and Mega Bangna (2011). This is what JEC Thailand prides itself on – creating, sustaining and building on our performance,” he says.

JEC Thailand was contracted to supply, install and commission a comprehensive set of backbone building operations systems for Mega Bangna – billed as Southeast Asia’s largest low-rise shopping mall.

JEC’s work at Mega Bangna was all the more impressive as the city was encumbered with massive floods that swept Thailand in 2011. Up against a tight deadline and facing the uncertainty of nature, JEC Thailand triumphed against all adversity to complete this large-scale project on time. Demonstrating team spirit using wrist-bands with their motto “We will make it”, the JEC Thailand Mega Bangna team won the Grand Award at the JEC VIA Awards in 2012.

The challenge was to complete everything over the weekend without disturbing the tenants. Many of these tenants were the likes of investment banks and consultants – tenants who could not afford any downtime.

In something that had never been done before, JEC staff even took pictures of individual office work desks before shifting the computers and stationery aside to allow them more space to reach the vents above. The pictures helped in allowing staff to replace everything back to its original position with the idea being that most of the employees who came back on Monday should not even notice that something major happened in the office over the weekend. This clearly leveraged on JEC’s skill set of planning as well as demonstrating JEC to be a truly customer-orientated company.

As green building technology has developed, JEC continues to partner with clients to find new solutions to building in a more sustainable manner.

In 2008, JEC replaced five air-cooled chillers, which had a total combined capacity of 1,650 RT (ton of refrigeration – an American measurement for cooling capacity), at Chater House with three water-cooled chillers and associated cooling towers that had a new total combined capacity of 2,250 RT. The new system operated at higher capacity but at the same time, consumed almost 30 per cent less energy than the previous system.

“This project clearly demonstrates how JEC is always at the forefront of new technologies that can help property developers to save energy costs in the long run while also being green,” says Fred Chan, Manager at M&R. “Additionally this was also the first project in Hong Kong that used solar glass panels (which can be walked on!) as the roof structure of the new chiller plant room.”

Beyond the glitzy office towers at Central, JEC’s expertise in E&M can be seen too in other areas of Hong Kong with The Link and its large portfolio of shopping malls all around the territory. JEC’s contracts at these shopping malls began in 1996 with the Hong Kong Housing Authority, even before it transferred management of the malls to The Link. In 2009, M&R won air-conditioning contracts to extend coverage to include The Link’s entire portfolio. As a customer-orientated and technically proficient corporation, JEC further expanded its role in 2011 to provide fire prevention systems and electrical services.

Above: JEC Thailand installed the highly efficient air-conditioning system for the Government Office Centre Complex in Bangkok.

Above: Inside the plant room of the Mega Bangna shopping mall.

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Back in Hong Kong, JEC provided much of the building products, including pumps, generator sets, doors, flooring and photovoltaic panels for the Tamar Government Headquarters in 2011. In the same year, JEC Philippines was responsible for the entire HVAC system for the Sonion factory in Batangas, Philippines. Sonion is the leading manufacturer of hearing devices, used in mobile phones, in the world.

As the world of technology evolves, the need for large corporations to find more permanent footing in Asia can be seen through the many data centres popping up. JEC was the main contractor for the data centre of Equinix, a leading international data centre provider, in Hong Kong which was completed in 2011. Maybank, a leading financial services group from Malaysia, also commissioned a data centre in Manila, Philippines that was completed in 2012. It was JEC Philippines’ first precision air-conditioning project with new partner Citec, from Malaysia.

In the Lion City, JEC Singapore enjoys a good relationship with Raffles Quay Asset Management (RQAM) as an E&M service provider of the One Raffles Quay and Marina Bay Financial Centre developments. These two developments, managed by RQAM, represent a combined total of 4.3 million square feet of prime office space that houses the biggest banks and corporations in the world.

With the need for sustainability gaining increasing awareness, Building Equipment and Products (BEP) Operations Director, Franklin Lau, notes that the demand for green buildings is growing in Hong Kong.

“Sustainability is the direction that we’ll be pushing for in Hong Kong. The challenge is that every new project has different approaches to being green. For instance, one could use a chilled beam or a chilled ceiling system – both are energy efficient,” says Lau. “We’ll continue to source such green products and add value to the building and hence, our customer. What’s more, understanding customer requirements is becoming more crucial now and we need to step into our clients’ shoes rather than take a ‘hard-sell’ approach. Success builds on knowing customer needs, which can be complicated, and to integrate them into what we can provide as a single basket. Listening skills are now more important than ever.”

As a proven partner in engineering, building services and the provision of products across Asia, JEC remains one of the leading engineering firms in the region that delivers environmentally efficient technologies. This is evident in its ability to consistently provide the latest in green solutions together with the know-how to install and maintain the systems. With constant demands in both the public and private sector for improvements in energy efficiency, reduction of waste and a better office environment, clients turn to JEC for a comprehensive range of clean, green technologies.

Above: Marina Bay Financial Centre in Singapore; Exchange Square in Hong Kong; JEC Singapore’s technical team carrying out day-to-day inspections to ensure the smooth operation of commercial buildings.

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3.4 ON THE MOVEJEC’s track record in airports and logistics can be traced back to the 1960s. The company helped passengers disembark at Kai Tak Airport terminal, with the airport ground equipment it supplied as no air-bridges were available at that time. Then there were the mechanisation projects that followed in the Airport Mail Centre, the General Post Office and International Mail Centre in the 1980s.

From 1991 to 1998, the Airport Core Programme, which consisted of 10 projects, was the largest infrastructure scheme undertaken in Hong Kong’s history. JEC was an integral part of the robust growth and amongst the most visible to end-users were the Thorn Lighting fixtures that JEC installed at the airport. The entire lighting job that JEC undertook accounted for 90 per cent of all lighting contracts.

JEC’s other works at the Airport Core Programme included doors, many doors. “When a project involves one door, it is easy; when it involves 10 doors, it is not difficult; when it involves 100 doors, okay, you have to pay attention; when you talk about 20,000 doors, it is not easy!” says Chief Operating Officer, Penn Yeung. JEC installed steel and timber doors for the Passenger Terminal Building (Terminal 1 today) at the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) and also for the cargo terminal – SuperTerminal 1 of Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (HACTL). Even today, both these buildings are amongst the largest in the world for their respective classes. Other doors were also installed by JEC for the Airport Railway that links

JEC’s track record in airports and logistics can be traced back to the 1960s.

Opposite: Terminal 1, Hong Kong International Airport.

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time. Many projects were ongoing and everything was heavily delayed. But still the government was saying everything had to be completed on time,” Yeung says.

Fortunately, when it came to coping with such situations, the MTR Corporation acted more like a partner. “The MTR Corporation was not only looking at, and rigidly sticking to the contract; it also took the time to sit down and understand our problems. Then, together, we came up with alternative solutions. It looked at ways to assist us in making our use of labour more efficient and considered how it could provide more space for us logistically as we had to prepare and assemble a lot of materials and components. Though it was a difficult job, we were satisfied that we completed it on time and the MTR lines went operational with fully operating platform screen doors.”

E&MC Senior Manager K.C. Chan muses, “The installation of the first generation platform screen doors developed our expertise in logistics management and project supervision, contributing to success in meeting tight schedules. Later on, we were awarded the enhancement work for the baggage handling system

Lantau to Hong Kong Island through the Kowloon Peninsula over two routes – the Airport Express and the Tung Chung Line. Yet again, JEC was involved in another “first“ for this project.

“It was a complicated process and we were the first ever contractor in Hong Kong to install platform screen doors on MTR platforms. The project was set with a tight deadline by the government and and further compounding this was the labour shortage faced at that

The installation of the first generation platform screen doors developed our expertise in logistics management and project supervision.

Above: Platform screen doors at the MTR’s Tung Chung Line, Hong Kong; JEC Thailand supplied the environmental control and ventilation systems for Thailand’s first underground railway system.

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of HKIA. The challenge was that the work could only be conducted between 12am and 5am to avoid the disturbance of daily operations. Before the first flight of the day took off, we needed to restore everything to normal operation and ensure the existing system ran smoothly and safely. The complex baggage handling system funnels more than 80,000 pieces of luggage a day for one of the busiest airports in the world. The E&MC team was honoured as the Grand Award winner at the JEC VIA Awards in 2011.

“We were also working on E&M maintenance services for the air-bridges at the HKIA. There were a total of 108 bridges and all the daily maintenance work took place outdoors. So we had to bear very cold and windy weather in winter, while a standby shift dealt with typhoon periods. In case of emergency calls, our team needed to show up within 10 minutes, which is the same standard reaction time for the fire service.”

There are no boundaries in expertise at JEC and technical achievements can even be found across an area of 381,000 square metres within Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport. As one of the leading E&M

contractors in the country, JEC Thailand built the displacement ventilation system and the world’s largest radiant floor cooling system at the airport, which opened in 2006.

In recognition of JEC Thailand’s groundbreaking work at the airport, team members were winners in the Productivity Enhancement category at Jardines’ Pride in Performance (PIP) Awards 2007.

It’s the mindset of embracing change and innovation that has seen the company weather many storms and evolve to become stronger through the years.

“JEC offers us workers a lot of opportunities and training,” says Chan. “Through the years, the company has shown its willingness to send workers to other locations to gain more skills. JEC treats its staff well in terms of providing benefits like medical, pensions and holiday leave. Everyone works hard together, even during the tough economic times. That fosters good morale and we like working at JEC. We see it as our job to work hard, continuing to serve our partners and clients to the best of our abilities.”

Above: JEC upgraded the baggage handling system at Hong Kong International Airport; JEC Thailand installing the radiant floor cooling system at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand.

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3.5 POWER & ENERGYAs a leading supplier of standby generator sets, JEC continues to evolve along with the market, leveraging on its expertise to become a solutions provider that sources, installs, designs, and maintains innovative power and energy solutions.

“JEC has been the leader in the supply of backup generator sets for all sorts of developments – residential, commercial and industrial, from the 1960s till today,” says Business Development Director, Raymond Lin.

The success story is not confined to backup generators. Former Deputy Managing Director, Raymond Lau comments, “In the early 1980s, power supply in China was not adequate and this prompted us to line up with Scotland-based John Brown Engineering. They produced medium-sized gas turbine power plants (100-300 megawatts). At the time, it took four years to build a coal-fired power station in China, but John Brown’s gas turbine power plant could start generating electricity within one year after the contract had been signed.

“We were eventually contracted to supply seven such power plants in provinces such as Shangdong, Liaoning, Chongqing, Guangxi and Hainan. Our orders

JEC continues to evolve along with the market, leveraging on its expertise to become a solutions provider that sources, installs, designs, and maintains innovative power and energy solutions.

Opposite: Energy Complex (ENCO), the first building in Thailand to be awarded the LEED (Leaderhsip in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification rating.

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“Data centres operate round the clock. Power must be uninterruptable and the temperature has to be just right. Backup systems are crucial. This is one area

also strengthened the employment rate in Glasgow, Scotland, where the gas turbines were manufactured.”

Other long-time partners included CLP and Hongkong Electric whom JEC had been supplying electrical power generating equipment for years.

“In the 1990s, we offered a mobile turbine generation set that was able to fit in a container, making it very mobile and suitable for emergencies,” says Lin. “At that time, CLP purchased eight sets but Hongkong Electric purchased only one set, due to the rugged roads on Hong Kong Island that were unsuitable for the system.”

Over at Macau, the opening up of the casino business after the Millennium resulted in world-class integrated resorts rising from the former Portuguese colony. JEC supplied and maintains to this day, the backup generator sets of more than 50 per cent of the casinos at Macau including the Venetian, Galaxy and Wynn.

“In the last eight to 10 years, JEC has expanded into data centres as the market has opened up,” says Lin.

In 2011 JEC reached a new milestone. It won one of the largest projects of its kind in Shanghai.

where JEC can truly add value with our expertise, not just in power supply, but also air conditioning, security and fire prevention systems that are all crucial for data centres which have no tolerance for failure.”

Since 2006, JEC continues to adapt and has ventured into the niche segment of gas engine generator sets. “It’s a fast growing and lucrative business,” says Eddie Ho, Manager at BEP. “Unlike the diesel-dominated Hong Kong market we have been involved in, it’s a

Above: One of the electric chillers inside the Energy Centre that houses the co-generation power plant. The Energy Centre supplies electricity and chilled water for the Government Office Centre Complex (GOCC) located next door.

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future trend for China. Due to the large-scale nature of the project, business turnover could eventually triple our current Hong Kong business. Our first project was the Beijing South Station in 2008 where we supplied two natural gas generator sets.

“In 2010, we ventured into Kazakhstan to take up one compression station for the Central Asia-China Gas Pipeline project with a timeline of one year. It’s rare for a Hong Kong company to be involved in such jobs overseas. Our role was to supply, install and commission three gas generator sets that produced a total of 5.8 megawatts of energy. Our client was China National Petroleum Corporation, and the key challenge was enduring the extreme weather conditions. The test period fell in January when we had to work in weather conditions that were minus 30 to 40 degrees Celsius.”

In 2011, JEC reached a new milestone. It won one of the largest projects of its kind in Shanghai: the Combined Cooling, Heating and Power (CCHP) system for the North and South Energy Centres in the city’s Hongqiao Business District – Core Area Phase 1. This significant

project is the first low-carbon emissions project in Shanghai. The CCHP system will provide cooling, heating and electrical power for a land area of nearly 1.4 million square metres of developments, including office buildings, hotels, shopping malls and exhibition centres. It is with pride that JEC will work together with the government to bring on line the policy of raising energy efficiency and reducing the emissions of carbon and other pollutants.

“It’s certainly a milestone for JEC and one of our largest projects in Shanghai ever, clearly demonstrating JEC’s ability to take on something new and execute it successfully in a large scale project,” says Ho.

Above: JEC provides backup power generator sets to critical facilities where zero downtime is demanded; JEC supplied the solar panel set-up for the Airport Police Station, Hong Kong.

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3.6 GREEN FOUNDATIONSWith three decades of expertise in environmental infrastructure, JEC continues to deliver innovative solutions for waste water management in commercial, residential and industrial buildings. In addition to sewage work, the company has also expanded its business pie by accepting new challenging projects such as crematoriums.

In 1995, the Stanley Sewage Treatment Works came on line. This was the first sewage plant in Hong Kong to be built in a cavern and also the first large non-open air sewage plant. It treats on average, 9,000 cubic metres of sewage a day and has significantly improved the environment on the south side of Hong Kong Island.

It is all the more remarkable when you consider its size – three large caverns each about 120 metres long with 450 metres of road access, ventilation tunnels and shafts; and the accompanying difficulties of working around sewage in an enclosed space.

Business Development Director, Raymond Lin, recalls, “We went to the Netherlands to study an underground plant there, prior to starting out at Stanley. Because of the location, which was in a cavern, it was necessary to offer equipment that had high reliability. This was very expensive at that time, but the equipment is still

in good working condition today. In fact, the residents nearby probably don’t even realise that sewage is being treated just next to them in their own neighbourhood!”

It is not uncommon to see the team meet the challenge of highly technical tasks and get their hands dirty. Chief Operating Officer, Penn Yeung remembers the Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse, which was completed in 2000.

“JEC had never worked on a slaughterhouse before but I had a personal attachment to it as I worked on a slaughtherhouse project whilst still at engineering school. The Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse was a high-profile project and Chief Secretary at that time, Anson Chan, cited it as one of her highlight projects at the peak of her career. In the end, we did a good job and completed it on time. The close partnership in place between the designers, the specialists from Germany and the main contractor – China State Construction; was the key to success for this project.

“The sewage treatment for the slaughterhouse was a new challenge because we had never dealt with such sewage before. It was mostly blood, hair and all sorts of things that you can imagine from a slaughterhouse; very different from the domestic sewage that we had worked with. While the ground floor housed

Opposite: The success of the Stanley Sewage Treatment Works in 1995 further proved JEC’s capability for complex projects.

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the slaughterhouse, the basement was the location for the sewage treatment plant. We partnered with a local consultant to work on this aspect, and that relationship remains strong today.”

In 2009, JEC introduced a new method of treating sewage at the Tung Chung Sewage Pumping Station, which pumps sewage to Siu Ho Wan Sewage Treatment Works. The downflow bubble contactor technology, an environmentally friendly superoxygenation system, was used to prevent the formation of unpleasant odour, rather than masking it.

In 2010, JEC Philippines partnered together with JEC Hong Kong to bid for government waterworks projects. JEC Hong Kong had the technical and project management expertise for water treatment. JEC Philippines had the local know-how and contacts. Working together, the team started in December 2010 to construct and design sewage facilities in Manila, Philippines.

“This was a natural evolution,” says JEC Philippines General Manager, Guenter Taus, who worked

together with E&MC Operations Director Tam Chun Kit, also known as C.K. Tam. “This transfer of skills can be described as a natural joint venture between E&MC and JEC Philippines. The engineering issues were addressed by the Hong Kong team and we soon moved 12 Hong Kong engineers to Manila for seven weeks for the design stage. After that, one engineer from Hong Kong was put in charge and the JEC Philippines team took the reins for the onsite issues.”

Above: The Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works has E&M equipment provided and installed by JEC. Opposite: View of the Taguig North Sewage Treatment Plant at Libingan ng mga Bayani, Manila, Philippines; The Animal Waste Compositing Plant at Ngau Tam Mei, Yuen Long, Hong Kong.

The Stanley Sewage Treatment Works was the first sewage plant in Hong Kong to be built in a cavern.

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synergies that can be realised in comprehensive projects for JEC as a Group.”

Such leveraging of skills and capabilities allow JEC to stand out from the rest, making it the first one in Hong Kong to penetrate the market in the Philippines. Building on this, JEC Philippines is now also able to provide waste water treatment systems for industrial facilities and power plants. Its dominance in this new market is because of its capability to leverage on the expertise in Hong Kong.

JEC’s reputation for best practices and proactive green initiatives, such as minimising the generation of pollutants, recycling materials, and reducing the consumption of resources, earns the company its standing as amongst the leading engineering firms in this field. The good standing of JEC in this aspect has seen it being entrusted with works that are part of an overall bigger project.

This is demonstrated in the waste management contract for the equestrian events staged in Hong Kong as part of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The JEC

team designed, built and operated Hong Kong’s first animal waste recycling plant, which can transform up to 40 tonnes of horse excrement into environmentally friendly fertiliser every day.

Most recently, JEC continues to build up its sewage treatment credentials with its participation in the Harbour Area Treatment Scheme Stage 2A for Hong Kong. This project will eventually see all sewage from Hong Kong Island being tunnelled across the harbour to Stonecutters Island, where it will be treated and released, restoring water quality in Victoria Harbour.

JEC’s involvement sees it upgrading the processing capacity of the preliminary treatment works on Hong Kong Island, as well as the treatment works on Stonecutters Island. This would allow for more sewage to be treated. At the same time, JEC is working on the pumping station that would eventually send the sewage over to Stonecutters Island via a tunnel that sister company Gammon Construction is building.

Environmental infrastructure projects have defined JEC in many ways. Not least because of the multitude

of challenges they bring. Every project is unique in its own way and the expertise of JEC in this area has helped shaped the company to be one that is ready to tackle new challenges. In fact, this is the hallmark of engineers and E&MC Operations Director C.K. Tam loves a challenge.

“When I take up a new project, there is that initial excitement, however as more and more challenges come our way, frustration builds up and this is when the team bonds and goes through the challenges as one,” says Tam. “Finally, as the dust settles, we are overcome with emotions of satisfaction and a sense of reward. Then, a new project comes along and the process repeats like a cycle. The completion of the Wo Hop Shek Crematorium saw staff describe it as tough, challenging and even a nightmare because the process we were engineering and designing was another of ‘Hong Kong’s firsts’. The technical challenge was the cremation process but now with the project coming to a close, the feeling is indeed one of satisfaction.”

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Operating as a unit under JEC, Jardine Distribution Inc. (JDI) is a marketing company carrying leading agricultural products and construction supplies. With over 100 people, JDI has been successful in building brands into market leaders through keen market knowledge and implementation of creative sales and marketing activities. Products they market include wood preservatives (Solignum), pesticides, water-proofing products, and more recently hybrid rice and vegetable seeds and home pest solutions. Operating from the same building as JEC Philippines in Manila, JDI has been working within the framework of JEC since its spin-off from Jardine Matheson in 2004.

“JDI is a company which does more than just shift products,” says JDI President and General Manager, Edwin Hernandez, who first joined in 2000. “We are here to continuously add value at every level and this begins with knowing our clients and identifying their specific needs.

“We have been meeting both our top and bottom-line targets year on year as a result of our aggressive expansion approach together with our business

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partners. We continue to be on the lookout for new opportunities and maintain a steady flow of new offerings related to, or would complement, our existing lines of products.”

The continuous flow of new products being introduced alongside the flagship products is key to this success. In addition to its portfolio of market-leading pesticide brands, JDI is now into marketing hybrid rice, vegetable seeds and plant nutrition products. On the construction supplies side where the greater potential for JDI’s growth lies, new product categories have been introduced. These goods join its flagship brand Solignum, the household name for wood preservatives that has been awarded “Superbrand” status since 2010. JDI now has elastomeric sealant, multi-insect killer and rat killer brands, while many other product lines are in the pipeline being prepared for launch.

“JDI is a very good business” says former Chief Executive, James Graham (2004-2008). “JDI staff have the ability to up-sell, and their understanding

Above: JDI conducts several employee engagement activities to build camaraderie and team spirit. Among them is the annual summer outing shown above; The Agchem Visayas and Mindanao Teams during training in March 2010 at Davao City, Mindanao; As a testament to its reputation of building strong brands, JDI received for two years in a row (2011, 2012) the Superbrands Award for its construction product, Solignum Wood Preservative. JDI President and General Manager, Edwin Hernandez (centre), and Construction Supplies Marketing Manager (right) Peachy Tiu are receiving the award from Karl McLean of Superbrands International.

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of the customers and their needs is very impressive. For instance, they are able to sell world-class goods by adapting their selling platform and the products they market to farmers – things that are needed at different times according to the impact of the weather. In short, JDI is best at servicing and selling, and JEC is glad to have them in their portfolio as it has helped to teach about how selling really works in a difficult and tough market.”

Hernandez adds, “as our aim is to be the marketing company of choice, we define our business as that of building brands and striving to add value at every level. We try to be brilliant at the basics, have keen market knowledge and display even sharper and creative marketing skills that our principals will appreciate. We enjoy continued patronage for our brands as we have established a good and dependable image for the brands that we carry.”

In spite of the geographical distance, JDI’s distinct business model serves as an excellent training facility for young engineers from JEC Hong Kong. Currently,

as part of their development, Management Trainees get a short-term stint with JDI where they get involved in different sales and marketing activities. The exercise provides them the venue to actually sell and, in some opportunities, launch new products giving them a sense of independence and adventure.

“People development and succession is important to us,” says Hernandez. “It is important also that we nurture a culture of always raising the bar of our team’s performance. Thus, we have seen many examples of employees who started as field technicians selling directly to farmers and in time, evolved to become team leaders with nation-wide roles as sales managers.

“In celebration of JEC’s 90 years, we take pride in being part of the JEC family,” says Hernandez. “JEC will go on for many more years as we are well positioned to take advantage of what is happening in Southeast Asia in more than just the engineering arena.”

Above: JDI colleagues visiting the World War Two ruins on the historic island of Corregidor in 2010; JDI celebrating another milestone – the Agchem Business Unit reached the PHP 1 billion sales mark. The team is seen celebrating here at the National Team Building Session, held in Tagaytay City, in February 2013.

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3.7 OFFSHORE ARENA“JEC is a business with a strong heritage,” says former Chief Executive, Alex Newbigging (2008-2012). “As JEC is an asset-light operation with little in the way of factories or bricks and mortar, people are our business. People, and the passion they bring, not only in Hong Kong but across the region, have been the driving force behind JEC for the past 90 years.

Travelling around the region, the impact of this passion from JEC’s employees can be felt in diverse markets. JEC Thailand is well established with nearly 80 years of history and JDI has also been established for a considerable amount of time. JEC’s comparatively younger operations in Singapore and the Philippines continue to grow and have a bright future ahead.

Regionally, JEC continues to bring technical excellence with local know-how to their clients for contracting, building services, environmental infrastructure, products and sourcing, power and energy, and transport and logistics. With a combined history of 288 years, much of it shared, the JEC Group of around 4,000 employees, continues to engineer a better Asia.

EVOLVING IN THAILAND

Founded in 1934, JEC Thailand has a rich history as a market leader for distribution, sales and project management for engineering products, services and installation. The company was first founded under the name Henry Waugh Limited as a trading company only to enter the engineering industry in the 1960s under the leadership of Khun Ken Sarasin.

In 1969, JEC Thailand undertook its first air-conditioning contract to replace water-cooled chillers at the Erawan Hotel. In the early 1980s, JEC Thailand supplied and installed the air-conditioning systems for most of the country’s largest banks, including the Bangkok Bank, Siam Commercial Bank and Siam City Bank.

JEC Thailand Managing Director Narongchai Chavanussaporn recalls the early days when he first joined in 1985. His dream was to be part of the engineering process of a building rising from the ground up.

“We had about 150 people working at JEC Thailand, then called Jardine Matheson Thailand, which operated around the partnership we had with York, as the sole distributors who would network sales within the region,” says Chavanussaporn.

Opposite: JEC Singapore designed, supplied and installed the world’s largest operable partition wall system at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.

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“During the Asian financial crisis, the Thai Baht dropped significantly and some construction projects came to a halt. Consequently, we were unable to recover the progress claims from developers in Thailand,” says Chief Financial Officer, Shirley Ho. “We needed to write off some bad debt, but, after the financial crisis, the Thai economy picked up quite quickly.”

“During that time, we took on many challenges and in turn, created opportunities,” says Chavanussaporn. “By 1999 though, we staged a good comeback with jobs such as the All Seasons Place, the Mandarin Oriental and the MRTA Blue Line (part of Bangkok’s urban metro system), that all produced good and strong outcomes.

“For Siam Paragon, we had a good partnership with the client that helped to facilitate a strong performance. Here, we used Trane, our long-time partner, and brought in great E&M technology to the best shopping mall in Thailand at the time. In the end, it showed that no matter how hard or difficult the situation became, we will finish the job!”

“JEC Thailand has been a success because of our technological and engineering competence, which we built up from partnerships with York and now Trane. At the time, only two companies had the capability to do E&M, specifically air conditioning, on a large scale and with guaranteed quality, JEC Thailand was one of these companies.”

In 1991, the partnership with York ran its course and JEC Thailand took up partnership with Trane. Along with the robust Thai economy, JEC Thailand’s business grew substantially from 1991 to 1996, as it undertook many landmark projects including the airport, hotels, shopping malls, office towers and condominiums. The boom was soon cut short as Thailand soon found itself in the centre of the Asian financial crisis that gripped the region in 1997.

“It was a difficult time but on hindsight, the crisis has helped propel Asia to where she is today,” says former Chief Executive, John Lang (1998-2004). “Back in 1997, all the buildings undergoing construction in Thailand just suddenly stopped and JEC had exposure to over a dozen big contracts with a lot of money owed.”

Above: Handover ceremony of the solar cell system that JEC Thailand donated and installed for Lamsonthi Wittaya School. This system contributes to a greener environment with electricity from the solar panels serving the lighting needs in the school building. Opposite: The ventilation system of the Bangkok Metro was provided by JEC Thailand; JEC Thailand installed the air conditioning and plumbing systems for Siam Paragon, Bangkok’s largest shopping mall at the time; The five-star Hilton Pattaya Hotel where JEC Thailand installed the air-conditioning and ventilation, electrical and communications, sanitary and fire prevention systems.

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A feather in the cap for JEC Thailand was the supply and installation of the world’s largest radiant floor cooling system at the Suvarnabhumi Airport. The project team won an award at Jardines’ Pride in Performance Awards in 2007, an annual programme that showcases and recognises teams within the Jardine Matheson Group that have displayed the vision and values of Jardine Matheson in their course of business.

“The key was to install the new air-conditioning system that had never been attempted on such a scale in Thailand, and perhaps in the world,” says Chavanussaporn. “The scope of works included the installation of over 20 kilometres of cross-linked polyethylene pipe, more than 1,500 displacement diffusers, as well as air handling units. In order to prove the capacity before the actual installation, we created a two million Thai baht testing facility to simulate the performance of the system and donated it afterwards to a local university to inspire young aspiring engineers.”

In 2008, the global financial crisis hit Asia and JEC felt the impact of the economic tsunami as projects on hand were stalled, while others halted altogether.

“Contracting is a long-cycle business,” says former Chief Executive, Alex Newbigging (2008-2012). “It takes time to build up projects in the pipeline and when the crisis hit, the greatest challenge for us was in Thailand. We were fortunate as we had work-in-hand to execute. But it became extremely challenging to win new work. As the months passed by, we could see that we might run out of projects for our 500-plus people. The short-sighted approach would have been to cut back on staff – but this would have created two problems – a loss of our key competence for the future, but also a climate of fear, which leads to excessive risk-taking. We tried hard to win work but remained disciplined about only tendering to reliable customers. While our tender margins were slim we avoided tendering at a loss just to keep busy! For eight months, JEC Thailand did not win a significant job. Instead, we rotated engineers out to different offices regionally, and kept a lid on costs. Eventually, we finally started to win new work again. By sticking together and staying disciplined we were able to avoid running out of work, but we also avoided taking on the wrong kind of work.”

Going from strength to strength, JEC Thailand today has more than 500 employees and continues to be committed to investing in the future. “Each year, we recruit new technical graduates who will inject some fresh blood into our workforce. The idea is to grow our business in a sustainable manner. As well, we have been partnering together with Hong Kong on transferring skill sets in areas such as water treatment, baggage handling systems and depot facilities maintenance. The transfer works both ways and JEC Thailand has been working with JEC Hong Kong on combined cooling, heat and power (CCHP) projects.

“The strength of JEC Thailand is not just as an air-conditioning contractor. We have been, and will always be, committed to excelling and offering high quality engineering services and our history speaks for itself. For the future, we are looking to work with the right customers and the right partners. Stability, market knowledge and technical excellence are what JEC Thailand brings to the table,” comments Chavanussaporn.

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“We won a few significant contracts for the Marina Bay Sands from 2008 to 2010. Inside the exhibition area, we installed the world’s largest operable wall system; partitioned walls which can be moved to combine a few rooms together to form a larger room.”

Growth was stupendous at JEC Singapore and the team tripled from 50 in 2006 to more than 150 in 2010. The expansion also took JEC Singapore into different markets, including the Middle East, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Even more importantly, the business started to make a profit from 2009, increasing turnover by more than seven times.

“JEC Singapore was entrepreneurial and, together, we turned the business around in 2009,” says former Chief Executive, Alex Newbigging. “By the end of 2010, JEC Singapore had made enough to cover all the losses from the previous 12 years, and then it carried on making more. So it started to really build up and get competitive.”

Stable organic growth could only take JEC Singapore so far and in 2010, they had their eyes set on a

Land and Suntec Development – who ran Suntec City, a major development consisting of office towers, shopping malls and exhibition halls.”

Founded in 1998, JEC Singapore was one of the smaller operations around the region serving multinational corporations. Chan took the lead in diversifying the corporation into a product trading business in the region, which included E&M and building products. As well, Chan started to increasingly focus on more diverse projects, in general contracting and repositioning services by recruiting more technical engineers who would offer a better level of service.

“We leveraged a lot on the brand name of Jardines and in the service business, it’s about people and the experience,” says Chan. “We wanted to replicate the Hong Kong model and within two years, we had more than doubled our turnover.”

Projects included the commercial development One Raffles Quay, a data centre for a top tier international bank and the Marina Bay Sands, an integrated resort.

Above: JEC Singapore has seen stupendous growth thanks to a cohesive team and an entrepreneurial spirit. Opposite: JEC Philippines supplied the mechanical ventilation and air-conditioning system for B/E Aerospace; JEC Philippines providing facilities operations and maintenance at a Universal Robina Corporation (URC) site; JEC Philippines’ first Partners Cup badminton tournament, 2010.

BUILDING THE LION CITY

When former JEC Singapore Managing Director Chan Pek Chuan, better known as P.C. Chan, first arrived at the office of Jardine Technical Services (later JEC Singapore) in 2006, he thought he had the wrong address.

“The office was located in an area that was not so savoury; and we basically worked out of a garage,” laughs Chan. “This did not match the Jardines name but as I began delving into the portfolio of what we did though, the significance of our jobs certainly matched the Jardines name. We were carrying out the facility management services for clients such as Hongkong

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new challenge: the acquisition of a local air conditioning and mechanical ventilation specialist, Thermal Private Limited.

GROWING THE PHILIPPINES

Guenter Taus was first introduced to the JEC Group during a first-aid course for JDI that Taus was hired to conduct.

“I remember running the course, which was rather routine,” says Taus, who first arrived in the Philippines in 1980 as a scuba-diving enthusiast. “Following the first-aid course, I was engaged to write a safety manual for JEC Philippines. However, I was also a businessman and as I delved deeper into the business, I realised that JEC Philippines did not have much of a management structure in place and I shifted to writing up a business plan instead.”

Then Chief Executive James Graham (2004-2008)immediately saw the business value of Taus’ proposal and hired him to head up JEC Philippines.

“The business mainly focused on service and maintenance, and a bit of contracting work in the Philippines,” says Graham. “The offices and systems were poorly laid out despite the presence of some employees who had good potential. I intuitively realised the need for someone to help boost up the business as even though the company wasn’t in great deficit, they hadn’t yet been making a profit. Guenter Taus is a good fit as he understands the customer’s needs and knows the Philippines market very well.”

Taus says, “JEC Philippines was initially run by engineers who built a reputation for great engineering. What I brought in was a more corporate type of management style and it started with a campaign identifying ‘who we are’ and ‘what we do’.”

JEC Philippines’ main business stems from HVAC, sewage treatment and energy efficiency projects.

“James Graham allowed us to run the business properly. While HVAC is our core business, it is a highly competitive business. We started looking to JEC

Hong Kong to see what types of skill sets we could potentially transfer to Manila. Sewage treatment was a natural fit and, together with the help of Operations Director of E&MC, C.K. Tam and his team, we won our first few projects in 2010.” says Taus.

The third prong of the business includes energy efficiency projects, which feature retrofits, systems audits and lighting, and JEC Philippines continues to lead the way in bringing more sustainable solutions to their clients.

“As the Philippines transforms into a tiger cub, there will be a need for more infrastructure. JEC is a specialist in green technology and we just need to transfer the knowledge. People in JEC like to create things, to reinvent ourselves. JEC has done a tremendous job finding solutions together and complimenting each other. For the future, the only constant we have are the changes in life. We welcome this, as JEC Philippines continues to innovate to remain competitive,” says Taus.

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3.8 INTO THEFUTURE NEW HORIZONS: THERMAL

Mergers and acquisitions have been on the drawing board for JEC, but finding the perfect fit has taken time. In Singapore, the meeting of two corporations with a similar culture, outlook and business discipline resulted in Jardine Engineering Corporation acquiring Thermal Private Limited on 1st March 2012.

“Thermal is a complementary fit for JEC Singapore,” says former Chief Executive, Alex Newbigging (2008-2012). “The acquisition doesn’t transform JEC Group in terms of the size of the business, but it absolutely transformed JEC Singapore with its diverse competencies, strong customer relationships and contracting abilities.”

The dove-tailing of the two companies made sense. Thermal had the skill sets JEC exemplified elsewhere in Hong Kong and Thailand, but did not have in Singapore. Thermal’s HVAC service business served customer segments that were different from those JEC Singapore served. While JEC Singapore excelled at meeting the needs of financial institutions and commercial properties, Thermal were particularly strong in other areas including contracting work for main contractors.

Long drawn-out legal and financial processes are hallmarks of many mergers and acquisitions, big or small. To assist and mitigate this, JEC leveraged on the expertise of Jardine Matheson (legal) together with PricewaterhouseCoopers (financial).

“Penn Yeung took the lead and spent a lot of time getting to know Thermal,” says Newbigging. “We wanted to build the relationship and start to understand if this could be a good fit.”

Over several months, JEC continued fostering trust with the new potential acquisition and the due diligence was set into motion. With the backing of the JEC shareholders, an offer was subsequently made.

After turning some corners, JEC acquired Thermal in the spring of 2012 and the significant process of integration began. The aim was to retain the key staff from Thermal and make the transition as smooth as possible, focusing on the fact that the employees were the experts in their fields and should be treated accordingly.

“We were quite conscious about how people would feel,” says former JEC Singapore Managing Director, P.C. Chan. “We wanted to keep Thermal Opposite: Iconic office buildings from around the region.

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the Singapore office to diversify our offerings and support new business in the region.”

Together, Thermal and JEC Singapore are on a path of integrated success, leveraging on each other for future growth.

A LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE

Celebrating 90 years of engineering Asia, JEC continues to remain competitive and brings a wide breadth of service offerings to clients. Weathering numerous economic cycles, the corporation’s ability to innovate through technology, retain and celebrate dedicated employees, and realign business focus has led to JEC becoming industry leaders. Adding value through dynamic, customer-orientated, technically proficient, dependable and responsible solutions are what differentiates JEC from its competitors.

According to Simon Murray, the greatest asset of JEC is the cohesive, dedicated and wonderful people. Willie Huang feels it has been a privilege to work

as intact as possible and, initially, run it as an independent operation, which would not immediately impact business.”

“We know that Thermal is a good and efficient business,” says Chief Financial Officer, Shirley Ho. “However, as a small-medium enterprise, the control systems and the accounting policies in Thermal would not be the same as that in JEC. We needed to understand their modus operandi and work out how best to integrate their system into JEC’s.”

“We set up an integration team and integration committee to make sure that, in particular, the concerns of existing employees at Thermal would be adequately addressed,” says Ho. “We did not want people to have any misconception so from day one we were there communicating with everyone at Thermal. Much like how we view things in JEC, for Thermal it is the same – we are a people business and people are our greatest asset.”

“The merger was well received in the market,” says Chan. “This move has consolidated and strengthened

Above: Communications is the key and JEC Singapore’s team members work closely with Thermal to create a synergistic effect on operations; JEC acquired Thermal Private Limited, but there was no reshuffle of management because a majority of staff remain and continue to run the day-to-day operations.

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with a corporation, which continues – even after 90 years – to be a market-leading service provider. Huang feels the achievements of past and present staff have helped, and continue to help build, the confidence of young engineers to eventually become leading masters in their craft. Nick Colfer cites the reputation of JEC as a solid, stable and loyal contributor to Jardine Matheson while also being the best name in its field. John Lang notes that Chairman of the Jardine Matheson Group, Sir Henry Keswick used to work for JEC and the corporation continues to be a value creator and an important part of Jardine Matheson’s heritage. James Graham considers his assistance in the development of people as his main achievements in the four years he worked at JEC. He believes that helping employees reach their potential, and helping the company manage risk better, eventually brought stability to the business. Alex Newbigging still respects the passion to conquer technical challenges that one sees in engineers. In his view, there continues to be a plethora of diversity in JEC – an ideal mix of different people with diverse perspectives, skills and angles – all working together.

“We continue to look for growth opportunities and finding the right people is central in supporting growth,” says Executive Director – Human Capital and Communications, Philip Chiu. “We want to continue attracting talent and internally, we also have schemes such as the Management Trainee Programme, which is focused on the development of our future leaders.”

Looking into the future, JEC is focused on adding more value through expertise in the business process.“Our strategy is doing something that few can do in a niche market so as not to dilute our attention or our management resources,” says Chief Operating Officer, Penn Yeung. “To that end, we continue building our capabilities in the support functions, expanding our network and developing our resources.

“Partnership is also vital. People working for us, whether they be suppliers or subcontractors, are part of us, rather than being just sellers. If viewed otherwise, the relationship won’t last and the project won’t be efficient. Having the right supply chain, the right relationship in the market and further developing these connections are central to JEC’s business.”

Above: JDI team undergoing team-building exercises; The Mega Bangna team in Bangkok survived unexpected challenges and obstacles caused by the flood in 2011. Branded as the largest low-rise shopping complex in Southeast Asia, JEC Thailand supplied and installed 11 sets of chillers and more than 120 air-handling units and fan coils as well as a total of 3,000 sets of smoke detectors.

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their own businesses, are part of the bigger JEC family, which means they can offer truly regional solutions to meet demands. Knowledge transfer is also something we have been working on between our regional operations for decades and there are best practices which our regional operations can benchmark, learn and improve together. This is part of our competitive edge, and one which I expect will further strengthen.”

Founded in Shanghai in 1923, the Jardine Engineering Corporation celebrates 90 years of delivering innovative products and providing project management and technical services in diverse markets across Asia. With expertise in Buildings, Transport and Logistics, Power and Energy and Environmental Infrastructure, the legacy of JEC lives on through past, present and future employees who have engineered, are engineering, and will continue to engineer a better Asia.

More than just developing focused market segments and growing partnerships, JEC leverages on its historic past and is not keen on changing for the sake of changing.

“JEC is here today because for 90 years, JEC has been steered in the right direction,” says Chief Executive, Wilson Kwong. “Each CEO made adjustments and improvements to further correct the steer, ensuring the ship continued sailing down the right path. We are now firmly on a growth path - through organic growth in all our operations, facilitated by selected bolt-on acquisitions. All this will help ensure JEC remains relevant for our stakeholders – customers, colleagues and shareholders, now and for the foreseeable future.”

Relevance is key in an increasingly globalised economy. Customers are moving across borders and leveraging on past relationships and achievements; with history and a regional presence, JEC is poised to take on new challenges.

“The market increasingly requires regional and bundled solutions,” says Kwong. “We have a regional presence and the regional offices, apart from running

Above: Technicians checking the temperature and air flow of the displacement ventilation system at the Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand; Morning exercises at Tai Po Sewage Treatment Works. A healthy lifestyle is encouraged at JEC. Opposite: Group photo at JEC’s annual Group Briefing, 8th March 2013. Chief Executive of Jardine Pacific, Ben Birks, is standing in the front row, 10th from the left.

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INTO THE FUTURE

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Celebrating its 90th anniversary, Jardine Engineering Corporation continues to engineer a better Asia through bringing technical engineering expertise together with product sourcing, project management and technical services. Now with a workforce of about 4,000 across Asia, JEC prides itself as the pioneer of delivering large-scale electrical and mechanical installations, while offering ongoing operations and maintenance services.

Jardine Engineering Corporation is established on 15th February headquartered in Shanghai with branches in Hong Kong and Hankow.

JEC Thailand is established. JEC secures various contracts for The Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Building on 1 Queen’s Road Central.

JEC is the first to market fluorescent tubes and novel fittings, quickly followed by I.E.S. fixtures – a system of diffused lighting.

JEC installs its first lift in Tianjin, China.

JEC installs the first commercial air-conditioning system at the King’s Theatre in Hong Kong. JEC installs Hong Kong’s first Schindler lift.

World War Two commences and JEC is later placed under the control of Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Ltd. Many of the JEC staff members volunteer for various war services.

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1950 1965 1969 1972 1973 1979JEC relocates its headquarters to Hong Kong.

JEC provides building services systems to The Excelsior – the first hotel with over 1,000 rooms in Hong Kong.

JEC participates in the construction of the environmental control system for the MTR’s Kwun Tong Line, the first urban metro line in Hong Kong.

JEC becomes the pre-eminent company to supply, install and maintain ten-pin bowling equipment. The China Fleet Club’s bowling centre opens, the first of its kind in Hong Kong.

JEC Thailand is well on its way to become one of the leading E&M contractors in Thailand. Significant projects in this era include the Erawan Hotel where JEC Thailand undertakes its first air-conditioning contract to replace the water-cooled chillers.

Connaught Centre (Jardine House today) opens, becoming the tallest building in Hong Kong.

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JEC installs postal mechanisation facilities at the Air Mail Centre, General Post Office and International Mail Centre.

JEC designs and builds Hong Kong’s largest fully mechanised slaughtering system at Sheung Shui.

JEC supplies and installs E&M equipment for the upgrade of Sewage Treatment Works at both Sha Tin and Shek Wu Hui. The capacity of Sha Tin is increased and it becomes the largest secondary sewage treatment works in Hong Kong.

JEC participates in building the Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works – Stage One.

JEC forms a joint venture with Trane in Hong Kong.

JEC installs Hong Kong’s first screen doors along platforms of the MTR’s Airport Express and Tung Chung Line.

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2006 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013JEC Thailand installs the world’s largest radiant floor cooling system at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok.

JEC is recognised as a Caring Company in Hong Kong in view of its voluntary work, employee-friendly policies, employing the vulnerable, caring for the environment and giving to the community.

JEC is awarded the contract to supply the combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) system for the South and North Substations in Shanghai’s Hongqiao Business District, Core Area Phase One. This project is one of the largest of its kind in Shanghai.

JEC celebrates its 90th anniversary, achieving a new milestone.

JEC operates and maintains electrical & mechanical equipment for more than 100 million square feet of facilities in Asia.

JEC Singapore designs, supplies and installs the world’s largest operable partition wall system at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.

JEC improves Hong Kong International Airport’s baggage handling system, the most extensive upgrade works of its kind in an operating air hub in the world.

Jardine Engineering Corporation acquires Thermal Private Limited, a leading specialist in the air-conditioining market of Singapore.

Hong Kong Jardine House; Alexandra House; Chater House; Edinburgh Tower; The Excelsior, Hong Kong; One & Two Exchange Square; Three Exchange Square; Gloucester Tower; Landmark Atrium; Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong; Prince’s Building; SuperTerminal 1, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd; York House; MTR Wong Chuk Hang Depot, South Island East Line; Midfield Concourse, Hong Kong International Airport; MTR Express Rail Link; The Link - Retail and car park facilities; Wo Hop Shek Crematorium; Tai Po Sewage Treatment Works; Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS); Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal; Environmental Protection Department (EPD) Sludge and Incineration Plant - Swimming Pool; Aircraft Loading Bridge, Hong Kong International Airport; Two IFC (International Finance Centre); Civil Aviation Department Headquarters; One Island East ; Argyle Centre; Central Government Complex, Tamar; Tung Chung Sewage Pumping Station; Data Centre in Kerry Warehouse, Tsuen Wan; Kennedy Town Swimming Pool; Baggage Handling System, Hong Kong International Airport; JW Marriott; Sheung Fung Street Market; King Shan Court; Shatin Plaza; Constellation Cove; Lo Wu Correctional Institution; Hong Kong Baptist University; Kwong Kin Trade Centre; Kerry Logistics Wine Storage Warehouse; Hollywood Plaza; InterContinental Grand Stanford; YMCA Building; Prince of Wales Hospital; MTR Seat Plinth Modification; North Satellite Concourse, Hong Kong International Airport; Stonecutters Bridge; Chek Lap Kok Fire Station; Three Pacific Place; Former Marine Police Headquarters in Tsim Sha Tsui; Chai Wan Laundry; Citibank Plaza; AIA Plaza Shopping Arcade; Hong Kong Centre for Youth Development; 35 Mount Kellett Road, The Peak; Cheung Sha Wan Sewage Pumping Station; Shek Wu Hui Sewage Treatment Works; Shatin New Town Plaza; Ngau Tam Mei Animal Waste Composting Plant ; Kowloon Hospital; Nam Wan Tunnel; HSBC Data Centre, Tseung Kwan O ; Shatin Sewage Treatment Works; Princess Margaret Hospital; Light Rail Train System; KCRC Ma On Shan Railway (now under MTR); Lok Ma Chau Control Point X-Ray Vehicle Inspection Centre ; Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse; Hong Kong Science Park; Langham Place; Oxford House; Inflatable Dam Systems - Ngau Tam Mei, Yuen Long, San Tin; Tuen Mun Water Treatment Works; Stanley Sewage Treatment Works; Various 7-Eleven stores in Hong Kong; MTR Kwun Tong Line; Hopewell Centre; Hongkong International Terminals, Kwai Chung; Kai Tak Airport; The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Building (HSBC Main Building today); King’s Theatre; Queen’s Theatre; Tin Hau Temple Road Fire Station; Tsuen Wan Plaza; North Lantau Hospital; MTR Airport Express; North District Hospital; MTR Tsuen Wan Extension; Mei Foo Sun Chuen; Hang Lung Centre; Yau Chai Hospital; Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park and Swimming Pool Complex; Hong Kong

Disneyland - Grizzly Gulch; The Diocesan Boys’ School - Boarding School, Gymnasium and

Swimming Pool Complex. Mainland China Shanghai Hongqiao Business District; Beijing South Railway Station; Asia Aluminium Flat Rolled Factory, Guangdong Province; Forum Hotel, Shenzhen; Crystal Palace Hotel, Tianjin; Hua Wei Centre, Beijing; Zhenlong Alcohol Plant, Shandong; Hetian River Gas Field, Xinjiang; Book Conveying System, Beijing National Library; Wuhan Railway Depot Equipment, Wuhan; Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (China) Ltd, Shenzhen; Shanghai Putong Development Bank, Shanghai; Upjohn Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility, Suzhou; Glaxosmithkline Limited, Shanghai. Macau Mandarin Oriental, Macau; One Central Macau; City of Dreams; Galaxy Macau; Hospital Kiang Wu; Grand Lisboa Hotel and Casino; MGM Macau; The Venetian Macao; 16 health centres around Macau ; Luso Bank Building; Grand Lapa, Macau; Royal Hotel Macau; Wynn Macau; 18 sport centres including the Macau Olympic Complex. The Philippines Mandrain Oriental. Manila; Taguig North Sewage Treatment Plant, Libingan ng mga Bayani , Manila; Pacifictech Solutions Incorporated, Santo Tomas, Batangas City ; B/E Aerospace, First Philippine Industrial Park; IBM - Technical facilities management of various IBM sites; Maybank Data Centre, Manila; Ayala Land - operations and maintenance at various sites; ON Semiconductor Corporation, Cavite; Monde Nissin Corporation, Santa Rosa, Laguna; Universal Robina Corporation - various sites; United Laboratories (UNILAB), Mandaluyong City; Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines - Davao City and Santa Rosa, Laguna; ePLDT Ventus Call centre, Dumaguete City. JDI Applaud 10 WP; Applaud 25 SC; Chix; Padan; Legend; Nurelle; Dantop; Sumicidin; Sumithion; Lorsban 3 E; Lorsban 40 EC; Slash; Agroxone; Tornado; Weedkill 2,4-D ; Diukill SC; Clincher 100 EC; Surekill; Bayonet; Anvil 5 SC; Manzate; Danjiri; Ringo-L; Steady 10 WP; Limelite; Omex Bio-20; Omex DP-98; Omex Calmax; Paclo 25 SC; TH-82 US Agriseeds; US-88 US Agriseeds; Seminis; Solignum ; Solignum Interior; Wood Shield; Hometrek; Soilguard; Protek; D-fence; Super Thoroseal; Waterplug; Optimum Flex; Rheomix; Solignum









Book Conveying System, Beijing National Library; Wuhan Railway Depot Equipment, Wuhan; Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (China) Ltd, Shenzhen; Shanghai Putong Development Bank, Shanghai;

Upjohn Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility, Suzhou; Glaxosmithkline Limited, Shanghai. Macau Mandarin Oriental, Macau; One Central Macau; City of Dreams; Galaxy Macau; Hospital Kiang Wu; Grand Lisboa Hotel and

Casino; MGM Macau; The Venetian Macao; 16 health centres around Macau ; Luso Bank Building; Grand Lapa, Macau; Royal Hotel Macau; Wynn Macau; 18 sport centres including the Macau Olympic Complex. The Philippines Mandrain Oriental.

Manila; Taguig North Sewage Treatment Plant, Libingan ng mga Bayani , Manila; Pacifictech Solutions Incorporated, Santo Tomas, Batangas City ; B/E Aerospace, First Philippine Industrial Park; IBM - Technical facilities management of various IBM

sites; Maybank Data Centre, Manila; Ayala Land - operations and maintenance at various sites; ON Semiconductor Corporation, Cavite; Monde Nissin Corporation, Santa Rosa, Laguna; Universal Robina Corporation - various sites; United Laboratories (UNILAB),

Mandaluyong City; Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines - Davao City and Santa Rosa, Laguna; ePLDT Ventus Call centre, Dumaguete City. JDI Applaud 10 WP; Applaud 25 SC; Chix; Padan; Legend; Nurelle; Dantop; Sumicidin; Sumithion; Lorsban 3 E; Lorsban 40 EC; Slash;

Agroxone; Tornado; Weedkill 2,4-D ; Diukill SC; Clincher 100 EC; Surekill; Bayonet; Anvil 5 SC; Manzate; Danjiri; Ringo-L; Steady 10 WP; Limelite; Omex Bio-20; Omex DP-98; Omex Calmax; Paclo 25 SC; TH-82 US Agriseeds; US-88 US Agriseeds; Seminis; Solignum ; Solignum

Interior; Wood Shield; Hometrek; Soilguard; Protek; D-fence; Super Thoroseal; Waterplug; Optimum Flex; Rheomix; Solignum Aerosol; Klerat Rodenticide; ZAP Insecticide ; Optiguard Ant and Cockroach Bait; Sureseal Elastomeric Sealant; Solignum Wood Stain. Singapore One Raffles Quay; Marina Bay Financial Centre; One Raffles Link; Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre; UOB Plaza One; National Heart Centre; Merrill Lynch HarbourFront; Data Centre (Tier 4) for a leading bank, Singapore; Suntec City ; National University of Singapore; ITE College West Campus ; Marina Square; DBS Tower One; Various 7-Eleven stores in Singapore; The Concourse; Lucky Plaza; Asia Square Tower 1; Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall. Thailand Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok ; Gaysorn; Mega Bangna; Siam Paragon; Siriraj Hospital; Chaophya Hospital; Energy Complex (ENCO); PTT Polymer Platform Facility; Government Office Centre Complex (GOCC); Central Plaza - Bangna, Chaengwattana, Ladprao, Pattaya, Rama IX; Big C Supercenters - Chonburi, Aom-Yai, South Pattaya, Daokanong, Rajdamri ; Riverside Garden Marina Project; The Sports Stadium Commemorating His Majesty, Nakorn Ratchasima Province; King Power Complex; Bank of Thailand, Head Office; Suvarnabhumi Airport; The Chedi Chiang Mai Hotel; MRT, Chaloem Ratchamongkhon Line; All Season’s Place; Carrefour Branches - Future Park Bangkae, Rama IV, Ram-Indra; Shinawatra III Tower, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road; National Broadcasting Services of Thailand, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road; Bangkok Garden, Sathorn Road; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chaengwattana Road; Panyavejinter Hospital; Thai Pure Drinks Company, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road; Yanhee Hospital; Primary Warehouse of Bristol-Myers Squibb; Phayathai III Hospital; Microchip (Thailand), Chachoengsao Province; Aikchol Hospital, Chonburi Province; Nakornthon Hospital, Bang Khun Thian; Imperial World - Ladprao, Sumlong; Club house of Mountain Shadow Golf Club; Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital; Vejthani Hospital; Vibulthani Tower (Maleenont Tower today), Rama-IV Road; 3M Thailand, Chalong Krung Road; Payathai Plaza; Baan Thai Suan Thip Condominium Complex, Nonthaburi Province; Delta Grand Pacific Hotel (Westin Grande Sukhumvit Hotel today); Thai Military Bank , Phaholyothin Road; National Starch & Chemical, Rayong; TOT (Telephone Organization of Thailand) Public Company, Chaengwattana Road; The Sheraton Grande Laguna Beach, Cherngtalay, Phuket; Hua Hin Palm Beach complex; Jomthien Plaza Condotel; Novotel Lotus Hotel Bangkok (previously Lotus tower); Ratanakososin View Mansion; Police General Hospital; The Sukhothai Bangkok; Thaniya Plaza; Bann Kaimuk Residential Complex; Quality Houses Public Company, Bangkok; Thai CRT, Laem Chabang Industrial Estate; Dumex Thailand, Samutprakarn Province; International Capsule Company, Nava Nakorn Industrial Estate; Marriott Resort and Spa, Chonburi Province; Michelin Siam - various factories; Thai Melon Textile factory, Pathum Thani Province; AMD Thailand, Nonthaburi Province; Don Muang International Airport; Bumrungrad International Hospital; Pattaya Park Hotel, Jomtien Beach; Pradipat Hotel; Kian Gwan Building, Lumphini; PTT Public Company, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road; textile factory of Asia Fiber Public Company Limited ;

Vajiralongkorn Dam, Kanchanaburi Province ; Siam Cement Public Company, Bangsue District; Royal River Hotel, Bang Phlat; Maneeya Center Building, Ploenchit Road ; Rajjaprabha Dam, South Thailand ; Sino-Thai Tower, Asoke Montri Road ; Auditorium of Chulalongkorn

University ; Charn Issara Tower I, Rama-IV Road; Johnson & Johnson Thailand, Bangkok; Mahboonkrong (MBK) Center, Pathumwan District; The Panya Indra Golf Club, Ramindra Road; Ocean Life Insurance Company, Surawong Road; Pantip Plaza, New Petchburi

Road; Kodak Thailand, Vibhavadi Rangsit Road; Bangkok Bank, Silom; Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel; Srinagarindra Dam, Kanchanaburi Province ; Erawan Hotel (1969), Bangkok; Holiday Inn Pattaya; Chamchuri 5, Chulalongkorn University; Bangkok Hat Yai Hospital; Central

Department Store, Chiang Mai; AIA Sathorn Tower, Sathorn Road; Chula Block L, Chulalongkorn University; American International Assurance-Capital Market Center, Ratchadapisek Road; UBC-III Building & Emporium Department Store-II; Khon-Kaen University;

Pattana Medical Clinic Center, Praditmanutham Road; Holiday Inn Resort Phuket; Watergate Pavillion; Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University; Siam Center, Pathumwan District; Park Ventures Ecoplex, Wireless Road; Hilton Pattaya Hotel.

Kazakhstan Central Asia Pipeline Gas Compression Station, Kazakhstan. Pakistan Kandhkot Gas Compression Station, Pakistan. Indonesia Wisma Metropolitan I, Jakarta; Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta.









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