Alumni
Ir Derek C L Kwok
BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering, 1995
High Diploma in Civil Engineering (Geotechnology), 1990
I graduated from PolyU in 1990 and 1995 and obtained a Master’s Degree in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Hong Kong in 2002. I am now the Head of the Geotechnical Section of Capital Works Business Unit of the MTR Corporation Limited and the part-time lecturer of Department of Construction of IVE.
In the past 31 years, I have been involved in many major civil and geotechnical engineering projects in Hong Kong including Lantau and Airport Railway, Tseung Kwan O Extension, Ma On Shan Rail and Express Rail Project. My involvements included design and construction of TBM and drill and blast tunnels, site formation, deep excavation, foundations and geotechnical instrumentation monitoring. I am so glad that I have participated in these major infrastructure projects in Hong Kong as a graduate of PolyU.
In recent years, I have also served the civil and geotechnical engineering industry by joining the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers as a committee member of the Geotechnical Division and member of the Geotechnical Discipline Advisory Panel. I am also serving the industry by joining the Contractors Registration Committee and Geotechnical Engineers Registration Committee of Buildings Authority of HKSAR Government.
I have met many classmates, graduates and alumni of PolyU in my previous projects over the past decades and I believe you will be one of them in the future! Let’s continue to build a better Hong Kong together!
