Arup has appointed Ir Cheok Hou Seng as its Malaysia water leader, a role that will guide the firm’s development in the country’s water sector.
In this position, Cheok will lead the growth of Arup’s water business and oversee water engineering and civil infrastructure projects across Malaysia while supporting the wider APAC region. He will work with multidisciplinary teams to deliver technically robust, financially viable and socially beneficial solutions, develop talent and strengthen client relationships. He will also help advance sustainable, resilient and digitally enabled approaches for water management.
Cheok has more than two decades of experience in water resources and engineering and has led or delivered over one hundred major water and infrastructure projects of varying scale and complexity. His work includes the Feasibility Study for Integrated Water Resources and Flood Mitigation for Kota Belud in Sabah, the Integrated Irrigation Water Resources Study for Kerian in Perak, stormwater drainage masterplans for Jeli, Tumpat and Hulu Langat, dam safety and dam-break modelling for key national dams, and hydrodynamic modelling for the SMART Tunnel and Kuala Lumpur’s Flood Mitigation and River of Life projects.
He holds a Master of Engineering in civil engineering, specialising in hydraulics and hydrology, and a Bachelor of Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He also serves as chairman of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia Water Resources Technical Division.
