Young Wong
Director
- East Asia Technical Specialist Services Leader
A member of Arup’s East Asia board, Young Wong heads the Technical Services across the region and is the East Asia Technical Specialist Services Portfolio Leader.
Young has extensive experience in fire safety engineering and the application of performance-based fire safety design. He has worked on projects globally, including in the UK, Middle East, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Southeast Asia, and India. His project experience includes some of the tallest buildings in the region, such as the Ping An Finance Centre, Shanghai World Financial Centre, and Landmark 81 in Vietnam.
Young has expert knowledge in Structural Fire Engineering, which is the subject of his PhD research at the University of Sheffield. He also lectures on this subject to MSc students at the University of Hong Kong. Young is currently a member of HKIE, a Fellow with the Institution of Fire Engineers, and a council member of the Institution of Fire Engineers Hong Kong Branch. He has also lectured on fire engineering at SCOPE, City University of Hong Kong.