Naeem’s work has included the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, Shenzhen Bay Bridge Hong Kong section, Oresund Link Denmark-Sweden, Brunei Temburong Bridge, the multi-award-winning Hulme Arch Bridge in Manchester, and the highly acclaimed Queensferry Crossing in Scotland, which was awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering Major Project Award.
As well as involvement in some of the world’s largest infrastructure projects, Naeem has also engineered and managed some of the UK’s unique engineering landmarks, such as the Medway Bridge on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. Naeem has worked on road and rail bridges, viaducts and railway stations in Hong Kong, mainland China, Korea, Malaysia, Nigeria, Vietnam, Maldives, India, South Africa, Philippines, Turkey and USA.
A Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences and Royal Academy of Engineering, Naeem was awarded the Prince Philip Medal, the Royal Academy of Engineering’s highest individual award for his ground-breaking work on some of the world’s most iconic bridges. He was inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame in 2016.
The IStructE is the world’s largest membership organisation dedicated to structural engineering. The IStructE Gold Medal is the Institution’s highest individual honour and is awarded for personal contributions to the advancement of structural engineering.
Jerman Cheung
East Asia Press Office,Hong Kong