My Journey to Effective Communication

From the article " Use of cladding in buildings here have grown in recent times: Experts", Mokhtar (17 June 2017) reported that u se of cladding has increased recently, despite being under strict observation after the tragic incident of Grenfell Tower. The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) is gathering more information on the event to improve on their rules regulating the use of cladding. Cladding has its many uses; from noise reduction to purely for aesthetic purposes. It provides insulation to reduce the energy needed to cool down or keep cool a building. Buildings such as Asia Square Tower and The Cathay use cladding for these reasons. However, cladding poses a hazard when it comes to fires, often allowing the fire to spread. Ventilation gaps that keep the building cool end up allowing the fire to go up to other levels. Nonetheless, Singapore still adopts the use of cladding but follow strict safety standards on the materials used to meet the class ‘0’ standar...

Use of cladding has increased recently, despite being under strict observation after the tragic incident of Grenfell Tower. The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) is gathering more information on the event to improve on their rules regulating the use of cladding. Cladding has its many uses; from noise reduction to purely for aesthetic purposes. It provides insulation to reduce the energy needed to cool down or keep cool a building. Buildings such as Asia Square Tower and The Cathay use cladding for these reasons. However, cladding poses a hazard when it comes to fires, often allowing the fire to spread. Ventilation gaps that keep the building cool end up allowing the fire to go up to other levels. Nonetheless, Singapore still adopts the use of cladding but follow strict safety standards on the materials used to meet the class ‘0’ standard. Reference: Faris Mokhtar (2017). Use of cladding in buildings here have grown in recent times: Experts. Retrieved from http://www.t...

Mindy Ong 5 Sunny Avenue #05-05 Singapore 123456 12 September 2017 Ms. Lim Lay Hoon Professor Singapore Institute of Technology 10 Dover Drive Singapore 138682 Dear Ms. Lim, My Strengths and Weaknesses in Communicating I am Mindy Ong, an undergraduate from Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Building Services), a student from your Effective Communication Class. This letter is to share my strengths and weaknesses in communicating with you. I have understood the importance of communication against the technical knowledge we have. Without communication, we could not even share the technical knowledge we have.   Since young, I have neglected the importance of language as I have never enjoyed reading. The only books I read were books with colourful pictures and of little texts, and I could never concentrate in finish reading long passages. This lead to me having a limited vocabulary which I now truly regret. This has therefore affected my confiden...