Client: Cathay United Bank
Industry: Financial
Date Completed: October 2016
Location: Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1
Project Type: Design & Build
Size: 13,000 sq ft
Client: Cathay United Bank
Industry: Financial
Date Completed: October 2016
Location: Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1
Project Type: Design & Build
Size: 13,000 sq ft
Kelvin Chiang is our director and co-founder, specialized in workplace planning and strategies. Born and raised in Singapore, Kelvin’s vision and mind-set has continued to develop in the last 16 years of experience in the office space for corporate clienteles. Kelvin runs the day to day operations of Kelvin & Frank Reid and also manage and advise on key accounts projects. Direct and hands-on approach is the believe for success.
Q: What is the best advice you have ever been given?
A: Plan 4 steps ahead but move forward step by step
Q: What is your favorite working tool?
A: Google Calendar. It gives me a view of whether I should get worried if there are no meetings….
Q: What is your favorite place in Singapore?
A: Malacca Centre
Frank Chen is our director and co-founder, specialized in interior design. Born in Malaysia, Frank has spent the last 20 years in Singapore, where he developed his passion in interior design. With a diverse experience in the industry, Frank is fascinated by “avant-garde” concepts and believes in communicating his design vision in a clear, dynamic and creative way. His philosophy is to think outside the box, hence this new alliance with Kelvin to form this unique approach.
Q: Could you describe yourself professionally in 3 words?
A: Enthusiastic, Different, Frank [Frankly speaking…]
Q: What is the best advice you have ever been given?
A: Follow your heart
Q: When you are growing up, what did you want to be?
A: Graphic Designer
Born in Malaysia and having worked 10 years as Quantity Surveyor in Singapore, Tein Wai is passionate about numbers and cost management. Interacting with subcontractors and suppliers, he is responsible for costing, budget management, and measurement and material specification to be precisely executed. Tein Wai also produces quotations and purchase orders by working very closely with the Design and Project teams throughout the lifecycle of our projects. Tein Wai possesses a positive and cheerful personality, which will definitely contribute to the positive synergy amongst the team.
Q: When you are growing up, what did you want to be?
A: Travel photographer
Q: Please share with us an inspiring quote…
A: “If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present”—Roy Bennett
Q: Is there any places you dream to visit?
A: Iceland, I wish to sleep under the Northern light
Ronald Quintos Javar is our project manager and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture in the Philippines. Formally from the engineering services department at the “Philippines National Police”, Ronald also worked in a renowned architect firm in Manila. With 10 years of experience in the industry, Ronald is very focused at work with great responsiveness. He manages the construction part by monitoring closely the aspects of deadlines and interacting with our contractors and suppliers for a smooth completion.
Q: What is the preferred part of your job?
A: Always learning
Q: Which person inspires you the most?
A: Family
Q: What is your favorite dish?
A: Pork Sisig
Donny graduated from Ngee Ann Polytechnic with a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering. He joined the industry due to curiosity and grow within. He has been with the industry for more than a decade and still counting. The creativity vibe within Kelvin & Frank Reid attracted him to join and ready to venture together. He enjoys motorcycling (fixing, modifying, riding, road trip etc.), wildlife photography, scuba diving and rock climbing during his free time.
Q: What is the first thing that comes to mind when you wake up?
A: I should have slept earlier last night. HAHAHAHAHA!!!
Q: Any places you dream to visit?
A: Everywhere in the world. Being a sailor or vagabond used to be my childhood dream.
Q: Please share with us an inspiring quote…
A: Move on! Obstacles and pain are only temporary.
Rachel has vast experiences in different fields in Human Resources, Marketing, Facilities Management, Community Services to Client / Account Servicing which she has found her forte in. She has a positive attitude towards life and believes in equity of treatment. Rachel's favourite inspirational quote - Everything happens for a reason. She believes that things go wrong so that you will appreciate them when they're right. Sometimes good things have to fall apart so better things can fall together. Rachel loves to spend her time enjoying nature, cycling, drumming and painting. She also enjoys spending time with her loved ones as one should always treasure and cherish what we have, to remember to live life, here and now.
Q: Any places you dream to visit?
A: Egypt, Bhutan and Mount Kailash in Tibet
Q: What is the first thing that comes to mind when you wake up?
A: I’m grateful to be alive!
Q: Please share with us an inspiring quote…
A: Smile more, Love more deeply and be Kind ALWAYS!
Kristine came from Vietnam and graduated with second upper honours in Finance, University College Dublin. She has been staying in Singapore over 7 years. Kristine is a meticulous person and possesses excellent time management skills that she will share with the team. She believes that “POSDCORB“, Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Co-Ordinating, Reporting and Budgeting are 8 elements in successful quickly acclimate to a new environment by clearly and precisely stating the expectations for task delivery and behaviours. During her personal time, she likes to spend her time with her loves one, reading some novels and mastering her Chinese language skill.
Q: Could you please give me 3 elements that describe you the best on a personal level?
A: People described me as thoughtful, reliable and cheerful.
Q: What is your greatest strength?
A: Strong verbal and personal communication skills: sociable personality and joyful interpersonal dealings.
Q: What is the first thing that comes to mind when you wake up?
A: I hope today is another happy day.
Whee graduated from University Technology Malaysia (UTM) . With his 6 years of interior design experience specializing in commercial design, he is well equipped with valuable skills and knowledge to provide suggestion and explore the possibility of a dream office for his client. He believes that by listening and understanding his client’s needs is the key to every successful office. Which is why makes him an attentive person to every little details. Whee’s inspirations come from traveling the world with an open mind, appreciating and collecting ideas in all various ways of life. During his leisure time, cooking is his way of keeping family and friends together. It makes him happy by seeing them all happily satisfied with the food.
Q: Any places you dream to visit? (can be a country, building, natural place)
A: Japan , Europe & US.
Q: Please share with us an inspiring quote…
A: “ Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design how it works “ - Steve Jobs
Q: Who is your favourite architect? Or Interior designer?
A: WOHA and Zaha Hadid
Born and bred in Singapore, Alvin graduated from Lasalle College of Arts in Interior Design. He has more than 3 years of experiences working as an interior designer in an Architecture firm. He believes that a designer should have the ability to transform ideas into design spaces that bring comfort to everyone. Alvin’s positive attitude, passion towards his work and determination is a wonderful addition to the team. During his spare time, he enjoys trail running in the hills, watching movies and spent time with family.
Q: Who is your favourite Architect or Interior Designer?
A: Joyce Wang
Q: Any places you dream to visit?
A: Waitomo Caves, New Zealand
Q: Please share with us an inspiring quote…
A: “Yes is more” – Bjarke Ingels
Rex is from Malaysia and graduated from ALFA International College with Diploma in Interior Architecture Design. She has been working as an office interior designer for the past 6 years, gaining diverse project experience with different firms. She truly believes that PRACTICALITY & AESTHETIC are equally important. A functional design & good environment can encourage the users to understand & experience the space comfortably, this make the world a better place for everyone. An interior designer is not only designing interior but designing intelligence.
Q: Any places you dream to visit?
A: The place I mostly like to visit is Milan, Italy. Because I wish to participate the furniture fair, called “The Milan Furniture Fair” (Salone del Mobile) held annually in Milan.
Q: Please share with us an inspiring quote…
A: “Skills are cheap. Passion is priceless.” – Gary Vaynerchuk
Q: Who is your favourite architect? Or Interior designer?
A: My favourite designer is Karim Rashid.
Adeline is our interior designer, graduated from National Yunlin University (Taiwan) of Science and Technology in Interior Architecture Design. Coming from Malaysia, she has been with this industry since 2011 and had gained experiences from various projects she used to work on. Responsible and motivated to work in a fast paces environment, Adeline is a great value to Kelvin & Frank Reid’s team. Her inspirations are from the things she came across in her daily life. During her personal time, she enjoys reading novel, study Japanese language and play badminton with her family and friends.
Q: Who is your favourite Architect or Interior Designer?
A: Tadao Ando and Jay Chiu (Architect for 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan)
Q: Any places you dream to visit?
A: Country that has cool weather and Great Wall of China
Q: Please share with us an inspiring quote…
A: “Don’t confuse having a career with having a life.” - Hillary Clinton
With 9 years of experience as interior designer in Southeast Asia, Sharon is delighted to input her design expertise. Sharon highly values accuracy, fast paced and creativity in her design. She believes that “fast responsiveness” is a key element in such a dynamic market. Fascinated by the concept to have brokers and designers under the same roof, Sharon strongly trusts this integration. This model allows her to produce accurate design drawings with our brokers’ expertise and to optimize her time usage.
Q: Which part of your job, do you enjoy the most?
A: Space planning & construction drawings
Q: What is your greatest strength?
A: Keen to learn
Q: What is your favorite tool at work?
A: Autocad
Shanelle was graduated with Bachelor of Quantity Surveying from Taylor’s University in Malaysia. She came to Singapore and has been working in the construction industry for 5 years. She has involved in various projects including new construction condominium, A&A works at shopping malls and exhibition centre. Her experience and positive attitude is a great addition to the team and project operations. The 3 elements that are important to her at work, i.e. cost management, communication and problem solving. During her free time, she likes to go for outdoor activities such as jogging and swimming.
Q: What is the first thing that comes to mind when you wake up?
A: Turn off the snooze button !!
Q: Any places you dream to visit?
A: Zermatt, Switzerland.
Q: Please share with us an inspiring quote…
A: It always seems impossible until it’s done, by Nelson Mandela