Having passed the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (UK) final examination in 1971, the author went on to manage buildings, foundation piling, construction of oil refineries, operation of se...ver maisHaving passed the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (UK) final examination in 1971, the author went on to manage buildings, foundation piling, construction of oil refineries, operation of seagoing vessels, and salvage projects from the 1970s to 2013. With OSP, he pulled off a $13 million refurbishment of a major shopping complex in downtown Singapore, and he doubled the revenue of another building to $60,000, where the owners enjoyed a 75 percent reduction in maintenance contribution.ver menos