Goman Wai-Ming Ho

Hong Kong Chapter Member

Arup, Director | Hong Kong, China

About

Dr Goman Ho has been working with Arup since 1992. He was the first global leader for Arup Tall Buildings Skills Network and served as the regional Seismic Skills Network. He is currently the Leader of the Regional Structural Skills Network and Modular Construction. He was involved as PD/PM/PE for a number of tall building projects with an accumulated height approaching to 8 km including CCTV HQs in Beijing, the 460m Vincom Landmark 81 Tower in Ho Chi Minh City, the 528m tall Z15 in Beijing, the 597m tall Goldin Finance TJ117 in Tianjin and currently working on a 450m tower in Wuhan and two 450m towers in Zhongshan, China.

Besides that, he was also involved in 1 km long Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal T3, 320m span Beijing Olympics National Stadium (Bird Nest) and 148m clear span single layer roof for Yujiapu Traffic Hub etc. One of his interesting projects was a 30m span single…

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Goman Wai-Ming Ho

CTBUH Designated Expert

CTBUH Roles

Hong Kong Chapter (2023 – Present)

Annual Conference, Presenter (Shanghai 2012; China 2016; Australia 2017)

Working Group: Outrigger Design, Co-Chair (2011 – 2012, 2016 – 2017)

Annual Conference, Steering Committee (China 2016)

Videos

03 November 2017

Outrigger Systems for Tall Buildings

The structural efficiency of tall buildings heavily depends on lateral stiffness and resistance capacity. Among structural systems for tall buildings, outriggers are one of the...

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Research

01 March 2016

The Evolution of Outrigger System in Tall Buildings

Goman Wai-Ming Ho, Arup

The structural efficiency of tall buildings heavily depends on the lateral stiffness and resistance capacity. Among those structural systems for tall buildings, outrigger system is...

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Research

01 December 2012

The Structural Design of Tianjin Goldin Finance 117 Tower

Peng Liu, Goman Ho, Alexis Lee, et al, Arup

Tianjin Goldin Finance 117 tower has an architectural height of 597 m, total of 117 stories, and the coronation of having the highest structural roof...

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20 October 2018

Record Numbers Convene at 2018 Leaders Meeting

CTBUH Leaders convened on Day 1 of the 2018 Middle East Conference for updates on the year's developments and to plan for 2019.

20 October 2018

Seismic Design Working Group Meets at 2018 Conference

The CTBUH Performance-Based Seismic Design Working Group reconvened at the CTBUH 2018 Middle East Conference in Dubai to outline an approach for updating their 2017 technical guide.

19 October 2018

Skybridges Research Project Holds First Meeting

The CTBUH Skybridges research project steering committee held its initial kickoff meeting, just ahead of the 2018 Middle East Conference.

29 October 2017

CTBUH Leaders Connect at 2017 Conference

The Annual Leaders Meeting was held the day before the start of the CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference, bringing together the Council’s leaders.

16 October 2016

2016 CTBUH Leaders Meeting Report

The Annual Leaders Meeting was held this year in conjunction with the 2016 Conference in China, bringing together the Council’s leaders from around the world.

16 May 2016

2016 Conference Steering Meeting

Preparations for the upcoming CTBUH 2016 Conference are now significantly advancing, following a Steering Committee meeting in Hong Kong.

03 November 2017

Outrigger Systems for Tall Buildings

The structural efficiency of tall buildings heavily depends on lateral stiffness and resistance capacity. Among structural systems for tall buildings, outriggers are one of the...

03 November 2017

CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference - Melbourne Session 4B: New Challenges & Opportunities for Engineers Q&A

Phil Gardiner, Managing Director, Irwinconsult, chairs the question and answer session with Goman Wai-Ming Ho, Director, Arup; Barry Roben, Director, Irwinconsult Pty; and Rob DiBlasi,...

21 September 2012

Parametric Analysis and Design Engine for Tall Building Structures

With the rise in CPU power and the generalization and popularity of computers, engineering practice also changed from hand calculations to 3D computer models, from...

21 September 2012

Track 25: Building Information Modeling (BIM) Q & A

Track 25 speakers including: Jun Su, ISA Architecture; Goman Ho, Arup; and Qing Ge, Shanghai Tower Consturction & Development, take questions from delegates.

01 March 2016

The Evolution of Outrigger System in Tall Buildings

Goman Wai-Ming Ho, Arup

The structural efficiency of tall buildings heavily depends on the lateral stiffness and resistance capacity. Among those structural systems for tall buildings, outrigger system is...

01 December 2012

The Structural Design of Tianjin Goldin Finance 117 Tower

Peng Liu, Goman Ho, Alexis Lee, et al, Arup

Tianjin Goldin Finance 117 tower has an architectural height of 597 m, total of 117 stories, and the coronation of having the highest structural roof...

21 September 2012

Parametric Analysis and Design Engine for Tall Building Structures

Goman Ho; Peng Liu; Guang Lei Liu, Arup

With the rise in CPU power and the generalization and popularity of computers, engineering practice also changed from hand calculations to 3D computer models, from...

19 September 2012

Tianjin Goldin Finance 117 Tower: The Solution to a Slender Geometry

Peng Liu, Goman Ho, Alexis Lee & Chao Yin, Arup

With an architectural height of 597m, the Tianjin Goldin Finance 117 tower will have the highest structural roof of any building under construction in China,...

01 March 2012

Parametric Analysis and Design Engine for Tall Building Structures

Goman Ho, Peng Liu, & Michael Liu, ARUP

With the rise in CPU power and the generalization and popularity of computers, engineering practice also changed from hand calculations to 3D computer models, from...

02 October 2008

Case Study: CCTV Building - Headquarters & Cultural Center

Chris Carroll, Paul Cross, Xiaonian Duan & Craig Gibbons, Arup

The new headquarters of China Central Television contains the entire television-making process within a single building. The 234m tall tower redefines the form of the...