Category: Training activities

In term of learning a newly modern construction technology in developing countries, from May 7th to May 11th, 2019, CENTRAL managers including heads of facilities, Technical, Safety and constructions have paid a visit to Huyndai, SK Group, Daewoo, a leading construction group in Korea.

A photo SK experts and CENTRAL managers

After that, CENTRAL managers have an opportunity to witness GODEOK GRACIUM – 21 stories, SEOUL, constructed by SK, Daewoo, Huyndai. The group is really impressed with the professionally detailed construction progress, quality management and planning. Especially the finishing work closely follows the structural work, behind only 3 floors.

By using advanced construction methods, traditional plastering works have been eliminated, contributing considerably to reducing labor costs.

SK Group’s construction in progress

The 6 days trip has made a great impact on CENTRAL group, each members has also gained a lot of valuable experience for themselves in their jobs. Besides, the group has witnessed the process of Aluminum formwork and gangform in KumKang – one of two CENTRAL’s equipment suppliers in Korea from the very beginning.

A photo SK experts and CENTRAL managers

The similarity of these constructions is advanced science, high technology in building. The change of construction materials such as using Gangform for external walls, using Ceamboard panels for room partitions in apartments or using wallpaper, wooden floors will save time of transporting materials such as brick, sand, cement as previously.

Or establishing and maintaining logistics plans on construction sites, combined with the many concrete structures that are pre-cast concrete and all reinforcements are pre-fabricated, the amount of workers and surplus materials on the construction site are almost optimal, leading to safety management very effective.

After this business trip, all Site Manager of CENTRAL will in turn, arrange to participate for the next Korean trip scheduled for July, 2019.

Some pics in the trip.

In the first days of April 2019, CENTRAL BOD had a business trip to Malaysia and Japan.

The main objective of the trip to Malaysia was to visit GAMUDA factory of GAMUDA IBS group. It lies on an area of 11ha, CENTRAL BOD has directly identified stairs, pillars, beams and the optimization of using resources such as cement, sand and steel as well as special architectural elements. This is a great opportunity for CENTRAL BOD to learn and gain experience in the field of factory construction, from that design and construct projects at the beginning of quarter 2, 2019.

CEO Tran Quang Tuan had a commemorative photo with CENTRAL BOD at GAMUDA factory, Malaysia

Besides, CENTRAL BOD visited some outstanding and special architectural constructions in the Kuala Lumpur city.

After the end of the business trip to Malaysia, by the invitation of Mr. Terada Osamu – Vice President SHIMIZU CORPORATION, CEO Tran Quang Tuan leaded the CENTRAL delegation including the Executive Director and leaders of the Office & Sites had a trip to visit and work in Tokyo, Japan.

Executive Director Mai Chanh Thanh had a commemorative photo with Leader of CENTRAL

Mr. Terada Osamu and Senior Management of SHIMIZU welcome and worked with CENTRAL delegation at head office of the corporation with a spirit of respect and sincerity. During the working sessions, the two sides took the time to discuss the orientation of future projects in Vietnam. CENTRAL BOD wishes that the issues exchanged will be realized in the coming soon.

Mr. Terada Osamu appreciated the intimate gift of CEO Tran Quang Tuan

Mr. Terada Osamu and Senior Management of SHIMIZU welcome and worked with CENTRAL delegation at the head office of the Corporation

After the working sessions, SHIMIZU BOD facilitated for CENTRAL delegation to visit the head office building and some international standard buildings of SHIMIZU such as Tokyo World Gate, D&B implementation model in Tama Medical Center project, … Especially, CENTRAL BOD was really impressive, satisfied with the technological and technical achievements when directly visiting SHIMIZU Research Institute – this is the cradle to produce many research projects to serve the construction industry of Japan and the world. Every year, SHIMIZU Research Institute organizes for thousands of students to visit and practice at the Institute. This is a prerequisite for SHIMIZU to attract talented people, develop perfectly and sustainably over time.

A photo of CENTRAL BOD when visiting some SHIMIZU Constructions

On behalf of CENTRAL, CEO Tran Quang Tuan addressed his sincere thanks to the SHIMIZU CORPORATION and expressed that this is indeed a meaningful trip and successful.

At the end of the business trip to Malaysia and Japan, the two trips not only end at the visiting, CENTRAL BOD has comprehended, experienced and learned a lot of knowledge and experience, thereby improving technical capacity, professional capacity and project management. At the same time, it will step by step realize the application and operation for the projects of CENTRAL in the future.

In the series of training activities in 2019, in order to improve professional knowledge for management levels, HR Department collaberated with PACE Institute of Management organized the training course “Management middle managers” (3M)

Mr Tran Kim Dien- HR Manager opening speech at 3M Course

The course was designed specifically for those who are currently middle managers (Middle Manager – MM). There were 25 members joined the program including Project Directors, Site Managers, Department Managers in the Southern region. The 12-day course will give you an overview of MM and the effective management system: Knowhow a professional MM would be; Gain the necessary knowledge and skills to be able to improve the managing ability.

Management capacity generally includes “professional capacity” and “management capacity”. In most of businesses today, many people who are very professional, but not successful in the management position. The reason is they do not know how to “manage people”, do not understand the “concern” of the big boss. Or they have not yet implemented the company strategy to allocate down to the strategy of the Departments / Divisions. Because when penetrating the culture of the company, it is possible to issue the way to build culture for each member effectively.

Project Managers, Department/Division Managers received the sharing in the first lesson 3M attentively and excitedly

With the knowledge gained through the course, MM will understand the management system of the company, thereby know how to build a management system in their departments/divisions, know how to act as a “bridge” between a big boss and a subordinate; know how to convey big boss ideas to employees effectively, know how to coordinate among staffs in their departments/divisions and between their departments/division and other departments/divisions, know how to solve all internal problems in their departments/divisions based on the global vision of the Company, …

CENTRAL focuses on training by practical courses will contribute to build a “model” to improve the management capacity for middle management team in particular and the management team in Company.

Some other images in the course:

In the morning of March 13, 2019, CENTRAL was honored to welcome Leaders – SHIMIZU Corporation, Japan in an intimate atmosphere at the Head Office in Ho Chi Minh City.

CENTRAL’s  steering committees welcome to SHIMIZU’s steering committese at Head Office in Ho Chi Minh City

On the side of SHIMIZU, there was the leader of delegation who is Mr Terada Osamu – Vice President Group from Japan. The delegation also had the presence of Mr Kamiosako Hajime – Deputy Director of International Division, Mr Kashiwamura Akira – Head of Global Strategy Division and Mr. Matsumoto Takayuki – Shimizu Vietnam General Director. At the meeting, Mr Terada gave a brief overview of the Group’s formation and development process. Thereby, he also expressed the expectation in the near future will promote development focusing on the segment of building hospitals in Vietnam. Accordingly, he also wished that CENTRAL would be a strategic partner to accompany SHIMIZU for specific and long-term cooperation plans in the future.

In response to that trust, Mr Tran Quang Tuan – CENTRAL’s CEO sent a deep thanks and admiration to the SHIMIZU’s steering committees with the desire to have more opportunities to work, learn, and parallel in the nearest projects.

Mr. Terada Osamu took photo with General Director Tran Quang Tuan and steering committees of CENTRAL & SHIMIZU

SHIMIZU is a construction group in the TOP 5 in Japan with 200 years of longevity, famous in the world with many typical projects such as Tokyo City Hall, the tunnel through Tokyo Bay, the suspension bridge over Tokyo Bay, … In Vietnam alone, SHIMIZU has also contributed to building great projects with high complexity and applying scientific and technical achievements in advanced and special construction technologies such as Metro underground from Ba Son to Ben Thanh market, …

The two sides have initially had discussions on existing and potential resources in the future. After leaving the office, CENTRAL’s steering committees has brought SHIMIZU’s delegation to visit some existing works in HCMC area such as Opal Tower with 42 floors in Saigon Pearl, UOA Tower by UOA Company (Malaysia) as an investor with 4 basements, 25 floors in Phu My Hung, … Through here, SHIMIZU’s steering committees have acknowledged and appreciated CENTRAL’s capacity through professional organization and construction. SHIMIZU believes that CENTRAL is the best choice for potential cooperation.

SHIMIZU’s steering committees visit UOA Tower, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City

The visit of SHIMIZU’s steering committees marked an important milestone in the relationship between SHIMIZU and CENTRAL, and also a good start to create a foundation for the deep cooperation between the two sides in the future.

Next, CENTRAL’ steering committees will visit SHIMIZU Group in early April, in the framework of exchange and study construction experience of international standards in some typical projects of the group was built in Japan, …

In the series of training activities has been proposed in 2019, CENTRAL will accompany wit PACE entrepreneur school organizations courses about fostering professional expertise, skills for all members in the company.
On 21th March 2019, BOD and about 100 Managers in 3 regions the Northern, Central and Southern gathered to attend the “LIFE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM” at Lotte Legend Hotel, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. The training session was taken by Mr. Gian Tu Trung – Principal of PACE Entrepreneur School and Director of the Institute of Education Development Research.

Tran Quang Tuan CEO and Mr Gian Tu Trung take photos together with CENTRAL executive committee

People often talk about Business management for a long time, rather than less when talking about Life management. And Behind a successful enterprise is a business to be managed well. So behind a successful and happy life, a life’s full of life, presume a life management is good. And we believe that: this life can control and when know how to manage, then surely the life will be more successful and living.

Since then, can think through out, an organization only has the ability to get the outstanding success when that organization was led by these people to understand themselves, knows his role clearly within the organization, as well as how to create the highest value for yourself and your organization. And all generally based on a single platform that is culture. Business cultural management by Corporate culture – the foundation for a management model where human are becoming more freedom.

Mr Gian Tu Trung và CENTRAL executive committee in program.

Acquiring and experiencing a full day with the knowledge from “LIFE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM” has somewhat equipped the Managers with a system of thinking and methods to lead themselves and master their lives. Above all, the BOD will have plan the Company’s vision in the coming time to keep pace with the market trend, which is based on culture background.
From the start-up period to now, CENTRAL has always received the trust of many prestigious investors. It is not due to the lucky factors, the success achivement is the effort of an entire team that has been diligently studying and preparing, everything is calculated to give the best possible solution. Above all, it is the spirit of willingness to fight, overcome difficulties to reap a lot of good results in the work and for the industry that the company is carrying out.

Some other images in the program:

Colleagues talk activities “tea break” at the beginning of the training.

Colleagues from Ha Noi, Cam Ranh – Nha Trang and Phu Quoc attend the training session.

Continuing the series of training and professional training activities for the management level of the company, on November 16 and 17, 2018, CENTRAL, accompanied by I.Value Academy continued to organize the training with “HR MANAGEMENT FOR NON-HR MANAGERS” for Heads of Offices and Officers in South and Central areas.

Ms. Oanh Dang (I-value Academy) took a photo with CENTRAL members

Human Resource Management is an extremely important aspect that has a profound effect on the performance of each business. Direct managers are the bridge between the Board of Directors, Human Resources Department, and all staff in the cohesion and retention of talents, thereby forming a unified group with solidarity and full of humanity.

Ms. Pham Thi Bich Nga (CENTRAL Staff) made the opening remark

At the training sessions, the teams bring together real-life situations in work life and management hypotheses, exciting solving all the problems with a shared learning spirit. It also contributes to enhancing and expanding the knowledge and soft skills in daily work relationships.

CENTRAL members enthusiastically contributed their ideas and discussions

The program is a very practical and explosive experience from the CENTRAL warriors. And surely, CENTRAL culture and breathing will continue to spread to all members from the office to the field, increasingly creating a completely strong organization – Sustainable development.

Some photos in the program: