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People to Contact
One of the notable features of the curtain wall
industry is that it is surprisingly small. It
seems that each new project, wherever in the world
it is located, brings us into contact with friends
with whom we have worked in the past. We hope that
all of you — the members of this design
community — will be able to visit us at our
office in Manila. For those who do not know us
already, below are some brief notes of
introduction. We look forward to hearing from you.
Adam Lee was born and raised in
London. For a year after leaving school, and also
during the academic vacations while studying
engineering at Cambridge University, he served as
an intern with a large firm of consulting
engineers. There he received training in the
design office, and worked with a team researching
turbulent airflow. During this period he won the
National Engineering Council's design prize. After
gaining his Master's degree he emigrated to Hong
Kong in order to join another consulting practice
— one providing technical services within
the curtain wall industry — where he was
involved in design, engineering analysis, and
frequent laboratory testing of prototype facade
systems. Later, in 1995, while still working for
the same company, he moved to Manila, Philippines,
to establish and run a satellite office.
Adam has been managing PTCC since 1999. He remains
active and enthusiastic in technical works,
coaching design staff and structural engineers,
preparing the hand-drawn outlines of new facade
systems, and developing analytical methods. He has
a particular interest in devising mathematical
algorithms, implemented in his own computer code:
these software routines are used, for example, to
automate the generation of construction drawings
for large and geometrically complex facades, and
to optimize the distribution of aluminium within
extruded profiles.
Adam is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the
Society of Facade Engineering.
Sheryll Decosto studied
economics at University of Santo Tomas in Manila
then, for five years, worked with one of the
country's major banks. She returned to university,
reading law at Adamson, and passing the
professional license examinations before joining
PTCC in 2007. Sheryll and her departmental staff
manage contracts.
Susan Benjamin was raised in
Davao City, Mindanao, where she attended Ateneo
University, graduating in commerce with a major in
accounting. After qualifying as a Certified Public
Accountant, she worked for seven years with a
developmental charity providing support for the
poor. She moved to Manila where, in 2000, she
joined PTCC. Susan manages the company's finances.
