About

It is not possible to detail the history of Functional Engineering without superimposing the career of its founder Mr. Wolfgang Otto (Bill) Lueckenhausen. Bill first came to Brunei in 1980 to oversee installations at the RBA hangar as an independent contractor. Seeing the potential in Brunei, he formed Functional Engineering Sdn. Bhd. The Company was granted a license by His Majesty’s Government to operate in Brunei Darussalam on 21 May 1981. It began with him and three staff.

In 1983, Chubb, through its Singapore Regional representation, contracted the exclusive services of W. O. Lueckenhausen and Functional Engineering Sdn. Bhd. and commenced activity in Brunei.

In 1987, Chubb ceased company-owned operations in Brunei. Functional Engineering Sdn. Bhd. resumed business as Chubb’s sole agent. The company currently represents at least a dozen major manufacturers of security and fire protection equipment. As at 2004 FE Brunei has 8 employees.

In 1994, Functional Engineering opened FE Singapore Pte. Ltd. to oversee projects in Vietnam. FE opened a representative office in Ho Chi Minh City in the same year to assist its local company, FE Vina Safety Engineering Co. Responsibility of this Representative Office was further extended to Cambodia in 1998. FE retired its operations in Vietnam in 2004 in order to concentrate its resources on the increased requirements in Cambodia.

As from February 2002, Functional Engineering (Cambodia) Limited operated independently and retained 3 staff members. As at the end of 2008, FE Cambodia has a staff complement of 27 technical, technical admin and corporate admin employees.

The Company continues to review and upgrade its services. In 2005, FE also began consulting and certification services in Occupational Health & Safety. This work is delivered by Nebosh accredited project managers. FE works to international standards and ensures that its technical and administrative staff maintains the highest ethics in the performance of their work.

FE Cambodia likewise works with banking and financial institutions, multinational commercial operations, diplomatic missions and consular offices. Its largest single multi-discipline project in the country was the Acleda Bank Headquarters project which was completed in 2006. FE is one of very few specialist installers, integrating electronic security, fire suppression and fixed physical security engineering. It is currently a preferred installer of Hikvision CCTV, Paradox intrusion detection, Gunnebo Chubbsafes and Kidde Fenwal suppression systems.