Tan Kar Chun holds a first-class honors degree in Civil Engineering from the University Putra Malaysia (UPM), and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering at UPM. He has been a consultant in the civil and structural engineering industry for the past five years, and during that time he has been involved in multiple projects at various scales: from a 1,400-acre township development to a 50-storey high-rise building.