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Prior to joining UM in 2005, his professional experiences started in 1999 with Gamuda Berhad as QS and was directly involved in the Western Kuala Lumpur Traffic Dispersal Scheme project or known as SPRINT highway. He later joined MCM Associates in 2001 as QS, responsible for several private and public projects including the prestigious Four Seasons Resort Langkawi and the new UiTM campus in Puncak Alam, Selangor. In 2003, he moved to Dialog Group Berhad and was involved in various upstream and downstream projects, from tendering to implementation related to the catalyst handling and plant services both locally and internationally.  He was responsible to manage contracts to many clients such as Petronas, Shell, ExxonMobil, BP, Malaysian Oxygen, MLNG, Halliburton, Pertamina (Indonesia), and Conoco Phillips.  While in the UK, in 2010, he assisted BDAS, a building dispute and adjudication services consultancy firm to assist its client on the loss and expense claims, extension of time evaluation, as well as progress claims works for hospital projects located in the Northwest of UK.

He is actively involved with the Institute of Value Management Malaysia (IVMM) since 2001 promoting and educating the public at large on VM and was elected as Fellow of IVMM in 2017. He has served as Council Member for 7 terms and currently the Planning & Program Director of the institute. He was the Chairman of the BPCI2017 which was jointly organised IVMM & UM. He has controbuted to the development of National VM Manual and the VM Competencies Standard.

Besides that, he is currently the QS Division committee member of the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM). He has served the Building Cost Information Center (BCIC), Education and Accreditation Board (AEB), MQA accreditation panel for Diploma in QS programme and the Promotion of QS in ASEAN countries sub-committee.

Additionally, Sr Dr. Saipol is also actively serving the Board of Quantity Surveyors Malaysia (BQSM) for its 'Programme for QS Registration Scheme' or PQRS since 2015, one of the mentor for QS registration and a member of the Promotion Sub-Committee 2017-2019; member of accreditation panel under QS Accreditation Council and also evaluation panel for BQSM's Best Dissertation Award.

He has been appointed by the Council of Deans in Built Environment to be part of the Committe of Heads in Construction Management area for 2019-2021 term and was also an Executive Council member of the Association of Construction Project Managers (ACPM). He was then appointed by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) for the Construction Industry Standard for National Housing committee. 

Sr Dr. Saipol has been frequently invited to deliver talks, seminars and trainings organized by CIDB, Public Works Department (PWD), Contractor and Entrepreneur Development Division (BPKU) of the Ministry of Works, Malaysia, Politeknik Malaysia, Authority for Building Control and Construction Industry (ABCI) of Brunei Darussalam and several NGOs and private organisations.