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post Oct 17 2014, 04:47 PM

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QUOTE(ThanatosSwiftfire @ Oct 17 2014, 03:40 PM)
Why are subcontractors so terrible? Why mrt keep accident. Why locals dowan to work in construction?
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Not all subcon are bad.

Not only MRT, almost all construction sites got accident occurred, for MRT such huge project just 3-4 cases considered very less d. Other small project maybe ur current house got pipu died during construction period u also dont know.

Cuz will old faster and low pay. Just like Singapore construction always got vacancy for Malaysian or Indonesian engineer. Because Singaporean want work inside office.

QUOTE(pijaklu @ Oct 17 2014, 04:02 PM)
nowaday all construction site wanna safe cost, hence hired PART TIME cheap safety officer just to comply the paper work to JKKP. Thats why
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FYI for project like MRT, people in mmc gamuda who doing all these paper work is very high paid
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post Oct 17 2014, 05:54 PM

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QUOTE(iwubpreve @ Oct 17 2014, 05:24 PM)
there are many type of contractor. like local chinaman contractor, in order to increase profit they usually spend less on preliminary cost. for Japanese and Korean contractor, they care about safety so much. they truly practice safety first profit second kind of concept.

u know what are those cost would be spent in safety issue? there are plenty
1. sufficient scaffolding
2. sufficient guard rail (on high rise building)
3. safety net (those green colour u saw usually from outside)
4. competent safety officer that do his job well
5. well maintenance on machinery especially tower crane, passenger hoist
6. daily assembly to educate those foreign worker on daily basis
7. a lot more..
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Yes, my company got a project with Japanese contractor, they are really discipline and put safety as their first priority, but definitely not mrt project
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post Oct 17 2014, 06:05 PM

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QUOTE(iwubpreve @ Oct 17 2014, 05:59 PM)
what ur company doing? Japanese contractor got class 1. like first tier contractor, 2nd tier contractor. first tier is like shimizu, takenaka, taisei and etc. they all listed company in Tokyo. 2nd tier are plenty.
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Langat water transfer
Shimizu nisimasu joint venture (inb4 i don't know how to spell second company name)
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post Oct 17 2014, 06:55 PM

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QUOTE(Xisuka @ Oct 17 2014, 06:32 PM)
1. There are many types of concrete, how to order?
Malaysia have which type?
When we buy cement via the concrete truck, how to know if thye give the correct concrete we want?

2. Why always every flats, apartments, condos and high rises have leaking problems from floor above after 10 to 15 years?
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So the site engineer need to do slump test.


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post Oct 17 2014, 07:06 PM

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QUOTE(Xisuka @ Oct 17 2014, 07:01 PM)
Thanks for the respond.

How long will we know the result of the slump test?

how about the rest of the questions?
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Slump test can know directly. But need do a few more cube test which required send to lab and wait for report

Regarding the leaking, I not so sure. I'm still quite fresh in this field and work not really related with building works.
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post Oct 17 2014, 07:23 PM

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QUOTE(iwubpreve @ Oct 17 2014, 07:13 PM)
wrong bro, slump test to test the mobility of concrete la doh.gif
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Slump test is for workability bro. Maybe I misund his question either, slump test to make sure it achieved the quality we wanted

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post Oct 17 2014, 10:44 PM

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QUOTE(Xisuka @ Oct 17 2014, 08:20 PM)
What thickness or type of re bar is recommended?
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U need structural engineer to calculate for the rebar required. Anyway, I can do freelance for rc design and get the PE endorsement if u need it.

QUOTE(NathanChan76 @ Oct 17 2014, 10:28 PM)
Your understanding of structural theory is a little way off, Concrete withstand compressive strength while steel rebar withstand tensile strength. Together the two material used together is called Reinforced Concrete. The steel rebar helps resist bending (moment) and tensile actions/force acted upon the component (beam, column and slab), but concrete is the one holding everything together.
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post Oct 18 2014, 02:31 AM

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QUOTE(iwubpreve @ Oct 18 2014, 01:30 AM)
concrete have compressive strength 40N/mm2 for grade 40 concrete. a normal high tensile bar have 460N/mm2 tensile strength. more than 10 times stronger than concrete. concrete is strong in compressive strength but rebar have higher compressive strength than concrete. the tensile strength even much much higher.

sometimes when compressive strength is not enough, they add rebar to get more compressive strength. seems like ur core is not civil engineering.
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I don't think so bro, if u check back BS 8110, rebar will tend to buckle subject to compressive force therefore rebar only used to resist high tensile force.

And for most building, local practice is using grade C30 concrete which is 30N/mm2, as far as I know water retaining structure using C35A and MRT segmental box girder using C40
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post Oct 21 2014, 08:01 AM

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QUOTE(spacelion @ Oct 21 2014, 12:11 AM)
just want to point out that mmc gamuda engineers do not do paperwork. They REVIEW paperwork submitted by WPC (works package contractor).

For some package the engineer is very slack while for some package the engineer is quite rigid, so it differs, some things that cannot pass for my package will pass for other package and vice versa.

Anyway it's up to the ICE (independent consulting engineer) and the MRTC observer to comment bcos even the MGJV ppl want to push the paperwork through.

And all these thing in the end come up to taichi here and there, make sure that we hit all the QRM target and looks good during the meeting is good enuf.
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What I mean is they rarely will go into technical part, review drawing find mistakes, send TQ to rush design team, force u to issue acp ifc. Just keep on rushing wpc and design team.

Yea I agree that their taichi are damn powderful
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post Nov 13 2017, 08:21 PM

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QUOTE(knight_hawk @ Nov 12 2017, 11:59 AM)
Hi i am doing progress videos at langat 2 a few packages. Also prev did pahang selangor trasfer as well. Karak kelau etc. Which package ade you involved in?
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lol 3 years ago post weh. im involved in design only haha

 

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