IST INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON DESIGN AND PENANG 2ND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

Kuala Lumpur, 15 November- The First International Seminar on Design and Penang Second Bridge Construction held in Sunway Putra Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. Y.Bhg. Datuk Himmat Singh, General Secretary of Works Ministry (MoW) represented the Works Minister to officiate the seminar.

Datuk Himmat Singh thanked Malaysian Highway Authorities (LLM), and Second Bridge Sdn. Bhd. who were the organizers for organizing such a meaningful seminar. The seminar was a good platform to share experiences in generating new ideas especially for the improvements of the construction industry in this country.      

There are few achievements were achieved through Penang Second Bridge construction project especially in the aspect of engineering such as usage of bored piled at 130m where it is the deepest in the world. Biggest load test implementation called Statnamic that have been carried out before at 54 Mega Newton level and High Dumping Rubber Bearing or HRDB usage for the first seismic protection in the country were the another achievement that can be included along.          

Present to the seminar were Y.Bhg. Puan Sri Dato’ Zaiton Binti Mhad Ali, Deputy General Secretary (Operation) of MoW, Y.Bhg. Dato’ Ir. Haji Mohamed Bin Husin, Deputy Director-General (Business Sector) of Works Department, Y.Berusaha En. Mohd Saleh Bin Santhiman, Deputy General Secretary (Development), LLM, Y.Bhg. Dato’ Ir. Dr. Ismail B.Mohamed Taib, Managing Director Second bridge Sdn. Bhd., delegations from foreign countries, senior officers from government and private sectors.

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