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Monday, October 23, 2017

Penang landslide: Engineers must also ensure safety, says IEM

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PETALING JAYA: The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) says professional engineers in a construction project, such as the hillside development in Tanjung Bungah which saw a landslide killing 11 workers, must also play an active role in ensuring its safety.
Its president Tan Yean Chin said although temporary works at such sites are mainly the contractor’s responsibility, it is important for the engineers involved either as owner, consultant or contractor to be actively involved.
He said the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) has published the “Guidelines on the Role and Responsibility of Professional Engineers for Temporary Works during Construction Stage” as a guide to all the engineers involved in temporary works.
Temporary works are required in erecting permanent works under the contractor’s responsibility, he said.
“There have been many incidents of mishaps, failures and weaknesses in temporary works leading to the collapse of structures and accidents at site that are hazardous to public safety,” he said in a statement today.
“It is the responsibility of the consultant who is the submitting person (qualified person) to the local authorities or other government agencies (Public Works Department, etc), and as designer of permanent works, to ensure the contractor complies with these requirements to safeguard public interest and safety,” he added.
Tan said many construction incidents are due to the contractor’s failure to engage the engineers for temporary works to carry out their design, endorsement and supervision.
The professional engineer should ensure that the temporary works’ design, including analysis, calculations, drawings and specifications, are structurally stable, he added.
“The engineering consultant of the project should have full-time representatives at the site to supervise and monitor to ensure that the contractor appointed complies with all safety and design requirements,” he said.
“All parties involved in the construction shall be responsible to ensure any incidents of mishaps and failures at the construction site can be prevented,” he added,
Tan said IEM was willing to offer its technical assistance and opinion in the investigation on the incident which occurred at 8.50am on Saturday.
This morning, the search and rescue team found the eleventh and last victim of the landslide after more than 48 hours of scouring the giant 35-metre deep heap of collapsed earth from the hillslope.
Three other workers escaped with minor injuries.
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has said that a state-level commission of inquiry would be formed to investigate the incident. -FMT

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