Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Official JKR Brief (15th Dec)

BRIEF NOTES OF JKR BRIEFING on Current Status of Civil Engineering Works to the Bukit Antarabangsa Landslide by Encik Kamar Kassim, Head of JKR Slope Engineering Unit
Date : Monday 15th Dec 2008
Venue : Bilik Gerakan JKR Gombak, Jalan Bkt Antarabangsa
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In Attendance :-
En Kamar Kassim - Ketua JKR Slope Engineering Unit
En Ahmad Shuhaimi - JKR Slope Engineering Forensics Unit
En Hazrul - MPAJ Engineer
Dato' Muniandy - Bkt Antarabangsa Residents Committee
Ms Yen Hee - Bkt Antarabangsa Residents Committee
Mr S T Chee - Bkt antarabangsa Residents Committee
Residents - En Manaf
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  1. En Kamar briefed the meeting that he had obtained permission from the Minister of Works that owners of the 14 damaged bungalows including the adjoining 12 bungalows in Bukit Mewah will be allowed back into their homes to remove their belongings on the condition that they sign a Statutory Declaration (to absolve the Local Authorities of liability) as well as be accompanied by a Police Escort while they reenter their homes.
  2. En Kamar reported that, as an interim remedial measure, they will be installing 2000 plus soil nailing points to secure the slope top on Jalan Wangsa to prevent further deterioration. This task will take at least a month.
  3. Dato Muniandy and some residents (En Manaf and En Syed) requested that some very large trees on the slope behind the buildings located at no. 9, Jalan Bukit Antarabangsa be either pruned or cut with the debris to be carted away. En Hazrul of MPAJ said he will look into the matter and that work on that could start as early as the following day.
  4. En Kamar reported that reinstatement work to reopen Jalan Bukit Antarabangsa commenced today. They will require 15 days to cut a 12 meter wide access through the landslide debris at the toe of the slope. A temporary gravity wall / rock buttress of boulders will be placed at the North side of the debris to stabilise the slope and to relieve hydrostatic pressure while works proceed to reopen the access road. After the rock buttress has been constructed, work to clear the building and slope debris in the disaster area can commence.
  5. En Kamar said that they have requested MPAJ to chair a meeting with residents to prepare a "Witness Account" record to help the JKR Forensics Team to trace the events leading up to the slope failure and identify the probable cause of failure.
by
S T CHEE
16 Dec 2008
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