Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Group Leader
Muhammad Aliff Bin Adnan
Secretary
Farah Najwa Binti Mohd Hassan
Videographer
Ahmad Shazwi Bin Abd Hamid
Fact
Peak flow of vehicle
induced traffic jam.
Idea
Learning outcome
What can be done by an engineer
to reduce traffic jam at the peak
hour?
How highway engineer do to
overcome the problem?
Action
Fact
Landslide happens at the
slope area which is near
to the residential area.
Idea
Illegally logging.
People logging without license which
had been certified known as illegal.
Logging to get the commercial things
such as paper, furniture and
construction material (timber).
Deforestation, cultivation and
construction.
Destruction of forest for multipurpose
such as cultivation, construction,
housing and urbanization.
Quarrying and mining activities.
After quarrying and mining activities
there will left void behind, if it is not
settle properly it will caused landslide
occurred. This is due to the topsoil
does not have any support or roots
grapping the soil together.
Learning outcome
Action
MENGOs
Give education and awareness
raised on environmental concerns.
Over development will caused
environmental damage due to
land degradation and erosion and
soil conservation. Thus, engineer
should do some survey on site
before construction start. Hence,
landslide can be prevents and
houses would not destroy by
landslide.
To minimise the effect of
landslide caused damage in
property, suitable types of
retaining wall should be build.
Qualified engineer required
inspecting during construction as
their responsibility to client and
profession shall have full regard
to the public interest.
Fact
Bridges collapse at the
middle part of flyover.
Ideas
Learning Outcomes
What regulation suitable to use
in this situation?
Action
Regulation 31
Register Engineer is not to
intervene or to take over the work
of another.
They should not take over any
work of others register Engineer
while inspection another project.
This will induces accidents
happened due to less
concentration and carelessness.
Improved communication skill.
Communication between
engineer and workers are
importance because if the
specification of drawing is
changed but workers doing their
works by follows the previous
drawing. Then, errors will be
occurs indeed of causing the
failure of structure. Hence, key of
communications in team shall
play the roles of conveying new
information to others in team.
Engineer must be in good contact
with one another to avoid
misinterpret the message.
Fact
Flood caused damage to
vegetation and property
and required to spend
cost and manpower to
clean up the places
flooded with water.
Ideas
Learning Outcomes
How engineers apply their
knowledge to prevent flood?
Action
Fact
Flyover/bridges joint
which located between
the column and beam
cracked and this will had
caused the flyover
failure.
Ideas
Learning Outcomes
What should engineers do?
Action
Regulation 23,24
Every register engineer shall
uphold high standing and
reputation of his profession by
done their works effectively and
efficiency.
As an engineer, he/she must
responsibility to his client above
the jobs that have been offered.
They should take responsibility
to inspect the construction to
ensure no mistake occur during
the process of construction.
Professionalism of engineering.
As a profession, he or she
achieves status and financial
reward by accomplishment not
by inherent qualities. They
should not cheat on
workmanship and materials due
to their own interest without
consider the safety of building
and occupants.
Fact
Failure happen at the
foundation caused the
apartment collapsed.
Ideas
Learning Outcomes
What responsible should be
taken by engineer?
Action
Fact
Nowadays, disasters not
only happen naturally but
it also caused by human
activities. Human
activities will induced the
disaster happen however
natural disaster will also
caused damage to manmade things.
Ideas
Learning Outcomes
What Government can do to
penalty the persons who destruct
the environment?
Action
INTRODUCTION
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) was stated in Parit Raja, Batu Pahat
Johor. Before the the awareness of that full university, it was started as Pusat Latihan Staff
Politeknik,Institusi Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia and lastly Kolej Tun Hussien Onn
Malaysia. This is because they was grow and progress, producing graduates who were skilful,
knowledgeable and have competitive in market. The construction process was started a long time
ago. This area of Parit Raja mostly have pit soil and soft soil. As we know that, the characteristic
of peat soil have a high in moisture content and it not strong enough to support a high building.
As we can see, during the first construction in UTHM, it just a small building that can be built
because the soil have a biggest problem for long time. Peat soil also have a lot or organic
compose and the soil is not compacted well. The admistrative of university should built more
construction to support the vision and student. So that, they was built more construction before
they upgrade to the university. During the process of built, there was a problem that part of the
construction.
In our project, we have investigate the problem that can cause the structural failure for the
construction for long term. For the past five years, UTHM has built a lot of facilities to the
student and lecture such as the faculty for each course, mosque of UTHM, hall of graduation day
and library. As we can see it, the construction is involve a lot of area and they should try to use
effective way to still the problem. Nowadays the construction have a problem already show even
though it was designed for long lime. The movement of soil is too critical and it can cause the
collapse for some building. During the construction, they was using a bored pile for make a
foundation and it not effective. This is because during the process of pilling, the pile was settling
to the underground fast before is set. The investigation was occurs and they realize that the water
level for peat soil is high.
We have try to show the problem that happen nowadays and it clear show how the critical
this issue. University was stop the construction immediately because it can effect the soil move
for other building. We also show the reasons of failure the foundation structure failure and
suggestion to overcome the problem.
In any failures, there must a reason of it why it is fail. In our case where the piling is unset
and been left unfinished for years now. What are the possible of failure in this case? Here is some
reason for our case study :
2) Cost
Why is it cost can be a reason for unfinished project? It is because in industry, we
do have investigate the location of the site before doing any construction. But can we
guarantee that what we planned as in theoretical will be as exactly as in real life? For
example, the developer has replace the soft soil at the area of the UTHM before starting
the project but it is still not enough because down deep the base are still the soft soil that
cannot handle much load. Even if they could handle small load, it may not long whether
the building is going to settle, crack or collapse for worse.
While they were doing the piling work, we can see that the piling are close to
each other and there are plenty of piling which tells us that they have swallow a plenty of
cost. Because it is not cheap to set a piling or even for hundreds of piling. Some of the
piling even did not set after 30 meter. Then, thats why they stop the project.
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SUGGESTION
The lowest part of structure is generally referred to as the foundation. Its function is to
transfer the load of the structure to the soil on which it is resting. A properly designed foundation
is one that transfers the load throughout the soil without overstressing the soil. Depending on the
structure and soil encountered, various types are used. Pile foundation is the most important
structure for every building that carry large load. For this project, our case study is about the
failure of the foundation beside the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environment, UTHM
which is located at Parit Raja, Batu Pahat. The failure of the foundation is caused the soil
structure at the site and cost of construction.
A spread footing is simply and enlargement of load-bearing wall or column that makes it
possible to spread the load of structure over larger area of the soils. In soil with low bearing
capacity, the size of the spread footing required is impracticably large. In that case, it is more
economical to construct the entire structure over a concrete pad. This is called as a mat
foundation. The soil characteristic at Parit Raja is a peat soil which is has low bearing capacity;
therefore this type of foundation is much recommended.
Besides that, mat foundation is sometimes used to resist water pressures when
groundwater extends above the level of the floor of the lowest basement of a building. The
selection of the type of foundation to be used for an individual structure is typically a function of
the expected loads and the allowable bearing pressures. Typically, a mat foundation is only
considered when the area of the spread footings or combined footings exceeds about 50 percent
of the gross area of the building.
Another reason why this method is much recommended is about the cost. Based on the
second reason of the failure that have mentioned above, this type of foundation are provides an
economical solution to difficult site conditions, where pile foundation cannot be use
advantageously and independent column footing becomes impracticable.
After all, this suggestion might be effective solution which able to overcome the failure
that cause by the soil characteristic and cost.
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Chairperson,
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Miss Farah
Najwa
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: 25 APRIL 2015
: 8.30 PM
:MACDONAL TAMAN UNIVERSITI,PARIT RAJA
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Miss Farah
Najwa
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: 9 MAY 2015
: 8.30 PM
:LIBRARY TUN AMINAH, UTHM
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Chairperson,
Mr. Muhammad Aliff Bin Adnan
Miss Farah
Najwa
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