Resident Engineer (MEP)
Aecom Perunding Sdn Bhd
Total years of experience :22 years, 8 Months
Responsibilities: Lead the supervision consultant's MEP team for the supervision of mechanical and electrical works at MRT Depoh (KVMRT Project), Sungai Buloh, Malaysia.
Responsibilities:
The author is in charge of the electrical and mechanical services for consulting jobs assigned by the firm, attending meeting with clients, producing design drawings, tender documents, training junior engineers and draughting personnel, etc.
Project:
Design, construction, testing and commissioning of 7-storey Office Complex for Interior Ministry, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Responsibilities:
1. Supervision, coordination and inspections of the installation works.
2. Coordination with other trades and sub-contracts in the project.
3. Checking of installation shop drawings submitted by sub-contractors.
4. Testing and commissioning.
5. Attending all meetings with the client, with other consultants and contractors.
6. Liaising with the electrical and telecommunication authorities regarding construction issues.
7. Check and verify all progress payments.
Scope of work:
1. One 11kV/415V substation.
2. Three 1000kVA to 1500kVA cast resin transformers.
3. 11kv and 415V cabling works.
4. Lighting and small power.
5. One 1000kVA standby generator.
6. External lighting.
7. Public address and sound reinforcement systems.
8. CCTV and card access system
9. Satellite MATV system.
10. IT infrastructure (wiring, conduit and cable support system).
11. Firemen Intercom.
12. Telephone System
13. Audio-visual and conference system.
14. Lightning protection and earthing system.
15. Contract cost: approximately RM140 million (including RM35 million M&E cost).
Project:
Design, construction, completion, testing and commissioning, and maintenance of Federal Government Administration Building which includes: 21-storey Office Block complete with a 5-storey podium block, 1-floor basement and one single-storey mechanical plant building in Melaka, Malaysia for The Prime Minister department.
Responsibilities:
1. Supervision, coordination and inspections of the installation works.
2. Coordination with other trades and sub-contracts in the project.
3. Checking of installation shop drawings submitted by sub-contractors.
4. Testing and commissioning.
5. Attending all meetings with the client, with other consultants and contractors.
6. Liaising with the electrical and telecommunication authorities regarding construction issues.
7. Check and verify all progress payments.
Scope of work:
1. One 11kV/415V substation.
2. Three 1500kVA to 2000kVA cast resin transformers.
3. 11kv and 415V cabling works.
4. Lighting and small power.
5. One 1000kVA standby generator.
6. External lighting.
7. Public address and sound reinforcement systems.
8. CCTV and card access system
9. Satellite MATV system.
10. IT infrastructure (wiring conduit and cable support system).
11. Firemen Intercom.
12. Audio-visual and conference system.
13. Lightning protection and earthing system.
14. Telecommunication system.
15. Contract cost: approximately RM207 million (including RM45 million M&E cost).
Project:
A design-and-build contract for Design, Construction and Completion of 38-storey Government Office Building Consisting of Office Tower and Related Works at Basement and External Works at Lot 4G10, Precinct 4, Federal Government Administrative Center, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
Responsibilities:
1. Supervision, coordination and inspections of the installation works.
2. Coordination with other trades and sub-contracts in the project.
3. Checking of installation shop drawings submitted by sub-contractors.
4. Testing and commissioning.
5. Attending all meetings with the client, with other consultants and contractors.
6. Liaising with the electrical and telecommunication authorities regarding construction issues.
7. Check and verify all progress payments.
Scope of work:
1. Two 11kV/415V substation: one at the basement floor and the other at 20th floor.
2. Four 1500kVA to 2000kVA cast resin transformers.
3. 11kv and 415V cabling works.
4. Lighting and small power.
5. Centralized UPS system.
6. Two 1500kVA standby generator.
7. External lighting.
8. Telecommunication system.
9. Public address and sound reinforcement systems.
10. CCTV and card access system
11. Satellite MATV system.
12. IT infrastructure (wiring, conduit and cable support system).
13. Firemen Intercom.
14. Audio-visual and conference system.
15. Lightning protection and earthing system.
16. Contract cost: approximately RM270 million (including RM87 million M&E cost).
Responsibilities:
In charge of all the electrical services for process plants and factory projects undertaken by the consulting company.
For building M & E scope of works undertaken by the company, the author was in charge of both the electrical and mechanical services, attending meeting with clients, producing design drawings, tender documents, training the draughting personnel, etc.
Project:
A turnkey contract to construct the 9.7 km Storm-water Management and Road Tunnel (SMART Tunnel) at Kampong Pandan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Responsibilities:
1. Supervision, coordination and inspections of all electrical installation works for the whole tunnel project.
2. Inspection on the assembly and testing of 11kV switchgears, LV switchboards and motor control centers at the respective factories.
3. Coordination with other trades and sub-contracts in the tunnel construction.
4. Checking of installation shop drawings submitted by sub-contractors.
5. Testing and commissioning.
6. Attending meetings with the client, with other consultants and contractors.
8. Liaising with the electrical and telecommunication authorities regarding construction issues.
9. Monitoring of the construction progress.
Scope of works:
1. Eleven 11kV/415V electrical substations.
2. Two cast resin transformers at each substation rated capacity of 1500kVA to 2500kVA each, except one substation which used two oil-filled outdoor transformers.
3. 240sq.mm Aluminium/XLPE multi-core armored 11kV distribution cabling along the six-kilometer overall length of the underground road tunnel to supply six 11kv/415V substations. This was taken from a 132/33/11kV authority supply substation located nearby.
4. 11kV incoming underground ducting for supply authority.
5. Eleven standby diesel generators rated 1000kVA to 2500 kVA. Only one generator per each substation. Two of the generators were of the outdoor type.
6. Four UPS supply units rated 80 kVA to 180 kVA, one for each of the four ventilation shafts along the 3-kilometer road tunnel.
7. Main switchboards and motor control centers.
8. IP68 road tunnel lighting.
9. 12-meter highway lighting at the ingress/egress at both end of the tunnel.
10. Motorized penstock actuators and outdoor motor control centers at the holding pond and storage reservoir.
11. Road tunnel ventilation fan motors at the four ventilation shafts.
12. Motorized water-tight gates along the road tunnel.
13. Motorized submersible pumps at the holding pond.
14. Lighting and power installations at the storm-water control station, road tunnel control station and toll plaza.
15. Street lighting and compound lighting.
16. Turnkey contract cost: approximately RM2 billion (including RM300 million M&E cost).
Project:
A turnkey contract for Design, construction, equipping, testing, commissioning and maintenance of 498-bed Temerloh Hospital, Pahang, Malaysia.
Responsibilities:
1. Supervision, coordination and inspections of the installation works.
2. Coordination with other trades and sub-contracts in the hospital construction.
3. Checking of installation shop drawings submitted by sub-contractors.
4. Testing and commissioning.
5. Attending all meetings with the client, with other consultants and contractors.
6. Liaising with the electrical and telecommunication authorities regarding construction issues.
7. Check and verify all progress payments.
8. Overall supervision of the mechanical trades and services.
Major components of the projects:
1. One block of main hospital building (498 beds) including three-storey podium and seven-storey ward block;
2. One block of 7-storey Staff Apartment Type C (10 units);
3. One block of 12-storey Staff Apartment Type D (42 units);
4. One block of 13-storey Staff Apartment Type F (52 unit) and Type G (96 units);
5. One block of 9-storey Nurses Hostels (80 unit) and Sisters Hostel (20 unit);
6. One block of 9-storey Housemen Complex (50 units);
7. One block of 2-storey Visitors Hall.
Electrical scope of works:
1. Three 11kV/415V substations: One to serve all the hostels and staff quarters, one for the M&E plant and one to serve the main hospital building.
2. Supply intakes from the authority at two voltage levels: A 415V supply directly to the staff quarters substation; and two incoming circuits at 11kV to the M&E Plant substation which were then looped to the main hospital building substation.
3. One 500kVA standby generator for the staff quarters and a 1000kVA generator for the M&E plant substation and all essential loads in the main hospital building.
4. Four 1500kVA cast resin transformers for the M&E plant and hospital building loads.
5. Four 50kVA UPS units were provided to support some emergency lighting and power sockets, and all life supporting equipment at the seven operation theaters, Intensive Care Unit, delivery rooms, recovery areas, CSSD and coronary care units.
6. External lighting.
7. Lighting and small power.
8. OT lights.
9. Underground 11kV and 415V distribution cables.
10. IT infrastructure (conduit, trunking and cable trays). The IT wiring and equipment would be supplied and installed under a different contract after the completion of this contract.)
11. Extra Low Voltage services (Public address, MATV, Nurse Call System, Queue Management System, Audio-Visual System, etc).
12. Bedhead trunking
13. Line Input Output Monitor (LIOM)
14. Telephone services
15. The turnkey contract cost wasRM480 million with M & E cost (not including Medical Equipment and IT Equipment costs) at RM80 million.
(a)Project 1:
A design-and-build proposal for "Design, construction, testing, commissioning and maintenance of Buildings for Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia."
Role: Project Manager and Electrical Design Engineer
Major components of work:
- 1 block 6-storey main medical faculty building;
- 4 blocks of 9-storey student accommodation buildings;
- Ancillary buildings: Student Center, Surau and Cafeteria Buildings.
Electrical scope of works:
1. Two 11kV/415V substations.
2. Four cast resin transformers rated 1250kVA to 1750kVA.
3. 11kV and 415V underground cabling.
4. 400kVA and 1000kVA standby generators.
5. External lighting.
6. Lighting and small power.
7. IT infrastructure (wiring, conduit, trunking and cable trays). The IT equipment would be supplied and installed under a different contract.
8. Extra Low Voltage services (Public address, MATV, Audio-Visual System, etc).
9. Telephone services
The contract was awarded in February 2003 at RM195 million with M&E cost at approximately RM55 million.
(b) Project 2:
A turnkey proposal for "The Design, construction, equipping, testing, commissioning and maintenance of 498-bed Temerloh Hospital, Pahang, Malaysia".
Role: Electrical Design Engineer and Acting Project Manager.
Major components of the projects:
1. One block of main hospital building (498 beds) including
three-storey podium and seven-storey ward block;
2. One block of 7-storey Staff Apartment Type C (10 units);
3. One block of 12-storey Staff Apartment Type D (42
units);
4. One block of 13-storey Staff Apartment Type F (52 unit)
and Type G (96 units);
5. One block of 9-storey Nurses Hostels (80 unit) and S
Sisters Hostel (20 unit);
6. One block of 9-storey Housemen Complex (50 units);
7. One block of 2-storey Visitors Hall.
Electrical scope of works:
1. Three 11kV/415V substations: One to serve all the hostels and staff quarters, one for the M&E plant and one to serve the main hospital building.
2. Supply intakes from the authority at two voltage levels: A 415V supply directly to the staff quarters substation; and two incoming circuits at 11kV to the M&E Plant substation which were then looped to the main hospital building substation.
3. One 500kVA standby generator for the staff quarters and a 1000kVA generator for the M&E plant substation and all essential loads in the main hospital building.
4. Four 1500kVA cast resin transformers for the M&E plant and hospital building loads.
5. Four 50kVA UPS units were provided to support some emergency lighting and power sockets, and all life supporting equipment at the seven operation theaters, Intensive Care Unit, delivery rooms, recovery areas, CSSD and coronary care units.
6. External lighting.
7. Lighting and small power.
8. OT lights.
9. Underground 11kV and 415V distribution cables.
10. IT infrastructure (conduit, trunking and cable
trays). The IT wiring and equipment would be supplied and installed under a different contract after the completion of this contract.)
11. Extra Low Voltage services (Public address, MATV, Nurse Call System, Queue Management System, Audio-Visual System, etc).
12. Bedhead trunking
13. Line Input Output Monitor (LIOM)for Operation theaters.
14. Telephone services
The design-and-build contract was awarded in December 2000 at RM480 million with M & E cost (not including Medical Equipment and IT Equipment costs) at RM80 million.
The author later requested for the permission from the management to supervise the construction works at site which was approved.
Project:
New Federal Government Administrative Center in Putrajaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
Role: Mechanical and Electrical Coordinator for the Utilities Coordination and Master plan (UCMP) team.
Responsibilities:
1. The team is responsible for coordinating Level 1 and Level 2 of the underground utilities infrastructure (water supply, telecom, electrical cabling, sewage, etc) with other works (road works, drainage, etc.) in the Putrajaya project.
2. Analyze all the relevant construction drawings from the various consultants and concessionaires to identify potential clashes during construction involving any of the utilities.
3. Then produce clash reports, coordinated drawings and the proposed solutions to the parties involved in order to prevent or solve the clashes during actual construction works.
4. Throughout the construction the team members attended coordination meetings and work closely with Project Managers to solve clashes that still occurred during actual construction.
Project: The New Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia.
From July 1996 - December 1998: Resident Electrical Engineer
Main duties and responsibilities:
Supervise three contract packages:- UT05 (Sewage Treatment Plant), UT01 (Utilities) and UT07 (KLIA Reservoir):
1. Supervision and inspections of the installation works.
2. Coordination with other contract packages in the airport construction.
3. Checking of installation shop drawings submitted by sub-contractors.
4. Testing and commissioning.
5. Attending all meetings with the client, with other consultants and contractors.
6. Check and verify all progress payments.
7. Preparation of variation orders.
a) Sewage Treatment Plant (Package UT05 - Turnkey Contract):
Scope of works:
1. An 18ML/d, Sequential Batch Reactor (SBR) plant with the electrical demand of 1500 kVA.
2. Two LV incoming feeders from authority's supply substation.
3. Essential and non-essential main switchboards rated at 1200A and 800A.
4. One 750 kVA stand-by generator set.
5. Seven Motor Control Centers each rated between 225A to 1000A at the busbars to cater for the separate processing buildings of the plant.
6. The biggest MCC was for the SBR tank, with a 1000A MCC supplying six blowers of 90 KW and more than 60 motors rated between 1kW to 15kW each.
7. A summary (i.e. selected signals) of the control and instrumentation panels from each of the processing sub-plants is connected to the airport SCADA system.
8. Contract costs: Approximately RM20 million.
(b) Utilities Infrastructure (Package UT01)
Scope of works: As the electrical resident engineer's work was generally confined to the plants and stations for the utilities under this package:
i) Underground wastewater system: 1. Six pumping stations, including four underground type and two with ground-level stations.
2. Three to five submersible sewage pumps at each
pumping stations rated up to 45kW.
3. Motorized penstock actuators.
4. Motor control centers of both the indoor type and the
IP56-rated, above-ground, weather-proof outdoor type.
ii) Water Supply Distribution System: 1. one re-chlorination plant.
iii) Low-pressure and Medium-pressure Gas Distribution System: 1. Three gas pressure reduction stations.
2. One odorizer station.
3. All four gas distribution stations required deep
boring of up to 80 meter for the earthing system due to high resistivity of the surrounding earth and small land area of the stations. Two copper rod of
approximately one-inch diameter were used at each
station with the addition of artificial clay.
iv) Two aircraft waste discharge facilities.
v) All these plants were connected to the airport SCADA system.
vi) Contract cost: approximately RM100 million including the electrical works of RM12.9 million.
(c) KLIA Reservoir (Package UT07): A twin-compartment 45.6
MLD service reservoir to supply the whole airport.
1. Motorized inlet and outlet valves.
2. Un-manned, automatic PLC controlled of all valves.
3. Monitoring and instrumentation panel.
4. Fully connected to the airport SCADA system via 90 input/output points.
5. Complete remote monitoring and control can be done at the airport engineering center.
6. Contract cost: RM10 million.
B. August 1995 - June 1996: Mechanical and Electrical Coordinator
Responsibilities: Coordinate the construction of all works in the contract Package UT01 (Utilities Infrastructure) which comprises of the airport utilities infrastructure as follows:
1. Wastewater: 18 km of underground sewerage line and six pumping stations;
2. Water Supply Distribution System: 79 km of underground pipes and one re-chlorination plant;
3. Low-pressure and Medium-pressure Gas Distribution System: 24 km of underground piping, three gas pressure reduction stations and one odorizer station;
4. Telecommunication infrastructure: 74 km of underground ductwork and 500 manholes.
a) From August 1994 - March 1995:
Role: Electrical Engineer
Responsibilities: Electrical engineer in-charge of the electrical, telephone and lift services for several projects at various stages of implementation, some of which being as follows:
1. Seeing through the completion, testing and commissioning of two blocks of 10-storey condominium at Jalan Pelita, Johor Bharu; and an 18-hole golf course at Bukit Jalil Golf and Country Resort, Seri Petaling.
2. Implementation of telephone underground manhole and ducting works at Area N5, Bukit Damansara.
3. Involved in the detail costing of eight blocks of high-cost and medium-cost condominiums for Sentul Raya Project at Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur.
4. Survey of the existing Mechanical and Electrical installations at Malaysia Chancery in Singapore.
b) From October 1993 - July 1994:
Project: Proposed Damansara Utama Town Center (Damansara Uptown)
Role: Design Engineer
Responsibilities:
1. Responsible for complete detail design from design development stage up to tender drawings for all electrical, lift, and telecommunication services for Phase 1.
2. This phase consist of five blocks of 15- to 21-storey commercial office buildings and one block of 8-storey car park building complete with a hawker center.
3. The author was also in-charge of the building automation system, fire protection control system, and public address system.
4. Involved in the design planning of the utilities infrastructure for the subsequent phases of the project which consist of Phase 2: A 440-room hotel; Phase 3: A shopping complex; and Phase 4: Two corporate towers of 35-storey and 50-storey each.
Phase 1 estimated cost was RM223 million, with the electrical system and other electrical building services at RM23 million (excluding the lifts).
Project:
Upgrading of General Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Responsibilities:
Supervision of the upgrading works for the 2000-bed hospital's electrical High Voltage Services, Low Voltage Services and Building Automation System. The hospital complex consisted of 32 new and old buildings overall.
(a) High Voltage Services:
1. Nine 11/.415 kV distribution substations, with the intake at 11kV.
2. Three 750 to 1500 kVA synchronized standby generators at a central substation plant.
3. The underground 11kV system distribution system.
4. 11kV switchgears.
5. Two 11/.415 kV transformers rated 1250 to 1750 kVA.
6. Substations' lightning protection system.
7. Contract cost: RM12 million.
(b) Low Voltage Services:
1. 415 V underground cables in-building distribution cables.
2. LV main switchboards, sub-switchboards, and distribution boards.
3. Fittings and wiring for lighting and small power.
4. Centralized UPS.
5. Street lighting and compound lighting.
6. Contract cost: RM9.8 million.
(c) Building Automation System (Package Contract):
1. This was a complete building automation system package.
2. 100 remote processing units connected to a central CPU.
3. The system monitors all the electrical system, chilled water plant, the air-conditioning and ventilation system, hot-water system and lift services.
4. It also provides a centralized control for the air-conditioning system including the chillers.
This contract package was RM2 million.
Project:
Breaker Switched Reactor (BSR) Mainhead A (275 kV and 132 kV Extension Works)
Working directly under the Engineering Division of Merlin Gerin of France in this turnkey contract, the author was the Design and Project Engineer in charge of the control and protection system for the National Grid's high voltage transmission substations.
Role and responsibilities:
1. Produce detailed design and manufacturing drawings for the control and protection boards;
2. Procure the respective parts and components from the Headquarters in France and also directly from various suppliers locally;
3. Supervise the assembly works of the control and protection boards in the appointed factory i.e. Electrical Power Engineering (EPE) at Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;
4. Supervise the complete factory testing of the completed boards;
5. Coordinate and supervise the installation and commissioning works at the respective sites.
Scope of works:
a) Kampung Awah Substation, Pahang, Malaysia: Four nos. 275kV overhead line feeder bays, two nos. 275/33 kV transformer feeder bays and one coupler bay;
b) Paka Power Station, Terengganu, Malaysia: One no. 275/33 kV transformer feeder bay;
c) Tanah Merah Substation, Kelantan, Malaysia: Two nos. 275kV overhead line feeder bays, two nos. 275/33 kV transformer feeder Bays, and one coupler bay;
d) Bayan Baru Substation, Penang, Malaysia - one no. 132kV reactor bay;
e) Sungai Pinang Substation, Penang, Malaysia - one no. 132kV reactor bay;
f) Bukit Chuping Substation, Perlis, Malaysia one no. 132kV reactor bay.
As the Technical Supervisor for the company's Technical Department, the author's roles and responsibilities are to:
1. Supervise the routine tests on raw materials, and the routine tests on the finished 1kV to 33kV XLPE and PILC cables;
2. Perform tests and troubleshooting on faulty cables;
3. Supervise the overall routine operation of the Technical Department.
Responsibilities:
Involved in the daily routine maintenance work on all 124 electrical substations and the electricity distribution network in the within the LLN (i.e. the then National Electricity Board - now it has been privatized as Tenaga Nasional Berhad or “TNB”) District of Rawang, Selangor, Malaysia:
a. 124 nos. substation buildings;
b. underground and overhead distribution lines up to 22kV;
c. switchgears and transformers from 415V up to 33kV.
