b) b) On 21 October 2017, at about 8.50 am, the slope collapsed bringing down and estimated 6300 tonnes in a matter of s
Posted: Sat May 21, 2022 3:29 pm
b) b) On 21 October 2017, at about 8.50 am, the slope collapsed
bringing down and estimated 6300 tonnes in a matter of seconds and
buried 11 workers including the site clerk in Tg. Bungah
construction site, Penang. There were 3 landslips, 2 minor ones and
a major incident, before the eventual collapse of the slope and
those landslips were clear warnings from Mother Nature that the
slope was unsafe. According to the report, the landslide on that
fateful morning did not simply develop overnight. It was a disaster
which had been waiting to happen, for a period of time. It was also
stated that the landslide occurred because the disturbing forces
had exceeded the soil resistance. The Commission concluded that the
project consultant engineer, from the civil and structural
engineering consultants (C&S Consultants), was the person
primarily responsible for having caused the disaster. The C&S
Consultants were also the superintendent officer (SO) for the
earthworks. It was also highlighted that no resident engineer had
been stationed on-site by the C&S Consultants to undertake the
overall supervision of the earthworks and the permanent works,
since the commencement of works until the day of the tragedy (about
26 months). It was also noted that for the first 12 months of
works, the C&S Consultants did not have any clerk of works
on-site. Based on the above explanation, justify how the lack of
Professional Engineers in charge in this project practiced
engineering professionalism thus causing this problem to occur. You
are required to discuss at least TWO (2) situations in the tragedy
and state the relevant Professional Code of Conduct. [10M]
bringing down and estimated 6300 tonnes in a matter of seconds and
buried 11 workers including the site clerk in Tg. Bungah
construction site, Penang. There were 3 landslips, 2 minor ones and
a major incident, before the eventual collapse of the slope and
those landslips were clear warnings from Mother Nature that the
slope was unsafe. According to the report, the landslide on that
fateful morning did not simply develop overnight. It was a disaster
which had been waiting to happen, for a period of time. It was also
stated that the landslide occurred because the disturbing forces
had exceeded the soil resistance. The Commission concluded that the
project consultant engineer, from the civil and structural
engineering consultants (C&S Consultants), was the person
primarily responsible for having caused the disaster. The C&S
Consultants were also the superintendent officer (SO) for the
earthworks. It was also highlighted that no resident engineer had
been stationed on-site by the C&S Consultants to undertake the
overall supervision of the earthworks and the permanent works,
since the commencement of works until the day of the tragedy (about
26 months). It was also noted that for the first 12 months of
works, the C&S Consultants did not have any clerk of works
on-site. Based on the above explanation, justify how the lack of
Professional Engineers in charge in this project practiced
engineering professionalism thus causing this problem to occur. You
are required to discuss at least TWO (2) situations in the tragedy
and state the relevant Professional Code of Conduct. [10M]