Few Investigation Results on Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin's Roof

He said the defects were spotted during the opening of Malaysian Games (Sukma) and the state PWD was alerted about it.Ahmad said he had chaired several meetings with PWD officials and told them to expedite the remedial works.The Armed Forces, he said, also reported that the structure was unstable when they attempted to abseil from the roof during the opening ceremony of the stadium last year.

Ahmad revealed that he had personally spotted defects on the airport roof which required immediate remedial works.

“The finishing at the airport looks shoddy,” he said.

-Quoted from The Star Online, 4th June 2009-

KUALA TERENGGANU: Menteri Besar, Datuk Ahmad Said, semalam mempersoalkan kelewatan Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) membaiki kerosakan struktur bumbung Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin yang runtuh kelmarin, sedangkan masalah itu sudah dikesan sebelum Sukan Malaysia (Sukma) Ke-12 diadakan di situ setahun lalu.

Bagaimanapun, katanya, JKR tidak mengambil sebarang tindakan susulan seperti dijanjikan dan hanya mengadakan mesyuarat dua minggu lalu selepas beliau menghubungi jabatan berkenaan seminggu sebelum itu bagi mengingatkan perkara berkenaan kerana stadium itu akan diserahkan kepada kerajaan negeri, November ini.

Ahmad berkata, Exco juga memutuskan supaya JKR membuat pemeriksaan segera terhadap beberapa prasarana lain yang baru disiapkan, termasuk Lapangan Terbang Sultan Mahmud (LTSM), Pusat Akuatik Batu Burok dan Stadium Tertutup Negeri bagi mengelak sebarang kejadian buruk.

"Saya nampak bangunan berkenaan (seperti) ada yang tak kena... tak betul. Kita bimbang kerana ada atap bangunan LTSM yang tercabut... mungkin sebab ribut dan kebocoran juga berlaku.

-Quote from Berita Harian Online, 4th June 2009-

KUALA TERENGGANU: An eleventh-hour decision to use a space frame design for the roof of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium could have led to its collapse on Tuesday morning.

A decision was made at the last minute to cover the grandstand area with a space frame roofing to add a "curvy, grandeur and sophisticated" look to it.

The source said this, coupled with a looming deadline for the opening of the Malaysia Games, was a recipe for a disaster waiting to happen.

"It was done in a hurry and everyone in the engineering field knows that a space frame design is not an easy thing to build. Besides the difficulty involved, it is also a more expensive option," the source said.
According to civil engineering terms, a space frame is constructed from interlocking struts in a geometrical pattern using steel tubes.

-Quote from The New Straits Times Online, 4th June 2009-

So, after all... to summarize this, Defects spotted since SUKMA's Grand Opening, means JKR have one year to rectify this but no action taken... The root cause is still, the rush works due to SUKMA's timeline and because you want to boast to other people, you decide to use something expensive, sophisticated yet hard to build but you want to build it in rush... not much research could be done... Well, what a complete disaster recipe...

JKR is totally screwed up this time... and now, the Airport got structure problems too... Well, until there'll be one death, JKR will keep having the free spirit and yeah, until then I hope there'll be no more JKR... You guys have screwed too many buildings...

And yeah, projek mee maggie should not be initiated anymore... yeah, i know... you guys have a schedule, but if the schedule is not good enough this is what happen you know???? Coz, something like this wouldn't happen if things are not done within it's minimum time... You know, something like building a frame will take minimum 5 days, but optimum is 7 days, then you said "5 days and make it earlier if possible!!!"