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JANUARY-JUNE 2018 | INTERCHANGE 1 JANUARY-JUNE 2018 | INTERCHANGE 3 Dato’ Najmuddin INTERCHANGE • JANUARY-JUNE 2018 Abdullah EDITOR INSIDE THIS ISSUE NEW FEATURES BEGINNING 04 GOING UNDERGROUND 06 MRT SUNGAI BULOH-SERDANG-PUTRAJAYA (SSP) LINE STATIONS Leong Shen-Li Ean Yaacob 07 MRT SUNGAI BULOH-SERDANG-PUTRAJAYA (SSP) LINE TRAINS 08 STATE OF THE ART FIRE AND RESCUE FACILITIES FOR THE MRT PROJECT 09 MRT CORP BUILDS A PARK FOR KAMPUNG SELAMAT PEDESTRIAN LINK TO CHERAS LEISURE MALL OPENED Wallace Soh Chun Hwei Khairul Azlee 10 MRT PROJECT’S LATEST INFO CENTRE AT BANDAR MALAYSIA NORTH 2018 VISIT MRT TOUCHPOINTS CAMPAIGN 11 UNIVERSITY OF READING STUDENTS VISIT MRT PROJECT PROLINTAS KNOWLEDGE SHARING SESSION Nik Haizan Nur Amalina 12 MYEP II GRADUATES RECEIVE CONTRACTS FOR MRT SSP LINE 13 TRX CITY DELEGATION VISITS MRT DEPOT MCMC INSPECTS MRT UNDERGROUND STATIONS AND TUNNELS 14 INTRODUCING THE MRT PROJECT TO FUTURE USERS CONTRIBUTORS CLQ WORKERS IFTAR Rizal Redzuan Ezreen Siti Juliana 15 FOCUS ON PREVENTION OF INCIDENTS PROJECT UPDATES Suzy Kubong Fakhrurrazi 16 MRT SUNGAI BULOH-SERDANG-PUTRAJAYA LINE PROJECT UPDATES FEATURES CLOSE to a year has passed since we launched the SSP Line, for them to have a better understanding on 18 JKR SEMINAR ON THE KLANG VALLEY MRT PROJECT full service of the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang (SBK) what would happen during the construction period, Puteri Nur Mia Line, the first MRT service in Malaysia on 17 July and how they would benefit from the completed Atika Dayana Haziqah 2017. Since then, many Malaysians have benefitted alignment. from the country’s most modern railway system. HAPPENINGS In the meantime, MRT Corp would like to take this 19 I am happy to note that the number of users has been opportunity to congratulate the new Government of continuously growing, proving that Malaysians are Malaysia. The ruling Pakatan Harapan coalition’s ready to move away from their cars and use public success in the 14th General Election testifies the Johan Wan Aznoor transport when the route is useful to them. I am strength of democracy in our country. confident that the numbers will continue to grow as more development takes shape along the alignment, MRT Corp also understands and welcomes the and as more lines open up in the future. Government’s need to relook at infrastructure PHOTOGRAPHY projects in the interest of cost cutting. Hazwan With the first MRT Line completed – and we were able to do this on time and within the budget - MRT Corp To this end, MRT Corp is more than ready to work PUBLISHER & DESIGN has now shifted its focus to the second MRT line, the with the Government to ensure that spending on Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya (SSP) Line. infrastructure is sustainable and not become a Tingkat 5, Menara I & P 1, No. 46, Jalan Dungun The 52.2km alignment is currently on track to begin burden to the people. At the same time, MRT Corp Bukit Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur its first phase of operations by the second quarter of also hopes that the importance and benefits of good PRINTER 2021, with the entire alignment to be completed by infrastructure, including a modern MRT system, is CETAK JITU SDN BHD (574632-M) the second quarter of 2022. recognised and not overlooked. 11, Jalan 24/56 Kawasan J, Keramat Wangsa 54200 Kuala Lumpur The project progress as at end of June 2018 is at 30%. MRT Corp looks forward to working closely with the MRT INFORMATION CENTRE The previous edition of Interchange had highlighted Government in fulfilling its pledge to ensure that the MRT INFORMATION CENTRE BANDAR MALAYSIA NORTH the preparation for tunnelling using state-of-the-art welfare and well-being of the rakyat is well taken Bandar Malaysia North MRT Construction Site tunnel boring machines (TBM). care of. Lot 256, Lebuhraya KL-Seremban 50461 Kuala Lumpur MRT INFORMATION CENTRE SERI KEMBANGAN In this edition, we are glad to report that tunnelling Thank you. D-11-G, Jalan Atmosphere 7 has begun and is proceeding smoothly. The first of Pusat Perniagaan The Atmosphere twelve TBMs which will be used for the project was 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor Darul Ehsan DID YOU KNOW? launched at Bandar Malaysia North Launching Shaft on 1 March 2018. The launching ceremony marked Mon - Fri : 9:00am - 6:00pm A pile cap is a slab that ties together a group of bored piles to support a pier. the official start of underground tunnelling works for Weekend & Public Holidays: CLOSED the SSP Line. MRT CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS Pile cap works are the second stage to constructing piers. Three types of machinery are used for this stage of pier construction and they are excavators, long arm MASS RAPID TRANSIT CORPORATION SDN BHD (902884-V) With that, the tunnelling team will be working hard excavators and sheet pile vibro hammers. Level 5, Menara I & P1, No. 46, Jalan Dungun round the clock to excavate the 13.5km of tunnels DATO’ SRI SHAHRIL MOKHTAR Bukit Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur for the underground alignment, as well as build the We welcome your enquiries and suggestions MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang (SBK) Line Hotline: 11 future underground stations. You can read about CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Kindly email to [email protected] Helpline : 03-7885 2585 how challenging the job is for our underground works MASS RAPID TRANSIT CORPORATION SDN BHD 24 HOUR HOTLINE Email: [email protected] team in this edition. 1800 82 6868 Website : www.myrapid.com.my Facebook : myrapid Readers can also find in this newsletter reports and Twitter : @askrapidkl | @myrapidkl stories of the various activities that MRT Corp had MRTMALAYSIA participated in to engage with the public. This is done Instagram : @myrapidkl www.mymrt.com.my to increase their awareness on the construction of the JANUARY-JUNE 2018 | INTERCHANGE 5 of tunnelling works. Given the code-name The TBMs would need to run through different A lot of soil investigation work had also been S776, the TBM was joined by its ‘pair’ S777 geological formations - limestone, Kenny Hill done so that accurate data on the ground which was launched about a month later. Both formation and granite – each with different conditions are known. Where necessary, are excavating towards Chan Sow Lin and then densities. ground improvement works such as grouting the Tun Razak Exchange Station where the had been carried out. TBMs will be retrieved and dismantled. It is a high-risk job in a high-risk area because GOING UNDERGROUND the surface above where the tunnelling will When tunnelling is in progress, constant LIKE the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang (SBK) Line, These tunnels will go beneath major roads the schedule for each drive to be excavated is Over the next six to 12 months, other TBMs take place is densely populated with high-rise monitoring of conditions is also carried out the central section of the MRT Sungai Buloh- such as Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, Jalan Tun a very complicated process and is called the will be launched from the Titiwangsa shaft, buildings or very busy roads. both underground and on the surface. Directly Serdang-Putrajaya (SSP) Line which will serve Razak, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Persiaran tunnelling strategy. Hospital Kuala Lumpur Crossover Box, Conlay above the TBM, a team called the ‘bull gang’ the central business district of Kuala Lumpur, KLCC, Jalan Chan Sow Lin and Jalan Sungai shaft and Bandar Malaysia North shaft. Many cautionary measures have been taken to is assigned to observe ground conditions and will be underground. Besi. Among the factors considered when choosing mitigate the challenges. One of them is through sound the alarm at the slightest sign of unusual these shafts include how long the shafts take to Besides the Tun Razak Exchange Station where the use of the Variable Density TBM that was ground movement. The 13.5km stretch from Jalan Ipoh in the The TBMs will be grouped in pairs to excavate be excavated, location, whether there is enough the TBMs S776 and S777 will be retrieved, specially designed to handle tunnelling through north to Danau Desa in the south will traverse parallel tunnels for designated stretches of space for the TBMs to be assembled and also other TBM retrieval locations are at the Escape the karstic conditions posed by the limestone Adjacent buildings have also been fitted with beneath many busy areas such as Titiwangsa, the alignment, called ‘drives’. A drive stretches whether there is enough space at the surface Shaft 1 at Jalan Ipoh, Hospital Kuala Lumpur formation. sensors and markers and readings will be Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kampung Baru, from a launching shaft – where the TBMs for the TBM support facilities to be located. Crossover Box (which also acts as a launching monitored closely. KLCC, Conlay, Imbi and Chan Sow Lin, with 11 are assembled and then ‘launched’ or begin shaft), Ampang Park and the Danau Desa south Significant portions of the SSP Line underground stations serving these and other tunnelling – to a retrieval shaft, where the Most of the time, these launching and retrieval portal. underground alignment run through limestone With the experience learnt from past projects areas. TBMs will be dismantled and then removed shafts are where underground stations will be conditions, such as at Titiwangsa, Hospital and the modern equipment and machinery after completing their designated drive. located. However, there have are also shafts Although state-of-the-art TBMs will be used Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Tun Razak, Chan Sow Lin being used, construction the underground As with the SBK line, tunnelling will be done which become emergency escape shafts, to excavate the tunnels, tunnelling underneath and Bandar Malaysia.