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Posted by nkkhoo on 25th May, 2012
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The same person, Datuk Rosli Jaafar who was responsible for the construction of Kancil car park is being tasked to demolish the same building.
Rosli keeps his job is because he is a Malay, LGE will be condemned as anti-Malay by UMNO for firing any incapable Malay.
Lim Guan Eng even proudly said he is chairman for PDC should NOT be answered for the blunder under his charge.
Who is going to compensate for RM5 million paid by taxpayers for the Kancil car park? From Rosli’s or LGE’s pocket?
Judge yourself what kind of accountability under LGE. Talk is so cheap for DAP man!
Brink of destruction
By JOSEPHINE JALLEH
PRECAUTIONARY measures are currently being taken in preparation for the demolition of the controversial ‘Kancil car park’ at the foot of Penang Hill.
Penang Development Corporation (PDC) general manager Datuk Rosli Jaafar said the demolition would be carried out once their consultant gave the green light.
“The contractor chosen to carry out the project was picked based on the demolition proposal that would cause the least inconvenience to the car park’s neighbours.
“We will proceed with the demolition. It’s a tedious job but we are making sure that it will be safe too,” he said when contacted yesterday.
A check by The Star on May 21 showed that the car park had been barricaded as the safety evaluation is being carried out.
Days numbered: A banner indicating the name of the contractor tasked with the demolition has been put up in front of the car park at the foot of Penang Hill
According to a banner seen hung in front of the car park, it is stated that the main contractor, Yuan Seng Building Trading Sdn Bhd, has been tasked to demolish the structure.
In a report on Jan 18, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng had said that the car park would have been demolished by July 31 so that the structure can be rebuilt on Aug 1.
He said an open tender to demolish the car park was called on Jan 13 and would close on Feb 19.
He had said the tender would be awarded on March 19 and demolition works would take about four months.
He added that the open tender for rebuilding the car park would be called in June.
Lim, who is PDC chairman, had announced in December last year that the car park would be demolished, redesigned and reconstructed at a cost ranging from RM5.5mil to RM6.75mil.
On Dec 3, he said the state decided to adopt the “preferred” recommendation of its inquiry board, headed by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman’s Prof Omar Munir, to demolish the existing structure and build a new 300-bay car park.
The car park had drawn criticism for having steep ramps and bays said to be suitable only for Perodua Kancil cars.
Posted by nkkhoo on 13th January, 2012
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UMNO is using a private owned, Utusan to twist and lie about anything. But LGE goes a step further by using Buletin Mutiara funded by public fund to twist and lie.
Both BN and PR governments have to be responsible for kancil car park’s blunder. Ng Yen Yen and Lim Guan Eng both are spinless politicians who have never accepted responsibility and accountability.
PR machai is taking Buletin Mutiara like a Bible and expect me to believe it blindly, otherwise my mental health is in question.
PR running dogs are hitting below belt like UMNO PapaButa.
Twisted take on fiasco
GEORGE TOWN: The state government’s bi-monthly bulletin has misled the people with its take on the controversial ‘Kancil car park’, said Bukit Bendera MCA division chief Tang Heap Seng.
He said its recent “misleading essay” had led the public into believing that the state government had nothing to do with all that had gone wrong because it was a federal project.
“Please be very clear that while the Federal Government funded the car park, its implementation, calling of tender and construction were all under the administration of the Penang Development Corporation (PDC).
“This is something the public must be made aware of. It’s because they do not know the administrative procedures involved, they think the state government is not to be blamed,” he said yesterday.
Tang said Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng should just accept the responsibility as he was “a YB to the rakyat” and owed them an explanation.
He said the inconvenience continued for residents and visitors to the tourist attraction.
Slated for demolition, the car park at the foot of Penang Hill continues to be a bone of contention for the state government.
The issue has been thrown into centre stage once again by Buletin Mutiara that front-paged a comment defending the state against allegations of blame.
The two-and-a-half-page comment entitled ‘A big lie over a small car park’ placed the blame of the failed car park on the Federal Government.
The writer alleged the Government had failed to study the project in depth and monitor the construction of the complex.
It also pointed the finger at the previous Barisan Nasional state administration, claiming that the administration’s predecessor played “a major role” in the blunder.
The comment, in the December issue, was attributed to Lim’s media consultant Thomas Lee Seng Hock.
State Gerakan Publicity, Information and Communications Bureau chief Dr Thor Teong Gee said the article was a poor reflection of the competency, accountability and transparency (CAT) principles.
He said as a state-owned publication, it was obliged to print the truth and not political rhetoric.
Posted by nkkhoo on 17th November, 2011
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http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2011/11/17/north/9920170&sec=North
Nothing seems right for car park
BELOW is a summary of findings on the Penang Hill multi-storey car park by the Penang State Inquiry Board.
The weaknesses
> At the design stage, the approved plan by the Penang Municipal Council (MPPP) did not comply with council guidelines requirements, namely the ramps’ gradient exceeded the requirement, the ramps turning radius was insufficient and there were traffic circulation conflicts. The project architect was responsible for these weaknesses.
> The tender drawing and plan were issued without approval.
> At the construction stage, physical commencement of work proceeded without the plan being approved, the documentation was not in order, the clerk-of-work was inexperienced, the dimension and design errors were identified but not rectified and the latest drawing was not transmitted to site for implementation.
 Uphill task: The steep slope at the controversial 'Kancil car park' Solution options
> To demolish, redesign, reconstruct the entire building; to localise demolition, redesign and reconstruct ramps only or to localise demolition on ramps only and replace with vehicular lifts.
> Carry out Actual Load Test for one to two months and install settlement markers to instil public confidence in the structure’s stability.
Recommendations
> Demolish, redesign and reconstruct the entire building to increase the number of parking lots from the existing 112 to more than 300 lots with split-level ramps.
> The new building can either be 18m (six floors with an estimated construction cost of RM7,500,000) or 24m (eight floors with an estimated construction cost of RM10,000,000) high.
> The demolition, redesign and reconstruction should take about 17 months to complete.
The Penang State Inquiry Board, comprising Penang chairman of the Malaysian Architects Association Lawrence Lim and Institute of Engineers Malaysia (northern branch) former chairman Lim Kok Khong, was headed by Prof Omar Munir from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar). A total of 10 stakeholders were interviewed by the board since it was formed on Sept 29 to investigate the controversial car park. The post of chairman of the board appeared to be as ‘controversial’ as the issue it was investigating.
Prof Omar was the third chairman to hold the post in just three weeks. Prof Omar, a surveyor, took over the chairmanship on Oct 12, less than a month after Universiti Teknologi Petronas Assoc Prof Dr Arazi Idrus’s resignation on Oct 6, apparently due to the ‘heavy workload’ involved. Before Dr Arazi, former state Public Works Department (PWD) director Shahawai Awang had stepped down as chairman following his appointment on Sept 22, apparently to avoid a conflict of interest.
The terms of reference for the board were to identify the weaknesses in the implementation of the project and determine those responsible or the weaknesses, propose actions to be taken, and provide an independent view-point for solutions to rectify the problems.
Posted by nkkhoo on 16th November, 2011
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Latest update: Penang state government has decided to dismantle the Kancil car park and rebuild it with another RM6.75 million. Whether the money is from Federal or state government, the rakyats are losers.
Rosli has to be axed from PSDC, his resignation from PSDC consultancy Sdn Bhd is still not good enough under CAT. Lim Guan Eng as PSDC chairman also has to be held responsible for this blunder.
The architect responsible for the blunder, some more graduated from UK. Those people believe foreign graduates are always smarter better think again.
The poor quality of this report is reflecting the true standard of local professional bodies like IEM, MAA, etc.
YB Lim, I am openly questioning the credibility of this expert panel on this kancil car park probe.
This is the main reason I refused to join IEM, instead I prefer to be certified by American professional bodies like ASQ.
The special inquiry committee appointed by Penang CM, LGE did not act professionally in the findings.
The Penang State Inquiry Board, comprising Penang chairman of the Malaysian Architects Association Lawrence Lim and Institute of Engineers Malaysia (northern branch) former chairman Lim Kok Khong, was headed by Prof Omar Munir from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar).
Below reportage is taken from Kwong Wah Daily.
没证据证明传统打桩错误
林国康强调，从技术的角度，截至目前为止，没有任何证据证明，有关土木及结构工程师以传统打桩系统的判断是错误的。
他说，自有关建筑于2011年3月建竣后，并没有发现任何显著的结构超重及裂痕问题。有关的结构及地基的可承担建筑净重，为至少1.0的安全因素。我们需要额外的地基负荷度，以支撑活重量。而活重量是以7对3（净重）的比率来估计， 而岩土工程方面采纳的安全因素是1.5的地基负荷。
他强调，独立调查委员会的看法是以结构的稳定来恢复公众对有关建筑的信心，该委员会建议即刻花一至两个月的时间，以装满沙子的麻袋进行实际负载测试，以获取活重量的数据。他认为，除非有证据证明有关的土木及结构工程师的判断是错误的，以及有关的建筑的解决方案是拆除及纠正有关的坡道，否则是不需要进行建筑下沉标志及测验的。
If the structure of building is sound, then why they recommend to demolish it? It sounds fishy to me.
What study or experiment has been conducted by the expert panel to prove the structure is safe?
Safety factor used in the civil engineering is not 1.5 as in the Kancil car park, only airplane design is using 1.5X for obvious reason. In the empirical civil engineering, a safety factor of 10 is normally used.
No professional engineer will accept ZERO safety allowance in any building except this expert panel appointed by YB Lim Guang Eng.
The chairman is a Dean from UTAR! Let think about the quality of UTAR graduates if their dean can come out 1.5 safety factor is acceptable.
- There are dynamic loadings or vibrations besides the normal static loading. Besides, did the civil engineer study the resonance frequency and its avoidance?
- The building is designed to last for 50 years, 1.5X safety factor for piling is definitely asking for disaster to happen.
The piling safety factor is about 1.5X according to expert panel, and they know exactly the safety is compromised, and yet they do not make the recommendation based on professionalism.
Any qualified civil engineer wanted to correct me on building safety factor allowance?
Install a few car lifts is still much cheaper than rebuild a new car park.
Those geniuses proposed to rebuild should ask themselves a question. Do they demolish their own safe house just because of a steep staircase?
Another RM 7.5 to 10 million for rebuild is not free money falling from the sky, my dear CM LGE.
Can the committee calls a public consultation and briefing session to explain on how they achieved such a contradicting conclusion?
RM5mil ‘Kancil car park’ set to go
Aaron Ngui
GEORGE TOWN (Nov 15, 2011): The newly built RM5 million car park at the foot of Penang Hill is set to be demolished, and a new one built in its place, as the state government is likely to accept the recommendation of the inquiry board it appointed to invesitage the controversial complex.
The car park, dubbed the ‘Kancil car park’, for its steep ramps and low ceilings, became a flash point for critics after the Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP) refused to grant it an occupational certificate as the building failed to comply with its requirements.
Without the certificate, the car park cannot be opened to the public. The state government set up the inquiry board in September to investigate the poorly-designed complex.
Apart from demolishing the car park and constructing a new one with more parking lots, the board chaired by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar) construction department head Prof Omar Munir held that the architect and the superintendent of the project are responsible for the weaknesses in the design and tender stage respectively.
The board also recommended that the replacement building costing RM7.5 million will have six storeys, two more than the problematic four-storey car park.
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng told reporters today that the state executive council is expected to endorse the board recommendation at at its meeting on Friday.
“It will be pointless to dismiss the recommendations since the board was set up to recommend solutions to rectify the problems,” Lim said.
“Further action will also be decided then,” he said on possible disciplinary and legal action to be taken against those responsible.
Meanwhile, Institution of Engineers Malaysia (northern chapter) immediate past chairman Lim Kok Khong said the cost of each parking lot in the new car park would cost only RM25,000, compared to RM39,000 per lot if the existing building is to be modified.
He said a new eight-storey car park with 400 parking lots could also be built with each lot costing RM25,000.
He also dismissed reports that the stability of the building is a concern, saying that engineering firm Kumpulan Ikram Sdn Bhd’s report and visual inspection revealed no structural problem in the building.
Posted by nkkhoo on 29th September, 2011
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Anil Netto published a detailed transcript on grilling session against MPPP chairman and state exco in a press conference.
Lim Guan Eng is again hiding behind his own subordinates when it comes to grilling session.
All right-minded people will shake their heads in disbelief after reading through the transcript. The whole tender process is scandalous with no business feasibility study by a qualified party.
Pico and Taman Kasturi may be RM2 companies set up by the same developer or associated parties to make up three bidders.
PR is slightly better than BN on its “openness” to be grilled unlike BN who is running a snake oil black box tender for its cronies.
If LGE wants to be different than BN, it’s better for him to re-visit LKY for a lecture on how to run a transparent and clean government.
In short, sPICE is another BN project under PR.
In a simple mathematic formula, PR = BN.
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