STRUCTURAL DIVISION

PROJECT PORTFOLIO

PULLMAN HOTEL, KUCHING (Completed in 2010)

Pullman Hotel by Interhill Group is located at Jalan Mathis, Kuching.

  • This development is a 23-storey five-star Hotel cum commercial centre, known as The Hills Shopping Mall.
  • The basement involved deep excavation, where soldier piles
    system with tiebacks and soil nailing were adopted.
  • The upper hotel floors were designed as prestressed flat plate
    on shear walls.

CENTURY HOTEL, KUCHING (Completed in 2009)

Century Hotel, previously known as Four-Points by Sheraton, is located close to Kuching International Airport.

  • This is a 12-storey four-star hotel with 421 rooms at RM290 million.
  • The design is a conventional beam and slab system

RH HOTEL, SIBU (Completed in 2006)

RH Hotel by Rimbunan Hijau Group is located at Sibu Town Square.

  • This is a 15-storey, four-star hotel complex that features 226 rooms at RM55 million.
  • Post tensioned flat plate floor system supported on blade columns was adopted.

KINGWOOD HOTEL, SIBU (2008)

Kingwood Hotel is located along Rajang River in Sibu.

  • This 18-storey hotel extension and water front development added 252 rooms to the existing Kingwood Hotel, making it Sibu’s first four-star Hotel with a total of 420 rooms, at RM90 million.
  • This structure utilises a prestressed beam and slab flooring system and 45m long prestressed concrete box girder to support the banquet roof.

SAPPHIRE ON THE PARK, KUCHING (2018-2021)

Sapphire On The Park by Naim Bhd is located at Jalan Batu Lintang, Kuching.

  • The project comprises twin 18-storey and 13-storey condominium blocks with 1 basement level carpark and a total of 427 residential units (RM150 million).
  • The condominium towers are designed as a conventional beam and slab system and are all supported on transfer floors.

HANN’S RESIDENCE, SIBU (2020-)

Hann’s Residence by Musyati Development Sdn Bhd is located at Jalan Wong King Huo, Sibu.

  • This development consists of 2 blocks of 18-storey service apartments (416 residential units & 49 retail units) with podium carparks, 3-storey to 6-storey
    commercial (10 units) and a 4-storey hotel (48 rooms) at RM130 million.
  • This structure utilises a band beam system for its carpark levels, and a shear wall and slab system supported on transfer beams for its upper floors.

THE PINNACLE CONDOMINIUMS, BINTULU

The Pinnacle Condominiums by Sarawak Land (Kemena Park) Sdn Bhd, part of Samling Group, is located at Jalan Tanjung Batu, Miri.

  • This development consists of 2 blocks of 27-storey condominiums that houses 85 residential units at RM88 million.
  • This structure utilises a conventional beam and slab system.

WATERFRONT RESIDENCE, SIBU (2016)

Waterfront Residence by Fullyard Sdn Bhd is located at Sibu Town Square.

  • This development consists of 2 blocks of 25-storey condominium that houses 104 residential units at RM70 million.
  • The design utilises a reinforced concrete shear wall system seated on transfer beams.
  • As this building is very slender, refined deflection analysis were carried out.

THE REPUBLIC, KUCHING (2015)

The Republic by ELICA Sdn Bhd is located at Lorong Kempas 8, Kuching.

  • This development is the winner of the best residential property development in East Malaysia, which consists of 2 blocks of 13-storey apartment buildings,
    with a total of 48 units (2 units per floor) at RM50 million.
  • The structure is supported using a shear wall system with system formwork.

RIVERVALE CONDOMINIUM, KUCHING (2016)

Rivervale Condominium by CMS Property Development Sdn Bhd is located at Jalan Stutong, Kuching.

  • This development comprises 2 blocks of 14-storey low density apartment buildings with 146 residential units at RM90 million.
  • This development uses a conventional beam and slab system to support its floors.

GALA CITY, KUCHING (2018-2021)

Gala City by San Chin – BBC JV Sdn Bhd is located at Stampin area with the frontage facing Jalan Tun Jugah. This mixed development, encompasses an area of 32 acres, and generally utilises a conventional beam and slab system for its structures, which comprises:

  • 11-storey apartment cum commercial with podium carparks,
  • 8-storey commercial-office,
  • 6-storey hotel with 2 mezzanine floors,
  • 16 blocks of 3-storey to 6-storey commercial-shop, total value of RM200 million.
  • Main Sesco substation,
  • Relocation of existing school,
  • Conventional beam and slab system was adopted for all buildings.

PULLMAN HOTEL AND THE WHARF CONDOMINIUM, MIRI (2016-2018)

Pullman Hotel and The Wharf Condominium by Interhill Group is located at Miri Central Business District.

  • It features a 26-storey hotel (328 rooms), 18-storey service apartment (182 units) and 20 units of 3-storey shophouses, at RM300 million.
  • Both the hotel and condominium buildings utilise a conventional beam and slab system.

LIBERTY GROVE, KUCHING (2016-)

Liberty Grove by ELICA Sdn Bhd is located at Jalan Sungai Tapang, Kota Sentosa, Kuching.

  • This development consists of 9 blocks of 9-storey apartment buildings with facilities such as swimming pools, basketball and futsal courts, clubhouse, gym, sauna, multi purpose function/meeting rooms, etc within this exclusive, gated and guarded community, constructed in phases at RM300 million)
  • Buildings are designed using a reinforced concrete shear wall system. An aluminium formwork system was used to achieve speed of construction.

THE PEAK @ PARAGON CENTRE, BINTULU (2016)

The Peak at Paragon Centre by Naim Bhd is located at Bintulu Paragon, old Bintulu airport site.

  • This condominium stands at 34-storeys high with 261 residential units, at RM370 million.
  • The tower floors are designed as flat plate on shear walls supported on a transfer floor. An aluminium formwork system was utilised.

SWISS-GARDEN BEACH RESORT, KUANTAN (1997)

Swiss-Garden Beach Resort by PJ development (now part of OSK group) is located along Pantai Balok, Kuantan, Pahang.

  • This 5 storey structure is a four-star beach resort that features 304 rooms, valued at RM60 million (exclude furnishings).
  • The hotel structure utilises a conventional beam and slab system.

MENARA SARAWAK ENERGY, KUCHING

Menara Sarawak Energy by Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB) is located at Isthmus, Kuching.

  • This 9-storey office building is the first building in East Malaysia
    accredited for Non-Residential New Construction (NRNC) Category
    for Green Building Index (GBI) with Silver rating.
  • The floor system consists of reinforced concrete floor slab
    supported on post-tensioned beams of longer spans to create
    column free office spaces.
  • This building is founded on bored piles.

 

VALUE:
RM232 MILLION

CLIENT:
SARAWAK ENERGY BHD

YEAR:
2012

BORNEO CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE KUCHING (BCCK), KUCHING

BCCK features 1,500 delegates in plenary, a 2,000 pax capacity banquet hall and 14 breakout meeting rooms and is the first dedicated convention and exhibition centre in Borneo.

  • The highlight of the BCCK design is the roof structure, with the roof canopy supported by a series of exposed structural elements resembling the trunks and branches of rainforest trees.
  • The 58m clear banquet hall was created using steel truss girders which in turn support a light concrete roof slab. The foundation for the convention centre consists of spun piles.

VALUE:
RM200 MILLION

CLIENT:
JABATAN KERJA RAYA (JKR)

YEAR:
2009

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY SARAWAK (UCTS), SIBU

The University College of Technology Sarawak is located at the old Sibu airport site

  • The site covers an area of 65 acres.
  • The university complex comprises multiple blocks such as academic buildings, lecture theatres, labs, administrative centre, library, convocation hall, sports recreation centre, multi-storey carparks and a student hostel.
  • The main feature is the iconic rainforest canopy which provides roof covering and multi-level access to various blocks. The tree like canopy involves complicated space frame geometries.
  • The university prides itself on its prestigious platinum Green Building Index rating, a testament to its sustainability and green energy initiatives. The campus here also has its very own Technology Park, the unexpected backdrop of several wedding photoshoots in years past.

VALUE:
RM626 MILLION

CLIENT:
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF
TECHNOLOGY SARAWAK

YEAR:
ON-GOING

PARAGON COMMERCIAL COMPLEX, BINTULU

Bintulu Paragon by Naim Bhd is situated on the Bintulu old airport site.

  • This integrated development comprises retail shops, SOVO suites, office tower, hotel block and condominiums.
  • Conventional reinforced concrete beams and slab designs were adopted for most of the structures.

VALUE:
RM365 MILLION

CLIENT:
NAIM HOLDINGS BHD

YEAR:
2016

BINTULU DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, BINTULU

Wisma Bintulu for the Bintulu Development Authority (BDA) is located along Jalan Tanjung Kidurong, Bintulu. .

  • This is a conical shaped office building situated on a hill top.
  • The structure comprises of a center lift core with radial reinforced concrete beams supported on perimeter raking columns.

VALUE:
RM60 MILLION

CLIENT:
BINTULU DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

YEAR:
1996

IBRACO HEADQUARTERS, KUCHING

Ibraco HQ by Ibraco Bhd is located along the Kuching-Samarahan Expressway and right beside their own Northbank development.

  • This is an 8-storey corporate headquarters building linked to a 4-storey carpark.
  • Reinforced concrete beams and slab design was adopted for the office block while the carpark floors was designed using one way shallow band beams
    and slab system.

VALUE:
RM42 MILLION

CLIENT:
IBRACO BHD

YEAR:
2020

MENARA AFFIN, KUALA LUMPUR

Menara Affin, headquarters for Affin Bank, is located at Jalan Raja Chulan, Kuala Lumpur.

  • This development is a 22-storey twin tower office building with a net lettable area of 200,756 sq ft.
  • This development features a 4 storey deep basement using diaphragm wall as a retaining structure and upper floors are supported using conventional beam and slab system.
  • To create a clear span at the entrance, a central column was removed and a transfer girder was introduced which required multi-stage prestressing. Barrette piles were used as foundation.

VALUE:
RM120 MILLION

CLIENT:
OSK GROUP

YEAR:
1998

HOCK SENG LEE (HSL) TOWER, KUCHING

HSL Tower & La Promenade Mall by Hock Seng Lee Bhd is situated at the border between Kuching and Samarahan.

  • This 9-storey building with commercial complex is the new headquarters for Hock Seng Lee Bhd.
  • This structure is founded on spun piles and the floor system consists of one way shallow band beams and slab system.

VALUE:
RM80 MILLION

CLIENT:
HOCK SENG LEE BHD

YEAR:
2020

LCDA AND SEDC HEADQUARTERS, KUCHING

The Land Custody and Development Authority (LCDA) headquarters and Sarawak Ecomonic Development Corporation (SEDC) headquarters are located right
beside Menara Sarawak Energy at Isthmus, Kuching.

  • This development consists of 12 storey tall twin towers and both of these office buildings adopted reinforced concrete beams and slab design

VALUE:
RM100 MILLION

CLIENT:
LCDA & SEDC

YEAR:
2017

600 MEGAWATT BALINGIAN COAL
FIRE POWER PLANT,
MUKAH

The Balingian Coal Fired Power Plant by Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) is located
in Mukah with a power generating capacity of 600 megawatts.

  • Notable structures includes 2 nos. 102m base diameter by 128m tall shell concrete cooling tower, 5 storey main power building and boiler house of steel structure, a chimney tower of 19m diameter by 170m high, and a coal storage shed of steel space frame spanning 159m.

CLIENT:
SARAWAK ENERGY BHD

COST:
RM1.5 BILLION

YEAR:
2016

FERRO MANGANESE ALLOYS SMELTER PLANT FOR AML AT SAMALAJU
INDUSTRIAL PARK, BINTULU

Malaysia’s first manganese alloys and ferrosilicon smelting plant by Pertama
Ferroalloys Sdn. Bhd. is located at Samalaju Industrial Park, Bintulu.

  • The complex covers an area of 169 acres.
  • The plant consists of many multi-level steel structures generally erected using steel frames with bondek floors support on steel beams.

 

CLIENT:
PERTAMA FERROALLOYS SDN BHD

COST:
RM700 MILLION

YEAR:
2014

ALUMINIUM SMELTER PLANT
AND SUPPORTING FACILITIES
FOR PRESS METAL, BINTULU

Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd’s aluminium smelting plant is located at Samalaju Industrial Park, Bintulu.

  • This 1km long raised platform smelting plant which houses about 300 smelting
    pots, boasts a production capacity of 320,000 metric ton per annum.
  • The plant building consists of steel portal frame structures with lifting cranes.

CLIENT:
PRESS METAL ALUMINIUM

COST:
RM700 MILLION

YEAR:
2013

OTHER NOTABLE PROJECTS

HOTELS, RESORTS AND CONDOMINIUMS

  • Promenade Hotel, 22-Storey Hotel with 2 Levels of Basement Carpark at Bukit Mata, Jalan Padungan, Kuching.
  • Bay Resort Condominiums and Service Apartments, 3-Blocks of 18-Storey Condominiums and Serviced Apartments, Tanjung Lobang, Miri.
  • Vantage @ Tamu, 12-Storey Commercial / Apartment with Sub-Basement, Jalan Stampin Tengah, Kuching.
  • Urban Residences, 17-Storey Commercial / Apartment, Jalan Central Timur, Kuching.

COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL

  • Wisma Hasil (also known as Wisma Ting Pek Khiing), 18-Storey Office Building at Jalan Padungan, Kuching.
  • Mukah Polytechnic, Mukah Division, Sarawak
  • Permata Multi-Storey Carpark, 1,000-unit Carpark & Food Stalls, Kuching.
  • Imperial Mall, 23-Storey Commercial, Office and Residential Complex, Jalan Merpati, Miri.
  • Serian Piazza, Mixed Development of 3-Storey Shophouses, 9-Storey Hotel, Hypermarket and Food Court, Serian.

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS

  • X-FAB, Renovation and Extension to Existing 3-Storey Administration Building, Sama Jaya Free Industrial Zone, Kuching.
  • OceanMight Sdn. Bhd. (Subsidiary of KKB Engineering Bhd.), 40m Wide x 200m Long x 50m Tall Covered Fabrication and Assembly Yard with 100 tons Crane Lifting Capacity for Offshore Wellhead Platform Structures, Jalan Bako, Kuching.
  • Universal Cable Sarawak (UCS), Cable Factory at Demak Laut Industrial Estate, Kuching