Incident Report Background : Terengganu Stadium roof collapse after one year of being built.

Description of Incident : Date : Time : Location : Injury : June 2 2009 Around 7.30 am Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, Gong Badak, Terengganu None

Detail : Just shortly over a year after it was officially opened by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, the roof of the stadium named after him in Gong Badak, Kuala Terengganu collapsed this morning, damaging a few cars that were parked in the vicinity. No one was injured. Police have cordoned off the roads leading to the stadium. The frame structure of the roof of the 50,000-seat stadium came crashing down around 7.30 am this morning and none of the 50-odd stadium staff were at the premises yet. According to a worker, Mohd Zaidi Ahmad who was one of two workers who were fixing lights at the stadium about 300m from where the incident happened, said he rushed to the scene to see if there were any casualties. However, although there was no immediate news of anyone being injured, a team from the fire and rescue department and the Civil Defence Unit were at the scene to check if there were any victims trapped under the rubble. Causes : After an initial investigation, I discovered that serious engineering flaws, shoddy workmanship, inferior materials and lack of expertise in the key project management team were found to be the main contributing factors behind the roof collapse. A further investigation revealed that the project management team also did not have the necessary skills and competence to manage a project of such magnitude and complexity. Other factors contributing to the collapse were the undesirable manner in which the structure was erected and that no checks were done during the erection process Recommendation : To prevent similar occurances, I suggest the following: 1. Appointment of a new team of consultants based on a quality-based selection system. 2. Appointment of a new team of accredited independent check engineers. 3. The repair works should be undertaken by a specialist contractor.

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