J048 – THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF SLUDGE TREATMENT FACILITIES FOR PALONG

TIMUR WTP, BATU ANAM, SEGAMAT (PACKAGE 1)

PROPOSED MITIGATION PLAN

A). On-site Problems

Followings are the common problems encountered at site:

1. Bad weather – weather has become one of common problems encountered at site especially
during stage of excavation works. Whenever rainy time, all surface water flow into the
excavated soil and turn it into pond in midnight. Hence, it will take days to clear out the
water from that area before excavation works can continue.

Surface water flow into excavated soil during rainy time and turn it into pond in midnight

2. Temporary diversion for surface runoff water – Contractor had to get approval from local
authority (FELDA) prior to construction of Temporary Diversion from SEDIMENTATION TANK
down to approx. 150mm into FELDA Land just to divert the surface runoff water that flow
down right to the site area to prevent flash flooding within the site area.

The sources of surface water are mainly come from existing underground 300mm dia. sewer
pipe, sedimentation/filter tank during desludging (WTP), and rainwater.
 Construction of temporary diversion from SEDIMENTATION TANK down to FELDA LAND

3. Present of underground cables within site area during pilot trenching

A lot of underground cable found during pilot trenching

 4. Present of unexpected underground sewer pipe within site area during excavation works.

Underground 300mm dia. sewer pipe found nearby the excavation area

5. Narrow site space / access constraint – construction of Wash Water Collection & Sludge
Balancing Tank, Polymer Building and Geotube Platform cannot be carried out concurrently
as per original MIP (REV.00) due narrow site space and limited access.

Temporary diversion had to be constructed at the area of Polymer building and Geotube platform
due to limited space. Hence, activities for these two cannot be carried out concurrently

6. Discrepancy of drawings – a lot of discrepancies were found in the construction drawing

 These are some of example drawing discrepancies found in the construction drawing.
There are a lot others actually but not being listed here

7. Stop work order from DOSH due to poor safety measures within site area

Yellow notice from DOSH on 20.03.2018

Considering all seven (7) problems mentioned above, effect of each of it are summarized in schedule flow below. We can see that Narrow Space at site is the main
constraint that contributes a lot to continuous delay of the project.
B). Root of Causes of the Delay

1. Sub-contractor has little experiences in construction of the water retaining structures.

2. All workers do not have competency in carrying out technical works such as:
 Taking measurement for level of excavation of soil
 Installation of reinforcement bar & waterstop
 Installation of foamties onto formwork
 Correct method in pouring concrete
 Vibration of poured concrete – no competent person is assigned for this job. Hence,
a lot of cold joints and honeycombs were formed especially during the stage of slab
and 1st wall concreting works.

3. Materials for construction of WWCT & SBT takes days or weeks for supply and delivery – this
has contributed to some percent of the project delay for civil works.
4. Poor planning and coordination from supervisor / foreman – consultant has to intervene a
lot to ensure smoothness of work progress at site.

With all for (4) root of causes mentioned above, progress for construction of Wash Water Collection
& Sludge Balancing Tank (WWCT & SBT) has been delayed as per shown in table below.

Work progress as at 30.03.2018 (delay: -44.77% for WWCT & SBT alone)

If construction of WWCT & SBT cannot be completed as soon as possible, delay of the project will
become even worse than current OVERALL DELAY of -37% (as at 01.04.2018). The worst case,
construction Polymer Building and Geotube Platform cannot even started.
C). Recovery Plan / Recommendation from Consultant

Followings are the recommendation from Consultant Party as part of Mitigation Plan (recovery plan)
to counter the delay of the project:

1. Allow early backfilling works at RHS of WWCT & SBT (Wall ‘2’) - Due to limited space and
access within site area, WWCT & SBT structure has becomes main constraint to start work
for Polymer Building & Geotube Platform. It is suggested to start backfilling works early at
Drywell side / RHS (shown in photo below)) of WWCT & SBT once the 2nd lift of wall for WALL
‘2’ completed without waiting for Water Tightness Testing.

Arrows indicate the RHS of WALL ‘2’ for proposed early backfilling works

WALL ‘2’ is marked with GREEN COLOR

By allowing this, contractor can start activities for polymer building as early as 2nd May 2018 after
dismantle of formwork and scaffold for WALL ‘2’ on 30th April 2018, instead of after Water Tightness
Testing on 20th May 2018. They at least can save approximately 20 days

Dismantle of formwork and scaffold for WALL ‘2’ schedule finish on 30th April 2018

Activities for Polymer Building can start as early as 2nd May 2018

2. To assign 3 different teams to carry out 3 different major tasks concurrently by Mid-April:

 TEAM 1 – To finish works for WWCT & SBT latest by 16.04.2018, followed by repairing of
existing sump & install pipes after backfilling at RHS, then continue with construction of
Polymer Building. *Proposed early backfilling - 1st & 2nd (duration: 5 days), PBE to
submit undertaking letter & repair the cold joints/honeycomb before proceed with
backfilling works)*

 TEAM 2 – To start works for Dewatering Container (Geotube) as early as 17.04.2018,

then continue with repair of existing drain along affected infrastructures.

 TEAM 3 – To start works for Installation of Pipes from Sedimentation Tank to WWCT &
SBT latest as early as 15.04.2018 (duration: 7 days), then continue works for installation
of submersible sludge pump at existing sedimentation tank.

 SPECIALISAT TEAM - to repair cold joints & honeycomb, then do waterproofing for
WWCT & SBT (internal) prior to Water Tightness Testing
3. To get PBE delivery of Material & Equipment for Mechanical, Electrical & Instrumentation by
End of April 2018 to boost project progress from current 42% to 55% by 30.04.2018.

4. Allow Extension of Time (EOT) at least 2 (60 days) months – PBE had submitted a request of
EOT including supporting documents on 30.03.2018 thru email. There are six (6) points in
total in their request that you (PAAB) can review. They are;

 Weather issue – 9 days (See Attachment Extension of Time No.1)

 Discrepancy of drawings – 21 days (See Attachment Extension of Time No.2)
 Stop work from DOSH – 6 days (See Attachment Extension of Time No.3)
 To get approval from local authority (FELDA) prior to construction of the Temporary
Diversion from Sedimentation Tank down to approx. 150m into FELDA Land – 14 days
(See Attachment Extension of Time No.4)
 Unexpected underground services – 7 days (See Attachment Extension of Time No.5)
 Changing of work program (MIP) of civil works due narrow site space / limited access.
Where, activities for Polymer Building and Geotube Platform cannot start concurrently
with Wash Water Collection & Sludge Balancing Tank (Original MIP REV.00 for civil works
no longer valid) – 61 days (See Attachment Extension of Time No.6)

Total duration requested by PBE is 118 days.

Based on current performance of PBE team at site for the last 2 weeks which has been
improved tremendously, we confident and believe that PBE can complete the project by
MID-AUGUST 2018.

Your kind consideration and approval are highly appreciated.