On the 17 March 2016, the IEM UNMC Student
Section has organised an industrial visit to SMART. The visit is aimed to enable
our engineering students to gain more information about the famous storm water
management tunnel in Malaysia.
The details of SMART visit are as follow:
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Name of event: Industrial Visit
to SMART
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Date: 17 March 2016
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Time: 9.00am-1.00pm
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Location: Kompleks Operasi dan Penyelenggaraan Lebuhraya
SMART , Jalan Davis, Off Bulatan Kampung Pandan, 50400 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
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Number of participants: 19
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Accompanying Lecturer: Dr Sara
Kazemi Yazdi
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Event Committee Organisation
List:
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Lam Zhong Liang
(Head of Industrial Visit)
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Contact SMART
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Submit event proposal form
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Bus quotation
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Collect deposits from
participants
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Attended the visit
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Angel Mah Xin Yee
(Industrial Visit Assistant)
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Send out emails to students
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Collect deposits from
participants
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Mission
and vision
The purpose of organising this trip is to
increase the industrial exposure of the engineering students. This allows them
to have a better understanding about the real working environment. Besides,
they are able to visit the control centre of the SMART tunnel which enables the
participants to understand the coordination of the tunnel.
Objectives
achieved
After the visit, the participants have
gained knowledge about the functions and the systems of the SMART Tunnel.
Besides, participants also briefly understand the whole construction process of
this tunnel.
Activities
Summary
8.45am-9.00am
– Gathering at the SA bus stop
All the participants gathered at the SA bus
stop and filled up the disclaimer form before departing. Later on, the
participants depart to the SMART control centre by the appointed bus.
9.15am-10.30am
– Arrival to SMART
After more than an hour of journey, the bus
reached the SMART control centre. The bus was parked at the designated car park
and students head towards the entrance of the control centre. Later, the person
in charge led us into a small theatre room.
10.30am-11.15am
– Presentation Video
All participants were seated in the theatre
and the person in charge gave us a brief introduction about the company. After
that, a presentation video is played. The video includes the initial plan to
control the flood problem in Kuala Lumpur. It also includes the construction
processes and operation of the tunnel when the water level is high. Basically,
the tunnel involves water flowing from Kuala Lumpur City Centre to several reservoirs
nearby. The tunnel is also dual purpose, whereby the tunnel enables light
vehicles to travel. The construction process of the SMART tunnel involves many
massive types of machinery such as tunnel boring machine. The total cost to
build the tunnel was RM 1.9b and part of the cost is covered by MMC-Gamuda
while the others were covered by the government.
11.15am-11.45am
– Q&A session and viewing of control centre
After the presentation, the person in
charge raised the curtain behind the projector screen and showed us their
control system which is located behind the curtain. Then, we all were given a
chance to ask any questions regarding the SMART Tunnel.
11.45am-1.00pm
– Departure from SMART
After the Q&A session, a group photo
was taken. All the participants proceeded to the entrance of the centre and
went into the bus which was parked at the side of the centre. The bus departed
and arrived back to campus at 1pm.
Conclusion
This
trip does not have any expenses and profit, thus no income and loss from the
account. As conclusion, this trip was interesting and beneficial to the
engineering students. More industrial trips should be organised in the future.
Thank you !
