Visit to SMART

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:

·        Name of event: Industrial Visit to SMART

·        Date: 17 March 2016

·        Time: 9.00am-1.00pm

·        Location: Kompleks Operasi dan Penyelenggaraan Lebuhraya SMART , Jalan Davis, Off Bulatan Kampung Pandan, 50400 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

·        Number of participants: 19

·        Accompanying Lecturer: Dr Sara Kazemi Yazdi

·        Event Committee Organisation List:

Lam Zhong Liang (Head of Industrial Visit)	·        Contact SMART ·        Submit event proposal form ·        Bus quotation ·        Collect deposits from participants ·        Attended the visit
Angel Mah Xin Yee (Industrial Visit Assistant)	·        Send out emails to students ·        Collect deposits from participants

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.

Photos of the visit

Thank you !