GROUTING AND BEARING INSTALLATION

Photo 1 : Grouted tendon.

AS THE PARAPET ERECTION IMPROVES AND GOES FASTER, IT FORCES THE TWO TEAM OF GROUTING AND BEARING INSTALLATION TO DOUBLE UP THEIR WORKS. IF BEARING HAVEN'T BEEN INSTALL PROPERLY, PARAPET CANNOT BE ERECTED ON THAT PARTICULAR SPAN. AS UPDATED ON 6th AUGUST 2008, THE NUMBER OF BEARINGS INSTALLED (SPAN) IS 98. IT MEANS 63% HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

THE RAMP

Photo 1 : View taken on 4th July 2008.

Photo 2 : View taken on end of May.

THE RAMP IS CONNECTING THE EXIT LINE TO THE DEPO, CONSISTS 5 UNITS OR PARTS, NAMED U1 TO U5. EACH UNIT HAS ITS OWN PCC, RAFT AND LIFT. NUMBER OF LIFTS DEPEND TO THE DESIGN. FOR EXAMPLE, U1 AND U2 HAVE 4 LIFT WHERE U1 IS CONNECTING THE RAMP TO THE EXISTED 6 EXIT LINE. SO FAR, ALL PCC AND RAFT OF ALL UNITS HAVE BEEN CONCRETED. FIRST LIFT OF ALL UNITS EXCEPT U1 ALSO HAVE BEEN CASTED. THE LATEST UPDATED, SECOND LIFT OF U4 AND U5 ARE ALSO CASTED. AS A ROUGH CALCULATION, 49.5% OF WORK DONE.

STANDING IN THE EYES

Photo 1 : The great look of the new building of MTD Group.

HAVING A CHANCE FOR A VACATION, FLY BACK TO MALAYSIA ON 15th JULY BROUGHT ME A SPECTACULAR SIGHT SEEING WHEN I STAND IN FRONT OF THE NEW BUILDING OF MTD GROUP. LOCATED IN BATU CAVES, THIS MULTI-STOREYS BUILDING IS THE HEADQUATERS. WITH A BACKGROUND OF GREEN HILLY LIMESTONE, STANDING VERY CLOSED TO THE RING ROAD PROVIDES CONVINIENCES, EASILY CAN BE SEEN EVEN DRIVING 1km HEADING TOWARDS BATU CAVES. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE HELP YOURSELF TO VISIT THE OFFICIAL HOMEPAGE OF MTD GROUP OR JUST GET YOURSELF TO:

1, JALAN BATU CAVES,

68100 BATU CAVES,

SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN,

MALAYSIA.

GLUE

Photo 1 : Glue brand of Sika, produced by Sika India.

Photo 2 : This machine used for mixing the glue type A and type B with portion of 2:1

LG2 GIVES 2

Photo 1 : First span erected on 30th of July.

Photo 2 : Second span ready for stressing on 12th of August.

FIRST SPAN OF THE THIRD PATH OF LG2, P54-P55 HAS BEEN ERECTED ON 30th JULY AFTER DAYS FOR ERECTING THE STEEL BOXES, PLACING THE SLIDERS AND MANY MORE. THEN, A FEW DAYS TAKEN TO ADD ANOTHER BOXES AT BACK AND MOVED FORWARD THROUGH AUTOLAUNCH. ON 12th OF AUGUST THE NEXT SPAN OF P53-P54 IS READY FOR STRESSING, IT IS BELIEVED WILL BE DONE ON DAY SHIFT OF 13th AUGUST. THIS HARD MOMENT WILL BE CONTINUED BY ADDING ANOTHER BOX TOGETHER SETTING UP THE REAR TROLLEY, THEN PLACING A FEW MORE COUNTERWEIGHTS AT THE BACK. THEN, THE THIRD AND COMING NEXT SPANS WILL BE NORMALLY EASIER, AS THE LAUNCHER MOVES BY ORDINARY AUTOLAUNCHING.

CIS UPDATES

Photo 1 : First casted span located at CIS II site.

AS UPDATED, SO FAR 5 SPANS OF CAST IN-SITU HAVE BEEN CONCRETED. TWO OF THEM ARE NOW ON PREPARATION FOR STRESSING AND THEN BEING LOWERED. SPAN PP145A-PP146A AT CIS II USED TO COMPLETE THE FIRST LAYER CASTING ON 17th JULY, PROCEED THE SECOND LAYER 12 DAYS AFTER ON 29th JULY. MEANWHILE SPAN PP136A-PP137A AT CIS I GOT ITS FIRST LAYER ON 19th JULY, AND SECOND LAYER POURED ON 29th JULY.

IN THE MEANTIME, ANOTHER SPAN AT CIS II PP142A-PP143A IS PLANNED TO BE CASTED JUST AROUND THE CORNER, MAYBE ON THE DAY 13th OF AUGUST 2008. ANOTHER 2 SPANS ARE NOW ON PROGRESS IS PP144A-PP145A AND PP141A-PP142A, WHICH NOW SETTING THE BOTTOM SHUTTERS AND JUST FINISH THE CRIBS INSTALLATION, PARTICULARLY. AS CALCULATED, CAST IN-SITU PROGRESS IS NOW REACHING ITS 45% OF COMPLETION. IT SHOWS SOME SPEED UP COMPARE TO LAST A FEW MONTHS PROGRESS.

DIARY CLOSED FOR LG3

Photo 1 : Last delivery to LG3.

Photo 2 : Moment captured during lifting of the last segment.

AT 2.00am ON 5th OF AUGUST 2008, FIRST PAIR OF THE TENDON OF SPAN SSS-P0 IS READY FOR STRESSING. ALL THE ARRANGEMENT PREPARED WELL, AND THE LAST PAIR STRESSED AT 10.00am ON NEXT DAY SHIFT ON 6th OF AUGUST. ON THE SAME DAY, ALL HOOKS RELEASED, IT MEANS SPAN LOWERING IS DONE. SO, LAUNCHING GIRDER NO.3 CLOSED ITS DAIRY FOR COMPLETING 26 SPANS OR 274 SEGMENTS HAVE BEEN ERECTED. FLASH BACK ON THE FIRST SPAN P26-P27 HAS BEEN ERECTED ON 29th JANUARY 2008, IT MEANS 7 MONTHS TO LET THE LAUNCHER STEPS ON THE END. SOME SPAN COMPLETED WITHIN 3 DAYS, SOME TAKE MORE. AVERAGE 4 AND A HALF DAYS FOR COMPLETING 1 SPAN. THANKS TO EVERYBODY!