Recently, The Launching Ceremony of Senior Officers
Meeting of Public Works Department was held in Ipoh, Perak on 7th
June and it was officiated by Y.B Dato’ Shaziman Abu Mansor , Minister of Works
. Approximately, 400 senior officers from Public Works Department and divisions
throughout Malaysia attended the meeting. Y.B Minister emphasizes highly on the
quality improvement in soliciting public issues on their jurisdiction to become
a more dynamic and progressive organization. He also added that PWD should
concern on being productive and show their integrity in implementing projects
under 10th Malaysian Plan.
An exhibition of the industry was also
held in conjunction with this meeting, Dura Technology Sdn. Bnd. was one of the
exhibitors. Dr. Voo Yen Lei was seen repeatedly introducing and explaining the
technology of DURA® to enthusiastic officers and publics whom stop by
out of curiosity of the 2.5 m high retaining wall that was brought into the
exhibition site. As the exhibition was held at the lobby of the hotel, it is
logically that such pre-cast retaining wall of conventional concrete was
impossible to be brought into the lobby. However, due to its light-weight and
thinness, it makes it possible for the 2 workers to handle the transporting of
the DURA® SRWS from the plant to the lobby hotel by just using a
simple 2 tone pallet truck. Many of the officers were astonished to see such
piece in the exhibition. The exhibition sees many responded well to this new
technology that is green and sustainable.
Dura Technology Sdn. Bhd. was also a
host to a technical visit by their senior officers two days after the exhibition
as part of their meeting programme apart from another visits to the Ipoh-Padang
Besar Electrified Double Track site and the Railway Tunnel in Bukit Berapit. On
09th June 2010, a bus full of senior officers from all over Malaysia
and East Coast came for the half-day technical visit. Among the participants
were the Director of Environment and Energy Efficient Department – Ir. Cheong
Pui Keng and Ir. Haji Abdul Manan Bin Embong (Deputy Director of Development of
Public Works Department Terengganu. There were also invited guest from the
University Putra Malaysia, Professor Ir. Dr. Mohd Salleh Jaafar, Dean of the
Engineering Faculty and his associates and also 2 lecturers from University
Kebangsaan Malaysia.
The participants were introduced to
DURA® Ultra High Performance ‘ductile’ Concrete (UHPdC) through an
hour of presentation by Dr. Voo and then proceed with the material mixing and
casting of DURA® Thin Wall Panel of superior workability and
homogeneity of a very low water binding ration mix design. There were also
products demonstrations to the participant and the potential saving on
materials, maintenance cost, immediate cost saving and time factor saving were
all highlighted to illustrate how UHPdC can be a greener concrete that might be
the answer to the nations search of green development solutions.
The technical visit ends with the
presentation of souvenirs by both party and a lunch for all the pleased
participants.