Stormwater Management & Road Tunnel (SMART) Project, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA

There have been a few severe floodings that were recorded in the city of Kuala Lumpur and this has prompted the Government through the Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran (JPS) Malaysia to review, reanalyze and supplement the on-going flood mitigation projects that were implemented for the city of Kuala Lumpur.

One of the project to meet the above objective is the construction of a flood bypass tunnel. The project involves the construction of a tunnel of approximately 11km and 13.5m diameter to divert a large portion of the flood discharge from the Klang River, just downstream of the confluence with Ampang River to Taman Desa pond, before releasing it back into Klang River through Kerayong River. The project commenced in 2004 and is due for completion in 2007.

DNA involvement in this project is to supplement and complement the Government Project Management & Technical Team. The scope of services is:

• Auditing the contractor’s design to ensure compliance with engineering and statutory requirements;
• Auditing and monitoring company quality assurance (QA) plan and procedures;
• Monitoring of the health, safety & security assurance plans;
• Monitoring of construction related environmental impact measures;
• Monitoring of the testing and commissioning of various components;
• Audit of company’s operation and maintenance (0.4m); and
• Reports and briefing