Rant & Raves

Apprently our dear Sammy Vellu is very upset with the contractors.

Our PM told Sammy Vellu to shut up and stop blaming others.

Yes, there are tonnes of problems with the new court house, and also other municipal buildings [here and here].

And I quote the Star:

The cafeteria of the new court house, opened on May 3rd, leaked again after the nightmare for the new court complex on April 30, just before the official opening on May 3, when two ceiling panels collapsed together with some lights. Less than a week after that, cracks measuring at least 3m long began appearing outside Magistrate’s Court 4. A check by The Star yesterday revealed that the cracks have since been patched up. On May 7, the air-conditioning in one of the High Courts malfunctioned, while on May 9 the entire complex experienced a blackout, resulting in several cases being postponed.

Anyone remember the Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2) incident few years back? Basically the whole stretch of the highway got to be closed down for repair.

And then there is a leaking Parliament roof [here].

So is this what we get for hundred of millions of development for the country? Some more the Works Minister Datuk Sammy Vellu got to cheek to blame the God for a major catastrophe under his ministry. Yeah right. Sure! Why not? Blame the wind being too strong. But the so-called Engineers should have calculated those factors in before they build anything. So these Engineers are half-plus-six Engineers or what?

As an Engineer myself (Engineering background, but not doing Engineering work now), I totally understand the “Safety Factor” in all the structural calculations. Now, there are three possibilities for the lousy structure: 1. They fucked up the calculation, 2, they have no idea what they are doing, or don’t know how to use the CAD software, and 3, the builders did not follow the work plan or they did not use enough materials.

When there is a problem, our Works Minister still got the cheek to ask for more money to do inspection. Blardy hell! There’s a big issue there and those contractors build it, and they should give a basic warranty period. By the way, how the fuck these buildings get the Certificate of Fitness (CF) to move in?

Nowadays, I don’t even want to go to any government building. Who knows? The whole roof or the structure might collapse and I might be in the midst of it. I am not yet married and I don’t have children yet, so I don’t want to die young. Hell, I am a bit scared to take the new Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART) [website here] as well. I do not have enough confidence, especially after our Works Minister publically announce how structurally strong and smart the tunnel is.

For me, all these are the semi value jobs.