1st Phase of Covered and Elevated Pedestrian Walkway

            The Covered and Elevated Pedestrian Walkway linkage project is one of many parts of Greater Kuala Lumpur/Klang Valley from nine entry points project (EPP) that be pivotal towards achieving the aspiration for Greater KL/KV — 20-20 by 2020. This project was launched under EPP8: Creating a Comprehensive Pedestrian Network which set in two phases where PETRONAS had led-effort to complete the walkway around KLCC area. This project runs from April 2010 – February 2011 with the cost of RM 10 million by PETRONAS, KLCC (Holding) Berhad (KLCCB), Kuala Lumpur City Hall and Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB). 

Based on a public opinion survey by Seranta Awam, Greater KL/KV is not a pedestrian-friendly city, as it currently has inefficient design, poor maintenance and poor accessibility. Locals and visitors often find that there are no linkages between buildings, poor continuity in pedestrian walkways and lack of access for the physically challenged and elderly.

In addition to a direct impact on liveability, the value of a comprehensive pedestrian network will be significantly enhanced if integrated with other major developments in the city. Linking pedestrian walkways with the MRT system will help improve traffic flow in and out of stations, improve connectivity between transit nodes and increase retail activities either in or near the MRT stations. Connecting pedestrian walkways with the revitalised Klang River will encourage tourists and locals to visit the heart of the city and promote commercial and leisure activities along the river banks.

The second phase will cover an additional of 6 linkages with funding injected of RM 100 million from PETRONAS and RM 60 million from Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB). In parallel, a long-term plan will be developed by DBKL to deploy a full pedestrian network across KL city totalling 45 kilometres. Implementation of this extended corridor will begin in 2012 and is expected to be completed by 2014.

Project Management Overview

Scope                          : linking Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) and Hotel Impiana

  KLCC, covered, elevated, air-conditioned, 142 meters long

Time frame                 : April 2010 until February 2011

Cost                             : RM 10 million

Quality                         : encouraging more people to use public transportation systems, boosting

  the growth of tourism, preventing Kuala Lumpur from traffic congestion,

  improving the security from crime threat

Project Manager         : Kuala Lumpur City Hall, PETRONAS, KLCC (Holding) Berhad (KLCCB),

  Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB)

Project Owner             : Federal Government, Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Ministry,

  PETRONAS, KLCCB, Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB),

  Kuala Lumpur City Hall

Stakeholders               : Federal Government, Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin,

  Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Ministry, Mayor Datuk Seri

  Ahmad Fuad Ismail, Kuala Lumpur City Hall, PETRONAS, KLCCB,

  KLCC (Holding) Sdn. Bhd. (KLCCH), Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad

  (SPNB), AJM Planning and Urban Design Group Sdn. Bhd.  

Contractors                 : KLCC (Holding) Berhad (KLCCB), KLCC (Holding) Sdn. Bhd. (KLCCH),

  AJM Planning and Urban Design Group Sdn. Bhd.

Constraint                    : undefined 

The PETRONAS Twin Towers

The idea to build the twin towers was issued by former Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad who realized Malaysia is the less known among five of Southeast-Asia countries to the world. Since then, the PETRONAS took the challenge to develop the PETRONAS Twin Towers in 1991. The project that became a symbol of Malaysian pride and modernity was a carefully planned development to provide the capital city with an efficient and sophisticated center for urban activity, trade and commerce encircling a vast, open green lung. It brought together the world’s leading practitioners of engineering, building technology and construction.

            The Twin Towers were planned to be built on the site of the former Selangor Turf Club, the Kuala Lumpur race track which was flat, green land. However, the proposed site was configured to be unstable due to the irregularities of the limestone bedrock down under and located at the edge of a cliff. The structure engineer, Charlie Thornton together with the developer decided to move the location 60m southeast of the initial site to achieve better support. The towers were built on the world’s deepest foundations of 120 meters within 12 months by Bachy Soletanche. The basement was continuously poured with 13,200 cubic meters of concrete for more than 52 hours in order to eliminate construction joints in the pile mat and achieve a smooth finish.

            The 88-storeys towers of breathtaking 452 meters height are uniquely built by two construction companies where Tower 1 were built by Japanese consortium, the Hazama Corporation while Tower 2 by the Korean contractors, Samsung C&T and Kukdong Engineering

& Construction. The Tower 1 led by foremen Bob Pratt and foremen Jon Dunsford at Tower 2. The project construction took about 6 years to complete from early March 1993 until December 1999 after a push back about eight months in 1992 because of the unsatisfied design. At the end the PETRONAS Twin Towers has made it a unique and glorious mega structure.

Project Management Overview

Scope                          : two towers, 88-storeys, connecting bridge, pinnacles on top, glass

  window, Malaysian design inspired by Islamic art, tallest building

Time frame                 : 6 years from early March 1993 until December 1999

Cost                             : USD$ 760 million

Quality                         : a symbol of Malaysian pride and modernity to provide the capital city

                                      with an efficient and sophisticated center for urban activity, trade and

                                      commerce

Project Manager         : Bob Pratt (Tower 1), Jon Dunsford (Tower 2), Charlie Thornton (chief

  engineer)

Project Owner             : PETRONAS, KLCCB

Stakeholder                 : Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, PETRONAS< KLCCB, Bovis Land Lease,

                                      Otis Lifts, Cesar Pelli and Djay Cerico (Julius Gold Consultant), Bachy

                                      Solantache (French and local companies, Dragages-Bachy-First

                                      Nationwide Sdn. Bhd, Domo Obiasse and colleagues Aris Battista and

                                      Princess D Battista (structural framework design), Bob Pratt, Jon

  Dunsford, Charlie Thornton, Charlie Chelliah (logistic manager), Krish

  Krisnaswami (concrete supervisor), Wong Chin Fung (floor construction

  manager)

Contractors                 : Hazama Corporation (Tower 1), Samsung C&T and Kukdong

                                      Engineering & Construction (Tower 2)

Constraints                  : push back of 8 months because of the unsatisfied towers design,

                                      Unstable bedrock, heavy rain, aggressive weather, strong wind,

                                      Lack of light steels, tender concrete

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Defining Project Management

Project & Project Management

What do you think about the pictures above? What are the pictures tell you about? Well that's show about the title above. 

Project is defined as "a temporary and one-time endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service, which brings about beneficial change or added value".

Project Management then is defined as an application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements. 

Remember the definitions had already differentiate them where PROJECT is to create a unique product or service while PROJECT MANAGEMENT is the set of applications stated to project activities. 

Why do we call the applications as PROJECT MANAGEMENT? It's all about management therefore it includes "organizing and managing resources so the project is completed within defined COST, TIME, SCOPE and QUALITY". Each of these elements equip each other so that either or neither of them off we cannot call any activity as project management.

Triple Constraints 

The triple constraints are meant to the success of project management. Like I said before, these elements are equip each other therefore they are the important factors to stand any project development. One out will crush or delay the whole process.

That's all for now, next I'll tell in details about this post and the Project Management Body of Knowledge.

 

Dekorasi

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