PROBLEMATIC PROJECT

  Terengganu Sports Complex

PROJECT DATA
Project Name
Terengganu Sports Complex

Location
Kuala Terengganu,
Terengganu state, Malaysia

Status
complete

Expected Completion
Main stadium: September 2007;
indoor stadium: January 2008

Site Area
74 hectares
Gross Floor Area

Main stadium: 100,000 m²;
Indoor Stadium: 3,119 m²

Building Height
Main stadium: 67 m (east stand), 36.3 m (west stand);
Indoor stadium: 42 m

Storeys
Main stadium: 9 (east stand);
Indoor stadium: 4-4.5

Seating Capacity
Main stadium: 60,000;
Indoor stadium: 5,000

Client/Owner
Terengganu State Government
Architecture Firm
Senibahri Arkitek
Principal Architect
Ar. Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah
Project Architect
Badrul Hisham
Main Contractor
Main stadium: Bina Structur-Genggam Mercu-Emarcon JV; Indoor stadium: Ahmad Zaki Sdn Bhd
Mechanical & Electrical Engineers
Main stadium: Public Works Department, Terengganu (Mechanical & Electrical Division); Indoor stadium: Samudra Consult
Civil & Structural Engineers
Main stadium: AZM Engineers- MA Consult-Protech Consultant consortium Indoor stadium: MECIP (M) Sdn Bhd
Images/Photos
Senibahri Arkitek

KUALA TERENGGANU: The roof of the just completed RM300mil Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin collapsed early Tuesday.

While no one was ingured and a few cars damaged, overall damage was estimated at RM35mil.

Works Minister Datuk Shaziman Mansor said his ministry would have no problems working with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission over the incident.

"The CIBD (Construction and Industrial Development Board) of the Ministry has been tasked to form an investigation team with certified architects to probe why this happened," he said after visiting the site Tuesday.

He said that as the stadium, popularly known as the Gong Badak stadium, was just completed, the contractor, a South Korean firm, was still responsible for repair works.

"This incident has sullied Malaysia's name abroad. It shouldn't have happened," he said.

Meanwhile, a sports meet involving staff of local universities starting Wednesday has been called off following the roof collapse.

The frame of the roof of the 20,000-seat stadium, popularly known as the Gong Badak Stadium, came crashing down at 8am. The worst damage was at the east wing.

There were no reported injuries among the 50-odd staff of the RM300mil stadium but a few cars that were parked underneath it were damaged.

Police have cordoned off the roads leading to the stadium.

Batu Burok assemblyman Dr Syed Azman has called on the relevant authorities to investigate the incident.

The stadium was completed in the nick of time for the state to host the Malaysia Games in June last year.

KUALA TERENGGANU: The government has decided that the contractor of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium in Gong Badak is responsible for the repair of the roof that collapsed last June.

Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek said the contractor would have to bear the cost of the repair because the stadium was still under warranty.

"The investigation papers on the roof collapsed were tabled at the post-cabinet meeting last Nov 6 and the cabinet ordered the contractor to repair the stadium," he told reporters after closing a youth convention here Saturday.

He declined to furnish details on the repair work, including the cost, saying that the matter was under the jurisdiction of the Public Works Department.

"Our hope is that the repair work can start soon so that the stadium can be used again for the development of sports in the state," he added.

In the June 2 incident, 60 percent of the roof at the stadium, built at a cost of almost RM300mil and opened in May last year for the 12th Malaysia Games (Sukma), collapsed. This included the roof above the royal box at the grand stand.

However, no one was hurt. - Bernama 

PICTURES OF ROOF COLLAPSED