KUALA LUMPUR: Mass Rapid Transit Corp Sdn Bhd has won two prestigious awards for adopting the latest technology in engineering design and geographical information system for the construction of the MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya (SSP) Line.
The awarded were presented during the Asia Geospatial Excellence Awards 2017 which was held in conjunction with the GeoSmart Asia 2017 Conference.
The awards recognise and encourage innovations in the use of geospatial technology in the Asia Pacific region. Geospatial technology involves technology in generating and recording data related to particular locations.
MRT Corp chief executive officer Datuk Seri Shahril Mokhtar said the MRT project has always been pushing the boundary and setting benchmarks in various aspects of project development.
MRT Corp won in the Transport Infrastructure Category for its Building Information Modelling (BIM) Level 2 implementation throughout the design and construction of the SSP Line.
BIM enables advanced 3D modelling of structures or spaces and is used at the design and construction stages of a project.
It allows users to visualise, collaborate and analyse every aspect of engineering design. Level 2 indicates the level of BIM collaboration among the various parties involved in the development of a project.
The SSP Line Project is the first in the Asia Pacific region, to utilise BIM Level 2.
The second award to be won by MRT Corp was in the Digital Engineering Category for the use of Geographical Information System (GIS) for the construction of the SSP Line.
The GIS is an advanced mapping tool that is designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyse and present all types of geographical data.
It allows data from all departments to be unified in terms of access to information and presented on an interactive map, enabling decision making to be done more effectively.
The award was jointly won with MMC Gamuda KVMRT (T) Sdn Bhd and Aecom Asia.
MMC Gamuda is the underground work package contractor for the SSP Line while Aecom Asia is the design consultant for the underground works.
The SSP Line has also been shortlisted as one of three finalists in Rail and Transit Category for the 2017 “Be-Inspired” competition organised in conjunction with the“Year in Infrastructure 2017 Conference” to be held from 10 to 12 October 2017 in Singapore.
This is a global design competition that recognises BIM advancements in infrastructure projects. For this competition, MRT Corp is up against the Ruili Railway Project in China and the California High Speed Rail Project in the USA.