Guidelines For Engineering Drawing Submission
And Engineering Works For Commercial, Industrial
and Residential Development
General
1. The document consists of guidelines for project development in soft
ground conditions. It covers the obligations of the developer and design
consultant in implementation of the project.
2. The objective of these guidelines is to standardize and streamline
practice of construction in soft ground conditions in Sibu, with the goal of
minimizing maintenance by establishing performance criteria. These
criteria would be the basis for authorities to accept the handing over of
completed projects.
3. Technical reports throughout the project implementation would include
detail soil investigation or geotechnical report, design reports, and
ground settlement analysis. They shall be submitted by qualified
registered professionals on behalf of the developer.
4. Any special ground treatment required to achieve the performance
criteria, must be clearly stated and construction specifications and
methods to be clearly spelt out.
Obligations Of Developer Or Project Owner
1. Primary responsibility to ensure projects meeting the set performance
criteria belongs to the developers or owners of project. They shall
engage only registered professionals and qualified contractors to
execute the design and construction work respectively.
2. Developers shall be primarily responsible for the quality of construction
work. They are to ensure compliance to the design intent as expressed
in the project drawings and specifications.
3. Developers shall provide the method statement for construction that can
ensure compliance to performance criteria, particularly those relating
ground subsidence to surrounding area and changes in water table.
4. Pre-construction conditions of existing structures surrounding the project
site, shall be precisely recorded in a manner that is indisputable. Where
possible, photographic evidence shall accompany all written record, and
these shall be verified by the design professionals and agreed by the
owner of the properties.
5. Developers shall record pre-construction ground condition such as,
existing ground and water table levels. These levels shall be verified by
licensed land surveyor before submission to the authorities.
6. Developers shall be responsible for the accurate recording of all the
required ground behavior during construction and shall make provisions
for independent verification by design professional or authorities at any
time.
Obligations Of Design Professionals
1. Design professionals include the architects, engineers, quantity
surveyors and land surveyors. They shall be registered with their
respectively professional bodies and shall be engaged by the developer
to provide technical advice and recommendations pertaining to the
design and construction of projects in soft ground conditions.
2. They shall be primarily responsible for all the design works that provide
assurance to the authorities that the required performance criteria can
be met.
3. Soil investigations shall be carried out only by companies registered with
The Malaysian Site Investigators Association. General format and
guideline for the geotechnical report are as in the Appendix. All soil data
shall be verified by the design engineer engaged for the project.
4. The design engineer shall be required to produce and submit all the
technical engineering reports, that includes the geotechnical reports and
design reports. Reporting may be in stages, starting with preliminary
reports and if necessary, detail reports.
5. Technical reports shall contain engineer’s advice and recommendations
on how the performance criteria can be achieved for the proposed
project. It is required to detail out the most appropriate type of design,
any special ground treatment required, and material and construction
specifications.
6. Design calculations predicting behavior of the soft ground during and
after construction of the project, shall be submitted to the authorities, so
that the relevant data such as ground settlement and ground water level
can be precisely monitored and recorded. These data shall then be used
to validate the design calculations and prediction of post-construction
behavior of the ground.
7. Design professional shall decide on the type and extent of data to be
taken during constructions. They shall be responsible to verify all the
data recorded by the developer.
Document Submission
The following shall be submitted through Land & Survey Department:
1. Engineering Drawings for Road and Drain and Details.
2. Engineering Treatment Method Deployed, if any.
3. Soil Investigation / Geotechnical Report
4. Engineering Calculation including ground settlement analysis.
5. Relevant Forms
Performance Criteria
1. All works and treatment employed for the infrastructure works for any
components of any development that is having a commercial, industrial
and/or residential development must be designed based on the Soil
Investigation and shall be able to sustain maximum settlement of 200mm
for a period of two years from the date of handing over.
2. Ground subsidence in the surrounding area, that is due to construction
activities, must be kept to a minimum so as not to cause any damage to
the existing properties.
3. Water table in the surrounding area shall be maintained, unless it can be
proven that any change in water table will not have any detrimental
effects to the existing properties.
4. Post-construction settlement shall be determined by observation
methods. During construction, ground settlement shall be monitored and
recorded, and these data would be used to predict the post-construction
settlement using established methods. All construction activities affecting
settlement shall be precisely recorded.
Deposit
1. Deposit shall be made payable to Sibu Municipal Council in cash or
unconditional bank guarantee upon Completion and before the road
certificate is issued. The deposit shall be based on the assumption that
the infrastructure works as designed based on the accepted Soil
Investigation and approved Engineering Drawings subside by 300mm
over a period of two years.
2. If settlement of any portion of the engineering works exceed 200mm
after 2 years from the date of acceptance of the completed engineering
works, the developer shall raise up the engineering works to design
level. If the developer fails to do so within two months after being notified
in writing by the Council, the Council shall make use of the security
deposit to raise up the engineering works to design level.
Engineering Works Totally On Pile Foundation And/Or Suspended Slab
1. In case the whole engineering works is designed with pile foundation
and /or suspended slab, no deposit will be payable. The consultant may
decide the scope of soil investigation that he deems sufficient.
2. The soil treatment methods must not allow inaccessible void to be
created underneath suspended structures and shall be determined
at the conceptual design stage, and evaluated by the authority at
the submission on the first geotechnical report.
3. The voids underneath any suspended slab are permitted only when
they can be accessed for inspection and maintenance. The
headroom for such space shall be not less than 2.2m and shall be
provided with adequate drainage and ventilation. Long-term
settlement limit of the base of the void shall comply with what is
earlier specified.
4. The space created underneath suspended structures on hill slope
will only be permitted when it can be shown that it will not hinder
inspection and maintenance works.
5. Design live load for suspended carriageway shall not less than 16
KN/m2 .
Appendix
Soil Investigation or Geotechical Report shall consist but not limited to the
following items:
Cover Letter and Title Page
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Sections of Report:
Section 1: Introduction and Background
1.1 Responsible Party Information
1.2 Consultant Information
1.3 Site Location
1.4 Site History
Section 2: Scope of Work
Section 3: Site Investigation Results, Risk Criteria
3.1 Methods of Investigation
(a) Field Test
i. Standard Penetration Test at every 1.5m or change in
soil strata layer.
ii. Vane Shear Test for undisturbed and remoulded
condition of soft soil layer at every 2m for SPT less than 5
( or terminated at 14m depth ).
iii. Coring stop at SPT ► 50 or deeper as required by The
Engineer.
iv. Permeability of all clay below the ground for SPT ◄ 5
(b) Chemical Test (Test for soil and water samples)
i. Organic Matter Content
ii. Total Sulphate Content
iii. PH Value
(c) Classification Tests
i. Moisture Content
ii. Trial Axial Test
iii. Consolidation test of various layer (for soil where STP is
less than 5)
iv. Density of the soil of various layers
v. Atterberg limits
Section 4: Conclusion
4.1 Summary of Results
4.2 Engineering Consideration and Recommendations
Section 5: References
Section 6: Figures
• Regional Location Map
• Site and Property Maps
• Soil Sample Results Summary Maps
• Geologic Cross Sections
• Hydrogeologic Maps
Section 7: Data Tables, Graphs and Statistical Analyses
• Soil Analytical Results Summary
• Groundwater Elevation and Free Product Interim Action Results
• Groundwater Analytical Results Summary
• Graphs and Statistical Analyses
Report Appendices:
A Methods of Investigation
B Analytical Methods and Laboratory Data Reports
C Borehole Documentation
D SPT Documentation
E Other Documentation
Note:
All tests as specified in BS 1377:1975 / BS 1377:1990 / BS 5930:1981 or
latest BS standard or unless otherwise stated.
