No state panel to probe collapse

KUALA TERENGGANU: A plan to set up a state-level committee to investigate the collapse of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium roof has been shot down by the deputy prime minister. Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had advised him that there was no need to form an investigative committee in [...]

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Local consultants ‘not involved in roof construction’

KUALA TERENGGANU (NST): The three consultants of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium project — Protech Consultant, MA Consult and AZN Engineers — have denied involvement in the structural design or construction of the roof which collapsed on Tuesday morning. A spokesperson for Protech Consultant said the involvement of the three consultant engineering firms, hired [...]

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Raja Kamarul Bahrin: I didn’t get full roof details

KUALA TERENGGANU (NST): Details of the space frame design of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium roof were never fully supplied to its principal architect Datuk Raja Kamarul Baharin Shah Raja Ahmad. Raja Kamarul Baharin told the New Straits Times that although his company, Senibahri Arkitek was not responsible for the roof, he had voiced [...]

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Photos of collapsed stadium

Photos of the collapsed Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium roof compiled from various sources: 1.  Bernama: 2.  http://buletinonline.net (click for larger image) 3.  mampat.blogspot.com 4. hardyweb: http://hardyw3b.wordpress.com 5. terengganuleningblogspot 6. Malay Mail: 7.  NST:

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PWD informed a year ago

KUALA TERENGGANU (NST): The State Public Works Department was told about the defects to the roof of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium a year ago. And when nothing was done, Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said called a meeting with the PWD three weeks ago and reminded them to look into the problem. Ahmad wanted [...]

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Design flaw could be the cause

Police have cordoned off the stadium to keep out trespassers and to prevent any untoward incidents. KUALA TERENGGANU (NST): An eleventh-hour decision to use a space frame design for the roof of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium could have led to its collapse on Tuesday morning. A source familiar with the RM292 million project [...]

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Terengganu check new buildings after stadium roof collapse

KUALA TERENGGANU (The Star) : Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said has ordered an immediate inspection of newly completed buildings following Tuesday’s roof collapse of the roof of the Gong Badak Stadium. He said the checks would focus on detecting structural defects, cracks and shoddy workmanship. Some of the new buildings are the indoor stadium, Sultan [...]

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Struktur bumbung ranap dalam masa 10 saat

Stadium baru setahun diguna sudah runtuh – Struktur bumbung ranap dalam masa 10 saat TINJAUAN udara menunjukkan runtuhan sebahagian daripada bumbung Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin di Kompleks Sukan Gong Badak, Kuala Terengganu semalam. KUALA TERENGGANU (Kosmo) – Pagi ini sepatutnya kira-kira 1,000 atlet dan pegawai sukan dijadualkan menyertai Kejohanan Sukan Staf Institusi Pengajian Awam [...]

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Warnings were ignored, says engineer

The roof collapsed on the grandstand. — Picture courtesy of PWD KUALA TERENGGANU (NST): It was a disaster waiting to happen, said engineer A. Mohamed. Mohamed, who works in a private firm said he often jogged in the area and had noticed that the space frame which held the roof was getting bent out of [...]

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Stadium roof collapse: It could have been worse…

KUALA TERENGGANU (NST): If the roof of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium had collapsed today instead of yesterday, thousands of lives may have been lost. The collapsed roof damaged several vehicles in the car park. — NST picture by Rozainah Zakaria For the stadium was scheduled to host the Public Institutions of Higher Learning [...]

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