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LEIGHTON WINS
WATER PIPELINE PROJECT
IN MALAYSIA
LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS MALAYSIA HAS BEEN AWARDED A MYR 92 MILLION WATER
PIPELINE PROJECT IN LABUAN, EAST MALAYSIA
LOCATION:
KAMPUNG LAWA, BEAUFORT,
SABAH AND LABUAN
CLIENT:
MINISTRY OF ENERGY, GREEN
TECHNOLOGY AND WATER
GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA
CONTRACT VALUE:
MYR 91.91 MILLION
COMMENCEMENT:
MAY 2010
COMPLETION:
OCTOBER 2010
The project, awarded to a Leighton-
Kencana joint venture by the Ministry of
Energy, Green Technology and Water,
Government of Malaysia, consists of a
new pipeline that will connect a water
treatment plant at Beaufort, Sabah,
to the storage reservoir complex.
Approximately 23 kilometres will be
submarine pipeline to be installed by
the joint venture.
Leighton’s own state of the art,
purpose-built pipe-lay barge, Leighton
Stealth, will be used to install this 26”
diameter pipeline by the S-Lay method.
Leighton Contractors Malaysia
General Manager, Tony Harvey said the
award of the water infrastructure project
reflected Leighton’s commitment to
Malaysia and its niche area of expertise
in submarine pipeline installation.
“We are very pleased to be awarded
this project, which builds on our 15
years experience delivering quality
infrastructure in Malaysia,” he said.
“This project utilises the specialised
fleet of marine assets and the significant
experience that Leighton has in the
offshore sector is complemented with
the engineering expertise to address
the technical challenges working in
this environment.”
ON TRACK TO DELIVER
Work commenced in May and the
Leighton Malaysia project team was
mobilised over a period of two weeks.
The Leighton Stealth pipelay was
mobilised to site in early July, which
meant the team had only six weeks to
complete all engineering, procurement,
and site preparation works, most of
which is now complete.
The Domestic Shipping License has
been a real challenge as the Leighton
Stealth had never worked in Malaysian
waters previously. This was overcome
with some excellent support from the
Ministry of Energy, Green Technology
and Water.
The main technical challenge is to lay
a thin wall pipe with heavy concrete
weight coating which makes the
pipelaying activity very complicated and
susceptible to buckling. Hence the
project team had to review the method
of laying in terms of high tensions and
have had to introduce buoyancy
throughout the 23km length of
the pipeline.
Edgar Ramani, Project Manager,
said: “This project is undoubtedly very
challenging and complex in technical
as well as budget and schedule terms,
however we have a dedicated, focused
team who are all determined to deliver
the project.
“The team has worked extremely hard
to get where we are in terms of planning
and preparation, and we now need to
focus on ensuring the job is completed
on-time and as safely as possible. We
have a strong team of very experienced
people and I have no doubt the team
will deliver.”