Achievement award for KLIA

Business Times, Monday, April 26, 1999

THE first phase of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) was

last night conferred the Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award for

this year by the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM).

The award was presented by Energy, Communications and Multimedia

Minister Datuk Leo Moggie to KL International Airport Bhd (KLIAB)

managing director Tan Sri Jamilus Hussein at the IEM's 40th annual

dinner in Kuala Lumpur.

The airport was officially opened by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku

Ja'afar in June last year.

The successful completion of the first phase by KLIAB was a major

milestone for Malaysia's construction as well as civil engineering, IEM

president Datuk Ahmad Zaidee Laidin said.

KLIA is an airport built to 21st century specifications and the largest

civil engineering project undertaken by Malaysia this century.

Zaidee said what made KLIA a class act to follow was the sophisticated

computerised system called the Total Airport Management System

which integrated and interfaced electronic information within the airport

assuring the maximum flow of information for operations and

management.

"Never in the history af a nation has so many diverse management

disciplines, professional and technical, skilled and semi-skilled labour

been mobilised to successfully complete the project for the benefit of so

many people from all over the world," he said.

The recipient for Contribution to the Engineering Profession in Malaysia

Award for 1999 was Director General of the Public Works Department

Tan Sri Omar Ibrahim for his contribution to the engineering profession,

particularly in the field of water supply and resources engineering and his

support of IEM activities.

Eight students were also awarded the IEM Gold Medals for being best

final year engineering students at local universities.

Three IEM members were awarded the Tan Sri Yusoff Prize in the IEM

Technical Paper Awards category.

They were Ahmad Zaidee for "Opportunities in Engineering Education",

Datuk Ng Keng Keong for "Jiangjin Bridges, Sichuan, China Planning

Design and Contruction" and Chee Meng Sang for "The Asean

Engineer, Custodian of National Assets".

Meanwhile, Tan Sri Raja Zainal Prize was awarded to Dr Mohd Zainal

Muhamad for his paper titled "Managing Technology Innovation for

Sustainable Development" and Dr Othman A. Karim for his paper titled

"Computational Fluid Dynamics Application for Flow Patterns in Local

Scour Holes Caused by Turbulent Water Jets". - Bernama