Date: 14 January 2020

Venue: Imperial Hotel, Kuching

JKR Sarawak Safety and Quality Forum 2020 is one-day forum which is held biennially and co-organised by JKR Sarawak and IEM Sarawak Branch. The theme for this year is ‘Safety & Quality Towards Project Delivery Excellence (Doing Things Right First).

The forum aims to increase awareness and highlighting excellence in Safety & Quality in the project management. In addition, it will be a platform to call together all the Safety & Health practitioners, project managers, engineers, consultants and other relevant professional aiming to stimulate consensus and partnership, sharing ideas, latest development and best practices in Safety & Quality in this region. In line with the theme, excellence project delivery encompasses delivering quality project in a timely and safety manner. Therewith, safety and quality aspects shall always be our top priority and be “part & parcel” of all project deliveries in the department.

The forum was divided into two (2) concurrent sessions:
i. Occupational Safety & Health (OSH)
a. Paper 1 Topic : Introduction of OSHCIM and Case Studies (DOSH)
- Speaker- Mr. Mohd Hayeri;
b. Paper 2 Topic : Delivering a Safe Project Through an Injury Free Club (Sarawak Shell Berhad) - Speaker- Mr. Norman Ingka;
c. Paper 3 Topic : OSH Planning & Implementation in Project Management (OPUS Consultant) - Speaker- Mr. Christopher Liew Ngien Ngian; and
d. Paper 4 Topic : Sarawak Energy’s HSE Journey (SEB)
- Speaker- Datu Sharbini Suhaili

ii. Quality
a. Paper 1 Topic : QLASSIC & Accreditation of Site Personnel (CIDB);
- Speaker- Mr. Chuang Kuang Hong :
b. Paper 2 Topic : Soil Investigation Ensures Design Sustainability, safe & Quality (IEM Sarawak Branch) - Speaker- Ir. Vincent Tang/ Mr. Lam;
c. Paper 3 Topic : Standards Malaysia’s Accreditation Service (DSM)
- Speaker- Mr. Hussaimizzar Hussain; and
d. Paper 4 Topic : Importance of Forensic Engineering in RE-confirmation of Structural Quality (UTM) - Speaker- Prof. Dr. Izni Syahrizal Bin Ibrahim

At the closing remarks by YBhg. Datu Ir. Haji Zuraimi bin Haji Sabki, he said “Safety is priority, and Quality is the standard”. JKR Sarawak are serious to ensure that only certified construction materials are being used in the construction sites and JKR Sarawak embraced accredited site supervisor and registered Inspector of works are employed at site, as per statutory requirement. YBhg. Datu also mentioned that in 11th MP, JKR Sarawak is managing over 600 projects at the contractual cost around 16.5 Billion. In addition, JKR Sarawak is also managing mega projects (i.e. PAN Borneo Highway and Coastal and 2nd Trunk Road). He also emphasizes that although it is double of workload for JKR Sarawak, somehow the agency cannot tolerance on Occupational Safety & Health, no exemption on project Quality as well, because only to produce a high quality infrastructure will ease the job of the maintenance team (Asset sector).