Barely 2 years after spending RM90 million to renovate Parliament House, Samy now says he needs more money to dismantle the structure and repair the roof.“As an architect I can tell you that the present condition is severe. We must dismantle the whole structure and build it again with waterproofing equipment,” Samy Vellu was reported to have said (NST front page news)
I have been in the construction industry for decades and I have never heard nor able to contemplate why Samy had to dismantle the whole roof structure just to repair leakages.
All that was needed is to remove the current roof screed, clean off those debris, pressure grout the concrete around those areas that are porous, then install new waterproofing membrane and then lay a new topping of cement screed. That shouldn't cost more than RM1 million and I am prepared to take the job to do this waterproofing works at RM1 million.
Secondly, I have never heard of any builders who need to install waterproofing equipment. It is either waterproofing cementatious compound or bituminous membrane. At a higher range it can be polyethylene waterproofing membrane. What is that waterproofing equipment? I have never heard of?
And he said he is architect? Doesn't architect knows about waterproofing and waterproofing materials, not equipment????
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Sammy's architecture(draugtsmanship?) "degree" needs to be checked once and for all to see if it was purchased from an internet degree mill
Architect? Holy shit! Does that explains why so many gov buildings have integrated water-fountains and naturally simulated 911-like drills?
Wasn't it someone who said A Crisis and An Opportunity are two sides of the same coin ? Semi Value is an accomplished expert at exercising this.
RM 22 Million for Putrajaya inspection services (just services mind you, not including any physical repair work and materials) , RM XX Million (be prepared for double digits) to waterproof the Parliament roof.
A very rough ballpark figure that it would take 100 days to do the Putrajaya inspections and compile the report & recommendations, that works out to RM 220,000 PER DAY being charged by the consultants for their services!
Appoint that tambi as the new Menteri Kebocoran
Indeed, SemiValue is architect, he architect some "creative" repair method that nobody heard off. And the "architect" price is out of anyone mind.
New ministry to be set up and is to be known as Ministry of Inflatables. Semi is to take up the post and vacate his current position. Ministry of Works and other ministries which dish frequent inflated contracts will also come under this new ministry.
I am hereby offering my service to repair the leak at the Parliament Building for a fraction of the cost quoted by JKR. Heck, throw in the inspections for all government buildings to me too. Say 15 Million for 2 years of work? And I am a trained Architect to boot.
I love Samy. He is one of the overpaid politic joker in Malaysia that make the rakyat laught.
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