Malaysia Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) took part in a one-day forum organised by the Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia (CIDB Malaysia), titled Statistics, Indices in Construction and Automation 2018.

It was held on 14 August 2018 at Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

The theme of the forum was “Building a Big Data Community for Construction in Malaysia” and was officiated by Deputy Works Minister YB Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir.

The event was held to enable the construction industry players to discuss and gain more profound insights on the potential of Big Data analytics in transforming the Malaysian construction industry into becoming more productive.

“Big Data helps MRT Corp and its partners to improve the design process, reduce risk and increase efficiency in the construction of the MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya (SSP) Line. It can also provide valuable insights that can minimise disruption during the construction and operation through smart applications and sensors,” said MRT Corp Planning and Design Deputy General Manager Mr Yeap Beow Heng during his presentation.

MRT Corp is currently applying Big Data in its Digital Engineering Programme which comprises of Building Information Modelling, Geographic Information System, Reality Capture and 3D Laser Scanning.

In line with the Big Data initiative, MRT Corp and the underground works contractor for the Project, MMC-Gamuda KVMRT (T) Sdn Bhd are going paperless at all MRT SSP Line underground construction sites and will rely only on mobile field construction applications.

These applications and cloud-based construction management systems are currently being deployed to automate the work process to reduce paper-based applications while capturing all sites related applications and permits digitally.