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Sarawak Energy’s teams prevent transmission tower from tilting further

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A view of the tilting Transmission Tower.
A view of the tilting Transmission Tower.

KUCHING : Sarawak Energy is taking all necessary measures to secure and stabilise a slanted 132kV Tudan-Miri Airport transmission tower located along Miri Bypass road, caused by Pan Borneo Construction works.

Sarawak Energy’s Transmission team discovered the slanted tower during its routine inspection patrols last Friday and the Pan Borneo contractor was instructed to cease works near the tower immediately.

Preliminary assessment indicated that the failure to the existing tower foundation was due to excessive earth stockpile materials placed near to the tower. It is suspected that the pile supporting the tower’s foundation was damaged, compromising the integrity of the supporting system, leading the tower to tilt.

Sarawak Energy, along with Lebuhraya Borneo Utara Sdn Bhd (LBU), immediately engaged surveyors to further evaluate the condition of the tower’s foundation and its surrounding ground conditions.

At the same time, Sarawak Energy’s technical teams were mobilised to site to install temporary stabilising stay wires to secure the tower from tilting further.

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