SYNOPSIS

Do you know the Department of Irrigation and Drainage has  completely revised the first edition of MSMA in 2000 and has  officially released the second edition in 2011 (known as MSMA2)?

In case you don’t know, MSMA (Manual Saliran Mesra Alam Malaysia or Urban Stormwater Management Manual) is the drainage design procedure first published by D.I.D. in 2000. It is required by law for all engineers in Malaysia to design drainage works to comply with the requirements of MSMA.

Published eleven years after the first edition, the new MSMA2 publication is not just a simple update, but a complete overhaul of the original document with changes is many topics. Because of this, many engineers are still not familiar with MSMA2.

We have carried out research comparing the changes between the first and second editions of MSMA and have quantified these changes in terms of the increase in the values of key design parameters including: storm intensities, design peak discharges using Rational Method and Time-Area Method, and the storage volumes of OSD, detention basins and sediment basins.

We found the changes varies between different parts of Malaysia. This talk is designed specifically for engineers who do drainage design works in and around Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding areas in Selangor. It will reveal interesting findings from our research work concerning changes in MSMA2 that affect the design in these areas.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Ir. Dr. Quek Keng Hong has a PhD and a Master’s degree in water resources from the University of NSW, Australia. He is a consulting engineer by practice and specialises in the field of urban drainage design and hydrology. He has conducted many training workshops and seminars in MSMA since 2000, and is the developer of MSMAware-a software designed specifically for MSMA. Dr. Quek has nearly 30 years of post-graduate industry experience and has published more than 20 papers in his field of specialisation.