SYNOPSIS

The KVMRT is one of the major on-going infrastructure projects in Malaysia. The Sungai Buloh-Kajang (SBK) Line runs from the north-west town of Sungai Buloh to the south-east town of Kajang with a total length of about 51km, of which  a section of about 9.3 km within the Kuala Lumpur city centre is underground.  When completed, the SBK line will have 7 underground stations and 24 elevated stations. The underground tunnel is being constructed using tunnel boring machines (TBM) while the underground stations are constructed using cut-and-cover method with excavation depths of up to 40m below ground level.    

This evening talk will provide IEM members with latest update of the KVMRT project with regards to the progress of the various components of the underground section.  The talk will also highlight some of the key design features and the challenges encountered during the construction of tunnels and underground stations.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Mr. Gusztav Klados is a Hungarian structural engineer, known as one of the leading tunnel builders, having worked around the world on several projects. Klados worked as Lead Engineer or Project Supervisor on several big projects including the SMART Tunnel in Malaysia, the Channel Tunnel, the Metro Systems in Delhi, Athens, Calcutta and Budapest. Klados also worked as tunnel manager in South Africa, where he built a 19km long section, the Delivery Tunnel North of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, later he worked as the project manager of tunnel boring and segment manufacturing for the Metro Lines 2 & 3 of Athens. From 2002-2007 Klados was the senior project manager of the SMART Tunnel Project in the Malaysian Capital, Kuala Lumpur. Klados is now the project manager of the KVMRT Sungai Buloh- Kajang Line Underground and Tunnelling Works.

He graduated from the Mátyás Hunyadi High School in Pestlőrinc in 1966. He holds two engineering degrees from the famous Budapest Technical University earned in 1972 and 1976, later he also gained another external trade related degree, unrelated to engineering