Synopsis

A green highway can be defined as a roadway design which is based on a relatively new concept of roadway design that integrates transportation functionality and ecological requirements. An environmental approach is used throughout the planning, design, and construction stages. A green highway will give benefit to not only the transportation infrastructure but also the ecosystem, urban growth, public health, and surrounding communities. Awareness of the highway users and stakeholders is essential in order to ensure the equilibrium between development and sustainability is maintained. When built to the standards of the concept, a green highway produces invaluable benefits to the environment. A green highway needs more consideration from all parties concerned. The government as a policy maker will provide the rules and regulation to be practiced by the concession companies and highway users. The need for promoting sustainability and green highway construction require a green highway assessment system. Therefore, the Malaysia Green Highway Index manual is designed as a performance baseline standard in order to measure the level of greenness for current or new highways in Malaysia. This manual explain several fundamental elements of green highway development that are suitable for the Malaysia condition. As a result many parties in the highway industry will obtain the benefits of developing sustainable green roads, pathways, and expressways.


Biodata of Speaker

1. Professor Dr. Muhd Zaimi Bin Abdul Majid

Professor Dr. Muhd Zaimi Bin Abdul Majid is a Professor in Construction Management and has contributed in the area of Construction Technology;  Construction Automation ; Planning and Scheduling and Green Construction.  He has received more than 20 awards related to research and academic these include National Award from Construction Industry Development Board of Malaysia, National Intellectual Property Award, and International Award on research product and etc.  He has received a total of more than RM2 million research grant and has published more than 30 journal and 80 proceeding papers.  One of the known research product in the Industry which was invented by Professor Dr. Muhd Zaimi is ‘Fast-Track Wall System”.


2. Dr.  Nadzrol Fadzilah Binti Ahmad

Dr.  Nadzrol Fadzilah Binti Ahmad  holds her Doctorate in the field of Pavement Materials and Master in Highway & Transportation Engineering from Universiti Putra Malaysia. she has 19 years of working experience in government sector and principally responsible for planning, construction, operation and monitoring of all privatised highways; covering over 1,800kms from North to South Of Peninsular Malaysia such as North-South Expressway, Penang Bridge, Kl-Karak highway and others. currently, she is the Director of Professional Service & Technical Cooperation of Malaysian Highway Authority, involved as Coordinator in Research & Development Works with collaboration to other Universiti and Instituition.