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    A flood occurred in the basement of the KB Block building at UTAR on February 15, 2016 at 1:30am after heavy rain. Five vehicles and equipment in the mechanical lab were damaged. An investigation found that the basement drainage system outlets were blocked, preventing rainwater from draining properly. To address this, the engineering team proposes short-term cleaning of outlets, medium-term design of a flood evacuation system, and long-term construction of additional flood mitigation infrastructure like small tunnels.

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    Incident Report

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    A flood occurred in the basement of the KB Block building at UTAR on February 15, 2016 at 1:30am after heavy rain. Five vehicles and equipment in the mechanical lab were damaged. An investigation found that the basement drainage system outlets were blocked, preventing rainwater from draining properly. To address this, the engineering team proposes short-term cleaning of outlets, medium-term design of a flood evacuation system, and long-term construction of additional flood mitigation infrastructure like small tunnels.

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    A flood occurred in the basement of the KB Block building at UTAR on February 15, 2016 at 1:30am after heavy rain. Five vehicles and equipment in the mechanical lab were damaged. An investigation found that the basement drainage system outlets were blocked, preventing rainwater from draining properly. To address this, the engineering team proposes short-term cleaning of outlets, medium-term design of a flood evacuation system, and long-term construction of additional flood mitigation infrastructure like small tunnels.

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    Incident Report

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    A flood occurred in the basement of the KB Block building at UTAR on February 15, 2016 at 1:30am after heavy rain. Five vehicles and equipment in the mechanical lab were damaged. An investigation found that the basement drainage system outlets were blocked, preventing rainwater from draining properly. To address this, the engineering team proposes short-term cleaning of outlets, medium-term design of a flood evacuation system, and long-term construction of additional flood mitigation infrastructure like small tunnels.

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    Memo

    To: Prof Chua Hean Teik, Utar President


    From: Alice, Head of engineering team
    Date: 18 February 2016
    Subject: Incident Report for Incident of Flood at Basement of Utar KB Block Building on
    15th February 2016

    This incident report is prepared as part of the next Utar Senate meeting and as part of
    Universal Underwriter Inc. , IBP’s insurance carrier and the Department of General
    Services. A flood happened in the basement of Utar KB Block on the 15th February 2016
    at 1.30a.m. at night after a heavy rain. The basement of the KB Block consists of parking
    lots as well as workshops belonging to the Engineering department.
    Detailed Description of Incident
    The flood happened on 15th February 2016 at 1.30 a.m. in the basement of the Utar KB
    Block building. There was multiple witnesses: mostly security guards of Utar KB Block
    building. The head of security department, Mr. James responded to the incident and
    called emergency services at 1.45a.m. and led all security guards to a safe place. The
    entry of outsiders to Utar KB Block were prohibited. UTAR immediately requested the
    head of the engineering team, Alice to investigate the flood and make repairs needed to
    stem the water flow. There was no any casualties caused by the flood. However, there
    were some serious damage to the property located in the basement during the flood. Five
    Utar vehicles were flooded which the models of this five vehicles are Toyota Avanza and
    Toyota Hillux respectively. In addition, the equipment in mechanical lab was damaged
    and furniture stored in the basement was damaged beyond repair.

    Causality for Incident


    After investigation, as the head of engineering team, I have established the following
    causes for the flood in the basement of KB block:
    1. The outlets in basement drainage system have been blocked. Thus, the rainwater
    in the basement area could be drained properly to remove it and caused the
    happening of flood.
    2. According to weather forecast, monsoon drains has been lasted for one month in
    Bandar Sungai Long. Thus, it has resulted in the heavy rain for continuously few
    days.
    Proposed Remedial Actions
    1. Short term: The safety department has called in the contractor to clean the
    blocked outlets.

    2. Medium term: The safety department recommends that university authority


    should hire some engineers to design a flood evacuation system and process in the
    campus to prevent flood in the future.

    3. Long term: The safety department recommends that additional flood mitigation
    system such as mini small tunnel to be built in the campus.

    Conclusion
    If there are any queries on the report, please do not hesitate to contact safety department
    for further clarification.

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