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1 INTRODUCTION

In this project, we decided to choose on a site in Bukit Gambir, Johor which is the project
title Cadangan Membina dan Menyiapkan Sebuah Masjid Dua Tingkat dan Menukar Masjid
Lama kepada Dewan. The site is located at Lot PTD 20765, 84800 Bukit Gambir, Johor
Darul Takzim. The bearing of this site is 2o12’33.1” North 102o38’59.4” East with 2 acres.
Developer of this site is TPM Technopark Sdn. Bhd. which is subsidiary of Johor Corporation
(JCorp), under the Industrial Development Division. It provides project management services
for commercial and infrastructure development; as well as marketing agent and developer for
JCorp’s industrial land. This project own by Majlis Agama Islam Johor, and prepared by HSA
(HarbiSalam Architect). This project propose to construct a new 2 storey of mosque and a
hall for the community in Bukit Gambir. This is the only mosque in Bukit Gambir which is
all the villagers will be using this structure. The old small mosque will be replaced with a hall
that will be used for occasion such as religious talk, wedding ceremony, etc.

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2.0 OBJECTIVES

 Determine whether the ground conditions in the area are suitable for the proposed
project.
 Evaluate the suitability of the construction at the existing oil palm plantation soil.
 To determine the conditions that needed to be used for construction.

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3.0 DISCUSSION

3.1 Site area

The area of the site is located at outskirt of Bukit Gambir town (2°12'32.2"N 102°38'58.5"E).
The site area is in mixed use setting with residential and industrial premises. The site check
lists surrounding land usage and may highlight potentially contaminative land uses. The
following land uses are listed between 0 to 250m from the site. These are the premises:

 Petrol Station
 Car services premise
 Restaurant
 Palm Oil Plantation
 Residential Building

These building may have contaminating the land of the propose site project and influencing
the proposal development.

FIGURE 1: Site Location

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3.2 History

Based on historical maps and questioning people nearby the site location, the area was
originally for palm oil plantations which conclude the type and uses of the soil at that
particular place. This section highlights the condition of the soil for the site.

FIGURE 2: Loose soil from the site.

There are no recorded landfill sites or other waste transfer, disposal or treatment sites within
the proposed development. The historical maps do not indicate any areas of potentially in
filled ground within 250m.

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3.3 Topography

A detailed topographic survey of the site (refer to Figure 3 below) was undertaken by Google
Maps 2018. This indicated that the site is relatively flat and low lying with a typical ground
elevation. The circled mark is the legend for the site construction.

FIGURE 3: Topographic survey of selected site (Muar, 2018).

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3.4 Geology and hydrology

The geology map of the site was taken by the UKM’s Faculty of Geologist Department in
2014. All the data is provided in the Figure 4 and Figure 5 (refer to Figure 4 and Figure 5
below).

Site Located

FIGURE 4: Geology map of Bukit Gambir (Dato’ Ir Chow Hock, 2008).

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 FIGURE 5: Legend for Figure 4 (Dato’ Ir Chow Hock, 2008).

The ground conditions at the site are likely to comprise Triassic and Permian a depth
of 20m to 25m. The soils are likely to consist of 1m to 5m of organic, soft, silty clay over
around 20m of sand stone, silt stone and limestone. The groundwater table is likely to be not
near to the ground surface across much of the site and may vary in response to changes
during rainfall. The near surface soils at the site are likely to be classed as unproductive strata
and are unlikely to be used for groundwater supply.

Based on rainfall data (refer to Figure 6 and Figure 7), we can conclude that the
highest precipitation is on October which is 219 mm while the least is on February which is
around 114mm only. These data is crucial to do the planning for earthwork process, thus the
delay can be avoided.

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 FIGURE 6: Bukit Gambir Climate Table (Climate-Data.org.).

FIGURE 7: Bukit Gambir Climograph (Climate-Data.org.).

3.5 Engineering Issues

The near surface soils at the site are likely to be soft due to original site were used for
plantation and data from geologist department of UKM stated that the soil existing contain
silt and etc. The design of the proposed must overcome the poor ground conditions to ensure
that the risk of failure is minimized. Soil treatment is needed for this development and the
usage of deep pilling one way to encounter this problem.

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4.0 CONCLUSION

From this desk study, we are able to get reliable and important information about the site that
we have chosen which is in Bukit Gambir. As we have discussed in detail previously, the
construction of mosque and hall for public use are crucial to fill the needs of community.
TPM Technopark Sdn. Bhd, the subsidiary of JCorp, one of the largest developer company
based in Johor are the company have accepted the proposal and in charge of build a new 2
level mosque. The reason of building a new mosque is because the existing mosque has a
very limited space as it cannot afford the exponentially increasing population of community
around them in about 5km radius and due highly demand by the population, a new 2 level
mosque were proposed. Before every construction begin, site investigation is needed to know
the profile of the site so it can be proceed to construction. From area investigation of the site,
the soils are likely to consist of peat. The site near them in about 1 km radius is agricultural
land of palm oil plantation and after doing research the existing soil were mostly sand slit,
sand clay, limestone and etc. Due to palm oil plantation, the soils are therefore needed to be
treated by using mineral fertilizers which is usually necessary to achieve and sustain good
palm nutritional status and large yields production. Most suitable foundation that needed to
use for the 2 level structure is by using deep foundation since the existing soil may and will
cause failure to the structure if the foundation is not strong/suitable for the development.
Since deep foundation have a greater chance of stood still the structure, the structure will
have low probability to collapsed, at least not for the upcoming 50 years, following the
design life of the structure.

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5.0 REFERENCES

Dato’ Ir Chow Hock, L. State of Water Resource in Malaysia.

Retrieve from
http://www.wepa-db.net/pdf/0810malaysia/e.pdf
Muar. (2018). Retrieve from
http://en-gb.topographic-map.com/places/Muar-5602254/
Climate-Data.org.
Climate:Bukit Gambir
Retrive from
https://en.climate-data.org/location/15774/

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