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Underground pipe burst

An underground water pipe burst traced and resolved, protecting the building's funds.

Nelfar Zulkifli crouched at an excavated section of road, pointing into a water-filled trench
Development

A managed development in Johor Bahru

Role

Business Development Manager, SA Property Management Sdn Bhd

Outcome

Fund saved for the JMB/MC

An underground water pipe burst is one of the harder faults to catch. There is often nothing visible above ground until the loss is substantial — the water simply drains away, and the building keeps paying for it on every bill.

Approach

The work was to identify the leak, get it excavated and repaired, and coordinate the contractors and the stakeholders through to completion — the same technical and non-technical troubleshooting that running a site demands, on a development being looked after rather than one being managed day to day.

A backhoe loader digging a trench through the asphalt of a residential street, watched from the verge
Once the fault is located the road has to come up. Getting a machine in, and the residents and the water supply around it, is most of the coordination.
A repair clamp fitted around a corroded underground pipe at the bottom of a trench of muddy water
The fault itself, once it was dug down to: a repair clamp closed around the failed section of main, with the trench still holding water.
Outcome Fund saved

The leak was resolved and the loss to the JMB/MC's funds was stopped.

Why it mattered

A continuing leak is charged to the building month after month, drawn from the funds the owners contribute. Finding it is what stops the loss.

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