Abdul Karim Mirasa

• Universiti of Malaysia Sabah

To achieve sustainable and green technology in construction, more alternative methods were produced to replace the conventional construction materials which lack concern on elements of sustainability especially on humans, economics, and the environment. The conventional bricks especially the Fired Clay Brick (FCB) consume and emit high energy due t...

: Sabah is located in the northern part of Borneo Island. Three nations share the island namely Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia. The study focuses on the transportation network in the east coast of Sabah, mainly Semporna and Tawau. In general, most of the transportation network in Sabah is known to be in poor conditions. Although there are efforts...

Being situated in eastern Malaysia, Sabah is one of the states which have a firm economic foundation through agriculture, forestry as well as petroleum industries. However, even though it is rich with the natural resources that have long served for the country's economic growth, as a whole, Sabah is considered a little behind her counterparts in th...

: Sabah is located in the northern part of Borneo Island. Three nations share the island namely Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia. The study focuses on the transportation network in the east coast of Sabah, mainly Semporna and Tawau. In general, most of the transportation network in Sabah is known to be in poor conditions. Although there are efforts...

Fired clay brick (FCB), as a major building material in construction industry, has been extensively produced and utilised around the world. Since the firing process for manufacturing FCB consumes certain level of natural resources, the vast applications of FCB bring negative impacts to the environment. While the concern of awareness on the sustaina...

Soil is known as the most cost-effective material in construction since available locally and has been used for centuries. Soil widely used throughout the world in brick production including Malaysia. The used of soil in construction can reduce environmental issues and act as a green building material. In addition, high pressure of compression is u...

Global sand crisis is being such a great concern these days and it has greatly influenced the world in various means including in the construction field. One of the effective alternatives that can be implemented is by using the waste material for the construction purpose. This paper investigates the physical and mechanical properties of compressed...

Global sand crisis is being such a great concern these days and it has greatly influenced the world in various means including in the construction field. One of the effective alternatives that can be implemented is by using the waste material such as the quarry dust as the replacement of sand for the construction purpose. This paper investigates th...

This paper investigates the water quality characteristics of green roofs runoff. Parameter included are pH value, total suspended solid (TSS), turbidity and chemical oxygen demand. The data were collected from nine different test bed under simulated rainfall. Three types of recycled waste are selected for each test bed which is rubber crumbs, palm...

Green roofs can be used for promoting infiltration and provide temporary storage spaces. Hence, in urban stormwater structural design, the investigation of the hydrological performance investigation is often required. Thus, this paper presents the results of a hydrological investigation in term of peak flow reduction and green roof's weight using 0...

This study investigates the risk of flood on selected critical infrastructure in a flood-prone catchment in Sabah, Malaysia. Kota Marudu, located in the Bandau floodplain, one of the Sabah's northern water catchments, was selected as the study site due to its frequent flood occurrence and large floodplain coverage. Two of its largest rivers, namely...

This study presents the effect of Ultrafine Palm Oil Fuel Ash (UPOFA) in controlling the Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) expansion in mortar bar through pozzolanic reactivity, alkali binding, reduction of aggregate dissolution and change in the Alkali Silica Gel (ASG) composition. The expansion of mortar bar was investigated using the Accelerated Mort...

This paper presents the effect of ultrafine palm oil fuel ash (UPOFA) in controlling the alkali-silica reaction (ASR) expansion in mortar bar through pozzolanic reactivity, alkali binding, reduction of aggregate dissolution and change in the alkali silica gel (ASG) composition. The expansion of mortar bar was investigated using the accelerated mort...

Previous studies show that the addition of admixtures to the concrete or mortar has given a positive result which lead to the increasing of engineering properties especially in strength. The different sizes of admixture added to the concrete also give another positive result. The more fines of the admixture sizes, more benefits the concrete will ha...

Beginning 2004, for an engineering degree to be accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Council, the offering program is required to implement the Outcome-Based Educational process. This educational process is based on achieving certain specified program outcomes in terms of individual student learning. One of the 12 major outcomes is Environme...

The correlation and effect of education strengthening strategies on students effectiveness in knowledge understanding and technology skills of environment and sustainable by incorporating community participation and outreach community fieldwork were evaluated in this paper. It discussed the challenges and learning approaches of project based learni...

This study is aimed to investigate the seismic performance of low-rise precast wall system with base isolation. Three types of High Damping Rubber Bearing (HDRB) were designed to provide effective isolation period of 2.5 s for three different kinds of structure in terms of vertical loading. The real size HDRB was manufactured and tested to obtain t...

The precast construction industry is associated with a lot of activities, vast effort, many parties and numerous processes. The parties involved in the precast supply chain including the planning, design, manufacturing, transportation, installation and construction should have efficient communication and access to precise and latest information con...

This paper presents the workability properties of Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) containing a ternary mix binder using Ordinary Portland Cement and agro-industrial wastes i.e; palm oil fuel ash (POFA) and low calcium based fly ash (FA). The mixtures were prepared with 0 to 40% cement replacement using agro-industrial wastes at 10% intervals. Water...

Precast construction projects are characterized by many activities, the involvement of numerous parties, a lot of effort and enormous processes. Precast supply chain phases are classified as: planning, design, manufacturing, transportation, installation and construction. Achieving integrated construction requires the parties within the precast supp...

It is not a well accepted practice for engineers to incorporate seismic resistance into structural design in regions of low earthquake intensity such as Malaysia. Introducing ductility design criteria into structural plan is less favoured by the nation's industry. The increment in construction cost is another main reason behind this impediment. The...

Government of Malaysia has done various efforts to promote the usage of Industrialised Building System (IBS) as an efficient and effective construction system compare to conventional building system. This paper reviews the experiences of Malaysian construction industry in the adoption of IBS from the first level of establishment until its developme...

Government of Malaysia has done a lot of effort to promote the usage of Industrialised Building System (IBS) as an alternative construction methods compare to conventional building system which is a more labour intensive. This paper describes the experiences of Malaysia in the adoption of industrialised building system (IBS) from the first level of...

The present invention provides a formwork system of forming concrete wall for a building comprising, site clearing and leveling, forming a foundation which includes a beam and ground slab, thereafter forming concrete wall by setting up form works on top of the foundation characterized in that the formwork system.

Tensile resistance of a sleeve connector used to connect between two structural components by confining grouted reinforcement bars relies on interaction among reinforcement bars, sleeve and grout. In this study, a total of nine specimens with different configurations, sizes of sleeves, reinforcement bars’ surface conditions and also grouting materi...

Tensile resistance of a sleeve connector used to connect between two structural components by confining grouted reinforcement bars relies on the bond interaction among reinforcement bars, sleeve and grout. Slippage of the reinforcement bars is customary cause of damage in end-to-end grout-filled reinforcement connector under direct tensile force. I...