Report on falling scaffolding incident due within a week


Crash site: Workers inspecting the metal scaffolding of a highway under construction along the Sungai Buloh-Kota Damansara stretch of the Damansara-Shah Alam Elevated Highway that collapsed. — SHAARI CHEMAT/The Star

PETALING JAYA: The Works Ministry has ordered the Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA) and an independent consulting engineering firm to submit a report on the scaffolding incident on the Damansara-Shah Alam Elevated Highway (DASH) within a week.

It also issued a stop-work order involving falsework by Projek Lintasan Damansara-Shah Alam Sdn Bhd (Prolintas), the project developer. Falsework is a temporary framework to support construction work.

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