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ENGINEERING SERVICES

The Engineering Services Division (ESD) comprises of:
i. Services Branch - Project Implementation Section, Hospital Operations Section, Clinic Operations
Section and Biomedical Operations Section.
ii. Regulatory Branch - Environmental Health Control Section and NEHAP Section.
iii. Planning Branch - Technical Unit, Environmental Health Engineering Unit, Private Healthcare
Facilities and Services Unit and Facility Management Unit.

ESD provides:
i. Engineering and technical support services for medical & health programs,
ii. Preventive health programs to ensure all public water supply is safe and protect public health from
adverse air quality and indoor environment conditions,
iii. Environmental Health Engineering programs to improve environmental sanitation, proper
management of solid, clinical and toxic waste and proper wastewater management systems,
iv. Healthcare Facility and Biomedical Engineering support for effective & proper functioning of building,
medical equipment & engineering system,
v. Engineering support for proper maintenance for healthcare facilities to ensure reliability & efficiency
of engineering installation facilities,
vi. Project implementation of new or upgrading healthcare facilities and engineering system
replacement in healthcare facilities,

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

In 2017, Ministry of Health through ESD continues implementing various categories of physical projects
under the 10 (continuance) and 11 Malaysian Plan (10MP and 11MP). The projects implemented
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involve the construction of new facility (hospitals, clinic and quarters), upgrading of hospitals and clinics,
renovation and refurbishment of hospitals as well as upgrading and replacing engineering systems in
healthcare facilities.

As of 2017, there were 168 projects implemented by ESD, including 20 new projects received in 2017.
115 projects have been completed which were in various completion stage either in Defect Liability
Period (DLP) or Final Account. Apart from 115 projects, 18 projects were completed in 2017. Beside
the completed projects, 35 projects are in progress while 18 projects are in planning phase.

In addition to the above projects, there are also special or complex projects managed by ESD namely the
construction of Klinik Kesihatan Kuala Lumpur (KKKL) which have been completed, National Institutes
of Health (NIH) and Quarters for Bahagian Pengurusan Hartanah (BPH), JPM. Table 4 shows various
projects that have been managed and completed.

During implementation of all the projects, ESD has to manage 121 consultant firms from various field
including architecture, civil and structure, mechanical, electrical and quantity surveyor. These consultants
were appointed to do all the design and supervision for various projects. In terms of budget, ESD have
spent about RM 2.631 billion on the implementation of these various projects.

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