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provided for maintenance purposes. Cable access for all necessary
4.13 DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL electrical rooms shall be provided.
(M&E) REQUIREMENTS
4.13.12 Clinical and noise-sensitive areas such as OT room, ICU, HDW, Wards,
4.13.1 The details of M&E requirements shall be read in conjunction with the meeting rooms, discussion rooms, offices, and other areas as required shall
M&E Works Brief of this tender document. not be located adjacent to AHU room, cooling tower, air-conditioned
condensing unit, chiller, plant room, pump room, etc. Effective acoustic
4.13.2 Adequate spaces shall be provided for M&E plant rooms, Air Handling treatment shall be provided if the above conditions cannot be met.
Unit (AHU) rooms, electrical switch rooms, substations, sub-switch rooms,
and other M&E requirements that shall be necessary for the functioning of 4.13.13 Staircase shall be provided to service rooms or floors for maintenance.
the building. Adequate space above the ceiling shall be provided to
accommodate all service conduits, ducting, and piping for installation and 4.13.14 No maintenance manholes/junction boxes of any services shall be
maintenance purposes. allowed in the clinical areas, clinical support area, circulation areas inside
the building and in the middle of the road.
4.13.3 All amenities, services, and equipment rooms shall be efficiently designed
and accessible with stack-able layouts. 4.13.15 Machine/plant/equipment rooms and service riser/shaft shall be provided
with floor trap except for electrical services room/riser.
4.13.4 Internal service rooms shall be avoided, and if there are any, some form of
the mechanical ventilation system shall be provided. 4.13.16 Riser for electrical, telecommunication, and IT services shall be separated
from mechanical services, especially the water pipes, to eliminate electric
4.13.5 All M&E services shall be accessible from the service corridor or outside short-circuit risk.
the clinical area/department.
4.13.17 AHU room design requirements shall comply to the latest edition of
4.13.6 All sub-main switchboards and distribution boards for M&E services, Mechanical System Design and Installation Guidelines for Architects and
pneumatic tubes, etc., shall be concealed or hidden in an appropriate Engineers by Cawangan Kejuruteraan Mekanikal, JKR. The requirements
location as to not interfere with the architectural or interior design works. are as follows, but not limited to:
Decorative compartments or panels shall be provided to overcome the
problem. a) Room to be airtight (excluding the opening for fresh air intake) and
vermin free.
4.13.7 All piped services, risers, and cable ducts shall be concealed if they lay
through the walls or ceiling. All exposed services/ducts shall be adequately b) Room doors shall be of double leaf and open outwards.
boxed up and concealed and blend in with the interior design.
c) Rooms shall not be located next to toilets to prevent the contamination
4.13.8 All mechanical areas shall have a 50 mm drop finished floor level relative of fresh air intake.
to adjacent areas, complete with adequate stainless-steel floor traps.
d) Rooms shall be provided with water taps and floor traps for
4.13.9 All electrical areas finished floor level shall be raised 50 mm relative to maintenance purposes.
adjacent areas.
4.13.18 Any laboratory, which requires an airlock, shall have its own air-
4.13.10 All services and equipment rooms shall be adequately ventilated and conditioned and exhaust system.
protected from weather elements. The walls shall either be tiled or
plastered and painted with acrylic paint or other approved alternative finish 4.13.19 Adequate spaces shall be provided for safe operation and maintenance of
for easy maintenance. M&E machines or equipment. The distance between the
machine/equipment shall not be less than 1 meter to allow safe operation
4.13.11 Conduits running above ceiling level at external corridors and link ways and maintenance work to be done.
shall be concealed with an approved ceiling system, especially public
areas, for aesthetic and security reasons. Ceiling access openings shall be

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