LABUAN: The first-ever\u00a0Multi-Measurement Kit (MMK) innovation\u00a0for civil construction works by a team of engineers in this duty-free-island has won a grant of RM100,000 in the Grassroots Open Challenge (GOC) 2022.
\nTeam leader Ir. Leong Geok Teng said the team comprises staff of Labuan Public Works Department (PWD) who had taken part in GOC 2022 from March 1 \u2013 April 30.
\n\u201cWe never expected\u00a0our first-innovation multi measurement kit to win in the GOC 2022, as it was a tough competition between 270 innovation teams.
\n\u201cWe were among the top 25 finalists after presenting our innovation in September last year and were declared as one of the nine winners (for grant scope of product\/prototype development)\u00a0in Dec\u00a030.
\n\u201cThe grant will be presented this month\u201d she told Bernama today.
\nLeong said the GOC 2022 implemented by Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia (YIM) is aimed to enhance development and commercialisation efforts of grassroots\u2019 innovation and to provide\u00a0capacity building opportunities to local grassroots innovators.\u00a0
\n\u201cOur innovation is to help facilitate the work of fastening concrete reinforcement and inspection work that are carried out at the construction site and to\u00a0ensure the accuracy of measurement of the rebar spacing,\u201d she said.
\n\u201cOn receiving the grant, we are obliged to do further research until it can be commercialised and that will be for a period of six months,\u201d she said.
\nLeong said the team comprises PWD Labuan director Ir. Suhaizad Sulaiman, Mohamad Firdous Hairy, Masriani Siradjuddin and Suhirman Munik.
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