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University College
of Technology
Sarawak (UCTS).

LYSAGHT® 360 SEAM® roofing solution
used for state-of-the-art university in Sibu
Tasked with materialising the futuristic design of University College of Technology Sarawak,
NS BlueScope Lysaght meets the challenge with LYSAGHT® 360 SEAM®.
SINCE ITS INCEPTION as an educational institution in September
2013, the University College of Technology Sarawak (UCTS) has
garnered much praise as an environmentally sustainable structure as
well as an architecture marvel even before its completion. As the first
university in Malaysia to be awarded the Green Building Index (GBI)
Platinum Index, UCTS campus is a futuristically designed campus
with an intent to reflect the characteristics of the town of Sibu.
Seeing that Sibu is known as a ‘forest town’, the architecture of
UCTS was carefully constructed to reflect the environmental state of
Sarawak itself. Amongst the most striking features of the structure is
the entrance of the university with a circular pool of water, designed
to pay tribute to the powerful river of Rejang, the cradle of Sibu.
As the first university in Malaysia to attain a GBI Platinum
status, the inception of UCTS was also properly constructed with
considerations to: (i) Cost-effective construction; (ii) Limited
energy consumption; (iii) Consideration of user comfort; (iv) Rain
water harvesting and water recycling; (v) Reduced volatile particle
emissions; (vi) Solar power generation; and, (vii) High thermal
performance rating.
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NS BlueScope Lysaght products utilised on UCTS
Working closely with Mr Stephen Ho from Aki Media, NS BlueScope
Lysaght Sarawak was tasked to achieve the challenging feat of
materialising the architect’s state-of-the-art roofing design. This
was not an impossible feat as NS BlueScope Lysaght has the most
suitable products with the right specification and features to achieve
the design requirements.
Through constant discussions between architect, Lysaght’s
technical team, highly skilled roll-on-site workers and installers, the
astonishing task was completed successfully, meeting the architect’s
Sound Transmission Class requirements without compromising
quality and safety standards of NS BlueScope Lysaght.
The construction of Phase 1 which was completed in 2014,
consists of 7,800sqm of LYSAGHT® KLIP-LOK® 406 roofing
installed for Main Campus building, Administrative Office, Library,
M&E Building as well as the guard house. Phase 2 of the construction
consists of the completion of 3,800sqm of LYSAGHT® KLIP-LOK®
OPTIMATM roofing for the Academic Staff Office Block 2, School
of Engineering and School of Food Technology, and 10,282sqm