On 6th Nov, Dura Technology was given an opportunity to present a product introduction to the Jabatan Kerja Raya Johor . This state is the second most populated state in Malaysia and lays at the south of Peninsular Malaysia which is also the most southern point of the Asian continental mainland. The product talk took place in the Ballroom of New York Hotel, Johor Bharu. There were 100 officers from the ten districts in Johor inclusive of engineers, cooperate, surveyor and officers that came. This talk was hosted by Dura Technology Sdn Bhd and was presented by Ir. Dr. Voo Yen Lei.

Once again DTSB has conducted a destructive shear test on a full scale DURA beam (i.e. TBG1325). The tested beam was 14.75 m in total length, and has a full depth of 1325mm. The web has a thickness of 100 mm and it does not have any conventional steel reinforcement or stirrup in the section. The beam was tested in three point load configuration and the shear span to effective-depth ratio of 2 is used in the shear test. The specimen was place in the 5000kN capacity stiff testing frame and the applied point load was placed at the centre of the beam. One end of the specimen was a pinned supported and the other end had a pin and roller support. The pins and rollers were greased to minimize friction and to give free rotation and horizontal translation, as required.