SME Testing Malaysia has secured a contract to install its BridgeWatch monitoring system on the Penang bridge in a move which establishes the company as a key player within the instrumentation and monitoring sector in South East Asia.

As a key artery linking mainland Malaysia with the island of Penang bridge in a move which establishes the company as a key player within the instrumentation and monitoring sector in South East Asia.

This new contract means two of three largest bridges in Malaysia are now lifted with JF SME Testing's state-of-the-art structural monitoring system, BridgeWatch, which offers a sophisticated preventative maintenance solution enabling engineers to assess and create predictive maintenance strategies.

According to JF SME Testing Malaysia's structural monitoring manager, Damian Griffiths, the project was first mooted in 2015 when the team was working with the Malaysian highways authority on the Malaysia-Singapore Second Link - the bridge which links the country with Singapore.

High praise for JF SME Testing's structural health monitoring system, BridgeWatch™