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Following the successful completion of the Pan Borneo Highway Sarawak, UEM Edgenta Berhad has further strengthened its project management capabilities through the monumental Sarawak Coastal Road and the Second Trunk Road (CSTR). A centrepiece of these RM11 billion mega-infrastructure projects is the Batang Lupar 1 Bridge, officially inaugurated on 9 July 2026. Dubbed Malaysia’s longest river-crossing bridge, it serves as a critical artery connecting Sarawak’s coastal road network.

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Spearheaded by Jabatan Kerja Raya Sarawak (JKR Sarawak) as the project’s principal team lead, delivering a megastructure across one of the state’s most formidable rivers demanded a high level of technical governance. Working in close partnership with JKR Sarawak, UEM Edgenta provided the critical project management and technical oversight necessary to execute this ambitious vision safely and efficiently.

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Spanning 4.844 km across the Batang Lupar estuary, the cable-stayed bridge crosses a major geographic barrier that has historically isolated coastal communities. The bridge forms part of the CSTR network, comprising 14 major bridges, including five distinctive cable-stayed structures that have become icons of Sarawak’s infrastructure development. Building a structure of this scale requires driving deep foundation piles into complex riverbed soils and managing hundreds of thousands of metric tons of materials.

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As the project management consultant, UEM Edgenta was tasked with the immense responsibility of navigating these challenges, which meant aligning multiple contractors, ensuring international quality and safety compliance, and keeping a massive multi-year timeline on track despite unpredictable environmental variables.

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Bridging massive geographical divides requires exceptional technical expertise, said Shaiful Subhan, managing director and CEO of UEM Edgenta. “Our infrastructure solutions are designed to handle precisely this level of complexity, ensuring that the structural integrity and project management of the Batang Lupar 1 Bridge meet the highest international safety and quality standards.”

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A project of this magnitude also demands high digital precision to meet stringent specifications. By leveraging real-time construction analytics combined with drone-assisted site reporting, UEM Edgenta and the project teams maintained total visibility over the nearly 5 km span to conduct stringent quality assurance. This tech-driven governance ensured every component was fabricated and installed to exact specifications before it even reached the water.

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Crucially, the company’s role on the ground extends beyond immediate project delivery. The active integration of local Sarawakian engineers and contractors into these advanced BIM and drone methodologies enables the project to serve as a live incubator for specialised knowledge transfer, elevating the state’s internal capacity to manage future marine megastructures.

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The challenges of the Batang Lupar project were not solely topographical or structural; they were also environmental. The river is notoriously dynamic, characterised by aggressive tidal bores and fast-flowing currents. More pressingly, the Batang Lupar Basin is home to one of the densest populations of estuarine saltwater crocodiles in the region.

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For UEM Edgenta, managing site safety meant rewriting the standard operational playbook. Health, safety and environment (HSE) governance had to extend beyond typical heavy machinery protocols to include strict maritime safety measures, tidal monitoring and specialised ecological awareness. Achieving milestone man-hours without a major incident in a challenging riverine environment known for strong tidal bores and estuarine crocodile populations is a testament to the rigorous safety culture the company enforces on the ground.

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The bridge is expected to significantly reduce travel times, open up new investment opportunities along the coastal belt, strengthen agricultural supply chains, and improve rural communities’ access to essential healthcare and education hubs.

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Image: UEM Edgenta

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UEM Edgenta Berhad, a Malaysia-based asset management and infrastructure solutions company serving as the appointed independent checking engineer, has helped steer the development of the Pan Borneo Highway Sarawak. The project marks a significant milestone in strengthening Sarawak’s transport connectivity, providing greater economic opportunities and improving access for communities across the state.

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The Pan Borneo Highway is expected to enhance mobility, improve logistics efficiency and support long-term socio-economic growth by connecting towns, rural communities and key economic corridors. Beyond the physical infrastructure, the project represents a long-term investment in the state’s resilience, competitiveness and quality of life.

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Spearheaded by the Public Works Department Sarawak (Jabatan Kerja Raya Sarawak) as the project’s principal team lead, this achievement was executed through UEM Edgenta’s critical governance, technical oversight and project management expertise. Drawing on its experience managing more than RM100 billion worth of major infrastructure developments across Malaysia, the company ensured every stage of delivery adhered to stringent standards of quality, safety, regulatory compliance and sustainability.

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To navigate the physical realities of Sarawak’s vast landscape, UEM Edgenta’s experience in managing mega projects such as the PLUS Highways, the Penang Bridge, and international infrastructure projects contributed to the highway’s development. Overseeing an initiative of this scale meant implementing advanced structural reviews to address deep and unstable soil conditions, engineering resilient solutions to bridge extensive river networks, and managing highly complex logistical supply chains across vast, remote distances.

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By tailoring these engineering solutions to Sarawak’s specific topographical and climate challenges, the technical oversight provided by UEM Edgenta – a wholly-owned subsidiary of UEM Group Berhad – helped ensure that the physical asset is designed to minimise future maintenance costs, reduce environmental impact and maximise structural resilience for decades to come.

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Stretching approximately 786 km from Telok Melano in the south to Merapok in the north, Phase 1 of the Pan Borneo Highway is one of the most ambitious civil engineering undertakings in Southeast Asia. UEM Edgenta’s technical governance guided the successful delivery of 115 bridges and 25 complex interchanges, navigating treacherous topography and vast river networks.

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Moreover, managing this mammoth operation required millions of safe working hours, laying immense volumes of specialised asphalt, and coordinating a massive daily workforce, all while maintaining uncompromising safety and operational standards.

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Shaiful Subhan, managing director and CEO of UEM Edgenta, said, “Delivering an infrastructure project on the scale of the Pan Borneo Highway across Sarawak’s vast and diverse landscape demands exceptional technical expertise, disciplined governance and close collaboration among all stakeholders.

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“At UEM Edgenta, we are proud to have supported this vision by providing the engineering oversight, project management and quality assurance needed to deliver infrastructure of this complexity. Through proven engineering practices and rigorous project governance, we have helped ensure this highway will serve the people of Sarawak safely, reliably and sustainably for generations to come.”

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“The Pan Borneo Highway is more than a road; it is a catalyst for unity, progress and opportunity across Sarawak. For our team in Sarawak, delivering this long-awaited vision has been deeply meaningful because it is, ultimately, about improving the lives of the communities we serve,” added Raihana Ahmad, managing director of infrastructure solutions at UEM Edgenta.

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“We are proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Sarawak state government, our partners and local contractors to help bring this vision to life, while strengthening local capabilities that will support the state’s future infrastructure ambitions.”

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Image: UEM Edgenta

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