JAKARTA, Dec 20 — The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation’s (Matrade) latest export acceleration mission to Indonesia has garnered a positive response from the republic’s industry players.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 — Small and medium-sized construction companies or those with G1 to G4 licences are encouraged to source their building materials directly from factories and suppliers who are members of the Building Materials Distributors Association of Malaysia (BMDAM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 — The slip road from Jalan Semantan to Kuala Lumpur will be closed for a month from December 22 to facilitate the second phase of construction of an elevated road in the area.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — The revival of several mega infrastructure projects has provided the much-needed impetus to the Malaysian construction sector, driving the construction stocks index on Bursa Malaysia to a two-year high by 20.74 per cent year-to-date (Nov 27) as well as the industry to post stronger growth.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — Malaysia’s construction sector work done value soared by 9.6 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) in the third quarter (3Q) 2023 to record a total of RM33.4 billion, said the Statistics Department (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 — Modern methods of construction (MMC) should be introduced to accelerate the growth of public infrastructure projects and the development of affordable housing, said the Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC).

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — Eversendai Group announced that its subsidiaries in Saudi Arabia and India have secured new projects worth RM188 million for structural steel works.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9 — Malaysia’s construction sector rose 8.1 per cent year-on-year in the value of work done in the second quarter of 2023 to record a total of RM32.4 billion, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 — Kumpulan Kitacon Bhd's wholly-owned unit, Kitacon Sdn Bhd, has bagged a RM62.3 million main building works contract from KL-Kepong Country Homes Sdn Bhd for a construction project in Bandar Seri Coalfields, Selangor.

By Norrasyidah Arshad SHAH ALAM, Feb 17 — A total of 65,000 units of Rumah Selangorku in the Idaman and Harapan category have been approved for construction from 2018 until now, said Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari. He informed that of the number, 24,000 units are in the planning...

By Faizal Nazaruddin SHAH ALAM, Dec 31 — The Kuala Langat Municipal Council (MPKL) has issued an offence notice to the homeowner who was discovered to have placed building materials on the road in front of their residence at Taman Mulia in Banting. It said the offence was found by law...

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 13 — Three offshore patrol vessels (OPV) that should have been handed over to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) in 2020 are still under construction, according to the agency today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 — The managing of school construction projects was found to be inefficient and ineffective based on the scope and audit samples covering the construction of 19 new schools during the 2016-2021 period in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Melaka and Negeri Sembilan.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — Traffic management plans, especially those located near construction areas, need to be carried out more comprehensively and effectively to immediately reduce traffic congestion in the capital.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — Of late, weather uncertainties have been resulting in frequent episodes of heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms and flash floods which not only disrupt outdoor work but compromise the safety of workers as well.

TAPAH, June 12 — The Ministry of Human Resources will introduce a new system – an identity card by sector – to address the problem of foreign workers in the country who are reported to have switched to other sectors arbitrarily.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 — The extended Covid-19 outbreak in the country has continued to affect the construction industry this year, but the impact has been more moderate compared to last year due to a vaccination rollout targeted at construction workers, among others.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 — The value of construction work done in the third quarter of 2021 recorded a reduction of 21.0 per cent year-on-year, amounting to RM24.8 billion, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 — The Building Material Cost Index (BCI) (without steel bars and with steel bars) had increased in October 2021, rising by between 0.1 and 2.3 per cent in Peninsular Malaysia.

SHAH ALAM, Oct 1 — The construction of permanent retaining walls to strengthen the cliffs and slopes in the landslide area in Kemensah Heights, Ampang Jaya will cost an estimated RM6 million.