News about Building

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Ivory Properties Group Bhd is planning to buy a plot of commercial land in Sitiawan, Perak, for RM133.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 27): Budget 2018 has failed to address the challenges faced by the current property industry, said the Association of Valuers, Property Managers, Estate Agents and Property Consultants in the Private Sector Malaysia (PEPS) in a statement following the tabling of the budget today.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 27): Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM) was hoping for lower import duties for heavy construction machinery and more incentives in Budget 2018 to be disbursed to industry players who use Industrialised Building System (IBS) and Building Information Modelling (BIM), such as equipment tax reduction and tax incentives, it said in a post-budget statement today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 14): "Fire burns everybody — it doesn't matter if you are rich or poor.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 14): Malaysia’s fire safety laws are not outdated, as provisions under the Uniform Building By-Laws 1984 had been updated in 2012 to include new materials, construction methods and technologies to eliminate unnecessary requirements, said Fire and Rescue Department Malaysia Fire Safety Division assistant commissioner Hamdan Ali.

Recent news of service and maintenance fee defaulters having their belongings seized or auctioned off should be a wake-up call to stubborn defaulters.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 6): As Malaysian consumers become increasingly concerned about the sustainability features of a product, developers should implement them into their projects to achieve greater success, said VERITAS Design Group president and founding director David Mizan Hashim.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 5): Developers who are not able to deliver their residential projects on time may request for an extension of an additional 12 months from the original 36 months, provided no sale and purchase agreement has been signed, said Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Tan Sri Noh Omar.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 5): There must be a collaboration between the public and private sector to drive Industrialised Building System (IBS) usage, said Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI) chairman Tan Sri Dr Jeffrey Cheah in response to the government urging property developers to adopt the technology.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 16): Developers are required to hand over the audited or unaudited financial accounts (service charges and sinking fund) within three months after the joint management body (JMB) is formed.