News about CIDB

PETALING JAYA (March 4): The soon to be launched Malaysian Carbon Reduction and Environmental Sustainability Tool (MyCREST) targets to have 20 property projects accredited under a pilot project this year.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 31): Only about 42% of public projects and 70% of private projects in the country use modern Industrialised Building Systems (IBS) technology, according to the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 28): Despite the push from the government, contractors still prefer to use the conventional construction method rather than the Industrialised Building System (IBS).

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): The country has, under the Eleventh Malaysia Plan 2016-2020 (11MP), identified “sustainable construction” as the game changer for the construction industry, said Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Malaysia chief executive Datuk Dr Judin Abdul Karim (pictured) at the Zofnass Programme Symposium held at Harvard University in the US recently.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Construction Industry Transformation Plan (CITP), which aims to create industry players that can compete in the international arena while being sustainable at home, was launched yesterday by prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 9): Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) will join forces to strengthen public awareness on the sustainable infrastructure development.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 7): The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) plans to compel construction firms to use three dimensional (3D) building plans, before the commencement of any construction work by 2019.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 7): Cost and lack of skills are the main concerns of local construction players in adopting Building Information Modelling (BIM), according to The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 28): The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has teamed up with eight bodies including Lembaga Jurutera Malaysia (BEM) and Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR), to push for the adoption of the Malaysian Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement (MyCESMM) in civil engineering projects.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 12): The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) plans to increase training for the use of the Industrialised Building System (IBS) to cap the country’s foreign labour dependency at 15% by 2020.