News about Construction Industry Development Board

CIDB’s bid to elevate the quality of Malaysian buildings is laudable and a move in the right direction.

The building and engineering products and services promoted include the industrialised building system (IBS), building information modelling (BIM), formwork system, advanced building materials, equipment and machinery and other related construction technologies.

We believe that NBES is a very impactful project which will contribute significantly towards expediting BIM adoption and enhance the ease of doing business in construction,” said CIDB chief executive Datuk Ahmad Asri Abdul Hamid in a press statement.

CIDB’s Ahmad Asri said that the growing global population also demands consideration of how buildings are constructed, the materials used to create them, and the expected efficiency of the finished buildings.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 21): The Construction Labour Exchange Centre Bhd (CLAB) rarely makes headlines, until the government’s recent decision to allow the entity to fully manage applications of more than 100 foreign construction workers’ entry into the country.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 5): Chin Hin Group Property Bhd (CHGP) is planning to acquire a 65% equity interest in construction firm Kayangan Kemas Sdn Bhd for RM37.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 5): The recent political developments that led to the change in government have dimmed the bright spots for the construction sector, said CGS-CIMB Research, given concerns over the implementation of new infrastructure projects that have been planned by the preceding government under Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 18): The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has started its investigation on a 37-storey condominium building under construction in Taman Desa, Jalan Klang Lama that partially collapsed last Friday (Feb 14), with the findings expected to be released in a month’s time.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 3): Setia Precast Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of S P Setia Bhd, today received the highest-in-the-country Industrialised Building System (IBS) score of 93.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Malaysia hopes there will be allocation under Budget 2020 for incentives to encourage the construction industry to adopt Building Information Modelling (BIM).