News about building

PETALING JAYA (Aug 18): While the slow adoption of the Industrialised Building System (IBS) is mainly caused by the lack of awareness and high implementation cost, the Master Builders Association Malaysia (MBAM) today pointed out that the slow progress of amending the Uniform Building By-Laws (UBBL) is also hampering the implementation process.

PETALING JAYA (July 23): China has in recent years become the largest global capital exporter for cross-border real estate investment, second only to the US.

How far has Kuala Lumpur city progressed when it comes to creating a sustainable built environment? Not too bad, it seems.

HONG KONG (July 10): China may not seem like a very good example of a sustainable built environment but it has certainly achieved a lot in a very short time.

Incorporating green features and technology in a non-green building can contribute towards greater cost-saving in the maintenance and management of the property in the long term.

THE UK election result on June 8 makes investing in UK assets tough, says Mark Schofield, managing director of global strategy and macro group at Citi.

也许很多人都不知道，我国政府在六十年代就开始使用工业化建筑系统（Industrialised Building System，简称IBS）兴建房屋。 首个通过这个预制系统建造的项目，就是位于吉隆坡Jalan Pekeliling的Pekeliling Flats。这栋十七层楼高的建筑物在1964年至1967年期间打造，但在2015年11月拆除，以在该地段兴建新的住宅房屋项目和一个单轨火车站。 大马建筑商公会主席Foo Chek Lee告诉TheEdgeProperty.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 9): The construction and building materials sectors are seen to be in vogue in the near future, given the planned rollout of infrastructure development in the country.

PETALING JAYA (June 8): Bank of China (Hong Kong), HSBC and ING have closed one of the UK’s largest real estate financing deals by securing the finance for the acquisition of The Leadenhall Building, otherwise known as the “Cheesegrater”, a 46-storey landmark prime iconic real estate in London.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 29): ML Global Bhd, 56%-owned construction arm of LBS Bina Group Bhd, is placing greater focus on industrialised building system (IBS) adoption to help ease the shortage of labour in the company.