News about buildings

Datuk Ooi Sian Hian could not hide the excitement of unveiling the century-old ancestor house to his siblings and cousins after about two years of restoration work.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): Integrated industrial space solutions provider AME Elite Consortium Bhd’s wholly-owned subsidiary AME Construction Sdn Bhd has been awarded a RM359 million contract to build a new integrated production facility, logistics warehouse, and office buildings for Ye Chiu Non-Ferrous Metal (M) Sdn Bhd.

1 Introduction While global scientific communities’ understanding and knowledge of human-to-human transmission of Covid-19 continues to unravel and evolve, the resurgence of community cases, local clusters and highly contagious variants demand for immediate and enhanced preventative and precautionary measures.

Look around you:  Which buildings are sustainable and managed with excellence? Why is it crucial for Malaysian real estate to be built and managed for sustainability? Read also First-of-its-kind awards What is the cost to owning, living or working in a property that is not built and managed for sustainability? These questions topped the discussions in a series of ongoing virtual briefings on EdgeProp Malaysia’s Best Managed & Sustainable Property Awards (BMSPA) 2021.

PETALING JAYA (July 6): Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) has become the first local authority in Malaysia that took legal action using the Strata Management Act 2013 against maintenance fee defaulters.

Despite the substantial losses of lives and livelihoods in fire mishaps, the fire safety awareness among Malaysians remain slow.

As Malaysia is now into the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMO) periodwhere the majority of the working population is allowed to return to their workplace, Architect Centre Sdn Bhd accredited architect and trainer Anthony Lee Tee is worried about the “invisible health threats” to office workers and occupants as no commercial buildings are designed to be shut down for months at a time.

PETALING JAYA (May 22): More stringent Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)s for short term rental operations in strata buildings are needed to prevent the spread of diseases such as the Covid-19, said Henry Butcher Mont’ Kiara executive director Low Hon Keong.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): Commercial buildings closed for weeks or even months to curb the Covid-19 pandemic could “fuel” Legionnaires' disease, Reuters reported yesterday.

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