News about construction

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 22): Leweko Resources Bhd's proposed rights issue will allow the company to preserve funds for its construction division as the management expects its construction activities to increase in the near term.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 22): The verification of scales and measuring equipment for trade purposes can help to avoid accidents, especially in the construction sector, as well as prevent fraud in transactions between traders and consumers.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 20): A woman had a close shave with death after a part of tower crane fell off a trailer and hit her car at Jalan SS2/24, Petaling Jaya, yesterday.

The Covid-19 outbreak has changed the game rules, and the conventional labour intensive way might not be feasible in the future.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 16): Government’s role is crucial in supporting the rollout of new construction technologies in the country and regulation is also important for the industry players to adapt to new building methods, said Hong Kong-based Ho & Partners Architects (HPA) executive chairman Nicholas Lik Chi Ho.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 16): The Covid-19 pandemic may have hit the construction sector but it also opened up a new avenue for the industry players to rethink the conventional construction process and start to embrace Industrialised Building System (IBS) and Modular Integrated Construction (MiC), said Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) president Datuk Ezumi Harzani Ismail.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 27): Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd reported a net loss of RM219.

GEORGE TOWN (Aug 26): Certain construction projects in Penang island will be given 24-hour approval to start work, the Malay Mail reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 24): Ho Hup Construction Co Bhd has bagged a RM137 million contract for upgrading works under phase two of the Klang Valley Double Track (KVDT) project.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 20): Sunway Construction Group Bhd’s (SunCon) unit, Sunway Construction Sdn Bhd (SCSB) has signed an agreement with MRCB George Kent (MRCBGK) for Package GS07-08 of the Light Rail Transit Line 3 (LRT3) project from Bandar Utama to Johan Setia by Prasarana Malaysia Bhd.