News about construction

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 26): Advancecon Holdings Bhd has won a RM21.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 23): Property developer ASM Development (KL) Sdn Bhd (ASMDKL), a unit of Maju Holdings Sdn Bhd, has countersued Econpile Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Econpile Holdings Bhd, for almost RM346 million for its failure to carry out work at its Maju Kuala Lumpur project, in response to a suit filed by the construction contractor in March this year.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 20): Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) ordered a construction site at Angkasapuri in Lembah Pantai to close yesterday due to sanitary and hygiene violations, the Star reported today.

Gamuda Bhd (Dec 16, RM3.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 12): Two waste contractors were charged at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on Dec 9 for illegally dumping construction waste on government land in Kuala Lumpur, the Star reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 9): The Second Construction Co Ltd of China Construction Third Engineering Bureau, a key enterprise of China State Construction Engineering Corp (CSCEC), is said to have shown interest in Malaysia and Asean's first Halal Gelatin Industrial Park to be developed by Sanichi Technology Bhd.

KUANTAN (Dec 9): Construction activities for the 640km East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), which passes through five states, will be ramped up soon in Pahang.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 6): It is no secret that the Malaysian construction market has slowed down markedly since the 14th general election in May last year, but the situation is so dire that certain contractors are putting in below cost bids just to keep their staff employed.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 2): Ewein Bhd is partnering Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd (CZC) to jointly develop land in Penang as a RM159.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 28): Following Tuesday’s Federal Court ruling that the controller of housing cannot give developers extensions of time to complete their projects, a lawyer said that the housing industry could be crippled by late delivery penalties.