GuocoLand signs AccorHotels as hospitality managers in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur
SINGAPORE (Jan 6): GuocoLand Ltd and AccorHotels have signed a deal for the management of GuocoLand’s two newly-built hotels: the Sofitel Singapore City Centre at Tanjong Pagar Centre, Singapore, and the Sofitel Kuala Lumpur Damansara at Damansara City, Kuala Lumpur.
IBS adoption in Malaysia remains low: CIDB
PETALING JAYA (Dec 31): Only about 42% of public projects and 70% of private projects in the country use modern Industrialised Building Systems (IBS) technology, according to the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB).
Ho Hup ventures into quarrying in Melaka via acquisition
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 31): Ho Hup Construction Co Bhd has gained entry into the granite quarrying business, via the acquisition of a company with quarrying rights, for RM2 million cash.
The Babylonian buildings of sustainability
One of the most heated discussions of our age is climate change.
Zelan receives demand notices for RM108m over Meena Plaza job
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 18): The Abu Dhabi branch of Zelan Holdings (M) Sdn Bhd (ZHSB), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zelan Bhd, has received two notices of demand from Meena Holdings LLC for a combined AED92.
Tossing his salads sky-high
DO you enjoy getting your hands dirty, or the smell of fresh compost and picking up rabbit poo? Datuk N K Tong certainly does! As an avid gardener, the managing director of Bukit Kiara Properties enjoys doing all that.
Works minister: Toll hikes to become conditional
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 27): The new enhanced highway concession agreements will see toll rate hikes become conditional instead of the current automatic rate increase mechanism.
