parties target a revenue of about RM2.3bil per annum from the product sales from the machines, of which 5% or RM115mil will be attributed to Ageson Net for its services.
THE Center for Market Education (CME) in its analysis has highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of the election manifestos of Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan.
It aims to understand if and how they would benefit Malaysia in terms of stable economic growth and international competitiveness.
Ageson added that the parties target a revenue of about RM2.3bil per annum from the product sales from the machines, of which 5% or RM115mil will be attributed to Ageson Net for its services.
Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) CEO Datuk Ahmad ’Asri Abdul Hamid concurs, noting that ongoing projects that were awarded before the pandemic are especially affected, as the projects are priced lower, with no allowance for price increases, owing to the hike in building material prices.
“This resulted in the contractors having their profits reduced or, in some cases, suffering losses. Despite this, the contractors still have to continue executing the projects until completion,” he says in an email response to questions from The Edge.
“As for new contracts, contractors can manage by pricing in the current material prices and quoting prices, with sufficient margins, to cover unexpected costs, including unforeseen increases in material prices.”
While contractors from both the public and private sectors are affected by the increase in material prices, the VOP clause was reintroduced for government contracts on July 15, 2021, to mitigate the impact of material price increases.
Keep dreaming about construction recovery. With high interest rate and inflation, stagnant salary and high unemployment, how the hell will it recover. Wonder how many SME loans are unpaid. We will know when a NEW government is formed. The skeleton in the cupboard will drop out.
Building information modeling (BIM) is one of the more promising developments in the architecture, engineering, and construction fields.
It is changing the way contractors and engineers do business, but its application is still relatively new and there is much to learn.
One way to learn is from observing how other businesses are using BIM and their trials and tribulations along the way. BIM was introduced over a decade ago mainly to distinguish the information-rich architectural 3D modeling from the traditional 2D drawing.
It is being acclaimed by its advocates as a lifesaver for complicated projects because of its ability to correct errors early in the design stage and accurately schedule construction.
Although over recent years, the term “building information modeling” or “BIM” has gained widespread popularity, it has failed to gain a consistent definition.
According to Patrick Suermann, PE, a National Building Information Model Standard (NBIMS) testing team leader, “BIM is the virtual representation of the physical and functional characteristics of a facility from inception onward. As such, it serves as a shared information repository for collaboration throughout a facility's life cycle.”
The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) sees it as “a digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility…and a shared knowledge resource for information about a facility forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life cycle, defined as existing from earliest conception to demolition.”
But generally speaking, BIM technology allows an accurate virtual model of a building to be constructed digitally. Completed computer-generated models contain accurate and well-defined geometry and pertinent data required to facilitate the construction, fabrication, and procurement activities necessary to realize the final building.
The Malaysian construction industry grew by an estimated 1.5% in real terms in 2021, following an annual decline of 19.4% in 2020
The industry's output in 2021 was supported by an improvement in wider economic activity and more favorable external demand. Despite remaining stable in the first half of last year, construction activities plummeted in the third quarter of 2021, due to weakness in civil engineering, residential and non-residential building construction activity.
As a result, the Malaysian construction industry contracted by 2.6% year on year (YoY) in the first three quarters of 2021, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). The industry is expected to have registered positive growth in the final quarter of 2021, supported by a fall in Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections and the subsequent relaxation of restrictions. However, severe flooding towards the end of Q4 2021 may slow growth in early Q1 2022
growth is inevitable, this time hosehh for construction as the Malaysian parliament passed the government's budget for 2022, approving an expenditure of MYR332.1 billion ($81.8 billion). The budget includes an allocation of MYR75.6 billion ($18.6 billion) for development expenditure, as well as a number of incentives to improve employment rates and support businesses WOOHOOO
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parties target a revenue of about RM2.3bil per annum from the product sales from the machines, of which 5% or RM115mil will be attributed to Ageson Net for its services.