Welcome to Quantity Surveying and Construction Procurement

Assalamualaikum and dear all,

This blog compliments teaching and learning for courses that I facilitate at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). The contents serve to further 'connect' students to the 'real world' (quantity surveying, construction procurement and others). In trying to provide current information to students, I will be quoting or reproducing works of others and for this I am grateful. I will indicate clearly the source(s). I hope I will not offend anyone; and many will frequent this blog and benefit from its contents.

Thank you and wassalam.

Prof. Sr. Dr. Khairuddin Abdul Rashid

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Positive outlook for the construction industry in 2011

Salam and dear all, Happy new year.
  1. Government initiatives especially those under the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) that focuses on 12 National Key Economic Areas (NKEAs), the RM36b MRT project due to start in July 2011 and projects to be implemented under the 10th Malaysia Plan (2011-2015) suggest that 2011 is going to be a busy year for the Malaysian construction industry.
  2. However, problems such as shortage of construction skilled workers and the near total reliance on labour intensive construction techniques continue to constraint the development of the construction industry.
  3. The Star (2nd January 2011) carries an article on what to expect in 2011... read here: Excitement building up.
  4. To know more about the ETP and the NKEAs read here: ETP.
  5. To know more about the 10th Malaysia Plan read here: 10th Malaysia Plan.
Wassalam.
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