hi DatoSeriJohnnyWalker ,when water evaporates, the water that used to occupy the space has became "cavity" within concrete. and capillary effect cause the water the slip through...

so,

adequate waterproof is needed be it admixture or barrier

Umbrella Corp,Mostly contractor refuse to use waterproof systems

YoungTycoonWILL, that is a lum sum contract (eg. pam form without quantity). nowadays mostly construction main contract is adopting contract in lump sum basis. the reason behind is because of client have a budget for the project and therefore want the contractor to study through drawing and price it. in lump sum contract, the drawing take precedent. bq only as a reference

in contract v quantity, the bq take precedent, therefore anything not in the bq is addition, anything extra in the bq is omission (saving to employer). however there would be some discrepancy / unclear info that will induce a saving which the employer not entitle to deduct also. eg. drawing mention that using dark grey tile and bq mention dark grey tile. to contractor, he assume that dark grey tile is dark grey granite tile so he price it base on granite rate. turned out it's a homogeneous tile after clarify v architect. so contractor subsequently pay low for that work and still can claim accordingly.

SEdap, goodday . YoungTycoonWILL

Developer will engage a consultant team consist of,
1. Project Management Consultant
2. Architect
3. Engineer (M&E and C&S)
4. QS
5. Landscape Architect
6. ID (optional)
7. Lighting (optional)

so basically developer engage a professional service from consulting QS firm by paying them about 0.8% of building cost. let's say the building cost is 500mil, then the QS professional fee is 500m x 0.008 = 4mil. developer generally don't care how many staff the QS firm put for that project, as long as u deliver ur professional service that's it. nowadays, consultant firm will put a QS to do a project then will have senior to overlook the QS la.

Yes most of us here buy more than rm200k after covid19 pandemic recession, today earn a mercedes 头期

The act of carrying forward the payment is not fair, give it back to them for now, we will not know what happens next year. Their asking for the deposit to be returned is fair, be a considerate government and return the money. The people are desperate.

Similar to the Gst thingy!

Payments made are to be carried forward to next year.... what a joke! Why can't these payments be refunded? curious

Go to DBKL apply and they will assign a planner for u. But usually i don't think it's efficient, and it's quite fussy. Better get a runner to do that. usually some competent engineer can do everything for u, submission and design. they will submit the building plan and get it approve. Those one stop center as they got partner who is architect and also registered planner. can do all the design and submission.

Nice to have you around UraniumKing68, yes, including. but then again the correct way of doing it is set the budget first. say u consider RM175 then overall building cost is 2.52million. then from there u start to monitor. if budget likely to burst, consider do reduce some type of material.

yes, u can do foundation for 3-4 storey and then just build 2 storey and upgrade in the future. but have to consider a lot of factor. when u upgrade in future, the cost would be higher because a lot of temporary work. and summore, when u upgrading, the house have to be vacant and is not habitable.

ViVaFoReVeRLOVE, if u check back BS 8110, rebar will tend to buckle subject to compressive force therefore rebar only used to resist high tensile force.

And for most building, local practice is using grade C30 concrete which is 30N/mm2, as far as I know water retaining structure using C35A and MRT segmental box girder using C40

YoungTycoonWILL

rc structure
pros - cheaper
cons - slower, need time curing

steel structure
pros - faster, can prefabricated in factory and assemble at site without have to wait, stronger because steel have high tensile strength
cons - expensive

nothing to do with foundation. foundation is nothing to do v material, the higher the building, the stronger foundation require. if u use steel structure, cost would be higher. steel is expensive than concrete. the advantage u have is u save time, can build immediately as long as u have the steel material

power

Slump test can know directly. But need do a few more cube test which required send to lab and wait for report

DatoSeriJohnnyWalker

answer for 2, let the site engineer need to do slump test.

DatoSeriJohnnyWalker, dangerous, hot and humid environment not suitable for girl working there. BUt do have some girl are engineer, of course very very less, and there have a lot of girls worked as QS.

generally girl is not suitable.

JessicaTan may look for smaller packaging at any hardware shop for DIY purpose. They do sell repackaging for any mansory product. take note mansory product shelf life span is 3 months due to local high humid.

jessica tan, rm25 for 50kg, u do the math

NancyDrewWhite, all construction site wanna safe cost, hence hired PART TIME cheap safety officer just to comply the paper work to JKKP. Thats why

HI guys, Main Contractor profit margins. Years before 2008, Main Con still can secure a project at least with 15% profit margin

But nowaday, Main con are suffering thin line of profit margin around 5% to 10%. That if there are no excessive wastage, site corruption and LAD imposed.

Are Main Con business secured nowaday? From my opinion, 8 out of 10 Main Con firms nowaday are poorly performed.

There are no association in malaysia that will safe guard their best interest from these main con. I believe Ageson this year can get BIG PROJECT!

I found out that recent quarry materials are hard to secure good grade in compliance with condition of contract. The supplier keeps throwing excused that quarry material in good grade are hard to produce due to irregular mining source or being closed down by authority, but our client not buying this excuse. What way to protect our best interest?

If you insist good grade, supplier will sell you like 30% higher rates. It is common nowaday?

Recent fuel hike just kicked in for another 10% increase. Will the manufacturer and supplier increase their construction material selling price? Is the main contractor and sub contractor also demanding certain compensation due to this fuel hike?

look at singapore, germany, japan and new zealand...
oops we cant follow becos they are 1st world country of civilized folks... we are third world baboon...

Just hope this PM is wise enough to listen to health experts and learn from countries that fail to address this covid19 crisis. There should not be any political consideration at all.

Muhyiddin should consult infectious diseases experts in University of Malaya and in the HKL

uraniumking68, That’s true. In fact they are doctors with a political bent

well guys, I have never seen any statistics on herd immunity level for any country, leave alone Malaysia.

In fact such data would be impossible at this stage, because already recovered people have been found to be reinfected

Clueless backdoor government needs to be taught at every damn thing! And yet we have to fill their pockets, with such a bloated good for nothing cabinet, only to create jokes, fun and laughter to the world at this critical pandemic period, and ever ready to start their 'inherited' habit of stealing shamelessly from the rakyat! It's a real insult to mankind !!

oink oink

How can 200,000 "online" response speaks for an entire nation? People who are "online" to participate this poll seems likely to be those very well upper/well income earning middle class who can easily afford another 2-4weeks without working. Can anyone confirm that workers, lorry driver, restaurants staff and other people in lower income class did also participate such poll? I have my doubts...