70pc of projects worth RM9.6b must use IBS
MORE than two-thirds of the RM9.6 billion worth of infrastructure projects under the Public Works Department (PWD) and related agencies must use the Industrialized Building System (IBS).
"PWD and other related agencies under the ministry have allocated RM9.6 billion of infrastructure projects in the 9th Malaysia Plan. Of the total contract, 70 per cent must be based on the IBS," Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed said.
The move is to strengthen the construction sector as IBS would enable buildings to be developed faster and stronger.