UEM Builders completes phase 2 of agro expo park
UEM Builders Bhd has completed phase two of the Malaysian Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) worth RM221.5 million.
UNCONVENTIONAL ENGINNERING SYSTEM: The MAEPS complex will host Malaysia’s biggest agricultural exhibition this month
In a statement, the company said it took them only seven months to build the complex since the contract was awarded in early December 2007.
UEM, which was commissioned by the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry had earlier completed the RM45.6 million phase one of MAEPS in November 2006, ahead of schedule.
UEM Builders managing director Datuk Ridza Abdoh Salleh said its project team applied an unconventional engineering system to reduce the construction period, at the same time not compromising on any components, especially quality of work.
“We had applied the Engineering Formwork Systems for columns and slabs. This reduced the construction period even though many of the buildings under construction are scattered within the location,” he said in a statement.
MAEPS will host Malaysia’s biggest agricultural exhibition, namely the biannual Malaysian Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Exhibition this month.
MAEPS is owned by the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry and occupies a build-up area of 42,000 sq m.
It is located on a 129ha of Mardi’s land, adjacent to the Kajang – Puchong Highway.
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By New Straits Times
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