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Borneo Post
14-05-2025
- Business
- Borneo Post
Premier urges more Sarawak contractors to register as facility management providers
Abang Johari (fourth right) at the launch of ICW Borneo at BCCK here today. – Photo by Chimon Upon KUCHING (May 14): Local contractors are urged to upskill and register as facility management (FM) providers with the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) to meet the growing demand in Sarawak, said Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. Speaking at the launch of International Construction Week (ICW) Borneo at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) yesterday, he said the move is part of the state's holistic sustainability strategy. 'Sustainability does not end when the last brick is laid. It must continue throughout a building's life cycle. 'This is why the Sarawak government is championing professional facility management to ensure safety, efficiency, and longevity of our assets,' he said. Abang Johari noted that over 4,000 government quarters have already been built in Sarawak, with 3,000 more underway, making effective FM crucial. 'Currently, out of over 468 FM contractors in Malaysia, only 17 are registered in Sarawak. That is far from adequate,' he said. He said Works Department (JKR) Sarawak pioneered its first official FM contract in 2024 for the Borneo Cultures Museum, which will set a benchmark for future FM contracts under RMK-13. These include the State Legislative Assembly Complex, Integrated Administrative Centres in Bintulu, Limbang, and Lawas, as well as Federal Gunasama Quarters in Bintulu. He also welcomed CIDB's initiative to organise a dedicated FM seminar and training as a follow-up to ICW Borneo. 'We want to develop what we call gunasama (shared use), where we will build housing for our officers in a sort of gated community. 'For example, it will be used by both state and federal officers. We have many doctors in the districts. We have to provide good quarters for the doctors,' Abang Johari added. He said the quarters would include condominiums or apartments with all the basic facilities.
Hans India
05-05-2025
- Hans India
High-level panel to probe bridge mishap in Cuttack
Bhubaneswar: The State Works department has constituted a high-level technical committee to probe the accident that occurred during the construction of a bridge over Kathajodi river at Khannagar in Cuttack, an official said on Sunday. Three workers died while two others sustained grievous injuries due to the fatal accident that occurred on Saturday. The technical committee has been instructed to submit a detailed report and the persons responsible for the tragic accident. The high-level technical committee, chaired by the EIC-cum-Special Secretary to Government, also comprises the Chairman Works Department, Chief Engineer Roads-II of Odisha and the Additional District Magistrate, (General) of Cuttack district. Earlier, while speaking to mediapersons, State Works Department Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Sunday termed the incident unfortunate and admitted that some error on the part of the agencies engaged in the execution of the project or the technical staff presented at the spot was responsible for the fatal mishap. Three persons, including an engineer and two workers, died after the concrete slab fell on them during construction work of the bridge over the Kathajodi river here on Saturday. Two others suffered critical injuries in the incident. Locals and police personnel rushed to the accident site and rescued the workers, Cuttack DCP Khilari Rishikesh Dnyandeo said. 'The crane malfunctioned while lifting the huge concrete slab that fell on the workers and the site engineer,' he said. The DCP said the exact cause of the mishap is yet to be ascertained. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi had ordered an inquiry into the incident. Majhi also expressed grief over the deaths and wished speedy recovery to the injured. 'The Chief Minister has announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund for the next of kin of the deceased. He has also announced free medical treatment to those injured in the accident and ordered an inquiry,' the CMO said in a post on X.
Yahoo
06-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Outdoor Easter garden returns to Salisbury Cathedral for third year
An Easter garden created by a Chelsea Flower Show winner has returned to Salisbury Cathedral. The garden at the cathedral is said to be inspired by the "landscape and story of Jesus." It is the third year of the garden display and is a collaboration between the cathedral's Works Yard and horticultural designer Andy McIndoe. The garden is based on the native plants of the Holy Land, including drought-resistant aromatic trees and shrubs that flourish when there is sufficient rainfall. Andy McIndoe and assistant Billy Moss (Image: Finnbarr Webster/Salisbury Cathedral) Other Mediterranean plants such as rosemary, laurel, olive and santolina have been added to the garden. The display also includes three crosses mounted behind a symbolic tomb made of Chilmark stone, the same stone used to build the cathedral. The crosses and tomb were made by the cathedral's Works Department. Horticultural designer Andy McIndoe has won 25 consecutive Gold Medals at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. In 2017, he also received the Veitch Memorial Medal, one of the Royal Horticultural Society's highest accolades. The Revd Dr Kenneth Padley, Canon Treasurer, who has oversight of the Easter Garden, said: "Our team have been receiving enthusiastic compliments and encouragement from passers-by as they have constructed the garden this week. "Like a crib at Christmas, the Easter Garden is a simple way of visualising what God does for us through the death and resurrection of Jesus, overcoming our faults and guilt with the hope and joy of eternal life. "We offer this garden to worshippers and visitors as a sign of this holy and happy season." On Easter Day, the sealed tomb will be opened to represent Jesus being raised from the dead, three days after he was buried. The Easter Garden will stay in place until Pentecost on June 8, the day when Christians recall how God's Holy Spirit was given to the disciples after Jesus' Ascension.
