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Does 4(a) says it's OK if the house is for the proprietor or the occupier, or their servants. Subject to the house not taking up more than 20% of the land area or 2 hectares (which ever is less).

I assume this is so the farmer can live on his own farm, so that he don't have to commute from a separate house very far away. So the farmer can build a house for himself, but not 10 houses to rent out.

Or am I reading it wrong?

with the underpining cost and enlarging works, might as well u demolish it as u need to cater a new stair case as well

yes.

if u have money u can become developer already. u don't need to have architect background because u hire architect's service.

how developer work? for developer that have money but no land, they will conduct feasibility study. I draft a simple feasibility study format below la.

first they have to come out the GDV first. (Gross Development Value)

100 unit x 1200sqft x selling price base on the location market price (say KLCC at RM1500/sqft) = 180millions

now with this 180 millions then reverse study on the cost by key in following detail
1. Land Cost, A
1. Consultant Fee, B
2. Building Cost, C
3. Local Authority Contribution, D
4. Finance Charges, E (of course developer will borrow money from bank to finance their work as they have no cash)
5. Marketing & Advertising, F

A+B+C+D+E+F = G

6. Profit Margin, H

G + H = 180 millions
H = 180millions - G

So if the H (Profit Margin) is acceptable, then they will proceed it.

Of course above is a simple 1. in actual it's very detail as they have to estimate the most accurate the possible.

hi TS i hv another question.. how often ppl design pilecaps to be interlapping with the slab.

i mean beam also inside the pilecaps, slab also inside the pilecaps..

1. what is lacing/lacer bar in beam?

2. what is the function of bonding ties? is it steel bar that stick out from column and stiffener? usually how many layers will need one bonding tie?

It all boils down to which type of supply(steel, cement,erosion control, roof, insulation tile, paint etc) and level of distribution(pib job, small job, medium job, special job etc)

Some producers profit up to 40% while some down to 2%

You name it
Re bar
bRC
Cement
Brick
Structural steel
Plumbing(pvc upvc mpvc GI DI CI VCP )
Truss
Roof
Erosion control(gabion geotextile terramesh geobag)
Chemical compound
Paint
General haradware etc

just want to point out that mmc gamuda engineers do not do paperwork. They REVIEW paperwork submitted by WPC (works package contractor).

For some package the engineer is very slack while for some package the engineer is quite rigid, so it differs, some things that cannot pass for my package will pass for other package and vice versa.

Anyway it's up to the ICE (independent consulting engineer) and the MRTC observer to comment bcos even the MGJV ppl want to push the paperwork through.

And all these thing in the end come up to taichi here and there, make sure that we hit all the QRM target and looks good during the meeting is good enuf.

Do you mean the work method statement?

haha, u stumble on the way ppl make money. main company lose money but its alright bcos your small company that supply barang earn money.

yes

for some package the method statement go thru smoothly whereas for other package (like mine) it go through quite a few revision before they satisfied. u can tell when u use other package for reference and you see they code 1 after 1-2 submission already ... lol.

WPC do a lot of other things as well, most of paperwork that MGJV do is related to SI and from what i can see they are not willing to take the lead in resolving intra package matters. U see how they are damn slack in coordinating things, always push to WPC and ask us to resolve among ourselves.

Bro, I understand just how you feel as I went through the experience.

Sometimes, you have to kawan-baik² with the Resident Engineers.

Just wondering...

(1) Is the Contractor liable for design produced by a nominated sub-contractor?

(2) If the Architect’s design is faulty, but the Contractor builds it badly, who is liable?

(3) Say a contractor, working under a PAM'98 contract, knows broadly what is required, but does not have drawings or specification which shows precisely what is required. So, the contractor thinks it knows what to do and carries on with the work to its own detail. Subsequently, the detail fails with serious consequences. For example, it might be a badly constructed roof detail, an inadequate stanchion base or perhaps wrongly positioned heating pipes. Is the Contractor liable for something done on its own initiative?

actually it's the ICE that cause trouble. Well, he's just doing his job, I guess if there is no ICE then everything will be very cincai.

Are you working under Gamuda in Dubai?

I no idea how often. but I encounter this design also. not very often la. usually beam connected to stump of that pile cap.

ops, also reveal that my core is not engineering

What I mean is they rarely will go into technical part, review drawing find mistakes, send TQ to rush design team, force u to issue acp ifc. Just keep on rushing wpc and design team.

Yea I agree that their taichi are damn powderful

usually its on top of one another, no interlapping wan.. dunno what to save also lol
my core also not engineering i guess.. i do whats need to get done only