ya, modern house using good quality and good species of timber. cengal, balau, teak not cheap. look nice and have good properties against weather exposure as u wanna use it as frame

I believe u mean those reinforcement bar embedded inside concrete. there are 2 type, 1 is steel bar (like a round bar) and there categorize base on diameter of the bar. eg. T12, T16, T20, T32, R6, R10, Y20.
R = round bar (the surface of bar is smooth and yield stress is lower)
T = high tensile bar (the bar made by twisting of bar hence have high yield stress)
Y = higher tensile strength than "T" type of bar.

the number represent diameter. 12mm, 25mm, 32mm and etc. steel bar come in standard length 12m long.

another type is BRC (BRC is a company name). that is wire mesh consist of small steel bar welded together in a mesh. it come with size 6m x 2.2m each piece. these BRC made by smaller size of round bar like R6, R5, R4 and etc. using BRC can save time as u don't have to tie the steel bar as it come welded from factory. BRC got the reference code, each reference ode give u the spacing of the small round bar welded and diameter of bar used. so engineer can design base on their requirement when come to structural design.

what? "sam kap ban" u mean? 3 layer plywood. or block board u mean? block board is 1 think layer top, 1 thin layer bottom and middle is timber struc ("kok zai").

pile load test. they put the block as if the full building load is there. to test the pile b4 build the structure on top of that pile. pile is foundation of building. discussed at few page earlier, got picture there.

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of course they can cheat. but then consulting engineer engaged by developer to supervise contractor if they are cheating or not. all the work required to be inspected and accepted by consulting engineer. structural engineer basically give life time warranty to developer on the integrity of structure.

on premix road? not so sure if there are written guideline for this. but when they require u to reduce the speed the speed hump would be there la

school area, road to genting at sharp corner? car park etc

it's never too late at 31. safety officer very high in demand.

1. depend how contractor value the thing. first u need to identify the duration, then the area. so your cost to do would be duration x daily rental (including operator). then divided into area and plus some buffer and profit & attendance. anyway, need to be bid accurately as u don't wish your work have no volume.

2. yeap, logistic would be contributed to those cost.

mostly is quality / workmanship. prior laying premix (to u is tar road la) they need to have a compacted ground. usually they will compact it by laying crusher run. when not well compact and got porous within the crusher run, then crack / pothole will occur in time. below is the section of premix (also known as tar road in ur understanding)

tinfaban mean ceiling?

usually those tar road will form a slope (very low degree of slope) so the water will flow to side and discharge to scupper drain. yeap, ours much better because of we have plenty of resources.

usually those rectification using epoxy grout. just do the treatment on the leakage spot. by drilling a hole there and pump epoxy grout to fill those capillary of water line.

in Malaysia, we have cost competition. u may offer good price but usually lowest bidder will get the job. of course quality is an issue however nobody will know the quality unless u are a very reputable contractor. usually those are selective tendering. payment issue is really depend la, if client don't wanna honour what can u do? legal proceeding and wasting legal fee nia. it's a risk to work as contractor here in fact unless u really have strong financing power and have strong legal knowledge.

structural work > architectural work & M&E work > get local authority for inspection > local authority will give their comment and input on what to rectify prior handing over to them aka TNB > rectify and get inspection passed

construction company ar, a lot are good in financing power. but a lot of them also reluctant to get private job and hence lot contractor buy their own land and develop themselve. like IJM used to be a contractor. now they have IJM land. a lot of developer have their own construction team and hence they don't need contractor. like Ireka, YNH, UOA and etc. but of course when they wanna build those specialized building, they need specialized contractor. those usually are japanese / korean company who have the guys / knowledge to build.

construction survey? more like study about building technology nia

no idea

can. why not?

no idea. but go to those warehouse sale. they usually sell away those left over tile 1. yup, china now have lot of cheap and look like MML tile. not bad mang.

no idea la
so far, got prospect or not there