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very common using dark galaxy as it is granite plus it got a lot of shinny gold spot inside so make it look beautiful

How much is contruction cost for a typical dsl and 30 storey condo in KV? Exclude land cost.

What is blind bore? Found it hard to understand piling works...

There is this tension bore and compression bore pile, the difference between them only in the arrangement of reinforcement?

In consideration of water table level, actually how does it affect the construction works? Technically speaking?

iwubpreve

Hi TS,

I have this one question pening to be answered since i'm merely small kid.

It might be sounds stupid but I am amused to see those heavy machines such as backhoes, cranes, those thinga on top of building.

How construction workers moved such heavy machineries to put on top of building?

Thank you for answering my inquiries

the cost is calculated by sellable area. so ur 30 storey condo, how many area is sellable? high end 1?

I'm not specialized in piling work too hence limited knowledge in piling.

higher water table level will increase the temporary work. eg. when come to doing basement work fall below ground water level, then a lot of temporary work required as water will flood your working space while u executing ur piling work. even after piling work, it might penetrate through your cbp / diaphragm wall and hence increase the difficulty of ur work. though it is just water but it's a natural gravity of mother earth and will cause a big sum of money to execute that.

for tower crane, they use mobile crane to fix tower crane at bottom. then the tower crane will keep add the mast on itself to increase its height. can found those video on youtube in fact.

for backhoe, normal construction work don't need it at top level. but of course got exception got certain case. demolition of building usually need backhoe on the of building if it were to demolish 1 by 1. and yes, they use mobile crane to lift up the backhoe to the building. u will surprise that there were actually 500tonne mobile crane available for rent. daily rental could be abt RM50k a day.

This post has been edited by iwubpreve: Nov 21 2014, 01:22 PM

Oh yes...500tonne mobile crane

so how much did they mark up the price of house?

How they bring down the crane after construction completed?

approx. 25%. depend how they manage. some might lose as they incurred cost overrun.

there are few method to bring down the crane. if the tower crane is not fix inside the boundary of building but outside attached to building, then the tower crane can dismantle itself. by taking out the mast 1 by 1 which subsequently lower down itself. until a certain low level, then will use the mobile crane to dismantle. below is the picture of tower crane that fix outside boundary of building.


for tower crane inside the building, there is not way to lower down. so usually the tower crane will hoist up a smaller crane and build it on top of building. that this second crane will proceed to dismantle tower crane and hoist it down. then to remove second crane, a even smaller crane would be hoisted up. same as the first crane, the third crane will dismantle the second crane and hoist it down. the third crane is generally smaller enough that can dismantle by pieces and carry through staircase / lift. below is picture of tower crane inside building boundary


This post has been edited by iwubpreve: Nov 24 2014, 08:57 AM

How much to build a double storey detached? Exclude land cost. How much is the legal.fees?

Wanna ask, is quantity surveyor a good career to go into?

yes because QS is abt figure. the closer u are with the figure, ur salary will be a lot too. but of course u must be a QS that know a lot. nowadays a lot of QS only know paperwork but no idea how practical the construction is. if u know both then u win sir.

how many sqft u want? RM150 to 175 u are good to go. legal fee is abt u borrowing money from bank?

150 175 can get already? Legal fees is like those loans etc lo. Hw they usually charge?

If build house on own land, still need to pay stamp duty to land office?

no much idea but definitely paskal know very well on this. can refer more detail at following thread.
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3207996?author=paskal

loan is like charge ur land to bank and get the loan lo.