KUALA LUMPUR: Some 1,000 workers involved in the construction of the MRT Putrajaya Line have received their Covid-19 vaccines under a pilot programme. The vaccination exercise was part of the MYMedic@Wilayah Vaccine Mobile Truck project aimed at speeding up vaccination of workers involved in essential sectors that are allowed to operate during the movement control …
KUALA LUMPUR: The MRT3 line will be up for tender as soon as August, once the Cabinet clears the details of this massive urban public transport project that will connect all the existing urban rail lines in the Klang Valley. Also known as the Circle Line, this third MRT line will play the crucial role …
AS TURNKEY contractor in the Putrajaya MRT project including the underground works package for the over 50km-long alignment from Sungai Buloh to Putrajaya via Serdang, MMC Gamuda KVMRT (MGJV) has more than 16,000 workers under its watch. To date, MGJV remains the only contractor to have implemented compulsory fortnightly Covid-19 screening for its workforce, using …
KUALA LUMPUR: Construction giant Gamuda Bhd and its joint-venture entity MMC Gamuda (MGJV) has unveiled its own polymerase chain reaction (PCR) laboratory to expedite Covid-19 screening and monitoring among its workers. Located at Jalan Chan Sow Lin here, the facility equipped with the latest technology was up and running in just four weeks after the …
GLOBALLY, the pandemic has brought chaos, and this is all the more apparent in the construction sector. Just last week, the Government ordered at least two construction sites to be closed after hundreds of workers came down with Covid-19, following the discovery of the Damanlela cluster at one site in Pusat Bandar Damansara, Kuala Lumpur. …
PETALING JAYA : With the Mass Rapid Transit 3 (MRT 3) project in Klang Valley given the go-ahead to proceed under Budget 2021, the focus has turned to the business model to undertake the project as well as the potential beneficiaries. Read More
KUALA LUMPUR: The My30 unlimited travel pass will continue into 2021 and will also be expanded beyond the Klang Valley to Penang and Kuantan. In the Budget 2021 announcement yesterday, an allocation of RM300mil will allow commuters unlimited use of bus and rail services provided by Prasarana Malaysia Bhd (under the Rapid brand) as well …
WITH 16,000 tunnel segment rings produced by Malaysian precasters, the tunnels of the Putrajaya MRT Line (formerly the Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya Line) are testament to Malaysian determination in construction. This is especially true for MMC Gamuda Joint Venture (MGJV), the main contractor for the underground portion of the Klang Valley MRT project’s second line. Despite being …
MMC Gamuda KVMRT (T) Sdn Bhd (MGKT) affirmed its position as the leader in digitalising construction in the country with its recent win at the Malaysia Technology Excellence Awards (MTEA) 2020 presented by the Singapore Business Review. The company clinched top honours in the category of Augmented and Virtual Reality – Engineering for its innovative …
THE World Tunnel Congress 2020 will be held fully online, paving the way for tunnelling academicians and industry players to be a part of the world’s greatest virtual meeting of tunnellers. The ITA-AITES World Tunnel Congress 2020 (WTC2020) was initially due to be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre this month. However, it has …
