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Company History & ProfileHISTORYAwangsa Bina Sdn Bhd, incorporated in the year 1993 started from humble beginnings of small to medium sized construction trade works.Awangsa Bina Sdn Bhd is a construction com-pany specializing in commercial, residential, and industrial building, as well as civil engi-neering projects.From 2004 onwards, they ventured into Main Builder’s Work through the awarding of main contracts for various construction work by their esteemed clients. At the meantime, they pursued in the imple-mentation of Quality Management System and that was successfully attained in 2007.

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PROFILEOver the years, they have broad-ened their management focus into a green business model for the sus-tainability of the built environment and consistently maintaining the health and safety of their business operations.In 2010, they started pursued in the implementation of Envi-ronment Management System and Occupational Safety and Health Management System. They achieved the accreditation in 2011.

The integrated management system, QESH (Quality, Environment, Safety & Health) Management System is in place to propel Awangsa to greater heights.Basically, Awangsa Bina Sdn Bhd are the main contractor, they undertake the whole main building, the M&Es, infrastructure works for the whole completion of the building. Then for their pay master means the devel-oper, the cover this project, they un-dertake the contract to construct the building.

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Interviewee Profile

PROFILEAge: 30 years oldQualification:• Master in Project Management • Registered member of Board of Quantity Surveyors Malaysia Working experience: 6 yearsPrevious company: Geopancar Sdn Bhd (1 year) Current company: Awangsa Bina Sdn Bhd (5 year) as Senior Contract Execu-tive Contractor or ConsultancyContracted Project involved: 3 project; 1 completed, 2 in-progress

Thought on future:• Intention to formulate a cost, time, quality effective and ef-ficient construction method/management. • From design stage to con-struction stage.

MR.VOO CHUNG JUN

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OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS

Mr Voo explain to us very in detail about the responsibili-ties of quantity surveyor and the company he is working at.

He also show us the projects he handled and explain to us what are the challenges he faced through the projects.

We have learnt a lot through out the interview. Not just knowledge about QS but a way to fight for survive in the ‘Real World’.

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PROJECTS INVOLVEDBY THEINTERVIEWEE

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PROJECT A- SUNWAY GEO

Single storey to 3 storey. Retail for sale at Sunway Geo, within an integrated development.In Bandar Sunway next to Malaysia’s FIRST Elevated BRT (Bus Rapid Transit)

PROJECT B- CONCERTO NKStrategically located on a 5 acre plot in Dutamas, on the north side of Mont’ Kiara. Concerto North Kiara is linked to Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya and the rest of Klang Valley by an excellent network of roads. Overview of Con-certo North Kiara

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PROJECT SELECTED CONCERTO NORTH KIARA

Information of Project

CONCERTO NORTH KIARAClient: BCB BerhadAppointed by: BCB Berhad (Devel-oper)Location: North KiaraType: CondominiumArea of project: 5 ArceContract value: RM 250,582,711.80Time taken of project: 2 year 9 month (expected finish in July 2015)

Proposed Construction of 3 Condominium Blocks, Comprising of Block 1 30-Storey Condomini-um (162 Units) Residences; Block 2 32-Storey Condominium (116 units) Residences; Block 3 30-Storey Con-dominium (162 Units) Residence; Podium 4-Storey Car Park and 1 M&E on the Ground Floor; 1 Unit of Clubhouse; 1 Unit of Guardhouse; 1 Unit of Waste Collection House; 1 Unit L.P.G; Public Amenities For Residents and Retaining Wall on Lot PT 25954 (Lot Asal 1844 and Lot 1845), Segambut, Mukim Batu, Dalam Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan.

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Roles and Responsibility- Main contractor must undertake the ten-der- They need to participate in the tender to do the pricing and go for tending interview.- They will get the job after the tender is confirm by client- After they get the job, QS is responsible to procure with the site contractor, engi-neer and workers who carry out the work.- Main contractor do not do most of the works, they will sub their work to the spe-cialist or sub-contractor to do the work as well.

Q&A Throughout the InterviewHow he deal with cost management?“We tender have our own budget. We will take quotation from different contractors, sub-contractors and compare the price but most probably we are choosing the lowest one. We also need to check on their specification, their scope of work which give a cheaper price to prevent unfair competition”

How he deal with cost planning and reporting?“For cost-ing out in our site, we certify the payment to sub-contrac-tor, we certify how much we need to pay every month and our account will quote that payment into a system. Therefore, inside the system we can capture the catch in and the catch out”

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What is the difference compare with Sunway Geo Residences ? “Bungalow is landed property. This is high rise. Even the ma-chinery involve like the tower and concrete bum is different. In the landed, we don’t have this kind of machinery while the high rise building has a more complicated machinery. The scope of work of sub-contractor is also different.”

What is the biggest challenge you face through this 2 proj-ects?“Sunway is a big company and they are quite strict on quality issue, whereas Cencerto has a longer time frame and very chill with project due date, but they also have strict quality require-ments. Another thing is the time issue. There is a time frame, so everything is quite tight in submitting the tender.”(This is just a small part of the Q&A session throughout the Interview to let us have a surface idea that what is his task throughout the projects)

Official website ( www.concerto.com.my)

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GROUP MEMBERS

JANSON CHEN KEN SENG0323047

LOH MUN TONG0323680

KIEW CHEE YUAN0323297

LOW HUI MING0323827

JUN ZHE 0322076

JIJI NG 0904Y72861

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