Ground broken on new MLMUPC building in Sen Sok

• 28 January 2020
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The ground was broken on the new Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction (MLMUPC) headquarters in Sen Sok district on the morning of 28 January, which will replace the current building on Monivong Boulevard.

Located in Khmuonh commune, Sen Sok district, in the northern area of Phnom Penh, the new five-storey building will be designed in Khmer style architecture. The new HQ is being built on 3 hectares of land with a total area of 49,389 square metres and 26,567 square metres of usable space.

According to a press release from the ministry, the new building will overcome the issues of parking and traffic congestion for staff and visitors that occur with the current complex.

The new building will feature an 1584-seat convention hall, documentation rooms, a technology room, the national construction lab centre, vocational training rooms, a hospitality hall, cafeterias for officials, meeting rooms, a library, and sports courts.

H.E. Chea Sophara, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction said that the new building will feature Khmer style architecture and elegant decoration to contribute to promoting ancient Khmer decorative architecture.

“The building is an important part of showing the Khmer identity and the Khmer architectural forms in the Techo era, which depicts peace, stability, and development. This also means restoring this type of building as state heritage for the next generation,” H.E. Chea Sophara said.

The current building will be handed over to the Department of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction of Phnom Penh.

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