EuroCham RECC Supporting Standards

Since its inception in Cambodia in 2011, the European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham Cambodia) has been investing significant effort toward assisting the development of the real estate and construction industries in Cambodia and bringing benefits to companies and bodies. The recently-released EuroCham “White Book 2016” contains practical, research-based recommendations which, if implemented, wou...

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PhnomPenh City Hall Diary

Construction & Property Magazine is pleased to introduce a new regular feature bringing all the latest news from Phnom Penh City Hall. Design Options Proposed For BKC Traffic Light City Hall and experts from relevant public and private companies discussed the several options of design plans for the BKC traffic light (Canadia Bank). The final design has still not been selected as City H...

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Safety First: Evaluating Concrete in Use

By Mr. Lim Eng Heng (Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer), Branch of CAST Laboratories Pte Ltd Engineers may need to evaluate the conditions of concrete in structures while in service for a number of reasons, which include investigating signs of distress and quality control checks on new structures, assessment for change of exposure and routine maintenance. The primary objective o...

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Mlmupc News

Construction & Property Magazine is pleased to launch a new regular column providing updates direct from the Ministry of Land Management Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC). - Land Dispute Working Group Set up To solve controversial land issues and prevent future conflicts, the MLMUPC established 27 working groups on 3 June. Comprised of technical officials from the ministry, the gr...

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Lighting Up in Style, the French Way

A high-end retailer of leading French lighting brands is the latest addition to the booming Cambodia property decoration sector. In an exclusive interview, Kollian Koy, Co-Founder and CEO of Maison Bienvenue explains how the company plans to transform the market’s understanding of quality, craftsmanship and beauty in lighting. What inspired Maison Bienvenue to enter the Cambodian market? Mai...

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How Bim Helps Construction Works?

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is now a leading system serving the global building industry during the construction period. Construction & Property Magazine spoke exclusively with Kaushik Chakraborty, South East Asia Vice President for Bentley Systems— a world leader in architecture and engineering software solutions - about how BIM can help construction works. What are Bentley’s serv...

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Eco-Friendly Industrial Park Sets New Standards

Le Urban Eco Park is not only the first ecologically friendly satellite, but is also the first mixed-use development where an industrial zone, residential complexes, commercial office space, retail outlets and a pleasure zone are integrated into one. Located about 15 minutes from Phnom Penh International Airport along National Road 3, in Anlung Romeat Commune, Kandal Strung District, Kandal Pro...

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Phnom Penh Price Rises Highest In Asia Pacific

Phnom Penh residential property prices rose an astonishing 26.2 percent in 2015, the highest of any city in the Asia Pacific region according to the Knight Frank Prime Asia Development Land Index. In H2 of 2015, the performance cooled a little with the cost of residential property rising by 10.6 percent. This placed Phnom Penh behind only Tokyo as the city with the greatest rise in land values ...

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Exchange Square Tops Off

"PT Sans"">Construction on Exchange Square, HongKong Land’s flagship downtown Phnom Penh development, officially topped off in June. mso-bidi-font-family:"PT Sans";color:black">Construction on the 16-storey, 53,200 square metres multi-purpose building began in September 2013. HongKong Land invested USD110 million in Exchange Square which will house offices, commercial space and a supermar...

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Mlmupc Urges Monsoon Season Safety

"PT Sans"">The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction have urged construction sites to ensure safety measures after rain caused a sinkhole to open in the centre of Phnom Penh. mso-bidi-font-family:"PT Sans";color:black">Lao Tip Seiha, MLMUPC deputy general director gave his advice in response to heavy June rains creating the small sinkhole near Olympia City. "PT S...

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Construction Boom to Slow

font-family:"PT Sans","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"PT Sans";color:black">Despite seeing investment grow by a record-breaking 200 percent over the last year, the government has warned that the construction boom will slow down over the next five years. "PT Sans";color:black">The Ministry of Economy and Finance has pointed to an oversupply of building space and a decreasing demand for ...

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Japanese to Fund Java Port

"PT Sans"">The Japanese and Indonesian governments have approved in principle a funding deal for a USD3 billion deepwater port on the northern coast of Java, Indonesia. mso-bidi-font-family:"PT Sans";color:black">Following initial talks between the nations’ presidents in November 2015 the mega-port is set to be underwritten by low-interest USD2.4 billion Japanese loan. The remaining USD60...

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