Awangsa Bina Sdn Bhd is a construction company that started in 1993 doing small to medium projects. It has since grown and specialized in commercial, residential, and industrial building projects. The interviewee, Mr. Voo Chung Jun, is a 30-year old senior contract executive who has been with Awangsa Bina for 5 years. He discussed two of his current projects - Sunway Geo, a retail development, and Concerto North Kiara, a high-rise condominium development. He explained his responsibilities for cost management, planning and reporting. He also discussed the differences between the two projects and the challenges of managing construction schedules and meeting quality standards.

1. QUANTITY SURVEYOR
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2. Company History & Profile
HISTORY
Awangsa 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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3. PROFILE
Over 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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4. Interviewee Profile
PROFILE
Age: 30 years old
Qualification:
• Master in Project Management
• Registered member of Board of
Quantity Surveyors Malaysia Working
experience: 6 years
Previous company: Geopancar Sdn
Bhd (1 year)
Current company: Awangsa Bina Sdn
Bhd (5 year) as Senior Contract Execu-
tive Contractor or Consultancy
Contracted 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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5. 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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6. PROJECTS
INVOLVED
BY
THE
INTERVIEWEE
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7. 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 NK
Strategically 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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8. PROJECT SELECTED
CONCERTO NORTH KIARA
Information of Project
CONCERTO NORTH KIARA
Client: BCB Berhad
Appointed by: BCB Berhad (Devel-
oper)
Location: North Kiara
Type: Condominium
Area of project: 5 Arce
Contract value: RM 250,582,711.80
Time 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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9. 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 Interview
How 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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10. 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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11. GROUP MEMBERS
JANSON CHEN KEN SENG
0323047
LOH MUN TONG
0323680
KIEW CHEE YUAN
0323297
LOW HUI MING
0323827
JUN ZHE
0322076
JIJI NG
0904Y72861
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