This document provides details on a proposed commercial development project for an empty plot of land measuring 30m by 40m in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Specifically, the proposal is to develop the land into a food court called "The Eye Food Court". Key points: - The site is well-located in an urban center near offices, residences and transportation but currently lacks commercial amenities. - The proposed food court aims to be eco-friendly in its construction, operations and maintenance through the use of sustainable materials and design. - It would feature a radial layout centered around water features and vendors to optimize circulation and minimize walking distances. - The development would need to obtain various approvals and

1. The EYE Food court
Intake: Aug 2014
Tutor Name: Miss Ann See Peng
Group Members: 1) Choo Zi Zhao 0321419
2) DanielSong Cheng Hock 0320155

2. Contents
1. Introduction-------------------------------------------------------------------3-4
2. Site introduction(includes site plan & Context) ---------------------5-7
3. Site views --------------------------------------------------------------------8-12
4. Site analysis& Observations ------------------------------------------13-14
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
5. Proposal/suggestion of developmenton site ---------------------15-19
6. Proposal justification --------------------------------------------------------20
7. Proposal concept elaboration -----------------------------------------21-24
8. Approvalprocess ---------------------------------------------------------25-27
9. Concept Images ----------------------------------------------------------28-30
10. Costing Plan -------------------------------------------------------------31
11. Impact/benefits of development------------------------------32-34

3. Introduction
This project is the conclusion of our Introduction to Construction Industry Module. It is a
culmination of all the efforts, and topics which were taught on during lectures, in tutorials, and in
discussions. All that we have learnt so far in the Introduction to Construction Industry module is to
be applied into a single project, as stated in the project brief.
The project is basically, a small construction development, in a space, confined to a 30m by 30m
space. In a group of 2 students, you need to find a specific empty land to initiate a small
construction project. The size of the land shall between 900m2 (30m x 30m) – 1200m2 (30m x
40m). You should propose ONE project that serves one of the following purposes.
1. Recreation area
2. Commercial area
3. Industrial area
4. Agricultural area
5. Tourism area
6. Residential area

4. In your Project Brief report you are to include (but not limited to):
- Your suggestion and proposal
- The rationale, benefits and impacts of your project to the client and the surrounding
community/end user
- Introduction to the site
- Site plan
- Site analysis and observation
- Sketch plan of your proposal
- Sketches of your concept/ideas; images of your ideas.
- Optional:
a) some basic information of the authority procedures or flow that you need to encounter/deal with
in order to get the project done from the inception to the completion i.e the building plan approval
process and procedures.
b) Costing
The project is meant to be compiled in a report, with a minimum 20 pages, understanding all the
elements in constructing and developing the chosen development.

5. Site Introduction
The site that we chose is an empty, razed piece of land, located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, right
in the middle of the city center.
Location: Lot 92, 93, Jalan Putra, 50350 Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Malaysia
The site is currently an
empty piece of land,
owned by a company
dealing in car
dealerships. It is
currently used as a
private parking area,
as well as a storage
area for cars in
intermission between
sales and transfer of
ownership.
It is a large space,
hence Choo and I
needed to pinpoint a
particular location
within the existing site, measuring 1200 metres square out of the existing 2 acres of land.

6. Existing Conditions
The existing conditions are what is expected of a piece of land
in the city center. The surroundings are very urban. It is
surrounded by built up area, lacking in vegetation, and is in
the middle of several office buildings, and residences, such as
Bistari condominiums. There is an abandoned shopping mall
nearby. The site falls under the purview of the Kuala Lumpur
Municipality. There is a great amount of pedestrian activity in
the vicinity as there is a functioning transport hub in the area,
the PWTC train station.
Also, the surrounding area is often
congested during lunchtime, as many
office workers week lunch in
surrounding areas. Main roads are in
direct access to the site. Nearby, the
Putra World Trade Center is also
situated.

7. The selected area of the site can be seen in the diagram above. It is located at a distance from the
surrounding developments.

8. View of Site

14. Analysis
The site holds a lot of potential in terms of revenue for the developer if the choice of
development is correct. There are also several aspects to consider within the site,
as these existing conditions are actually a weakness to the site. Some of these
things shall be further explained in the following pages.
Strengths:
1) The site is located in the midst of and urban center. The urban center is a hub of
activity, and should be exploited in order to gain revenue from the desired
development.
2) The site is located on empty land, and will not require much clearing, besides the
land infill, and similar activities
3) The site is located in the vicinity of trees, which allows it to gain a measure of
natural shading, as well as a measure of protection from excessive wind.
4) The existing structures nearby help to reduce thermal gain and sun glare in the
middle of the day.
5) The site is accessible via train station.
6) The large open space surrounding the site allows for a much more open concept,
and free circulation of wind.
7) The site is accessible via main road.
Weakness of our site
Even our site seem to be perfect place to be develop but there are still hiding some
weakness with it.
1) The site is not suitable to plant any tree or flower in our site because plants
cannot receive any sunlight.

15. 2) The site is quiet wet and shady place. The annoying mosquitos like to gather in
this area.
3) The site’s fence is only using some wires to do the cross line. So, it is not safe
and easy to break through.
4) Some roads have big hole. The security for the area is not very well.
5) Some views is not very good and quiet ‘Glare’.
Opportunities:
1) The condition of the site allows for the construction of many developments, as its
conditions are more generic.
2) The site is underdeveloped at the moment, which means it is not tailored to a
certain type of development only.
3) Nearby populations are aplenty, which means better revenue in the end run.
4) The site has the opportunity to rejuvenate the surrounding area if developed
properly, to break from the monotony of the concrete jungle.
5) Opportunities for roads to be built to allow pedestrian circulation around area.
Treats
Our project is a long term project. So that, there are some treats that we had to be
careful if this project is going on.
1) We are using eco-friendly concept. We planned to remain the trees and design it
as green features. The trees will grow up and become bigger. Hence, we had to
keep maintain it as same sizes.
3) Tree leaves will keep fall down at the roof top. In future, the roof top will become
heavier and it is very dangerous. So that, if we didn’t take any reaction, it will be a
serious problem in future.
- The Exotic plants. The exotic plants will grow more wild and more. So, we have to
find gardeners to decorate around.

16. Proposal of Development on Site
A commercial area
Commercial areas in a city can take up about 5% of a city’s land. It is used
for commercial activities. These activities include the buying and selling of goods
and services in retail businesses, wholesale buying and selling, financial
establishments, and wide variety of services that are broadly classified as
"business". Even though these commercial activities use only a small amount of
land, they are extremely important to a community’s economy. They
provide jobs and bring money into the community. A commercial area is real estate
intended for use by for-profitbusinesses,such as office complexes, shopping malls,
service stations and restaurants. It may be purchased outright by a developer for
future projects or leased through a real estate broker. This type of property falls
somewhere between residential and industrial property. Stated use. If any part of the
property extends into a residential or industrial zone, however, then the buyer must
seek a 'variance', special permission to cross over a zone boundary a commercial
area can be held by real estate agents who treat it the same as residential areas.
Specifically for this site, we wish to develop it to create a food court. This type of
commercial area is a commercial development, in which the service provided is
linked to the food and beverages industry. This type of commercial area is very
prevalent in Malaysia especially.

17. Food courts generally have similar characteristics. They feature a common sitting
area, in which customers are situated, during eating. There are a variety of stalls
selling different foods all around the food court, for the benefit of the customer.
Usually food courts, are noisy, and more common in nature. Unfortunately, most of
the times, food courts, or hawker centers as they are more commonly known, have
a bad reputation for being poor in design, and often very unclean and of low class.
This development plans to change that perception.

18. Why we choose our site as commercial
area?
The site is surrounding by the high buildings, apartments and trees. Most of the
sunlight was blocked and more than 60% area are shadow area. Besides that, the
site is at middle of the center, the crowds are never stop. The transportation is very
convenience just only few kilometer away. So that, the commercial area has high
potential that suitable for our site. On another hand, our site is a car park area.
People will only park their cars if the car park is near his working place, it means this
area is focal point which very suitable for commercial area.
The tall tree become the main features of the car
park. Almost whole area was covered by the tree,
the shadow area. Addition, normal people will
park his car under the tree to avoid the sunlight.
The apartments were located beside the car park.
It also blocked the sunlight. It was very
convenience if the commercial area was built
beside the apartment, said by citizen who lived in
apartments.
The nearest shop is mamak shop which only have
few people visit.
We found out that the security force is beside our
site.

19. According to what I analyzed in site, I found out some commend advantages if we
built a commercialarea at this site:
 Surrounded by the office,apartment.
 Not-stop crowds.
 No commercialarea nearby.
 Nature cottage.
 Convenience of transportation.
 The focal point of the center.
 Sufficientparking area.
 The security force is beside the area.
As the conclusion, this place only suitable to be develop as the commercialarea
especiallythe food court because the competitiveness betweenthe food courts is
least. Mostly the food courts were mamak stall, baketuh shop, or malay food court. If
we can build a place that are suit for all kind of religious, this place will be a “gold
mountain” for developer.Again, this site has the highest potential to be develop as
food court.
Where should we take?
This car park is about 2 inch. We only can use 30x 40 m2 to be develop. So that, we
have to analysis our site and choose the best location to be develop. Our site is a
car park. So that, we not need to worry about insufficient parking space.
We had decided to take some middle part of our
site because the front area is very noisy. There are
no trees plant at middle. The front view is only
some construing building.
At the end of the site is also not very suitable
because there are all old shops and some
abandoned house.

20. Suddenly, I found a very nature place when I
was taking the photo. This area was covered
by tree and it as very comfortable. So, Daniel
and I go to survey this area first.
At the end, we picked this area as our
site. Basically, this area was cover by
old tree. When we walk in, it like we
are going into jungle and hiding some
modern building. It is fantastic.
This is our site. We planned to develop it as
the food court. At the middle of the 2 inch. So
that, the least impact to nearly area but high
potential to develop.

21. Proposal Justification
The commercial area, in the form of a hawker center, is a very justified proposal,
especiallyif you considerthe possible revenue hidden in the development.The food
court is bound to receive plenty patrons, as the office workers in the surrounding
areas are often left with no choice, but to leave to surrounding areas for food.Also,it
has good opportunity to catch the attention of the people who frequently pass the
area. It is accessiblevia main road, and can easily be seen. Also, the food court can
cater to the surrounding residencies. Bistari condominium, which is located right
next to the proposedsite, shall be the main source of patrons if this is the case. The
current contractor for the condominium’s F&B service, is not of quality according to
the residents.This shall draw a lot of customers, night and day, due to convenience.
Also, the train station nearby shall guarantee the food court plenty of patrons.

22. Proposal Concept Elaboration
Plan View
Vendor
Female Toilet
Male Toilet
EatingArea
Main Vendor
(Drink)
Side Entrance
Water Features
Water Fountain
EatingAreaVendor
Main Entrance
Scale 1:200

23. The Eye Food Court
The eye food court is called The Eye, because its planar form is reminiscent to that
of an eye. Its form is inspired from an eye, and seeks to retain a curvilinear form.
The Eye is a food court, envisioned as an Eco-Friendly development, all the way
from construction, to operation, to maintenance. These goals shall be achieved
through environmentally
conscious decisions and policies.
The plan view is design using the
radial concept. There are two
focal point which are the water
fountain and top vendor. All the
shop, table even the water
features are arranged in curve
shape. The main vendor is the
Radial Concept.AirCirculation.

24. middle of the Eye food court. This is to decrease the walking of the customer.
Circulation of the Eye Food court
One of the main features of Eye
Food Court is the circulation. It is
very convenience that you enter
in any direction.
This also easy the customerto buy food
and water features act as the fence that
different the area between the vendor
and the sitting area. The sitting area is
surrounding the stall vendor.

25. Construction
The food court shall use eco-friendly, bio degradable material, such as bamboo,
timber, concrete, and stone. These material can be re-used in other constructions.
Also, the structure is designed in such a manner that the existing trees on site shall
not be cut down to make way for the building. Also, the structure is designed based
on the open arrangement principle. There are not many retaining walls/glass
screens,as the arrangement is supposed to be very open, and welcoming. This also
allows the building to ventilate itself naturally, reducing cost of operations for air
conditioners, and the effect the operation of these devices have on nature.
Operation & Maintenance
The developmentfeatures a bicycle parking area, to encourage patrons to reach the
area using eco-friendly transportation. Also, the use of air conditioners shall be
minimized due to the open arrangement concept. Waste and dispose shall be
managed efficiently, and not handled irresponsibly. Maintenance shall be easy, as
the materials can be recycled/acquired for cheaper price.

26. Construction approval process
The construction of this developmenthas to undergo several approval stages before
the entire construction can be realized.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETIONAND COMPLIANCE
In April 2007 the Government had launched the improvementto the building delivery
system to enhance the competitiveness of Malaysia globally. This includes the
issuance of the Certificate of Completion and Compliance (CCC) by Professional
Architects and Professional Engineers as well as Building Draughtsmen registered
with the Board of Architects Malaysia (LAM) to replace the Certificate of Fitness for
Occupation (CFO) issued by the local authorities. This new system is an effort
towards self-certification and self-regulation approach in the construction industry.
The salient features of this new system under CCC are as follows:
(i) Building plans are still required to be submitted to and approved by the local
authorities;
(ii) CFO by the local authorities will be replaced by the Certificate of Completion and
Compliance (CCC) by the Principal Submitting Person (PSP) who is the
Professional Architect, Professional Engineer and Building Draughtsman who
submitted the building plans;

27. (iii) CCC can only be issued by the Principal Submitting Person(PSP) after the
following have beensecured:
- all the certifications by the respective parties (professionals, contractors and
licensed tradesmen)based on the prescribed ‘Form Gs’ under the Matrix of
Responsibility(Forms G1 – G21); and
- Clearances from the following authorities:
o Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB)
o Water Authority
o Sewerage Services Department(JPP)
o Fire and Rescue Department (exceptfor residential Buildings of not more than 18
meters high)
o Departmentof Safety and Health (where applicable),
o Relevant authorities/Public Works on Roads and Drainage.
(iv) The local authorities still maintain their rights and power to enter the site during
construction and issue an order to stop the issuance of CCC by the PSP if the
construction on site is found to have breached the approved building plans and/or
against the provisionof UBBL or conditions of building plans approval on health and
safety issues until such time the fault is corrected.
(v) The issuance of CCC is restricted to only technical issues concerning health,
safety and essential services. The non-technical issues such as bumiputra quota,
low cost provision and contribution for public facilities etc are outside the purview of

28. PSP and will have to be resolved between the Owner and the Local Authorities at
the planning and building plans approval stage or via other mechanism.
The clearance required for the building is as follows.
a) Clearance from the Health and Safety Department to ensure that all the
equipment/facilities are up to hygiene standards
b) Approval from the local municipality to ensure that the land use is correct to the
zoning requirements stipulated.
c) The Fire and Rescue Department, to ensure that proper safety measures are put
in place, such as fire hazard battling systems, escape routes, fitness of building in
event of fire, etc.
In order of chronology, the approval process for developments can be broken down
like this
a) Approval of development proposal with local authorities, for land use, code
compliance, etc.
b) Approval of base plan drawings
c) Approval of construction drawings, and building plans with local authorities
d) Construction permit approval
e) Construction procedure review and approval from time to time by building
authorities

29. f) Certificate of fitness of occupance
The concept images
Our food court more like this but not that high. All is use the bamboo as wall and a little bit
higher ground.
Our table is using sunken table. This can save
a lot of spaces and create a larger walking
area.

30. The exterior walls have 3 layer which are bamboo, glass and the stall name. The bamboo
area at lowest part of the wall. We are using the glass so that the people who walk by will be
attracted by the chef and come in. IT also allow the sunlight penetrate into the food court and
increase the brightness of the house. The stall name is the higher part. This conceptalso help
to increase the humility and are flow direction of wind between the outside and inside food
court. It will temperature will be more balance.
The water features will put beside
the queue up. This is create an
environment which combine the
nature and modern style.
Stall name
Bamboo
Glasswall

31. Costing Plan
- 12 Long table ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RM10000
- 7 Stalls -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RM60000
- Retaining wall --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RM10000
- 4m Water features ----------------------------------------------------------------------------RM 8000
- Fountain ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RM
4500
- Stairs --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RM
5500
- 30m x 30m wood floor finishes ---------------------------------------------------------- RM 12000
- Land price (PWTC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------RM200000
-roof Top (30mx30m)---------------------------------------------------------------------------RM1000
Total: RM31100
-Maintenance fee RM 1000 per year contain:

32. -repairingroad
-cleaning the exotic plant
-tree
-rooftop cleaning
Benefits & Impacts
In all developments,there are both benefits and impacts.The important
consideration,is that the benefits largely outweigh the impacts,so that the
developmentis justified. We shall examine the benefits and impacts this food court
developmentshall have, and analyse them.
Benefits
1) The provision of a service to the surrounding area
The surrounding area, is full of offices,and residences.As mentioned,the office
workers usually have to travel far for lunchtime, creating congestionin the city
center. This developmentshall remedy that issue. Also, residents nearby shall
benefitfrom this development,in many aspects,from the availability of the service,
to the increased value of property.
2) The creation of jobs,and services to accommodate the population in the area.

33. The surrounding area is a low income area, and joblessnessis a problem in the
area, as there are many homeless wandering the urban center. With the
developmentof this hawker center, it stands to reduce this social problem,as
operators will be required for the food court.
3) Allows for the currently under-utilized land to become a point of revenue.
4) The food court shall begin a new trend in construction and operation of food
courts, inasmuch that it is ecologically beneficial.
The ecologicallyfriendly design and policies shall set a new tone for the food court
industry. This developmentalso stands to change the uncouth, undesirable image
that food courts generally have, through design, and operational principle.
5) The Owner of the developmentstands to gain a lot of long term revenue from this
development,due to its location in the city center.
Revenue shall be constant, due to the dense population center, and the site’s
proximity to frequently used hubs of transport.
6) The site shall become utilized,and will renew the urban center around it.
With the food court, owners of lands around it may be encouraged to develop more
commercialareas, seeing the success of the pioneer.
7) The designdeliberately shall break away from the monotony of the urban center.
This shall be accomplishedwith green spaces.

34. Impacts
a) The area could becomeeven more congested with the influx of patrons
This however, could be remedied with the bicycle policy. However, it is always a
possibility.
b) The creation of a social focal node.
This could be a problem,as it is elsewhere.In places where crowds gather, there is
always a potential for crime, vice, or uncouth behavior/characters
c) The area shall be developed,inhibiting many other developments
For example, the area, once developed,cannot be used for other purposes.
d) The competitionbetween existing food vendors.
The competitioncould cause certain businesses to have to shut down, in the event
of failure to competewith the food court
e) Decrease in car parking space