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Malaysia – hourly <strong>cost</strong> of labour (including overheads)<br />

Malaysia – major projects<br />

MYR<br />

Greater KL Mass Rapid Transit 40bn<br />

Warisan Merdeka 100-Storey Tower 5bn<br />

Support for Corridors 853bn<br />

Development of 1,084 hectare<br />

Malaysian Rubber Board Land, Sungai Buloh 10bn<br />

Kuala Lumpur <strong>International</strong> Financial District (KLIFD) 26bn<br />

2010 2011 2011<br />

MYR MYR USD<br />

Group 1 tradesman – eg plumber, electrician 19 20 7<br />

Group 2 tradesman – eg carpenter, bricklayer 15 15 5<br />

Group 3 tradesman – eg carpet layer, tiler, plasterer 19 20 7<br />

General labourer 10 10 3<br />

Site foreman 50 55 18<br />

Malaysia – <strong>cost</strong>s of materials<br />

Concrete 30 mpa (m3 ) (1,500m3 job) 230 230 75<br />

Reinforcement bar 16mm (tonne) (120 tonne job) 2,900 3,220 1,054<br />

Concrete block (400 x 200) per 1,000 (>10,000 block job) 3,600 3,980 1,303<br />

Standard brick per 1,000 360 400 131<br />

Structural steel beams (tonne) (>100 tonne job) 4,000 4,420 1,447<br />

Glass pane 6mm (m2 ) 188 189 62<br />

Softwood timber for framing 100mm x 50mm (m) 25 34 11<br />

Plasterboard 13mm (m2 ) 25 26 9<br />

Emulsion paint (litre) 38 39 13<br />

Copper pipe 15mm (m) (>1,000m job) 24 27 9<br />

Copper cable (m) (3C + E, 2.5mm PVC) (>100,000m job) 15 16 5<br />

Malaysia – key trades (excluding preliminaries and builders’ margins)<br />

Excavate basement (m3 ) (1,800m3 job) 27 28 9<br />

Excavate footings (m) 32 33 11<br />

Concrete in slab (m3 ) (1,500m3 job) 332 339 111<br />

Reinforcement in beams (tonne) 3,507 3,578 1,171<br />

Formwork to soffit of slab (m2 ) 50 51 17<br />

Blockwork in wall (m2 ) (10,000 block job) 67 68 22<br />

Structural steel beams (tonne) 6,500 6,632 2,171<br />

Pre-cast concrete wall (m2 ) – – –<br />

Curtain wall glazing incl support system (m2 ) (1,000m2 job) 400 408 134<br />

Plasterboard 13mm thick to stud wall (m2 ) (3,000m2 job) 90 92 30<br />

Single solid core door incl frame and hardware (no) (50 door job) 800 816 267<br />

Painting to walls primer + 2 coats (m2 ) 8 8 3<br />

Ceramic tiling (m2 ) (1,000m2 job) 110 112 37<br />

Vinyl flooring to wet areas (m2 ) (500m2 job) 98 100 33<br />

Carpet medium tufted (m2 ) (4,500m2 job) 90 92 30<br />

Lighting installation (m2 ) (>5,000m2 job) 150 153 50<br />

Copper pipe 15mm to wall (m) (>1,000m job) 78 80 26<br />

Fire sprinklers (per m2 ) (5,000m2 job) 100 102 33<br />

Air conditioning incl main plant (m2 ) (>5,000m2 job) 300 306 100<br />

making the difference 23<br />

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