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ICW SPECIAL EDITION 1515,000 Construction MoversAnd Shakers Gatheredat ICW 2013The International Construction Week 2013(ICW2013) held on the 25 to 28 March 2013 atKuala Lumpur Convention Centre, had attractedmore than 15,000 visitors from Malaysia andabroad.CIDB Chief Executive, Dato’ Sri IrDr Judin Abd Karim said that theICW 2013, which carries the theme“Transformation”, marks a significantmilestone in the constructionindustry in Malaysia as the sector isexperiencing a very robust growth,fuelled by development of projectsunder the government’s EconomicTransformation Plan (ETP) and also asoaring property market.The 12th instalment of ICW featuredan unprecedented 12 concurrentconstruction-related events, namely:The Road Engineering Associationof Asia and Australasia (REAAA)Exhibition, the ConstructionShowcase, Eco-B Exhibition, the 14thREAAA Conference, REAAA CouncilMeeting, Eco-Building Workshop2013, the Construction IndustryResearch Achievement InternationalConference (CIRAIC), the PermanentInternational Association of RoadCongresses (PIARC) Workshop andMeeting, the Construction ProjectManagers National Symposium 2013,the Eco-B Forum, Malaysian-IndianBusiness Conference and ConstructionIndustry Skills Training Exhibition(Pameran Latihan KemahiranPembinaan Malaysia 2013). TheICW2013 closed on high note on the28th of March with the best of thebest industry players recognised inthe Malaysian Construction IndustryExcellence Awards (MCIEA) 2012.The exhibitions and workshops haveattracted interest and participationfrom construction industry playersand stakeholders abroad, namelyfrom United States of America, UnitedKingdom, Germany, Japan, Korea,India, Sudan, Ghana, Tanzania, SriLanka, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand,China, Indonesia, Singapore, NewZealand, Australia, Algeria, the CzechRepublic, Kyrgystan and many othercountries, which made the ICW 2013truly an international event.