CIDB - National Construction Cost Centre

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The National Construction Cost Centre or N3C is a key initiative undertaken by CIDB to fulfill one of CIDB’s functions under Part II, Section 4(1)(e) and (h) of Act 520 that is “to provide consultancy and advisory services with respect to the construction industry” and “to initiate and maintain a construction industry information system”.
The main objective of N3C is to provide construction cost information with respect to the following:-

1. Building materials price, labour wage rate, machineries hire rate & equipment purchase price (all information is available on the website).
2. Cost indices pertaining to building materials, labour, machineries & equipment (only cost index on construction materials is currently available).
3. Construction costs indices for major categories of buildings (will be available once all cost indices on materials, labour, machineries & equipment are completed).
4. Composite unit rates on selected construction components (cost data collection is under development).
5. Construction labour productivity on selected trades in construction works including labour unit rates (cost data collection is under development).

The cost information currently available on this website is as follows:-

1.    Building Materials Prices

Monthly publication
Peninsular Malaysia (69 major items)
Sabah & Sarawak (66 major items)
Quarterly publication
Peninsular Malaysia (269 items)
Sabah & Sarawak (245 items)

2.    Labour Wage Rate

Half yearly publication
Selected states (20 categories of construction workers)
Selected states (15 categories of plant and machine operators)

3.    Machinery Hire Rates & Equipment Purchase Price

Half yearly publication
Selected states (166 items for machinery hire rate, List A)
Selected states (116 items for equipment purchase price, List B)

4.    Building Material Cost Indices

Monthly publication
6 regions in Peninsular Malaysia [by works section (until December 2010), categories of buildings & materials group]
3 towns in Sabah [by works section (until December 2010), categories of buildings & materials group]
3 towns in Sarawak [by works section (until December 2010), categories of buildings & materials group]

5.   M & E Components Prices

Monthly publication
Selected states (363 items for M&E components price)

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