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Ministry to blacklist road companies failing to uphold technical standards

The Transport Minister yesterday warned road repair companies that they will be blacklisted from bidding on future public projects if they fail to uphold technical standards in their work. Transport Minister Sun Chanthol yesterday met with contractors and technical inspection companies to discuss the improvement of ...

Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50631407/ministry-to-blacklist-road-companies-failing-to-uphold-technical-standards/

Sihanoukville buildings encroaching on pavement demolished

Sihanoukville authorities demolished two buildings on Wednesday that encroached on the pavement, dismantled seven canvas structures and dug up five stone terraces after their owners failed to comply with repeated instructions to remove the obstructing structures themselves. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sihanoukville-buildings-encroaching-pavement-demolished

Influx of Chinese business travelers, investors to Cambodia drives construction boom

Cambodia’s economy has seen an influx of business investors from China, which has driven demand for housing and hospitality services in the Southeast Asian nation. Two million Chinese visited the country last year, an increase of around 67 per cent from 2017. They represented the ...

Martin Choi
https://www.scmp.com/property/international/article/3020644/influx-chinese-business-travellers-investors-cambodia-drives

Sihanoukville residents to remove homes

The Sihanoukville municipal administration on Saturday issued a notice ordering buildings on state land along Street 821A, in Commune 4, to be removed by August 2. Municipal governor Y Sokleng on Sunday said the administration planned to widen Street 821A – currently eight metres wide ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sihanoukville-residents-remove-homes

Steel-framed buildings to be demolished in Preah Sihanouk

The Preah Sihanouk Provincial Hall ordered the demolition on Monday of two Chinese-owned steel-framed buildings on Otres Beach I in Stung Hav district’s Otres commune that were found to have encroached on the public beach. ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/steel-framed-buildings-be-demolished-preah-sihanouk

Illegal building sites to have power cut

The government is to act against illegal construction sites nationwide by cutting off their electricity and water and halting the supply of materials. The measures come as the latest move against unlicensed projects after 28 people were killed and 26 injured following the collapse on ...

Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/illegal-building-sites-have-power-cut

Ministry orders inspection of building sites in Preah Sihanouk

The Minister of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction ordered a committee on Tuesday to spend a week inspecting the legality and technical standards of all construction projects in Preah Sihanouk province. This follows the collapse of a seven-storey building in Sihanoukville on Saturday that ...

Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-orders-inspection-building-sites-preah-sihanouk

Chinese firm to develop Transport Ministry land

The government has agreed to allow a Chinese company to develop more than 11 hectares of state land in Por Senchey district on condition that it constructs four new buildings and five warehouses for the Transport Ministry on nearly four hectares of land in Russey ...

Ros Chanveasna
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50568905/chinese-firm-to-develop-transport-ministry-land/

Improving construction sector safety

Labour Ministry officials met with members of Japan’s parliament and the International Labour Organisation to discuss a project aimed at improving safety standards in the construction sector on Thursday.​ ...

Mom Kunthear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50538061/improving-construction-sector-safety-2/

Concerns over construction safety

The government earlier this week announced the creation of a national committee tasked with improving safety standards on construction sites and ensuring the welfare of labourers. In an attempt to curb construction site accidents, the Labour Ministry on Monday said that the new national committee ...

Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50512989/concerns-over-construction-safety/

Asian demand for cement destroys stunning cliffs in Cambodia – pulverised for their limestone

Across the continent, a construction boom is driving record demand for a core constituent of cement – limestone – resulting in the utter destruction of unique and fragile ecosystems. ...

Per Liljas
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2153922/asian-demand-cement-destroys-stunning-cliffs

Government earns $366m from construction sector

The government collected more than $366 million in revenues from the construction sector from 2013 to 2017, mostly from land registration and cadastre, construction, land leases, and property title transfer services, according to a recent government report. ...

Sum Manet
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50501230/government-earns-366m-from-construction-sector/

Angkor residents given construction permission

In four months this year, the Apsara Authority has allowed people living in the Angkor area to build and repair 354 houses or do light construction in order to help facilitate their living conditions. ...

Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50487386/angkor-residents-given-construction-permission/

Economy to grow by 7 percent in 2018: IMF

According to the latest forecast from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Cambodia economy will grow by 7 percent this year on the back of higher public spending and steady growth in construction and tourism. The IMF’s forecast is slightly higher than the figure released by the ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114978/economy-to-grow-by-7-percent-in-2018-imf/

China, Cambodia venture to raise new building

Local group OTK Royal One signed a partnership agreement this week with Chinese firm Huasi Group to build a 62-storey commercial building in Phnom Penh. ...

Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50113907/china-cambodia-venture-to-raise-new-building/

Sihanoukville to welcome new Marriott hotel

Local real-estate firm Grand Lion Group reached a deal with US-based Marriott group to manage and operate a new five-star hotel in the coastal city of Sihanoukville. ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50113798/sihanoukville-to-welcome-new-marriott-hotel/

Commentary: Cambodia can no longer depend on old drivers of growth

After it graduated from least developed country status in July 2016, Cambodia’s economy has remained healthy with a GDP growth rate of 6.9 per cent in 2017. This was driven by the recovering tourism sector, the ongoing construction boom and the gradual emergence of non-textile ...

Heng Pheakdey
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/commentary-cambodia-can-no-longer-depend-on-old-drivers-of-9918992

Massive skyscraper floated again

Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that a 600-metre building would be constructed in Cambodia, though he did not mention specifics and similar projects proposed in the past have stalled before construction. ...

Robin Spiess and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/massive-skyscraper-floated-again

Hunton & williams advises on commercial close for $1.8 billion Cambodian expressway project

Hunton & Williams LLP is pleased to announce its role as lead transaction counsel to China Road and Bridge Corporation in a $1.8 billion public-private partnership (PPP) development of a 190-kilometer expressway in Cambodia. ...

Business Wire
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180130005036/en/Hunton-Williams-Advises-Commercial-Close-1.8-Billion

Chinese demand drives construction boom in Cambodia

The value of construction projects in Cambodia rose more than 22 percent to $6.4 billion in 2017 from the previous year, according to official figures released on Tuesday that showed the impact of a boom driven by Chinese investors. The high level of Chinese investment is ...

Prak Chan Thul
https://www.reuters.com/article/cambodia-construction/chinese-demand-drives-construction-boom-in-cambodia-idUSL3N1PB2YA

Vietnamese-funded market on border begins construction

Construction began yesterday on a $2 million Vietnamese-funded market located in Tbong Khmum province’s Memot district, about 1 kilometre from the nearest border crossing between Cambodia and Vietnam. ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/vietnamese-funded-market-border-begins-construction

Cambodia finds new target for real estate: Chinese investors

Across this traditionally low-rise Cambodian capital, a building boom is becoming more noticeable as it pushes higher into the sky, and its largest projects are often geared towards Chinese investors, who have only recently taken interest in the nation’s real estate market.​ ...

Chris Horton
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/business/cambodia-real-estate.html

Groups prepare for architecture and design exhibition in 2018

Cambodia will have its third architecture and design exhibition in May next year in response to the growing demand for expertly designed structures and beautiful buildings. The exhibition, organised by Thai ICV subsidiary ICVeX and the Cambodian Society of Architects, will revolve around the theme ...

Moeun Nhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/groups-prepare-architecture-and-design-exhibition-2018

Kingdom on track for good 2018, says AMRO

Cambodia’s economic growth is expected to remain stable this year and the next, but structural reforms and a rebalancing of the budget is critical in the medium term to sustain economic growth, the Asean+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said yesterday in a report. ...

Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-track-good-2018-says-amro

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