KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 (Bernama) -- Sarawak Consolidated Industries Bhd (SCIB) has clinched a RM20.65 million engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contract from the Sarawak Public Works Department (JKR) for the rebuilding of a dilapidated school in Tebedu, Serian.
The precast concrete and industrialised building system (IBS) producer said the 24-month contract, awarded to wholly-owned subsidiary SCIB Industrialised Building System Sdn Bhd, came under the third phase of the state government’s RM1 billion allocation for dilapidated schools.
In a statement to Bursa Malaysia today, group managing director Rosland Othman said the project was a part of a nationwide programme to rebuild or renovate dilapidated schools, especially in rural areas where children were already facing challenges from lack of infrastructure.
He said the group would continue to seek projects in which it could leverage its expertise as the leading precast concrete and IBS manufacturer in East Malaysia.
“There are opportunities for us under the recently re-tabled Budget 2023, in which Sarawak was allocated RM5.6 billion and Sabah allocated RM6.5 billion. We also note with interest the RM920 million set aside for dilapidated schools in both states,” he added.
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