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The potential for greater transport and energy infrastructure development has improved our outlook for Malaysia's construction sector in 2015 despite our expectations that near-term construction growth will moderate from levels seen in Q114. This outlook is due to three factors: greater fiscal spending on fixed asset investment and a restocking of the company's project pipeline.
Key Trends And Developments
* In October 2014 Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak announced plans to invest USD23bn on the country's transport infrastructure. Razak said the government would build a 1663km Pan-Borneo Highway in eastern Malaysia. The estimated USD8.3bn highway would stretch from Sabah in the north of the island to Sarawak which is on the Indonesian border in the south. The government also plans to upgrade the east coast railway build a USD7bn mass rail transit system in Kuala Lumpur four highways worth USD4.9bn and a light railway worth USD2.8bn. Razak said these projects including the USD21bn Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex project which is likely to create more than 10000 jobs.
* In October 2014 a joint venture (JV) between Malaysian construction companies Gamuda and MMC was selected by the Malaysian government to be the project development partner (PDP) for Line 2 of the 156km Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project. The JV was previously selected to be the PDP partner for Line 1 of the MRT system. Line 2 is estimated to have an investment cost of MYR23bn USD6.9bn) and designed with a total length of 56km running from Sungai Buloh to Putrajaya via Serdang. Line 2 is expected to start construction works in 2015 and be completed in five years.
* In November 2014 Malaysia-based container terminal operator Wesports Holdings allocated MYR1bn (USD300mn) for the container terminal 8 (CT8) expansion plan - a move looking to boost volumes and raise utilisation rates at Port Klang. The expansion project is expected to begin by...
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The Malaysia Infrastructure Report features Business Monitor International (BMI)'s market assessment and forecasts covering public procurement and spending on all major infrastructure and construction projects including transportation and logistics by land sea and air; power plants and utilities and commercial construction and property development. The report analyses the impact of regulatory changes and the macroeconomic outlook and features competitive intelligence on contractors and suppliers.
BMI's Malaysia Infrastructure Report provides industry professionals and strategists sector analysts investors trade associations and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the Malaysian infrastructure and construction industry.
Key Benefits
* Benchmark BMI's independent infrastructure industry forecasts for Malaysia to test other views - a key input for successful budgetary and planning in the Malaysian infrastructure market.
* Target business opportunities and risks in the Malaysian infrastructure sector through our reviews of latest industry trends regulatory changes and major deals projects and investments in Malaysia.
* Assess the activities strategy and market position of your competitors partners and clients via our Company Profiles (inc. SWOTs KPIs and latest activity).
Coverage
BMI Industry View
Summary of BMI's key industry forecasts views and trend analysis covering infrastructure and construction regulatory changes major investments and projects and significant multinational and national company developments.
These are broken down into Construction (social commercial and residential) Transport (roads railways ports airports etc) and Energy & Utilities (powerplants renewable projects pipelines and so on).
Industry Trends
Analysis of latest projects across the infrastructure sector (covering the transport utilities and commercial construction sub-sectors) - including:
Market Overview:Analysis of the key elements driving developments including evaluations of current capacity and future requirements.
Building Materials Overview
The building materials overview provides industry trend analysis on the global and regional demands for building materials and the impact of this on the emerging and developed markets.
Business Environment Rankings
BMI's Infrastructure Business Environment Rankings provide a country-comparative Risk-Reward Rankings index aimed at investors (construction companies suppliers and partners) in the regional infrastructure market.
The rankings methodology makes sophisticated use of over 40 industry economic and demographic data point.
Industry SWOT Analysis
Analysis of the major Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats within the infrastructure and construction sectors and within the broader political economic and business environment.
BMI Industry & Economic Forecasts
Historic data series (2008-2012) and forecasts to end-2018 for all key industry and economic indicators supported by explicit assumptions plus analysis of key risks to the main forecast. Indicators include:
Construction: Industry value (US$bn); contribution to GDP (%); employment (`000); real growth (%).
Infrastructure: Value (US$bn); contribution to construction industry (%); real growth (%) of transport infrastructure (broken down by railways airports roads and bridges ports and harbours) and energy and utilities (broken down by power plants and transmission grids oil and gas pipelines and water infrastructure).
Economy: Economic growth (%); nominal GDP (US$bn); unemployment (%); interest rates (%); exchange rate (against US$).
Company Profiles
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