Stop-work order over breaches
A construcion site in kolombong was ordered to stop work temporarily by CiDB ater sub-contractors were found to have breached Act 520 (amendment 2011).
KOTA KINABALU: An ongoing construction site in Kolombong has been ordered to stop work temporarily by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) after three sub-contractors involved were found to have breached Act 520 (amendment 2011).
CIDB (Sabah) director Hj Sharifudin Che Omar said the offences included failure to register any construction works with CIDB.
“Inspection also revealed that some 100 construction workers have not registered with CIDB, an offence under Sub-Section 33.
“We have, therefore, ordered the contractors to cease work temporarily until investigation is completed,” he said when met at the construction site in Kolombong yesterday during an integrated operation carried out together with the Kota Kinabalu City Hall, the Immigration Department, Occupational Safety and Health Department, the Labour Department, the Health Department and the Malaysia Construction Academy.
Sharifudin said yesterday’s operation focused on offences committed by sub-contractors for not registering with CIDB and not possessing the CIDB ‘green card’, and payment of levy under Sub-Section 34.
“The purpose of such operation is to educate all construction and industry players to comply with the legal requirements and SOP at construction sites, especially under Act 520 (amendment 2011).
“The operation also aims to ensure all construction works reach the health and safety level set by CIDB including professionalism in carrying out their work at construction sites in the country.
“We, therefore, hope all industry players will comply with the rules established under Act 520 (amendment 2011) to ensure quality, level of safety and health in the construction industry can be improved,” he said.
Meanwhile, Sharifudin said about 640 projects had been registered with CIDB in Sabah in 2013, followed by 460 projects in 2014 and 472 projects in 2015.
“For the record, Sabah is the second biggest in Malaysia in the number of registered contractors of about 11,000, second to only Selangor with 12,000 registered contractors,” he said, adding that there were currently 1,500 ongoing projects in the state.