Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Ecobuild Southeast Asia 2016 and International Construction Week 2016 (ICW2016), one of the region’s biggest trade events for the construction industry, was launched on 12 April 2016 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre by Dato’ Sri Haji Fadillah Bin Haji Yusof, Minister of Works Malaysia, on behalf of Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak. Held under the theme “Driving Productivity in Construction” and organised by UBM Malaysia, Ecobuild SEA 2016 focused the spotlight on cutting-edge technologies and methodologies, to improve productivity and sustainability in construction, particularly Industrialised Building System (IBS), as showcased in the Industrialised Building Systems Housing Expo.
“The theme of this year’s show is driving productivity further by increasing technology adoption and modernising construction methods,” said Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak. “This is an important aspect of our national economy, for it is through increased productivity that we can properly target becoming a high-income nation by 2020.”
Co-located with Ecobuild SEA are the IBS Housing Expo and the CIDB-IEM Construction Career Fair 2016, all under one roof. IBS showcases quality, safe and energy-efficient methods of construction, and will help to modernise the local building industry. The Construction Career Fair is the only career fair for the professionals in the industry, also providing job opportunities to fresh graduates.
As the leading platform for the construction industry in Southeast Asia, Ecobuild SEA consists of 127 exhibitors from eight countries and regions. The participating countries are Malaysia, Singapore, China, Canada, Hong Kong, Germany, France and Australia. The show had successfully drawn 12,073 visitors from 63 countries, a 15 percent increase from 2015. About 10.3 percent of the visitors are international.
There were a total of 66 paid conferences, forums, free seminars and technology symposiums, as well as five competitions alongside Ecobuild SEA. Several competitions had their finale during ICW 2016: My City 2050, Rebuild It Green, Open Ideas Competition, International Highest Early Strength Self-Consolidating Concrete Cube Competition and IEM Mechanical Design Competition.
The next edition, Ecobuild SEA 2017, will be held on 12-14 April 2017 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. The theme will be “Quality, Safety and Professionalism”, which is one of the four strategic thrusts of the Construction Industry Transformation Programme (CITP). It will co-located with Greenbuild 2017, Energy Efficiency Malaysia, Construction Showcase and Construction Career Fair, including International Pavilion, Industrialised Building System Pavilion, Malaysia Timber Industry Board (MTIB) Pavilion and Contractor and Entrepreneur Development Division (BPKU) Pavilion. More interesting features will be showcased next year.
For more information, tel (+60) 3 2176 8788, email ecobuildsea@ubm.com or visit www.ecobuildsea.com.
