Country Garden's (HK.02007) Forest City received another award in Malaysia on 
April 25, 2019. The city's Industrialised Building System (IBS) Plant entered 
the Malaysia Book of Records as the largest fully automated prefabrication 
facility in Malaysia.

Photo - https://photos.prnasia.com/prnh/20190429/2448167-1 
(Group photo of Edwin Yeoh, one of the judges on the Malaysia Book of Records 
jury (left), Baru Bian, the Minister of Works, Malaysia (middle) and Wang 
Anhui, executive general manager of Forest City, at the award ceremony)

Malaysian Minister of Works Baru Bian attended the award ceremony and, in 
concert with one of the award judges, presented the certificate to Forest City. 
Following receipt of a certificate from Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir 
Mohamad for the facility's contribution to the local economy and IBS' Best 
Sustainable Green Development award presented by Housing and Local Government 
Minister YB Zuraida Kamarudd, Forest City was again recognized by the federal 
government within just two months. 

Mr Bian commented at the event, "I was impressed by Forest City's IBS. 
Congratulations to this excellent project, which is the pride of the country, 
while being highly representative of the direction of the industry. We support 
these efforts by Forest City."

Forest City director of strategy Ng Zhu Hann said, "It's an encouragement for 
Forest City, as IBS wins another recognition from the federal government. 
Through understanding the intent of housing policy 2.0 put in place by the 
Malaysian government and the Ministry of Works' initiatives on the 
industrialisation of construction and on building information modelling (BIM) 
technology, we will continue to contribute to the industrial transformation of 
Malaysia based on these concepts, providing high-tech technology transfer, 
while improving the local construction industrial chain."

In August 2017, phase I project of the IBS plant, co-built by Forest City, 
Germany-based EBAWE and Italy-based IMER, and noted by many industry watchers 
as the leading such facility across Asia, was formally put into operation. The 
73,000-square-metre phase 1 project, with a designed annual capacity of 260,000 
cubic metres of concrete, is enough to cover a construction area of 1 million 
square metres, equivalent to some 9,000 residential units a typical apartment 
building. IBS is the leader in terms of the capacity of a single facility in 
Asia. The facility currently provides over 300 jobs and offers professional 
training to skilled workers. Its advanced technologies have received 
substantial notice across the area's construction sector. 

Backed by a production system based on the world's highest construction 
standards, the same-quality components can contribute to the continued 
construction and development of Forest City, reducing any waste in the process 
of the completion of real estate projects while protecting the local 
environment. As a pilot project in modular assembly building, Forest City has 
already successfully completed the construction of five apartment buildings 
with components manufactured by the IBS plant. Johor State Housing, 
Communication and Multimedia committee chairman Dzulkefly Ahmad undertook an 
inspection tour of two apartment buildings which had been delivered by Forest 
City and presented the property developer with the Malaysian government 
Certificate of Completion and Compliance (CCC). 

In addition to meeting the construction demands of Forest City, the services of 
the IBS plant will be offered to other local construction projects.

SOURCE  Country Garden Forest City