Forest City/Country Garden Pacificview Sdn Bhd (CGPV) here has achieved another 
key milestone by being the only participant from Malaysia to win an award in 
the 5th International Data Corporation (IDC) Smart City Asia Pacific Awards 
(SCAPA).

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(photo caption: Aminolhuda with IDC representatives, IRDA and CGPV Management 
at IDC Smart City Award Ceremony in Forest City)

The project, located in Johor, stood out from the 57 selected projects in all 
categories. It outshined the other contenders with its innovative "Smart B.I.A" 
system. 

The other award-winning projects this year were public projects from New 
Zealand, Singapore, Australia and other countries which includes the 
Immigration and Checkpoint Authority of Singapore's National Digital Identity 
Facial Biometric System, Suzhou Wujiang Public Security Bureau's Top Smart City 
Project (Smart Policing category) and Auckland Council's New Zealand Smartest 
Street (Top Smart City Project for Sustainable Infrastructure category).

CGPV General Manager of Development Department, Syarul Izam Sarifudin said 
Forest City is committed to creating outstanding solutions for smart buildings. 
The innovative "Smart B.I.A" system integrates new technologies such as 
BIM-IOT-AI, integrates BIM building information modelling, IOT sensing 
platform, and AI city applications, including green drip irrigation systems, 
building automation systems, intelligent security systems, smart metres, 
emergency systems, community robots and multiple systems. 

"Besides that, the implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in 
the development of Forest City plays a crucial role in project design quality 
improvement, sustainable construction, and facility and asset management 
(FM/AM). Through the virtual 3D building model creation, BIM model keeps track 
of the constructed project to ensure all design changes can be checked before 
they are applied for the project delivery to minimize errors and rework on 
site. Forest City utilises BIM data for standardised production. Some building 
components can be completed in advance in Industrialised Building System (IBS) 
prefabricated factory, which effectively improves the building quality and 
standards, as well as reducing environmental pollution from construction 
sites," Syarul Izam said.

In terms of smart building management, Forest City has incorporated remote 
digital management through the IOT sensing platform, including Smart Metres, 
Building Monitoring and Green Wall. The exterior wall of Forest City building 
is fully covered with vertical greening, equipped with an automatic irrigation 
system. The system will provide ideal amount of water for the plant through 
automated online monitoring network, significantly improving the efficiency, 
ecological and environmental benefits of the building. Moreover, efficient 
management such as comprehensive control of building security and energy 
consumption, can be achieved with the AI city application.

Gerald Wang, IDC Lead Analyst for Smart Cities said the "Smart B.I.A" system in 
Forest City was supporting the infrastructure construction through emerging 
technologies, providing services to the public and driving economic 
development, which is the focus of Malaysia's digital economy. 

"The concept of smart city is the interpretation of how digital technology can 
provide innovative and intelligent solutions to overcome the challenges that 
existing and future cities will face."

Since 2015, some of the annual contenders for these awards include Government 
Technology Agency of Singapore, Taipei City Government, and various municipal 
governments of the People's Republic of China (Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing), 
Digital Economy Promotion Agency (Thailand); various municipal governments of 
South Korea (Incheon, Daejeon, Busan); New South Wales Government (Australia); 
and various municipal governments of New Zealand (Auckland, Christchurch, 
Wellington).

Johor Education, Human Resource, Science and Technology committee chairman 
Aminolhuda Hassan, who witnessed the award presentation, said that having a 
dedicated, diligent and committed workforce is also to be celebrated as it 
supports the B.I.A smart system.

"Building a smart city calls for strong commitment and financial resources. It 
is not easy as it also requires collaboration from the government, 
administrators, private developer and the community," Aminolhuda said.

Also present at the award presentation ceremony were IDC ASEAN Managing 
Director Sudev Bangah, Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) Head of 
Planning and Compliance, Maimunah Jaafar and CGPV Executive General Manager 
Hugo Wu.

About Forest City

Forest City is co-developed by Country Garden and Johor government-backed 
Esplanade Danga 88 Sdn Bhd (EDSB). It is strategically located in the 
fast-growing Iskandar Development Region, Malaysia, injecting another source of 
growth in ASEAN. It is adjacent to Tuas second link, spanning approximately 30 
square kilometres, including four man-made islands, golf resort and IBS 
industrial park. Forest City is positioned as a smart and green industrial city 
that plans to develop eight major industries, including Tourism & MICE, 
Healthcare, Education & Training, Regional Headquarters, Nearshore Finance, 
E-Commerce, Emerging Technology and Green & Smart industry, combining 
environment, technology and industry integration design concept to establish an 
ideal and technology-driven living and working space, building a prime model of 
future cities.

Source: CGPV

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IDC Smart City Award Ceremony in Forest City