PLAZA RAKYAT

Apa masalah di sebalik projek ini?

The construction site of Plaza Rakyat (pictured in February 2007) has seen little activity since the project was stalled in 1997.

General information

Location:  

Pudu Road

, central Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Scope: To built 79 story building for office, residential and leisure with 157 rooms of budget hotel and 1,600 parking lots.

Time:  1996 until now (On hold and possibly canceled)

Cost: RM419.999 juta up to 1.4 billion.

Quality: Construction as a skyscraper with postmodern design

Project Manager:

Project Owner: Government of Malaysia

Stakeholder:

a.         Federal Territories Minister

b.         Project developer

c.         Project Manager

d.         Economic Planning Unit (EPU)

e.         DBKL

f.          Customers

Constrain: The government has decided to terminate the deal with the current developer of Plaza Rakyat following failed negotiations and an overshot deadline to revive the project.

Contractor: Main Con: Plaza Rakyat Sdn Bhd

a.         PJ Indah Sdn. Bhd. (PJI) mula 22 Dec 2003 -16 Feb 2005

            b.         Global Upline Sdn. Bhd –  until December 2009

            c.         New tender will be made.

Delay Factor:

a.                  World economic crisis 1999.

b.                  Contractors don’t get enough funds to run the project.

c.                  Crisis between the owner and the contractors.

d.                  Delayed court cases.

 

Stalled: The long-halted Plaza Rakyat project in the city centre.