Statistics Dept Finds Construction Costs Higher The Building Material Cost Index (BCI) without steel bars for almost all regions in Peninsular Malaysia recorded an increase of between 0.6 per cent and 1.5 per cent for almost all building categories in July 2021 compared to the previous month, said the Department of Statistics, Malaysia (DOSM). Chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said however, the BCI in region C (Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Melaka and Negeri Sembilan) and region D (Johor) registered a decrease of between 0.1 and 0.7 per cent for almost all categories of building. “Meanwhile, the BCI in Kota Kinabalu increased by between 0.3 and 4.8 per cent for almost all categories of building except for timber piling, which decreased by 0.3 per cent, while the BCI in Sandakan increased
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