Melaka: The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) issued 157 notices and recorded 34 cases of non-compliance in Melaka during the first four months of this year. CIDB Enforcement Division general manager Mohammad Farris Abdul Aziz stated that these actions stemmed from 535 inspections covering accreditation, construction materials, construction personnel, contractors, and project declarations.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, failure to declare projects accounted for the highest percentage of offences at 47.06 percent, followed by the employment of skilled workers without accreditation at 29.69 percent, and offences related to construction personnel at 10.94 percent. A total of 64 investigation papers were opened, with most cases involving the failure to declare projects, as explained by Mohammad Farris during the Integrated Enforcement Operation 1/2025 at a factory construction site in Bachang.

He added that up to this point, 1,578 projects have been declared through the Centralised Information Management System (CIMS), with a total value exceeding RM3.6 billion. During this period, 121 construction sites involving 170 contractors were inspected. Of these, 82 contractors were issued compounds for offences under Act 520, which relate to contractor registration certification, construction personnel registration, skilled worker accreditation, project declaration, and compliance with the Certificate of Standard Compliance (PPS).

Commenting on the operation, Mohammad Farris mentioned that it involved six agencies, including the Labour Department, Melaka State Health Department, Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council, and the Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Corporation. Compliance levels among the eight companies inspected, comprising five local and three foreign contractors, were satisfactory. However, checks on foreign construction personnel revealed that five out of 107 workers had yet to obtain their green cards.