The rapid pace of economic growth as well as the industrialization and urbanzation associated with this growth have given rise to a veritable boom in the Asian Construction market, with growth rate in the Construction Industry that have been increasing for years, Malaysia has taken on special important. The appearance of new branches of industry, the flourishing retail trade and steady increases in tourism are responsible for this boom. The most important factors driving include strong domestic demand and on going high level og investment activity in the public and private sector.

Malaysia, fueling with buoyant growth are national mega projects like vision 2020, the implementation of the NMP in mid 2006. The government will continue to place emphasis on projects that increase the quality of life for rural citizens, project that are education related, in addition to improving the government's service delivery syste,. This is to build capacity and increase the resileince of the nation's economy. ( It is forecasted that more contract works for the construction industry will be awarded in 2007 )

However Malaysia is not only place where the construction industry is moving ahead at full speed, companies are investing, streamlining and modernizing throughout the Asian region. The construction markets there account for more than hundred billion US Dollars in annual sales and a number of projects are in the planning phase.

Stages of NMP - The Ninth Malaysian Plan. The NMP is expected to unveil many plans involving physical and non-physical developments aimed at preparing Malaysia to become a developed nation by 2020. A ceiling expenditure of approximately Rm150 billion for 2008-2010, is expected from the NMP. The government's decision to implement in advance a number of construction projects stated in the Ninth Malaysia Plan - NMP, is very well received to buffer the decline in construction projects. The implementation of construction projects in the NMP is expected to bring improvement in the growth of the construction sector.

Buildcon Malaysia 2008, it is a one stop sourcing hub for buyers, engineers, contractors, architects and developers in the region of construction business, offering a wide range of products and services, from building materials, building services, prefabricated parts, construction equipments and building machinery.

If you want to out perform the competition in future market, it is important to gather the information you need locally and be on hand to recognize developments, take advantage of impulses and respond quickly. Buildcon Malaysia, the industry leading trade fair in Sabah (East), Penang (North), Johor (South), offers the best prerequisites for doing so. It is the perfect place to develop or expand on promising leads and take advantage of interesting new sales opportunities.

Johor - The new landmark of Southern - East - West Malaysia, Indonesia ( Batam ), Singapore, Brunei growth triangle economic markets.

Johor,serve the Southern gateway to Malaysia situated at the tail of mainland Asia, the state known as the Southern Coridor, Economic Region. Its geo-strategic position offers investors economic, infrastructure and market advantages of surrounding nations presently registration economic boom within the Pacific Rim.

The US40 billion south johor economic region master plan launched in 2007, as one of the priority development southern project under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (NMP).The multi-billion Ringgit development project, including the Johor state's new administration centre, southern Johor industries logistics cluster, waterproof city, medical hub, Educit and an international destination resort.