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Dato’ Ir Haji Abdul Ghani.
For example, we will have a buffer of trees at the lake’s side to help cool
the building. The building itself will be separated into four blocks with
space in between to allow people and air movement. A pedestrian
walkway system encompassing the whole area will also be in the
design. Unrestricted by fences, the walkway allows free access through
our building to and from Taman Rekreasi Indah, Plaza Alam Sentral,
Muzium Sultan Alam and so on. We plan to provide five charging points
for electrical cars and a park for bicycles for our staff and the public.
B&I: Aside from housing PKNS’ corporate office, what other
amenities would be available for public access and use, including
leasable space?
PKNS: Originally, the plan was for alfresco dining, retail shops and so
on for public access but the Management is now re-thinking whether
to convert them into office space. Looking at our own demand, we will
probably need all that is available although we will have to maintain
some for public services, e.g., payments, ATMs, etc.
Located on the topmost floor of Block A will be PKNS
Management’s office, an auditorium plus a mutli-purpose hall as
well as a surau that will be open to the public. The park on the rooftop
will have walkways, tree planting, water springs and reflexology paths
and a big screen monitor. We will not encroach on the lake although
there will be a dining area and our own café facing the lake but other
F&B outlets are not in the plan as yet.
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B&I: When will the new PKNS HQ be commissioned and what
is the fate of the old at Jalan Barat, Petaling Jaya?
PKNS: Laman PKNS is scheduled to be completed in November
2015 – that is the target we have set for the contractor who has already
revised the original date twice, first to February and then July. All in,
with furniture and fittings, all fees and consultant services included,
the final cost will be about RM200 million. The old Jalan Barat
building is already demolished and the new development, under
MRCB, will be called PJ Sentral.
B&I: Finally, what is upcoming next by way of PKNS housing
projects?
PKNS: Currently, our ongoing projects all over Selangor from north
to south and east to west is easily about 45, if you define projects
as contracts that are on-going or on the drawing board. PKNS is
a big organisation employing 1,100 people and we can’t afford to
stop constructing. From up north at Bernam Jaya and down south
to Rawang and Rasa, we have a few thousand units; then south
to Dengkil we have a flagship project, the 1,000-acre township of
Taman Science with a GDV of RM2.0 billion. We have just awarded
over RM100 million for the contract to build SOHOs, a commercial
centre as well as other amenities and there is going to be a launch of
high-end condos soon. Q