What is CPC, VP, CF, and CMGD & CCC?

New property owner should know

CPC = Certificate of Practical Completion
is issued by the architect (Superintendent Officer (SO) to the main contractor when the architect is satisfy with all the physical works being completed in the building.
for some development, CPC might include getting all the supporting documents from all relevant authority for the application of CF (Certificate of Fitness) such as Bomba, TNB, SYABAS, TM, local council, JPS (road and drainage), IWK (sewerage) and a few more.
upon CPC, the main contractor will be able to claim for the release of 1st half – the 2.5% of the 5% retention sum from stakeholder.

VP = Vacant Possession
is issued by the SO to the project (developer) when all the conditions of CPC have been satisfied.
upon VP, all the infra and amenities have to be ready for connection but not necessarily the meter is physically there (e.g. TNB electric meter, Syabas water meter)
Developer can hand over key to purchaser and thus start the countdown of defect liabilities period and LAD date is the VP date.
VP is issued upon submission of Borang E to the local authorities to obtain Certificate of Fitness (CF) with all the supporting documents from all the relevant authorities as mentioned above in CPC.
Upon VP, developer will claim for the 12.5% from you/your bank.
 
CF = Certificate of Fitness
Upon submission of Borang E, the local authority will have to reply within 14 days (I’m not sure it’s all the same for all local authorities yet but MBPJ and MPKJ is practicing this) whether to accept or reject the application of CF.
Among the conditions required is, all relevant parties recommendation letter (surat sokongan) again, refer to CPC, and also their own (local authorities) various dept. inspection, namely Building Dept., Planning Dept., Road & drainage, landscaping, street lighting, safety & health,  etc.
all dept. have to approve b4 u get your CF!
in the event any of the dept. do not issue surat sokongan to the said development, the local authority will reject the application within that 14 days and the developer have to go thru the whole process again from submitting a fresh copy of Borang E.
(this is usually the part where the developer always have problem of obtaining CF)
 
CMGD = certificate of making good practice
is issued by the SO after they’re satisfied with the making good of defects once the defect liability period expired.
contractor get their 2.5% 2nd half upon issuance of CMGD
you or the end financing bank has to pay 2.5% to the developer upon receiving CMGD.

CCC = Certificate of Completion and Compliance
u can read it here , still very new to it.
we have not handle any projects under the new CCC requirement up until now although it have been in place since 13 April 2007
But what we do know is if, the DO for a certain development have been approved or issued prior to 13 April 2007, the whole development will still go thru the old process (VP, CF)
timeline as follows…
3 months b4 VP, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), SYABAS, Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TMB) submission, hence the deposit for the meters. but then again, most developers dun collect from buyers, will come out upfront them self and collect only during VP/key collection
CPC should be around the same time with VP… meaning that the SO is already satisfy with the site condition and all the supporting documents (surat sokongan) have been obtain in order for submission of Borang E for CF.
the earliest time frame that u can get CF is 14 days after VP.
Usually even if they have verbally approved and all the supporting documents are there, the developers should be able to get their CF cert within 1-3 months’ time depending on how good their connection is with the authority. This also depends on whether they provide sufficient brown envelope to all the relevant parties during inspection and obtaining surat sokongan.

CMGD = defect liability period… some projects 18 months, some more.

Trespassing issue and how to solved it

hello everybody... I'm back

almost a year i didn't updated any posting since i have been a working with this developer from 23rd of June 2014 until now.

 ok let start with our lessons for today.

somewhere in my site at bandar sunway, the management that our company have appointed want to seek an advised regarding the trespassing at roof top level 30. I'm from the developer side also concerned about this matter and these management have highlighted with project department. but until now there a no action been taken.

since i'm based for this site have guide their building technician to solved this problem. oh i forgot. for level 30 the door to access the roof top is using a card access. since the controller for the card access have problem and all users are able to access the area will give us trouble sooner or later.

so my action with these management team, i have to guide them what to do and how to do it.

my method is simple. just replace this existing lock-set with no deadbolt to come with deadbolt. simple as ABC. no need to waiting architect approval or what so ever. after all they already handed over to property department from project department. no need to worried.

so guy just have a look for photo i attached here.

 removed the existing lockset and inspected if it is suitable or not.

 on left side is the existing lock-set while the right side is a new lock-set come with deadbolt

the result after installed with deadbolt. more secure u get than previously being used before this.

using an EM lock system will not last longer from vandalism. just by 2 kick can opened it.

this is the way that i have guide to the management technician. sharing with them from my past experience as a building technician. so after this. no more trespassing issue will rise again from security.

the rest is up to the my management to finished it. i only show it once. let this be a lesson for today.

How to trace a simple water leakage inside your house

Hello. Today i'm gonna share with you how to trace a a simple water leaked inside your house.

If you noticing your water bill suddenly increased more than usually you use. There must be a leak and you better fid out where it is.

Example at my apartment. This unit have an overflow cistern happen for toilet bowl. You can know it seeing a water came from toilet bowl.

In this case, the problem came from washer where stuck at the intlet port. To save your bajet you just need open it and clear the washer. If it still happen. Replace the inlet whole set.

So give it to try Do It Yourself. :-)

Fixing a walkie talkie unit

Hello everybody. Today we're gonna try to fix this thing. 

This unit belong to security nepal. Begging me to fix it because there is no sound coming out at all. Probably the speaker maybe spoil or else the soldering for speaker is detached from pcb.

So lets give it try.

The better earthing system the better protection for your equipment

Hello. 3 weeks ago this boy from technician from LDS International call me asking about DVR. He wanted to know which brand is better. And i ask him why you want to buy expensive DVR? He told me that their dvr always damaged when struck by lightning. So i advised him to check their building earthing system first. And surprisely they found out all the copper tape located at the top and the side have gone missing.

For safety reason

To all management apartment. Please buy scaffolding for multipurpose use. It is not safe to work like this.

Common mistake part 1

No access panel for ceiling cassette aircond.

Have exhaust fan but no ducting from kitchen cabinet to ventilating shaft