Myanmar Licensed Contractors’ Association urged Yangon Regional Government to ease newly enacted buildings restrictions

The Myanmar Licensed Contractors’ Association urged the Yangon Regional Government to ease newly enacted building restrictions, such as the reduced ground floor height requirement, and bans on penthouses.

The Engineer Department (Construction) under Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) issued an order back in April instructing contractors to reduce the height requirement for ground floors from 17 feet to 12 feet. There were no changed concerning penthouses.

“At the time the new instruction was issued, there were a number of projects agreed between the owner and contractor under the old rules. We need to change the agreements under the new instruction, but owners will not accept the recent change because its harder for them to meet the new requirement. Therefore, we are urging the government to ease this new requirement,’’ U Lar Zel, General Secretary of the association, told Myanmar Business Today.

The instruction was issued because of complaints on the height of the ground floor, but the association has appealed to the regional government on August 28 to ease the restrictions for a certain time period considering the difficulties contractors are facing.

The association has urged contractors to submit a copy of the contract indicating the 17 foot height for the ground floor, the name of the person who filed the proposal, a copy of the blueprint, a picture of the land or old house, a copy of the ownership document, a copy of applicant’s NRC card, and original application letter of the project signed by owner and contractor, by 25 September.

(Myanmar Business Today: https://www.mmbiztoday.com/articles/contractors-association-urges-yangon-government-ease-building-restrictions )

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