# Factory Construction Guides | Factory Builder Malaysia > Plain-English guides to building a factory or warehouse in Selangor: cost drivers, approvals and CCC, design and build, extensions, M&E and site works. URL: https://factorybuilder.my/guide/ menu\_book Guides from our engineers # Factory Construction Guides Straight answers to the questions owners ask before they commit: what drives cost, which approvals you need, how design and build works, and what to decide early. No sales talk, no made-up prices. ## Planning, Approvals and Cost The big questions owners ask before building a factory in Selangor. Decision guide ### After Handover: Defects Liability, As-Built Drawings and Future Extensions After factory handover: defects liability, who fixes roof leaks or floor cracks, the documents you get and planning to extend. [After Handover: Defects Liability, As-Built Drawings and Future Extensions →](/guide/after-factory-handover/) Decision guide ### Build, Buy or Rent a Factory: How to Decide Renting, buying ready-built or building on your own land: fit to your production line, control, timing and a checklist. [Build, Buy or Rent a Factory: How to Decide →](/guide/build-buy-or-rent-factory/) Explainer ### Can You Build a Factory on Your Land? Zoning, Setbacks and Plot Ratio Check whether your land suits a factory: light, medium and heavy industry zoning, setbacks, plot ratio and when to ask the local authority. [Can You Build a Factory on Your Land? Zoning, Setbacks and Plot Ratio →](/guide/build-factory-on-your-land/) Decision guide ### Detached vs Semi-Detached Factory: Land, Setbacks and Layout Detached or semi-detached factory: land and setbacks, access and loading around the building, and room to extend. [Detached vs Semi-Detached Factory: Land, Setbacks and Layout →](/guide/detached-vs-semi-detached-factory/) Explainer ### Factory Building Approvals in Selangor: From Planning Permission to CCC The approval path for a new factory in Selangor: planning permission, building plan approval, OSC submissions and the CCC at completion. [Factory Building Approvals in Selangor: From Planning Permission to CCC →](/guide/factory-building-approvals-selangor/) Explainer ### How Long Does It Take to Build a Factory in Malaysia? The stages of a factory project from brief to CCC, what causes delays and how your target start date shapes the plan. No promised durations. [How Long Does It Take to Build a Factory in Malaysia? →](/guide/how-long-to-build-a-factory/) Decision guide ### How Much Does It Cost to Build a Factory in Malaysia? What drives factory cost in Malaysia: size, ground, piling, specification, M&E and floor loading, and how a quotation is built. [How Much Does It Cost to Build a Factory in Malaysia? →](/guide/factory-construction-cost-malaysia/) Decision guide ### How to Choose a Factory Contractor: Checks Before You Sign Checks before appointing a factory contractor: CIDB registration, completed work, submissions and key contract terms. [How to Choose a Factory Contractor: Checks Before You Sign →](/guide/how-to-choose-a-factory-contractor/) Decision guide ### Steel Portal Frame vs Reinforced Concrete Factory Compare steel portal frame and reinforced concrete factories on span, column-free space, speed, fire and durability, and when a hybrid fits. [Steel Portal Frame vs Reinforced Concrete Factory →](/guide/steel-portal-frame-vs-reinforced-concrete/) Explainer ### What Bomba, DOE and DOSH Need From a New Factory Building Fire, environmental and workplace safety needs a new factory must plan for, and why to raise them in detailed engineering. [What Bomba, DOE and DOSH Need From a New Factory Building →](/guide/bomba-doe-dosh-factory-requirements/) Explainer ### What Is a CCC for a Factory and When Is It Issued? What a CCC certifies for a factory, who issues it, the clearances behind it and why occupation waits for it. [What Is a CCC for a Factory and When Is It Issued? →](/guide/what-is-ccc-for-factory/) Decision guide ### What Is Usually Left Out of a Factory Construction Quotation? Items often left out of factory quotations, such as submissions, consultants, machinery and utility connections, and what to ask. [What Is Usually Left Out of a Factory Construction Quotation? →](/guide/factory-quotation-exclusions/) ## Warehouse Construction Warehouses and storage buildings for logistics, trading and distribution companies, planned around storage height, floor loading and container access. View service arrow\_forward [/warehouse-construction/ →](/warehouse-construction/) Decision guide ### Building Your Own Warehouse vs Renting Several Units Goods across rented units? Compare split storage with your own warehouse: height, floor, loading, land and timing. [Building Your Own Warehouse vs Renting Several Units →](/guide/own-warehouse-vs-renting-units/) Explainer ### Loading Bays, Dock Levellers and Roller Shutters for Container Access Plan container and lorry loading: bay layout and number, dock levellers vs ground level, shutter sizing and turning areas. [Loading Bays, Dock Levellers and Roller Shutters for Container Access →](/guide/warehouse-loading-bays-dock-levellers/) Explainer ### Warehouse Clear Height: Planning Storage Height and Racking Early Work out the storage height you need: clear vs eaves height, racking, forklift reach and the effect on structure and cost. [Warehouse Clear Height: Planning Storage Height and Racking Early →](/guide/warehouse-clear-height/) Decision guide ### Warehouse Construction Cost in Malaysia: What Drives the Price Warehouse-specific cost drivers: span, height, floor loading, loading bays, fire protection and site works, and what to put in your brief. [Warehouse Construction Cost in Malaysia: What Drives the Price →](/guide/warehouse-construction-cost-malaysia/) Explainer ### Warehouse Floor Loading for Racking and Forklifts Why warehouse floor loading is set at design: power-floated slabs, racking point loads, forklifts, soil and piling. [Warehouse Floor Loading for Racking and Forklifts →](/guide/warehouse-floor-loading/) Explainer ### Warehouse Sprinkler and Fire Protection Requirements in Malaysia When warehouses may need sprinklers, hose reels and hydrants, how Bomba reviews them, and how storage height matters. [Warehouse Sprinkler and Fire Protection Requirements in Malaysia →](/guide/warehouse-sprinkler-requirements-malaysia/) ## Design and Build Factory One contract covering design, engineering and construction for owners who have industrial land but no drawings yet. View service arrow\_forward [/design-and-build-factory/ →](/design-and-build-factory/) Decision guide ### Design and Build vs Separate Architect and Contractor Design and build vs separate architect and contractor: responsibility, coordination, timing and when each suits. [Design and Build vs Separate Architect and Contractor →](/guide/design-and-build-vs-architect-and-contractor/) Explainer ### Have Industrial Land but No Drawings? How to Start a Factory Project Land but no drawings? What to gather, enquiring with details missing, and how a brief becomes a plan and design. [Have Industrial Land but No Drawings? How to Start a Factory Project →](/guide/industrial-land-no-drawings/) Decision guide ### How Progress Payments Work in a Factory Design and Build Contract How factory design and build payments are staged: progress claims, retention, liquidated damages and what to check. [How Progress Payments Work in a Factory Design and Build Contract →](/guide/factory-progress-payments/) Explainer ### Keeping Control in Design and Build: Approvals, Specifications and Variations Stay in control in design and build: design sign-off points, written specifications, variations and regular updates. [Keeping Control in Design and Build: Approvals, Specifications and Variations →](/guide/design-and-build-control-variations/) Explainer ### The Design and Build Process for a Factory, Step by Step From brief to handover: plan and budget, design, engineering, quotation, approvals, construction and owner decisions. [The Design and Build Process for a Factory, Step by Step →](/guide/design-and-build-process-factory/) Explainer ### What a Design and Build Factory Contract Covers Design and build and 'turnkey' explained: scope under one contract, consultants appointed and what stays with you. [What a Design and Build Factory Contract Covers →](/guide/what-is-design-and-build-factory/) ## Factory Extension and Renovation Extending or altering an existing factory or warehouse, including added floor area, mezzanines, office space and roof or floor upgrades. View service arrow\_forward [/factory-extension-renovation/ →](/factory-extension-renovation/) Explainer ### Adding a Mezzanine Floor to a Factory What adding a factory mezzanine involves: storage or office use, floor loading and structure checks, headroom and approval considerations. [Adding a Mezzanine Floor to a Factory →](/guide/factory-mezzanine-floor/) Decision guide ### Extend Your Factory or Build New? Extend your factory or build new: land left on the lot, structural capacity, disruption and long-term fit. [Extend Your Factory or Build New? →](/guide/extend-factory-or-build-new/) Decision guide ### Extending a Factory While Production Continues What to expect when building next to a running operation: phasing and site separation, safety and access, noise and dust, and communication. [Extending a Factory While Production Continues →](/guide/factory-extension-during-production/) Explainer ### Factory Extension Approvals and Regularising an Unapproved Extension When a factory extension needs approval, how setbacks and plot ratio limit it, and regularising unapproved works. [Factory Extension Approvals and Regularising an Unapproved Extension →](/guide/factory-extension-approval/) Explainer ### Old Factory Roof Leaking or Floor Cracking: Repair, Replace or Rebuild? Why factory roofs leak and floors crack, roof and insulation replacement, floor repair vs recast, and when to rebuild. [Old Factory Roof Leaking or Floor Cracking: Repair, Replace or Rebuild? →](/guide/factory-roof-leak-floor-crack/) Decision guide ### What Affects the Cost of a Factory Extension Factory extension cost drivers: tying into the old structure, new foundations by old footings, operations and approvals. [What Affects the Cost of a Factory Extension →](/guide/factory-extension-cost/) ## Detailed Engineering and M&E Works Piping, mechanical and electrical design scoped to the building and its use, then installed by the same team. View service arrow\_forward [/detailed-engineering-me-works/ →](/detailed-engineering-me-works/) Explainer ### Factory Power Supply: Three-Phase Supply, TNB Application and Substations How power needs shape a factory: three-phase supply, load from equipment, when a substation is needed and TNB timing. [Factory Power Supply: Three-Phase Supply, TNB Application and Substations →](/guide/factory-power-supply-tnb/) Explainer ### Planning a Factory Building for an Overhead Crane What a factory must allow for an overhead crane: crane loads on columns and beams, height and span, deciding before structural design. [Planning a Factory Building for an Overhead Crane →](/guide/factory-overhead-crane-structure/) Explainer ### What Detailed Engineering Covers in a Factory Project Detailed engineering explained: piping, mechanical and electrical design, the drawings produced and why it comes first. [What Detailed Engineering Covers in a Factory Project →](/guide/factory-detailed-engineering/) Explainer ### Why Machinery and Specialist Equipment Must Be Decided Early Machinery needs power, piping, drainage, ventilation and floor loading. Why late equipment decisions cause rework. [Why Machinery and Specialist Equipment Must Be Decided Early →](/guide/decide-machinery-early/) ## Factory Construction Planning A construction plan, engineering requirements and budget based on the site, the intended use and any existing drawings. View service arrow\_forward [/factory-construction-planning/ →](/factory-construction-planning/) Decision guide ### Single-Storey or Multi-Storey Factory? Build up or spread out on industrial land: plot ratio, goods movement and lifts, upstairs floor loading and structure. [Single-Storey or Multi-Storey Factory? →](/guide/single-storey-vs-multi-storey-factory/) Explainer ### What a Factory Feasibility Check Covers Before You Commit What is checked before a factory design and budget are fixed: zoning, size allowed, soil, access, power and water. [What a Factory Feasibility Check Covers Before You Commit →](/guide/factory-feasibility-check/) Explainer ### What to Send Your Contractor to Plan a Factory Project Prepare a useful factory enquiry: site and land area, size and floors, use, drawings, approvals, budget and start date. [What to Send Your Contractor to Plan a Factory Project →](/guide/factory-project-brief/) ## Civil and Infrastructure Works Site works such as earthworks, drainage, roads and hardstanding around the building. View service arrow\_forward [/civil-infrastructure-works/ →](/civil-infrastructure-works/) Explainer ### Drainage and Retention Ponds on Industrial Land The drainage provisions an industrial site may need: site drainage design, retention ponds, council requirements and flood and runoff risk. [Drainage and Retention Ponds on Industrial Land →](/guide/industrial-land-drainage-retention-ponds/) Explainer ### Factory Roads and Hardstanding for Lorries and Containers Plan external areas for heavy vehicles: turning areas for container lorries, pavement build-up, links to loading bays and drainage falls. [Factory Roads and Hardstanding for Lorries and Containers →](/guide/factory-roads-hardstanding/) Decision guide ### Soil Investigation and Piling: How Ground Conditions Change Factory Cost Why ground conditions shift a factory budget: soil investigation, piling, Klang's soft coastal clay and sloping sites. [Soil Investigation and Piling: How Ground Conditions Change Factory Cost →](/guide/soil-investigation-piling-factory-cost/) ![](/images/misc/steel-portal-frame-factory-under-construction-in-s.webp) Enquiries welcome with details missing ## Tell Us About Your Factory Project Share your site, intended use and budget, even if some details are missing. 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