Building material cost index in Peninsular Malaysia increased between 0.1% and 1.3% in Nov

KUALA LUMPUR: The Building Material Cost Index (BCI) without steel bars increased in November 2021, rising by between 0.1 and 1.3 per cent in Peninsula Malaysia.

The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) said the BCI also rose in Sabah between 0.1 and 1.7 per cent for all categories of building except for timber piling and single storey (RC) piling that showed no changes.