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Recognising Excellence: Our Accolades and Achievements
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
In 2022, Planners M Consult SB, a subsidiary of Minconsult SB, was awarded with the Merit Award for Excellence at the 58th International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) World Planning Congress.
This prestigious event took place from the 3rd to the 6th of October in Brussels, Belgium, where Planners M was awarded for our East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project.
The winning project is Malaysia’s first regional integrated land use master plan for a rail network spanning 665 km from the East Coast to the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia, involving four states with 20 stations.
The objective behind the development of PeGTaECRL is to establish a sustainable and mutually beneficial regional land use and infrastructure planning framework that effectively addresses the socio-economic disparity between the opposing coasts of Peninsular Malaysia. Additionally, this master plan aims maximize the potential of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) in driving regional economic and developmental growth, while concurrently reinforcing the country’s designated growth areas.
ISOCARP
ISOCARP, short for ‘The International Society of City and Regional Planners’, is a distinguished’ non-governmental global association founded in 1965. The primary objective of this institute is to actively generate and disseminate knowledge aimed at enhancing the development of cities and territories, fostering their continual improvement; its members comprise of seasoned professionals in the field of city and regional planning.