This is a Malaysia Health Development Project under the International Bank of Research and Development (part of the World Bank) involving the construction, equipping and furnishing of 5 Laboratories for the Department of Chemistry for water, food and environmental analysis.

The works comprise the execution and completion of one Central Environmental Health Laboratory at Petaling Jaya and 4 Regional Laboratories in Ipoh, Melaka, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching. The project was executed in collaboration with David Ellis Architects Inc. and Nicholls Yallowega Belanger Architects, the Canadian Consultants for the project.

The project was completed in November 1999 at a cost of RM146 million.