The experiences of Malaysian in industrialised building system (IBS) to enhance construct ability and sustainability in construction project

The reality of construction is that most of the problems encountered in the field such as reworks, delay and low in quality or productivity are often compounded by inherent design flaws that generated in the design phase.Implementing construct ability concept is an alternative solution to overcome the problem.Construct ability is often portrayed as integrating construction knowledge, resource, technology and experience into the engineering and design of a project.Since 1998, Malaysian government through Construction Industry Development Board seriously took an action to reform the current construction practice (currently use conventional method) towards industrialization concept.One of the main strategies been taken by the government which introduced a concept of design of prefabrication, pre-assembly and modularization especially in public projects.This paper will highlight the initiative be done by in the Malaysian construction industry to implement that system and indirectly the concept of construct ability will be enhanced

A critical literature review on the concept of team integration in Industrialised Building System (IBS) project

Due to the combination of problems and issues that arose in the current construction industry such as fragmentation, less of productivity and quality, lack of sustainability etc, the Malaysian Government proposed a new solution through industrialisation technology called lndustrialised Building System (IBS). Although IBS was introduced over 40 years ago, with well-documented benefits and strong support from the government, the pace of implementation and usage of IBS is still slow and below the government targets. Investigation by some researchers identified that one of the main barriers of IBS implementation in the Malaysian construction industry is related to poor integration and communication among stakeholders involved during the design stage.A number of reports challenged the construction industry to create a fully integrated process capable of delivering predictable results to clients through processes and team integration. Responding to the challenge, this research hopes to respond this problem and help towards the betterment of the IBS Malaysian construction industry using an integrated design team delivery approach.Therefore,this paper will review and define the concepts of team, teamwork and integration within scope of construction project.In the second part, this paper will discuss the main dimensions that describe a team that has been fully integrated, followed by discussion on how the delivery team a responsible for the design and construction of a project can be integrated to work together

Fragmentation issue in Malaysian Industrialised Building System (IBS) projects

As a developing country, Malaysian is currently driving for implementing a new or modern construction method, the Industrialis ed Building System (IBS),as an alternative towards enhancing construction performance. Currently, most of the IBS project developments in Malaysia are still conducted by using the traditional construction process approach.This traditional construction process has been widely criticised for its fragmented approach to project delivery and its failure to form effective teams thus created a numb er of issues such as reworks, time delay, rising costs, lack of communication and coordination, and wastages. This paper through literature review aims to highlight this fragmentation issue and clarify how far it affects the process of IBS implementation. Suggestions on how an integrated approach in design and construction in order to minimise the fragmentation gaps will be concluded

Kajian terhadap penggunaan IBS dalam projek swasta di kawasan Lembah Klang

The construction sector based on industry or lndustrialised Building System is a method of construction using the industrialised building materials at the manufacturing plant.This method can replace the conventional method which is able to reduces the amount of foreign labor as well as to improve the quality of construction, lower cost and reduction in construction time.This study is intended to create a guideline that can be used to encourage all private construction projects In the Klang Valley implement the IBS System in 2015.Therefore, this study was undertaken to assess the level of IBS usage in the building construction. There are about 400 private sector projects in the Klang Valley has been identified as a sample for this study in which 184 private projects are using IBS technology achieved a score of 55% and above.The findings of this study had identify the perceptions, barriers exist and the measures to be taken in the implementation and the criteria for developing a business model that can be used to be a concept of IBS in the private sector

Improving integrated practice through Building Information Modeling-Integrated Project Delivery (BIM-IPD) for Malaysian Industrialised Building System (IBS) Construction Projects

Current studies shows that most of the Industrialized Building System (IBS) project procurement or delivery methods in Malaysia are still based on the traditional approach.This traditional construction process has been widely criticized for its fragmented approach to project delivery and its failure to form effective teams. Due to that problem, a number of issues have recently arisen in current construction methods, such as reworks, time delay, rising costs, lack of communication and coordination, and wastage.This paper through literature review aims to explore this fragmentation issue thus effects to the Malaysian IBS construction projects especially during the design and construction stages. Suggestion on how an integrated approach such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) can contribute for design and construction process in order to minimise the fragmentation issue will be concluded

Payment scenario in the Malaysian construction industry prior to ClPAA

This report is literature reviews undertaken to re-establish the state of payment problems in the Malaysian construction industry.The findings from this study will be used as a guide for further survey to measure the situation of the payment problems before the enactment of Construction lndustry Payment and Adjudication Act (CIPAA).There are journals selected to be included in this study.The purposes of the journal were to discover the financial issues of late and non-payment problem related to the causes of delay in construction projects. Most of the research in the journals was carried out by adopting a combination of document analysis, law cases and review of act and statue.The possible solution to overcome the issue to the late and non-payment in construction projects were also highlighted in the journals. Based on the discussion, this research gives a general view and provides a comprehensive result of the "Payment Scenario in the Malaysia Construction lndustry Prior to CIPAA".The result in this paper covered the factors contributed to the late and non-payment problem in construction industry, impact of late and non-payment and also the possible solution towards late and non-payment problem in construction industry

Enhancement of constructability concept: An experience in offsite Malaysia construction industry

In the construction process of a traditional contracting system, most design drawings and specifications that produced by the design engineers are tend to be performance oriented, specifying an end result and materials, while leaves the means and methods for constructing the work to the contractor. While in nature, A/Es are not exactly expert in construction means and method.Consequently, the reality of construction is that most of the problems encountered in the field such as reworks, delay and low in quality or productivity are often compounded by inherent design flaws that generated in the design phase. An alternative solution to overcome the problem is by implementing of constructability concept. Constructability is often portrayed as integrating construction knowledge, resource, technology and experience into the engineering and design of a project.Since 1998, government Malaysian through Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) seriously took an action to reform the current construction practice (currently use conventional method) towards industrialization concept. One of the main strategies had been taken by the government which introduced a concept of design of prefabrication, pre-assembly and modularization especially in public projects. This paper will highlight the initiative have be done by in the Malaysian construction industry to implement that system and indirectly the concept of constructability will be enhanced

STUDY ON THE USE OF INDUSTRIALISED BUILDING SYSTEM IN MALAYSIAN PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

ABSTRACT The construction sector based on industry or Industrialised Building System (IBS) is a method of construction using the industrialized building materials at the manufacturing plant. This method can replace the conventional method and is able to; reduces the amount of foreign labor, improve the quality of construction, lower the cost, and reduce construction time. This study is intended to create a guideline that can be used to encourage all private construction projects in the Klang Valley to implement the IBS System in 2015. Therefore, this study was undertaken to assess the level of IBS usage in the building construction. There are about 400 private sector projects in the Klang Valley that have been identified (or taken) as a sample for this study out of which 184 private projects are using IBS technology; achieving ed a score of over 55% . The findings of this study was to identify the perceptions, barriers that exist and the measures to be taken in the implementation and the criteria for developing a business model that can be used as a model concept of IBS in the private sector

Development of web application package to design AC substation grounding system based on IEE STD. 80-2000 for continuous education and professional training

Substation grounding is a very important aspect in a substation design which forms a safe grounding grid system besides functioning as a means of dissipating currents to the surrounding ground during normal and fault conditions, also prevents the ground potential rise during a fault from creating dangerous potential gradients on the substation ground surface that can endanger a life of a person in the vicinity of the grounded facility. This grounding study is based on IEEE Standard 80-2000 (Revision of IEEE Std. 80-1986) which serves as a guide to the safety in ac substation grounding. With the fast growing of the use on the Internet technology and the daily use of it in all life routines including education, it will be necessary and interesting to provide a learning and educational web application for the Internet users especially the engineers of them

Critical success factors to industrialised building system (IBS) contractor

Industrialised Building System (IBS) is defined as a construction technique in which components are manufactured in a controlled environment (on or off site), transported, positioned and assembled into a structure with minimal additional site work. The Malaysian construction industry has been urged to change from a conventional method to IBS to attain better construction quality and productivity, reduce risks related to occupational safety and health, alleviate issues for skilled workers and dependency on manual foreign labour, and achieve the ultimate goal of reducing the overall cost of construction. The use of IBS has been made compulsory in the construction of public buildings and the adoption was supported by the government through programmes, incentives and encouragement policies stipulated under the IBS Roadmap 2003-2010. Despite acknowledging its benefits, the construction industry is still not rapidly embracing IBS. This is mainly due to its traditional and conservative nature where anything new or different faces implementation barriers. In addition, there is a lack of knowledge to help traditional contractors to successfully transform to IBS. The availability of such knowledge could help to accelerate the uptake of IBS. The aim of the research is to identify the critical success factors for IBS uptake and develop a framework to support the transformation of contractors to the IBS. The research adopted a multiple-case-studies approach. The main part of this thesis is a presentation and discussion of case studies with contractors in Malaysia. The analysis is based primarily on cross-case analysis and pattern matching where nine critical success factors and two enablers have been identified as significant to the success of IBS. From the critical success factors, this research proposes a framework which was validated with an industry focus group. Strategy, people and process were identified as the main elements of the framework. The framework depends largely on the strategy, meetings of human capability and capacity, and improvements to the process. The enabling factors are Information Technology (IT) and continuous improvement. The outcome of this research showed that the main problems that are preventing contractors from embracing IBS are rarely purely technical in origin. They are more related to the organisational strategy and soft issues which underpin the capability of the organisation to successfully implement IBS. This led to the fact that IBS is best handled as a holistic process and requires a total synchronisation of construction, manufacturing and design. In addition, factors such as project management, procurement, rationalisation, standardisation, repetition, collaboration, integration, supply chain partnering, planning, skills and training were found to be essential and they need to be carefully considered during the transformation process.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo