The Way Forward for Industrialised Building System (IBS) in Malaysia (original) (raw)
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Industrialized Building System (IBS) can be described as a potential prefabrication construction method that uses the best construction machineries, equipment, materials and extensive planning for the construction projects. Utilizing IBS in construction projects may enhance the overall performance at the construction site in terms of safety, quality, cost effectiveness, productivity and reduction of waste. Meanwhile, the level of IBS adoption in Malaysia is still low due to the very challenging barriers faced by the stakeholders in applying the new technology and shortages of skilled manpower. Even though the IBS construction method is not new to the Malaysian industry as it was introduced in the 90 s, its acceptance within the construction industry is still very low due to the high costs involved during its application. In this study, a comprehensive literature review was conducted in order to highlight the importance of adopting IBS in the Malaysian construction industry. The history of IBS, factors of implementation, barriers, benefits, advantages, and disadvantages of IBS were reviewed and analyzed thoroughly. The analysis of the literature review showed that various barriers contributes to the lack of IBS adoption in the Malaysian construction industry such as lack of skilled workers, reliance on the foreign workers, quality of materials, productivity of construction and limited enforcement of IBS requirements. The analysis also revealed that implementation of IBS in Malaysia reduced the reliance of the industry on the foreign labors. Therefore, it is recommended to adopt the IBS in a meaningful way during the pre-designing and planning stages of construction.
There is an urgent requirement for the building of affordable houses with the increase in demand for low-cost housing. The impact of the demand, made the government enforced the requirement to use IBS in the construction industry for government projects since 2008. This research paper studies the trend of the use of IBS components and identifies the factors required for the setting up IBS manufacturing factories in the Malaysian construction industry. Thus, appropriate technology is an important tool to push the development of the IBS components in the Malaysian construction industry. US, UK and Australia have achieved modular building standard while Malaysia is still in the hybridization phase. The IBS manufacturing have the unique approach of setting up in the construction industry. Thereby to understand the phenomenal factors of setting up IBS manufacturing factories; a pilot study was conducted with seven interviews; four from the IBS manufacturing players, two with academician and one from the government agency. Anecdotally, total number of IBS factory sites has increased from 21 in 2002 to 102 factories in the year 2009. From the evolution of the IBS manufacturing sector, the most favourable system used in the IBS component is the steel framing system and followed by the precast concrete system. Results from the qualitative survey showed that the main parameters affecting the setting up of the IBS manufacturing factories are appropriate technology, open manufacturing plant concept, capabilities of transportation and erection, best practice: design and build, and skilled workers.
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Industralised Building System is a valuable construction system compare to conventional building system. Successful implementation of IBS in construction industry can offer various benefits compare to conventional in-situ systems. High speed of construction, cost savings, reduction of unskilled workers, faster and better quality control of construction are the significant advantages of IBS This study via a comprehensive literature review from previous research, case studies and construction reports reviews the variety definitions of IBS. Furthermore, the advantages and disadvantages of IBS system will be discussed. This research defines IBS as a systematic process of integrated and coordinated elements enhancing the efficiency, productivity and effectiveness of the construction industry whereas mostly of the prefabricated components are manufactured preferably offsite, transported to the construction site and assembled on to the site with minimal site activities contributing to less wastage. Nowadays, to be a successful construction industry player it is a valuable alternative via utilizing IBS as a significant valuable tool to enhance the competitive advantages through achieving the international and global competitiveness, productivity, effectiveness and quality. Therefore, the findings of this research could assist the professional parties of construction industry in providing a better knowledge ground for improving decisions making to facilitate and achieve the success of IBS construction projects implementation.
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Industrialized Building System (IBS) is the term to represent the prefabrication and construction industrialization concept in Malaysia. The term was coined to shift from the typical paradigm of prefabricated systems. IBS has been introduced as a method with better productivity, quality and safety. In a nutshell, however, the terms used in construction industrialization are ill defined, often interchangeably with other term and their precise definitions depend heavily on user's experience and understanding, which vary from country to country. The lack of uniform definition and uncertainty in context and boundary contributed to the prejudices and misunderstanding. Many industrialized construction technologies co-exist with onsite work in hybrid construction, making it difficult to differentiate what constitute offsite practice. The definition and classification need to be evolved and incorporated with global views and understanding. This paper revisits the issue on definition and classification with respect to IBS. A conceptual definition has been proposed in this paper based on literature reviews. The classification of IBS should be expanded to cater for the scope of volumetric (modular) and hybrid construction. It is hoped that the concept highlighted in this paper will encourage positive debate on IBS and gain some attention from the practitioners and researchers at large.
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Malaysia considers the construction industry as one of the main contributors to its Gross Domestic Product (GDP). However, there are some unresolved issues arising from the ongoing and widespread adoption of the conventional method of construction such as the resultant fragmentation of the industry itself; delays in production and delivery time of unnecessary wastages and lack of sustainability practice. Malaysian Government has been continuously encouraging the industry to use, partly or if not wholly, the Industrialized Building System (IBS), which is considered to be an important part of sustainable construction initiative. IBS was introduced to Malaysia as the solution to issues related to dependencies of foreign workers, raising demand for affordable accommodations and improving image, quality and productivity of construction industry. However, the IBS adoption in Malaysia remains low. This paper presents the review of the current issues and barriers of IBS adoption in Malaysian construction industry.
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ndustrialized Building System (IBS) is a construction systemin which components are factory-made in a measured atmosphere (on or off-site), placed, conveyed, and collectedon site with minimal additionalsite activities, according to the Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia (CIDB). The application of IBS in construction projects could significantly improve site performance in terms of protection, quality, chargeefficiency, production, sustainability and waste reduction. In the construction industry, sustainability has become increasingly essential. Meanwhile, due to the extremely difficult constraints that stakeholders encounter in adopting new technology and a scarcity of experienced labour, the degree of IBS implementation in Malaysia remains low. According to several studies, typical IBS is gradually being pushed to the background. However, no systematic study applying bibliometric examination of IBS studies to more investigate relevant studyin this field was uncovered. This studyoffers an outlineof the IBS currentstudies gathered from “Web of Science” database. To visualise the material included in the study scope, VOSviewer was combined with bibliometric analytic techniques. As a conclusion, six clusters were discovered that focused on these primary theme segments: IBS approach, prefabrication, construction, innovation, sustainability, and management. Basedon the current gap, this paper makes recommendations for future IBS research. Assisting the IBS research community with research and development.
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The industrialized building system (IBS) has been proposed in several studies as the solution to meet the intensive demands for houses. The advantages of this system can not be neglected. Reducing construction time, reducing the dependency on foreign workers, enhancing the quality of buildings and providing safer, cleaner and neater working environment are significant benefits that using industrialized building system can add to the construction industry. Nevertheless, this system has also its limitation. The developers in construction sector prefer using conventional method. Therefore, there is a need to determine these constraints and propose suggestions to solve them. Thus, a questionnaire survey study was carried out to determine the main constraints that encounter the application of industrialized building system in Malaysia and propose suggestions to improve them. The results illustrated that