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Saya : TRIA YULIANI BT RESAT . (HURUF BESAR) mengaku membenarkan tesis (PSM/Sarjana/Doktor Falsafah)* ini disimpan di Perpustakaan Universiti Teknologi Malaysia dengan syarat-syarat kegunaan seperti berikut : iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to all those who have contributed in completing this project. First of all, I would like to deeply praise the Almighty ALLAH SWT for the blessing and blissfulness for allowing me passing all of this moment and accomplished this report in time and presentably. In particular, I wish to express my sincere appreciation to my supervisor, Puan Zainab Arman Ali, for encouragement, guidance, critics and recommendations on completing my final year project. I am also very thankful to my lecturer, PM. Dr. Ahmad Baharudin for his help, advices and recommendations. Without their continued support and interest, this thesis would not have been the same as presented here. A bountiful cooperation and commitment from my dearest Ahmad Zaid Nawawi of Empayer Megah Engineering, has been my inspiration to the completion of the project. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to him and without his help, this project would not be completed. Finally, this appreciation also goes to my beloved and faithful FRIENDS whom had always been there whenever, wherever to support me. Their views and tips are useful indeed. Thank you Acu, Ecah, Sa, Phat, Wagy and not to forget Kamel for the wonderful 'gendang' times we had. I am also grateful to all my family members; ayah, ibu, abang, kakEza and Budi for the love and faith they have in me to complete my 5-year course in Civil Engineering. iv ABSTRACT Industrialised Building System (IBS) is a system where buildings are reduced to a number of common parts, where most of it can be prefabricated in long term production runs, frequently away from the construction site. Lately, Malaysia government strongly support the usage of IBS in construction industry due to its quality assurance, shorter construction period, cleaner site condition, safer working environment and reduction in labour dependency. In this study, the advantage of IBS is focused on the reduction and management control of wastes, or basically minimizing wastes at the construction site which lead to sustainability in construction. Efforts to make IBS a success are not sufficient without the participation and support from the private sector. Questionnaire surveys were undertaken throughout the industry role players such as developer, consultant, contractor and government bodies. The analysis result showed that the involvement of the respondents in IBS was low, but the awareness level was considerably high. The use of steel in the conventional construction create the most waste and by using IBS the saving in material amount to approximately 60%. On the other hand, the use of timber does not show any significant material savings in either the conventional or IBS construction. v ABSTRAK Sistem Binaan Berindustri (IBS -Industrialised Building System) merupakan sistem dimana struktur bangunan diringkaskan kepada beberapa bahagian ringkas dan mudah yang mana ia boleh direkabentuk dan diproses bagi pembuatan produk untuk jangkamasa yang panjang dan berterusan, jauh daripada tapak binaan. Kebelakangan ini, kerajaan Malaysia begitu menyokong penggunaan IBS dalam industri binaan terutamanya dari segi kawalan kualiti, jangkamasa binaan yang singkat, keadaan tapak yang bersih, persekitaran kerja yang selamat dan juga pengurangan dalam keperluan buruh. Dalam kajian ini, kebaikan pengunaan IBS dalam industri binaan difokuskan kepada pengurangan dan pengawalan sisa bahan binaan, pada amnya meminimumkan pembaziran di tapak bina yang akan menjurus kepada konsep pembinaan yang mapan. Usaha bagi menjayakan pengunaan IBS tidak akan terlaksana tanpa penglibatan dan sokongan daripada sektor swasta. Kajian secara soal selidik telah dilakukan dikalangan pihak yang terlibat dalam industri binaan seperti pemaju, perunding, kontraktor dan juga badan-badan kerajaan. Hasil analisis menujukkan bahawa penglibatan responden dalam penggunaan IBS adalah agak rendah dan kurang diutamakan. Walaubagaimanapun, tahap kesedaran tentang kebaikan dan keberkesanan IBS dalam industri binaan amat memberansangkan. Penggunaan besi dalam sistem binaan konvensional menghasilkan peratus sisa yang paling tinggi tetapi dengan adanya penggunaan IBS, pembaziran bahan binaan tersebut boleh dikurangkan sehingga lebih kurang 60%. Sebaliknya, penggunaan bahan berasakan kayu tidak menunjukkan penjimatan yang ketara dalam kedua-dua sistem konvensional dan IBS.
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