Effectiveness of industrialised building system (IBS) implementation for Malaysian Construction Industry

Generally, the used of Industrialised Building System (IBS) in construction industry throughout the world has positive perceptions on improving the overall construction industry performance. Therefore, Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has been actively promoting the use of Industria...

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Main Author: Zawawi, Mardhiah
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2009
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spelling my-uthm-ep.37882022-02-03T01:59:49Z Effectiveness of industrialised building system (IBS) implementation for Malaysian Construction Industry 2009-11 Zawawi, Mardhiah TH Building construction TH1000-1725 Systems of building construction. Including fireproof construction, concrete construction Generally, the used of Industrialised Building System (IBS) in construction industry throughout the world has positive perceptions on improving the overall construction industry performance. Therefore, Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has been actively promoting the use of Industrialised Building System (IBS) in Malaysian Construction Industry since 1998. Unfortunately, the used of IBS for building project in Malaysia is still limited if compared to CIDB's target. In view to this limitation, this study has been carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of current IBS implementation for Malaysian construction industry through the measurement of acceptance level on the current IBS implementation and also determination of the existing problems faced by construction industry related to the IBS implementation. The methodologies adopted for this study are interview with expert panels and questionnaire survey. The result of this study revealed that current promotion on IBS for awareness purposes is effective but unfortunately the application is still very limited since it only covers certain elements. Not all practitioners can accept it implementation especially company and personnel with less experiences in handling IBS project. It is recommended that the relevant institution which produce young engineer for construction sector must provide a syllabus on IBS which cover technical, business process, and all aspect which needed for effective IBS implementation. This can generates wider range of application of IBS product within the industry 2009-11 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3788/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3788/1/24p%20MARDHIAH%20ZAWAWI.pdf text en public mphil masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam
institution Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
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topic TH Building construction
TH Building construction
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TH Building construction
Zawawi, Mardhiah
Effectiveness of industrialised building system (IBS) implementation for Malaysian Construction Industry
description Generally, the used of Industrialised Building System (IBS) in construction industry throughout the world has positive perceptions on improving the overall construction industry performance. Therefore, Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has been actively promoting the use of Industrialised Building System (IBS) in Malaysian Construction Industry since 1998. Unfortunately, the used of IBS for building project in Malaysia is still limited if compared to CIDB's target. In view to this limitation, this study has been carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of current IBS implementation for Malaysian construction industry through the measurement of acceptance level on the current IBS implementation and also determination of the existing problems faced by construction industry related to the IBS implementation. The methodologies adopted for this study are interview with expert panels and questionnaire survey. The result of this study revealed that current promotion on IBS for awareness purposes is effective but unfortunately the application is still very limited since it only covers certain elements. Not all practitioners can accept it implementation especially company and personnel with less experiences in handling IBS project. It is recommended that the relevant institution which produce young engineer for construction sector must provide a syllabus on IBS which cover technical, business process, and all aspect which needed for effective IBS implementation. This can generates wider range of application of IBS product within the industry
format Thesis
qualification_name Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level Master's degree
author Zawawi, Mardhiah
author_facet Zawawi, Mardhiah
author_sort Zawawi, Mardhiah
title Effectiveness of industrialised building system (IBS) implementation for Malaysian Construction Industry
title_short Effectiveness of industrialised building system (IBS) implementation for Malaysian Construction Industry
title_full Effectiveness of industrialised building system (IBS) implementation for Malaysian Construction Industry
title_fullStr Effectiveness of industrialised building system (IBS) implementation for Malaysian Construction Industry
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of industrialised building system (IBS) implementation for Malaysian Construction Industry
title_sort effectiveness of industrialised building system (ibs) implementation for malaysian construction industry
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
granting_department Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam
publishDate 2009
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3788/1/24p%20MARDHIAH%20ZAWAWI.pdf
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