Factors impeding the industrialized building system (IBS) implementation of building construction in Malaysia

Abstract

In Malaysian construction industry, Industrialised Building System (IBS) has been introduced to replace the traditional construction method. While the government has been making significant efforts to encourage the IBS adoption, the uptake of IBS in Malaysia construction projects remains low. This study seeks to identify the barriers to the uptake of IBS and to propose the strategies to enhance the implementation IBS in Malaysian housing construction process from the perspectives of consultants. Interviews were conducted with five selected experienced individuals who were working with consultants (civil and structure engineer and quantity surveyor). The results revealed that, lack of knowledge and insufficient skilled workers are the main factors that impede the IBS uptake in Malaysia. Meanwhile, the most strategy proposed by the interviewees is to increase the facilities and incentives in order to expand research and development in IBS.

An Empirical Investigation to EnhancingConstruction Site Performance Through Efficient Material Waste Mitigation in the Malaysian Construction Industry

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Challenges in the Implementation of Industrialised Building System (IBS) in Klang Valley

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A thematic Review on Industrialised Building System (IBS) Publications from 2015-2019: Analysis of Patterns and Trends for Future Studies of IBS in Malaysia

“…The competency of architectural firms in Malaysia and the competence of the project manager (Jabar et al, 2015) were also discussed and categorised as an application pattern. Md. Ali et al (2018) highlighted the lack of skilled workers and mentality among industry key players as the main reason for the impending acceptance of the IBS system.…”

“…29 (1): 635 -652 ( 2021) key players (Nasrun & Nawi, 2015) and investigating factors of delays (Nawi et al, 2019) . In summary, issues and problems can be categorised into procurement (Fateh et al, 2020) management (Fauzi et al, 2017;Noor et al, 2018); and system (Ern et al, 2017;Md. Ali et al, 2018;Razak & Awang, 2014).…”

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