Incorporating sustainability in the construction process is essential to protect ecosystems, improves air quality, reduces solid waste, conserves natural resources and improves water quality. This paper discusses the study on enhancing the quality of life by adopting Sustainable Modular Industrialised Building System (IBS) which focuses on the Malaysian construction industry players and stakeholders, building owners and end users need. The sustainability principles in IBS have always maintained the balance between environment and construction, improve human self-respect and encourage economic development to strive for a better quality of life.
Industrialised Building System (IBS) is a construction process that uses standardised building components mass produced in a factory or on site, then transported and assembled into a structure using appropriate machinery and equipment with minimal workers on site with proper planning and integration. IBS is the term used to represent the prefabrication concept in Malaysian construction industry. IBS contributes to sustainability, improves site safety, quality and productivity in the built environment. Since the move towards industrialisation in the construction industry is a global phenomenon, the definitions, classifications, characteristics and concepts of IBS needs to evolve and in line with the global understanding. The main objective of this paper is to study the way forward for IBS (adopting sustainability, degree of industrialisation and modular construction) and revisit the current definitions, classifications, characteristics and concepts in IBS based on comprehensive reviews of previous researches with an explanatory method. Better understanding on the fundamentals and future improvement of IBS will encourage construction industry players to adopt IBS and increase the awareness on IBS.
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