A review on the current issues and barriers of Industrialised Building System (IBS) adoption in Malaysia’s construction industry

Amin, Mohamad Ariff Mohd; Abas, Nor Haslinda; Shahidan, Shahiron; Rahmat, Muhamad Hanafi; Suhaini, N A; Nagapan, Sasitharan; Rahim, Ruzairi Abdul

doi:10.1088/1757-899x/271/1/012031

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“…The issues on communication are associated with cost, time, product, design, safety, profit, business performance, and relationship (Yunus et al, 2016). Despite the challenges, another group of researchers suggested that technology transfer or benchmarking on IBS construction and exchange of information to be among the best practices for successful systems (Amin et al, 2017). To further support this suggestion, a recent study revealed issues of IBS using conventional contracts like PWD or PAM contracts which were found to be unsuitable for work and procurement of IBS (H. L. T. Ariffin et al, 2019) Nevertheless, the issues and challenges pattern is among the most popular publications or research conducted by IBS researchers in Malaysia, considering the adversarial factors involved among the key players in the construction issues in Malaysia.…”

Section: Issues and Problemsmentioning

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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

Zairul¹

2021

JSSH

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IBS has been theoretically and practically proven to improve the construction delivery apart from reducing the lead of time and cost throughout its supply chain. Under the Malaysian Construction Industry Transformation Programme (CITP) 2016-2020, it is stated that the government is accelerating the adoption of IBS through mechanisation and modern practices. Despite the government’s initiative, there have been relatively small amounts of materials published discussing the patterns in IBS publications in Malaysia and what the future holds for IBS. This paper explores a thematic review of the literature regarding new definitions and patterns that juxtaposes IBS in the construction industry in Malaysia from 2015 till 2019 by using the thematic review. The findings from the code-to-document analysis using ATLAS.ti 8 found that the patterns and trends on IBS from the year 2015 to 2019. This paper contributes to analysing the patterns and trends of IBS by identifying the thematic code within IBS publications for recommendations of future studies on IBS in Malaysia.

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Section: Issues and Problemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Zairul¹

2021

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“…The practices of a progress payment to the contractors in IBS project might not be paid in a similar method as a traditional project since the preliminary budget in unequal. Therefore, it is crucial for the contractor to obtain the preliminary payment for project sustainability and this recommendation is suggested by many researchers such as Dzulkalnine (2016) andMohd Amin et al (2017a). Provide procurement mechanisms and strategy for IBS adaption should be adequately and updated on all relevant project documentation.…”

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Improving Contractors’Practices of Industrialized BuildingSystem (IBS) Implementation in Construction Industry

Kasim¹,

Al-Sham²,

Latiff³

et al. 2019

JTMB

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Nowadays, the Malaysian construction industry is moving forward to roll out technology advantage across project life-cycle for enhancing human development skills. Therefore, the government has adopted industrialized building systems (IBS) to enhance control and balance of workforce supply for overall project performance achievement. However, the challenges faced by the construction industry such as delay the completion of construction projects was due to poor contractors' practices. In addition, there are significant challenges related to contractors' practices for instance shortage of skill, practical know-how, worker capability, and financial difficulties in IBS implementation. Therefore the purpose of this study was to identify current practices and influencing factors of contractors' practices for IBS implementation in the construction industry. This study also determines the improved ways of contractors' practices for IBS implementation in the construction industry. The study was conducted in Johor Bahru, Johor where various development and construction activities are currently active. Quantitative method was conducted by distribution the questionnaires to Grade 7 (G7) contractors as study respondents which involved wide practices of IBS construction projects. Data collected were analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) 22.0 software. The study reveals that, the problems faced by contractors in their practices of IBS implementation such as low productivity, management aspects, and financial problems. Therefore, training to labour, IBS instruction guideline and improving finance, and procurement mechanism are the top recommended factors to improve contractors' practices for successful IBS implementation. In conclusion, with the improvement of contractors' practices, the productivity of IBS implementation in the construction industry can be improved.

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“…The IBS classes, identification, structural aspects, systems definition and utilisation of IBS is summarised in Table 1. The IBS implementation since early 1960s unfortunately found to be inappropriate for Malaysia's climate due to imported materials and method used will cause leakage and gaps in walls that came to light and currently the construction using IBS is slower than expected [9,14,22,23]. Thus, in 1990s, prefabricated components had been applied to IBS as new approach and recently followed by sustainable green materials after Paris climate summit 2016 as specified in second IBS roadmap for sustainability, quality, efficiency and competency achievement [9,24].…”

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“…Beyond quality management and improved completion time, modular construction offers numerous other benefits to owners which include removing approximately 80% of the building construction activity from the site location [22]. The benefits of modular construction as mentioned by previous researchers are speed assembled [2,6,10,17,22,29], enhanced productivity [6,16,29], high quality and safe working environment [2,10,16,17,22,29,30], better architectural appearance [16], vehicular traffic [22], new technologies testing [10,30], innovative [22], efficient and cost-effective [16,17,22], rapid construction [10,16], reduce overall cost [2,16,29], greater flexibility and reuse [22], enhanced durability [16], better engineered building and Building Information Modelling [22], economies [27], customization [27], environmental friendly and sustainability [2,6,10,17,22,29,30]. The adoption of prefabricated components has faced barriers such as the unattractive perception from the public, unstable and difficulty of coordinating delivery syste...…”

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A Review on Prefab Industrialised Building System Modular Construction in Malaysia: The Perspective of Non-structural Studies

Chai

Tan

Chow³

et al. 2018

Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering

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Prefab modular construction approach is a well-established volumetric structural product through off-site prefabrication at factory. Modular construction approach builds confidents to promote sustainability in construction industry development and is beneficial to the environment ecosystem. The study explored and discussed on various non-structural perspective of IBS modular construction in Malaysia. The study aims to investigate the importance of the implementation of IBS modular construction in Malaysia as rapid efficient construction process and poised to help the Malaysia construction industry grow to solve the housing demand impacts. The study presented the definition, prefabrication technology, history, benefits, barriers and issues, application and characteristics of modular construction in the Malaysian construction industry through literature review. Based on the literature reviewed, the existing IBS practices in Malaysia is still low in application and modular construction practice currently had gained popularity worldwide and been proven as rapid and efficient construction method in IBS trend. Therefore, the existing IBS practices in Malaysia must be strategized towards more efficient and rapid construction method due to its numerous benefits and characteristics. The findings of this study will contribute to the transformation of existing construction practices to modern modular construction approach and proposed the future study on modular construction in structural perspectives.

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A review on the current issues and barriers of Industrialised Building System (IBS) adoption in Malaysia’s construction industry

Cited by 14 publications

References 5 publications

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

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

Improving Contractors’Practices of Industrialized BuildingSystem (IBS) Implementation in Construction Industry

A Review on Prefab Industrialised Building System Modular Construction in Malaysia: The Perspective of Non-structural Studies

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