Improvement for significant clauses in the standard form of contract for industrialized building system construction

Abstract

Industrialized Building System (IBS) has been introduced in Malaysia since the 1960s. The government has come out with varies strategic blueprint to push IBS as a national agenda. Unfortunately, the pace of adaptation of IBS is still slow and below the government’s target. Construction players are still facing various issues when adopting IBS particularly on contractual and procurement aspects; thus it contributes to the low adoption of IBS in Malaysia. Lack of provision in the Malaysia standard form of contract is one of the issues. There are six (6) significant clauses in the Malaysia standard form of contract that can be improved to make it more conducive to IBS construction approach. Therefore this research will attempt to investigate the factors of improvement for the six (6) significant clauses in the standard form of contract with IBS construction. A semi-structured interview was used in the data collection exercise. The study revealed that there are eleven (11) factors of improvement for the six (6) significant clauses in the standard form of contract with IBS construction approach. The findings will be useful in order to enhance the local standard form of contract to suit the IBS construction approach hence able to accelerate the adoption of IBS construction 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

“…Besides, sustainability and generating economic turnover were some of the obstacles mentioned in the industry (Shamsuddin et al, 2018). Moreover, there is also a suggestion to review the existing standard form of contract to suit the IBS system in Malaysia (Fateh et al, 2020). This suggestion was previously asserted by H. L. T. Ariffin et al (2019) on the importance of having dedicated procurement specialised in IBS.…”

“…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).…”

Pembinaan Konstruk Instrumen Penilaian Pasca Penghunian Untuk Perumahan Bertingkat Yang Dibina Menggunakan Kaedah Sistem Binaan Berindustri (Ibs)

“…Salah satu dari teknologi yang semakin berkembang dan mendapat perhatian dalam era IR 4.0 adalah teknologi Sistem Binaan Berindustri (IBS) yang merangkumi komponen pasang siap serta modular. Menurut Lembaga Pembangunan Industri Pembinaan Malaysia (CIDB), IBS secara umumnya dirujuk sebagai kaedah pembinaan di mana komponen dibina secara prasiap sama ada di tapak mahupun di kilang dan kemudiannya dipasang kepada struktur dengan kerja tambahan yang minimum [1]. Nawi et.…”

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“…Design specifications put in place by the government, tend to stifle the element of creativity, during efforts to develop new construction methods, which may serve to reduce construction costs. The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) describes IBS as a construction approach, which involves the pre-fabrication of construction components at the plant, prior to their installation on the framework, with the least amount of required effort (Fateh et al, 2020). Rahim and Qureshi (2018) reported that the employment of the IBS approach shortened the construction duration, reduced the need for construction materials on-site, and improved the management of construction waste materials.…”