Construction quality of school buildings using the Industrialised Building System (IBS)

One of the major problems in the Malaysian construction industry is the shortage of skilled labour. Due to this shortage, many contractors have resorted to employing semi-skilled and unskilled labourers thus resulting in poor workmanship in construction. To overcome this and its related problems, th...

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Main Authors:	Ali, Maisarah, Jaafar, Ab Nasir, Kamaruddin, Ibrahim, Abdul Rahman , Hamzah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Construction Research Institute of Malaysia 2012
Subjects:	TH Building construction
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/27767/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/27767/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/27767/1/maisarah.pdf

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spelling	iium-277672013-10-28T04:13:26Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/27767/ Construction quality of school buildings using the Industrialised Building System (IBS) Ali, Maisarah Jaafar, Ab Nasir Kamaruddin, Ibrahim Abdul Rahman , Hamzah TH Building construction One of the major problems in the Malaysian construction industry is the shortage of skilled labour. Due to this shortage, many contractors have resorted to employing semi-skilled and unskilled labourers thus resulting in poor workmanship in construction. To overcome this and its related problems, the Malaysian Government through the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) presently encouraged the IBS method of construction by the industry. With this initiative in place, it is expected that the quality of construction in buildings will be further improved. The aim of this study is to assess the quality of selected school buildings in Malaysia constructed using the Industrialised Building System (IBS) method of construction and comparing it with the quality of buildings constructed using conventional construction methods. This study involves the physical inspection of buildings, an analysis of the defect lists obtained from the relevant authorities and a questionnaire survey circulated to end users to obtain a feedback on their perception on the quality of the completed buildings. The results of this study demonstrate that the quality of IBS-constructed buildings had substantially better quality as compared to those constructed by the conventional methods. The result of the study together with numerous other studies on the IBS construction method would encourage the Malaysian construction players to increase the use of IBS in future construction projects. Keywords: Quality, Industrialised Building System, Conventional construction method, School buildings Construction Research Institute of Malaysia 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/27767/1/maisarah.pdf Ali, Maisarah and Jaafar, Ab Nasir and Kamaruddin, Ibrahim and Abdul Rahman , Hamzah (2012) Construction quality of school buildings using the Industrialised Building System (IBS). Malaysian Construction Research Journal, 11 (2). pp. 21-35. ISSN 1985-3807 http://1bina.my/exchanger/7/details
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description	One of the major problems in the Malaysian construction industry is the shortage of skilled labour. Due to this shortage, many contractors have resorted to employing semi-skilled and unskilled labourers thus resulting in poor workmanship in construction. To overcome this and its related problems, the Malaysian Government through the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) presently encouraged the IBS method of construction by the industry. With this initiative in place, it is expected that the quality of construction in buildings will be further improved. The aim of this study is to assess the quality of selected school buildings in Malaysia constructed using the Industrialised Building System (IBS) method of construction and comparing it with the quality of buildings constructed using conventional construction methods. This study involves the physical inspection of buildings, an analysis of the defect lists obtained from the relevant authorities and a questionnaire survey circulated to end users to obtain a feedback on their perception on the quality of the completed buildings. The results of this study demonstrate that the quality of IBS-constructed buildings had substantially better quality as compared to those constructed by the conventional methods. The result of the study together with numerous other studies on the IBS construction method would encourage the Malaysian construction players to increase the use of IBS in future construction projects. Keywords: Quality, Industrialised Building System, Conventional construction method, School buildings
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author	Ali, Maisarah Jaafar, Ab Nasir Kamaruddin, Ibrahim Abdul Rahman , Hamzah
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title	Construction quality of school buildings using the Industrialised Building System (IBS)
title_short	Construction quality of school buildings using the Industrialised Building System (IBS)
title_full	Construction quality of school buildings using the Industrialised Building System (IBS)
title_fullStr	Construction quality of school buildings using the Industrialised Building System (IBS)
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publisher	Construction Research Institute of Malaysia
publishDate	2012
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Construction quality of school buildings using the Industrialised Building System (IBS)

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