Cost comparison for construction of house using conventional and interlocking block method

The population growth in Malaysia has contributed to the increasing number of construction industry for building and residential area. However, the rising price for building materials has influence the rising price of housing. This issue has affected the small construction industries in Malaysia esp...

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Main Author:	Siti Aishah, Mat Ali
Format:	Undergraduates Project Papers
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	TH Building construction
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7954/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7954/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7954/1/SITI_AISHAH_BINTI_MAT_ALI.PDF

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spelling	ump-79542016-07-14T01:20:18Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7954/ Cost comparison for construction of house using conventional and interlocking block method Siti Aishah, Mat Ali TH Building construction The population growth in Malaysia has contributed to the increasing number of construction industry for building and residential area. However, the rising price for building materials has influence the rising price of housing. This issue has affected the small construction industries in Malaysia especially in housing construction. Thus, many developers and parties are trying to find ways to construct affordable houses with shortest time. However, most of them are not aware about new method of construction which is interlocking block method. By using this method, many problems can be overcome especially the duration of construction and offers good solution in construction of affordable housing. The aim of this project is to make a feasibility study on interlocking block building system as an alternative to conventional building system for affordable housing. A sample of single storay house was chosen to calculate the cost of project which is applies conventional and interlocking block method. The difference in cost is compared using bill of quantity calculation and questionnaire method. Briefly, the results show that from survey, interlocking block system help to reduce cost and can be save up to 11.36% and 2.6% from bill of quantity calculation method. From these findings, interlocking block building system can overcome the wastage of formwork problem and reduce the number of skilled labor. Indirectly the cost of construction can be reduced. 2012-06 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7954/1/SITI_AISHAH_BINTI_MAT_ALI.PDF Siti Aishah, Mat Ali (2012) Cost comparison for construction of house using conventional and interlocking block method. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Earth Resources, Universiti Malaysia Pahang . http://iportal.ump.edu.my/lib/item?id=chamo:76503&theme=UMP2
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description	The population growth in Malaysia has contributed to the increasing number of construction industry for building and residential area. However, the rising price for building materials has influence the rising price of housing. This issue has affected the small construction industries in Malaysia especially in housing construction. Thus, many developers and parties are trying to find ways to construct affordable houses with shortest time. However, most of them are not aware about new method of construction which is interlocking block method. By using this method, many problems can be overcome especially the duration of construction and offers good solution in construction of affordable housing. The aim of this project is to make a feasibility study on interlocking block building system as an alternative to conventional building system for affordable housing. A sample of single storay house was chosen to calculate the cost of project which is applies conventional and interlocking block method. The difference in cost is compared using bill of quantity calculation and questionnaire method. Briefly, the results show that from survey, interlocking block system help to reduce cost and can be save up to 11.36% and 2.6% from bill of quantity calculation method. From these findings, interlocking block building system can overcome the wastage of formwork problem and reduce the number of skilled labor. Indirectly the cost of construction can be reduced.
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author	Siti Aishah, Mat Ali
author_facet	Siti Aishah, Mat Ali
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title	Cost comparison for construction of house using conventional and interlocking block method
title_short	Cost comparison for construction of house using conventional and interlocking block method
title_full	Cost comparison for construction of house using conventional and interlocking block method
title_fullStr	Cost comparison for construction of house using conventional and interlocking block method
title_full_unstemmed	Cost comparison for construction of house using conventional and interlocking block method
title_sort	cost comparison for construction of house using conventional and interlocking block method
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Cost comparison for construction of house using conventional and interlocking block method

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