The Augmented Reality (AR) in Malaysian Construction Industry

Yap, Wai Mei (2019) The Augmented Reality (AR) in Malaysian Construction Industry. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

Building construction sector directly determines the performance of the economy in Malaysia. Hence, the success of the construction project is the critical factor to determine the performance of the Malaysian Construction Industry. A building project is considered successful when it accomplishes with cost, time and quality. Nevertheless, some of the building construction in Malaysia has plagued with cost overruns, uncontrolled and unrealistic schedule, poor workmanship, accidents and conflicts. In order to solve these problems, the construction industry shall introduce advanced information technology to increase the productivity and the success rate in the construction project. Therefore, the new technology called Augmented Reality (AR) now beginning to invest in Malaysian Construction Industry. The first research objective which is to study on the application of Augmented Reality (AR) in Pre-Construction Planning and Design and the second research objective which is to determine the usage, benefits, challenges and barriers of applying Augmented Reality (AR) in Pre-Construction Planning and Design will be identify in order to form the content of this study. Furthermore, literature review and questionnaire survey will carry out as a research methodology to achieve the aim and objective of the study. From the result obtained from the questionnaire, the benefits of using AR in project development, most of the respondents agree that AR provides better understanding even complex project is proposed. Furthermore, as referred to the questionnaire feedback, most of the respondents agree that AR can clearly explain the building design from interior and exterior during project design. Lastly, most of the respondents agree that AR able to increase the efficiency of measurement during project planning. On the other hand, there are also several challenges and barriers that make Malaysian Construction Industry refuse to use the new technology of AR. Most of the respondents have chosen high cost as the barriers to use AR. In addition, the suggestions and recommendations also provided which is providing seminars, training and education on the new technology of AR to increase the usage of AR technology in the Malaysian Construction Industry. Henceforth, this may enhance the understanding of construction parties on the AR technology. In short, this study is to contribute to the construction industry in Malaysia in a way of applying AR technology to solve the problem arise in the construction industry.