A Study on the Low Adoption of Industrialised Building System (IBS) in Malaysia Construction Industry

Lai, Kah Yan (2020) A Study on the Low Adoption of Industrialised Building System (IBS) in Malaysia Construction Industry. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

Industrialised Building System (IBS) is not a new system in the Malaysia construction industry. It has been introduced since early 1960 with the first launch of low cost and affordable IBS project named Pekeliling Flat formerly known as Tunku Abdul Rahman Flats located at Kuala Lumpur. The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has been constantly encourage the Malaysia construction industry to use IBS as the construction method rather than utilising conventional construction method. Their intention is to increase the use of IBS as it can further improve the potential, effectiveness and competitiveness of the industry and at the same time reduce the dependency on foreign workers. However, the level of adoption is still consider as low at an unsatisfactory level, even though IBS has been introduced nearly 60 years in Malaysia and CIDB has been persistently advocate the use of IBS. Hence, this research study is carry out to investigate the low adoption of IBS in Malaysia by determine the benefits, barriers and strategies to tackle the problem of low implementation rate of IBS. Data analysis will be carry out by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software to analyse the collected data utilising descriptive statistics method that included frequency distribution and mean score. Every data and information collected can be the key in the success of promoting and increasing the usage of IBS in Malaysia because IBS truly is a method that can help the Malaysia construction industry to evolve to a more systematic, standardised and mechanised construction environment.