A Survey of Industrialised Building System (IBS) Implementation in Malaysian Construction Industry

Tan, Cynthia Li Hui (2021) A Survey of Industrialised Building System (IBS) Implementation in Malaysian Construction Industry. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

The inadequate of housing supply, low productivity level and construction waste issues have prompted the Malaysian construction industry to consider the implementation of Industrialised Building System (IBS). Literally, industrialisation is about supplying large scale housing production with the utilisation of technology to foster the productivity and competency of the construction sector. As such, CIDB has put forward great effort in encouraging the adoption of IBS. Unfortunately, the uptakes of IBS in Malaysian construction sector is still considered low. Hence, this research aims to survey the IBS implementation in Malaysian construction industry with the objectives to determine the readiness, satisfaction and critical success factors for IBS. In this research, both literature review and questionnaire survey were adopted to achieve the research aim and objectives. Descriptive and inferential analysis methods of One-Way ANOVA and Pearson Chi-Square were applied with the use of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23 to analyse the research data. Based on the research results, it revealed that the readiness of construction industry towards IBS still at the average level. Besides, the above average level of satisfaction by construction stakeholders towards IBS represents a good perception had been stimulated to trigger the encouragement. As deprived from research result, construction stakeholders were at the level of agree towards critical success factors for IBS. This indicate that the critical success factors discussed and identified are highly recommence for adoption in order to achieve success in IBS project. In overall, these findings are useful to serve as references for future development of IBS in Malaysia. IBS as an advanced construction approach and technology will be the catalyst that drives Malaysian construction sector moving forward. Therefore, IBS implementation is essential in order to expedite construction sector productivity and thus support the continuous economic growth.