A Comparative Study between IBS and Traditional Construction Method in Malaysia

Chan, Quan Jing (2023) A Comparative Study between IBS and Traditional Construction Method in Malaysia. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

The demand for affordable housing is increasing but the supply is scarce. This is due to the construction players frequently refused and rarely considered in the adoption of the new methods of construction. In regards to the sustainability of the construction methods used in the industry, the construction players seldom take the environmental impacts into consideration, especially adopting the traditional construction methods. Thus, the Industrialized Building System (IBS), which was one of the new methods that take the environmental impacts into account, is a sustainable construction method that should be emphasized and adopted widespread in the construction industry. In order to overcome the problem of the scarcity in the supply of affordable housing, the Government has decided to speed up the construction of affordable housing by encouraging the construction players to adopt IBS. However, the construction players refused to adopt this method due to the problems resulting in the past projects in the early stage of implementation of IBS in Malaysia. Although there are numerous benefits in implementing the IBS, the weaknesses and impacts as well as the barriers in the implementation really hinder the construction players. Thus, the aim of the research is to determine the critical elements, the overall sustainability, and the weaknesses and impacts of the adoption of IBS in order to increase the confidence of the construction players in adopting the IBS in the construction projects. This research was based on the literature review and data analysis of the questionnaires through Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) such as One-Way ANOVA, Pearson correlation cross tabulation. The questionnaires showed that there were critical elements in adopting the IBS, sustainability elements provided by the IBS-built housing, as well as the impacts of moving the IBS into the construction of affordable housing. Overall, these findings could be useful and increase the confidence of the construction players to apply this method in the future projects in Malaysia to expedite construction sector productivity and subsequently support the continuous economic growth.