Feasibility Study of Ibs in Sarawak

Feasibility Study of IBS in Sarawak Afdal Haziq bin Mohamad Salehe incision of Civil, Faculty of Engineering, University Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak Abstract This is a feasibility conduct of industrialized make System (IBS) in Sarawak. IBS murder in Sarawak is dummy up slow and thus this schooling is carried on to discover the computes that cause the problem so that proper solution can be carried on.The aim of the study is to ontogenesis the IBS effectuation in Sarawak so that productivity and quality of the social structure projects in this state can be improved. In arrangement to come upon the aim, three objectives need to be met which atomic number 18 1) To understand the concept of industrialised Building System (IBS) 2) To identify the challenges of implementation of IBS in Sarawak 3) To find the solutions to overcome the barriers thus, ensure that IBS implementation in Sarawak can be improved.Collection of nurture is done by distribution of questionnaires to important constructions players such as engineers, consultants, supervisors and architects from construction grades within Kota Samarahan and Kuching City. The results determined the fine factors of challenges as well up as determination the solutions to improve the IBS implementation based on the level of agreements of the respondents. As a result, this study has determined the critical factor of barrier and challenges which slow down the IBS progress in Sarawak is the apprisedness factor especially amongst the contractors.Besides, the study also found the solutions in term of awareness, acquaintance, apostrophize, acceptance and mapping of the government in order to improve the IBS progress in the construction industry in Sarawak. The decision of this study hopefully entrust be helpful for further future research as well as destination for the authority in order to improve the IBS implementation in Sarawak. Keywords Industrialised Building System INTRO DUCTION Construction industries play important roles in the development of buildings as well as stintingal of a country.According to the report by CIDB (2000), it is highlighted that construction sector are much than just economic where as the products of construction whether directly or indirectly through provision of bigger infrastructure and buildings has contributed more often than not towards the production of wealth as well as increasing quality of life of the citizen 1. With the increasing familiarity and experiences of construction technology, now, many construction can be done faster with reduce cost, but still with optimized quality.One of the construction technologies that go been developing in many countries is precast concrete or as cognize as Industrial Building System (IBS). IBS is basically pre-cast concrete components where it is later on installed together to bewilder a building or structure. It also may be defined as construction which carcass components ar e manufactured in a factory, on or off berth, positioned and assembled into structures with minimal additional site work. The construction concrete components will be produce off-site and then will be transported to the construction site and assemble 2.In Malaysia, IBS has been introduced in early 1964 by Ministry of Local Government and Housing. The Ministry aims to provide low cost houses for low income citizens group. Since then, housing programmes for low income citizens is being carried on and by 1966, the Ministry has launched two pilot project in two major cities which are Pekeliling Flats in Kuala Lumpur and Rifle Range Road Flats in Penang. However, Pekeliling Flats in Kuala Lumpur has been pulverize to be replaced by new development 3.With the latest 9th Malaysia proposal 2006-2010, as government are aware of the benefits that come from the application of IBS, many encouragement of IBS drill have been conduct. Two of the latest major initiatives are the release of the Treasury bank bill Letter No. 7 Year 2008 and the announcement of the Action Plan for IBS Implementation in Government Projects (Pelan Tindakan Pelaksanaan IBS dalam Projek-Projek Kerajaan)4. It replaces the earlier instruction released on 6th July 2005 by Treasury for the usage of 50 percent IBS content in all government projects.Released on 31st October 2008, the Treasury Circular Letter was issued to all Secretary Generals, Heads of Federal Department, State Secretaries, Heads of Federal Statutory Bodies as well as to all local authorities. The essence of the instruction is the usage of Open Building, Malaysian Control radiation diagram and 70 percent IBS Score for all projects. Agencies are required to submit periodical reports of IBS project implementation to the rudimentary monitoring agency. Exemptions are offered for certain classes of projects and the IBS Centre will function as the main technical reference centre.Sarawak, which is one of the fast developing states in Mal aysia, constructions are happening all over the parts of the state. However, applications of IBS in the construction industries in Sarawak are still far left behind. Sarawak just implemented IBS after a few decades after the introduction of IBS in Malaysia in 1964, as several(prenominal) projects using IBS was started in 2006 in Kuching areas 5. Therefore, this study was performed in order to increase the IBS implementation in Sarawak so that productivity and quality of the constructions projects in this state can be improve.The aim of this research is to improve the IBS implementation in Sarawak so that productivity and quality of the constructions projects in this state can be optimized. In order to succeed this aim, several objectives must(prenominal) be met which are i. To understand the concept of Industrialised Building System (IBS) ii. To identify the challenges of implementation of IBS in Sarawak. iii. To find the solutions to overcome the barriers to ensure that IBS imple mentation in Sarawak can be improved. 2. research methodologySecondary data will be needed in literature review part which aims to achieve the first objective which is to increase the understanding of the IBS concept. Primary data will be a strong evidence to achieve the consequence objectives which is identification of challenges of implementation of IBS in Sarawak. This will also help in achieving the third objective which is finding the solution to overcome the barriers in improving the implementation of IBS in Sarawak. Three approaches have been lineout for this study to gathering the relevant data. The approaches are i. Literature review i. Questionnaires Literature Review Literature review in this study is important in term of gathering the secondary data. This is to increase the resourceful nurture needed for this study for better understanding. The informations is gathered from wide range of media such as books, guidelines, previous thesis, journals, and new articles rela ted to Industrialise Building System (IBS) and company related to them in Sarawak or Malaysia such as SCIB and CIDB. This also helped in achieving the first objectives which aim of increasing the understanding of IBS concept.Questionnaires List if question has been prepared for the purpose of collecting aboriginal data. Questionnaire can be an efficient data collection tool when the researcher knows exactly on the information that is needed and how o measure the variables of interest. Thus, all questions should be clear, understandable and obtain no ambiguity. Data check has been done after the questionnaires had been collected. In the process of data validation, the responses obtained from the questionnaires have been for accuracy and suitability for his research purpose.Respondents for the questionnaire in this research are site workers, site engineers, site supervisors, foremen, management staff and production manager of several sites in Sarawak. The questionnaire has been give n by hand to the respondents for determining the barrier and challenges of implementation of IBS in Sarawak. This is to gather information and evidence which is not available from literature review. In order to achieve the second objectives, Part B of the questionnaires which is on the challenges and barrier of IBS implementation has been filled by respondent who involved in construction field.In order to achieve the third objective which is to find the solutions in improving IBS implementation in Sarawak, Part C is provided which discussed on the suggestion and solutions criteria which have been filled by the respondent based on their level of agreement. The questionnaires have been given to various experience construction player such as developer contractors, consultant and supplier in Sarawak. This is to obtain their pc involve has been based on their experience in construction industry. Data abstract Method The data collected from the questionnaires will be analyzed by using Li kert Scaling method. 3. esult and raillery accusing (i) To understand the concept of Industrialised Building System (IBS) The first objective was achieved by finding and explaining wide informations about IBS and been discussed in Chapter 2, Literature Review. Many resources from internets, journals, project papers as well as newspaper is used in gaining information on IBS. In Chapter 2, starting from definition of IBS, discussion on the history as well as the general knowledge on IBS is discussed. Then, some discussion on current construction method in Malaysian construction industry is carried on to compare the IBS methods with the stodgy method.In addition, more detailed information on IBS is provided such as, IBS in Malaysia and Sarawak which elaborated on the progress of IBS implementation in Malaysia as well as Sarawak, and also the need of IBS which discussed on the reasons why should IBS be implemented. unconnected from that, knowledge on feature of IBS, types of IBS, th e sequence of construction for IBS method, advantages of IBS, and challenges of IBS implementation in Malaysia also been provided in Chapter 2 which is at page 12 until 38. All of this information aims to increase the knowledge and understanding the concept of Industrial Building System (IBS) to a higher level.The knowledge of IBS need to be improves especially amongst the construction players as well as citizens in Sarawak so that IBS implementation in this state can be increase. Objective (ii) To identify the challenges of implementation of IBS in Sarawak As discussed before, Part B of the questionnaires distribution assessment is conducted as to achieve the second objective which is to identify the challenges of implementation of IBS in Sarawak. These factors are the factor that is discussed in Chapter 2 on challenges of IBS implementation in Malaysia 2. Another factor has been add on is Green Building Index (GBI).IBS is more towards GBI as wastage on site is reduced and pollutio ns due to work and progress done on site can be prevented. Green Building Index(GBI) was the world first tropical green tool design and developed by Persatuan Arkitk Malaysia (PAM) and Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia (ACEM). Implementing Green Building Index will need more knowledge and experience since it is also a new tool in the construction industry. There are 5 main factors provided in the Part B section for construction players to rank according to their agreement on challenges of implementation of IBS in Sarawak, which are i.Awareness ii. Knowledge iii. Cost iv. Acceptance v. Green Building Index (GBI) compendium of overall main challenges of IBS implementation in Sarawak Table 1 Scale Index of overall challenges factor by construction players Scale Level of agreement Index 1 Strongly Disagree 3. 31? Min index