Challenges in the Implementation of Industrialised Building System (IBS) in Klang Valley

¹ Department of Real Estate Management, Faculty of Business and Technology Management, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
² Department of Construction Management, Faculty of Business and Technology Management, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia.

^* Corresponding author: haidaliza@uthm.edu.my

Abstract

Industrialised building system (IBS) in Malaysia has been expanding extensively where the proportion of IBS implementation in government projects was 84% in 2021, compared to 60% in private projects. It was reported that many top developers are currently successfully adopting IBS in their projects with good outcomes. The advantage of IBS implementation in construction projects is mainly the shorter time for project completion which potentially increase efficiency in housing provision. This paper focuses on developers’ perception on the challenges in IBS implementation in the aspect of management. The objectives of this research are to identify the problems perceived by developers in Klang Valley when implementing IBS projects and to give general recommendations to overcome these problems. Quantitative approach was used and structured questionnaires were distributed to 50 developers in Klang Valley. The research indicated that the most prominent problems agreed by developers is in the category of supervision of site workers and also the aspect of logistic that is site monitoring The least problem perceived are in the design and IBS negative image category. Findings from this research is anticipated to give developers some insights on the implementation of IBS towards a more successful IBS project implementation.