Abstract
The problems of Industrialised Building System (IBS) associated with construction such as decreasing quality and productivity, unskilled labour, occupational safety, and inferior working conditions have hampered on the implementation of IBS in Malaysia but opened the possibility of more revolutionary solutions within the industry. One of the prospective options is the implementation of automation and robotics in IBS. Integrating automation and robotics into the design, manufacturing and construction processes of IBS offers not the only improvement in accuracy, consistency and efficiency, but also opportunity to improve the construction industry regarding productivity, safety, quality and increase the implementation rate of IBS in Malaysia. All the data and information gathered directly from libraries, books, articles and other printed materials searched in the international and national journals, proceeding and bulletin. This paper aims to identify the potential criteria for measurement of automation and robotics in IBS.
Highlights
Throughout the years, private projects and the huge-scale public have dominated the activities of the Malaysian construction sector, driven by authorities and government shareholder efforts to enforce following five-year plans targeted at turning into a developed nation
Extensive use of modern and high technology tools is able to support the different Industrialised Building System (IBS) processes by enabling more accurate documents and good conditions for an effective production where errors are discovered early and problems in the manufacturing and assembly phases can be avoided (Noor et al, 2018) In meeting the government's agenda of transforming Malaysia to be a developed nation with a sustainable high-income economy, the Construction Industry Transformation Program (CITP) was developed to enact a transformation of the construction industry into one which is modern and updated; and act as the catalyst in generating a succession of interlinked multiplier effects on a host of sectors (CIDB, 2016; Mahbub, 2016)
It is crucial to promote the uptake of IBS in Malaysia along with strong human capital development to undertake the industrialized construction work by increasing technology and modern Practices focusing more on Automation and Robotics
Summary
Throughout the years, private projects and the huge-scale public have dominated the activities of the Malaysian construction sector, driven by authorities and government shareholder efforts to enforce following five-year plans targeted at turning into a developed nation. The 11th Malaysia Plan (11MP), covering the years between 2016 to 2020, focuses on transforming the construction industry to be environmentally sustainable, highly productive, with globally competitive players while focused on safety and quality standards among other economic areas ( Ali et al, 2018). Low productivity, dependency on foreign workers and high level of construction wastage still being the major issues in the industry (Abd Rashid et al, 2018a). This relatively low productivity level reflects the industry needs to adopt modern technologies and practices (CIDB, 2016).
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