Simulation of industrialised building system formation for housing construction

Industrialised Building System (IBS) is a construction method that offers economisation of design, site work and materials, provides shorter construction time, saving in labour, better quality control, immunity to weather changes and the most importantly, the cost factor. It has been proven successf...

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Main Author: Zainal Abidin@Md. Taib, Ahmad Razin
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/11242/
http://eprints.utm.my/11242/1/AhmadRazinZainalMFKA2007.pdf
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description Industrialised Building System (IBS) is a construction method that offers economisation of design, site work and materials, provides shorter construction time, saving in labour, better quality control, immunity to weather changes and the most importantly, the cost factor. It has been proven successful in some countries such as Finland, Denmark, Netherlands, Singapore, England and the United States (CIDB, 1998). In our country Malaysia, the shorter construction time offered by IBS may seems to be the solution for the housing demand in Malaysia. The aim of this study is to determine the process flow of housing construction that are applying Industrialized Building System (IBS) components for its main structure. For that purpose, sequence process of installation activities for construction of IBS houses has been identified. Witness 2001 simulation software has been applied to model a construction of 300 IBS houses. The most achievable completion time has been examined and at the same time optimum resources for the construction has been identified during the simulation analysis. It is hoped that the widespread understanding on the Industrialised Building System (IBS) can further help to develop and promote IBS as an innovative construction method in Malaysia.
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spelling utm-112422018-08-26T04:52:59Z http://eprints.utm.my/11242/ Simulation of industrialised building system formation for housing construction Zainal Abidin@Md. Taib, Ahmad Razin HD Industries. Land use. Labor HD28 Management. Industrial Management TH Building construction Industrialised Building System (IBS) is a construction method that offers economisation of design, site work and materials, provides shorter construction time, saving in labour, better quality control, immunity to weather changes and the most importantly, the cost factor. It has been proven successful in some countries such as Finland, Denmark, Netherlands, Singapore, England and the United States (CIDB, 1998). In our country Malaysia, the shorter construction time offered by IBS may seems to be the solution for the housing demand in Malaysia. The aim of this study is to determine the process flow of housing construction that are applying Industrialized Building System (IBS) components for its main structure. For that purpose, sequence process of installation activities for construction of IBS houses has been identified. Witness 2001 simulation software has been applied to model a construction of 300 IBS houses. The most achievable completion time has been examined and at the same time optimum resources for the construction has been identified during the simulation analysis. It is hoped that the widespread understanding on the Industrialised Building System (IBS) can further help to develop and promote IBS as an innovative construction method in Malaysia. 2007-11 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/11242/1/AhmadRazinZainalMFKA2007.pdf Zainal Abidin@Md. Taib, Ahmad Razin (2007) Simulation of industrialised building system formation for housing construction. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering.
spellingShingle HD Industries. Land use. Labor
HD28 Management. Industrial Management
TH Building construction
Zainal Abidin@Md. Taib, Ahmad Razin
Simulation of industrialised building system formation for housing construction
title Simulation of industrialised building system formation for housing construction
title_full Simulation of industrialised building system formation for housing construction
title_fullStr Simulation of industrialised building system formation for housing construction
title_full_unstemmed Simulation of industrialised building system formation for housing construction
title_short Simulation of industrialised building system formation for housing construction
title_sort simulation of industrialised building system formation for housing construction
topic HD Industries. Land use. Labor
HD28 Management. Industrial Management
TH Building construction
url http://eprints.utm.my/11242/
http://eprints.utm.my/11242/1/AhmadRazinZainalMFKA2007.pdf