NAME: LIM JIANN JONQ

NO.MATRIC: 161200414

According to CIDB, Industrialized building system can be defined as a construction system which
components are manufactured in a factory, on or off site, positioned and assembled into structure
with minimal additional site work. Malaysia has adopted industrialized building system (IBS) and
applied it in projects such as Pekelilings Flats in Kuala Lumpur in 1964 and Taman Tun Sardon,
Gelugor in Penang in 1965. However, the projects had brought bad reputation to IBS as European
systems used were not appropriate for Malaysian wet toilets and bathrooms. However, the projects
had brought bad reputation to IBS as European systems used were not appropriate for Malaysian
wet toilets and bathrooms.

IBS also can be defined as a building system which involves industrialized production of
building elements or components as well as erection and assembly of these elements into a desired
building structure through mechanical means using as little in-situ construction as possible. The
manufacturing of the components is systematically done using machine, formworks and other
forms of mechanical equipment.

CIDB has divided IBS into five types:

1. Precast concrete framing, panel and box system which contain precast column, beams, slabs,
3-D components (balconies, staircase, toilets, lift chambers), permanent concrete formwork.

2. Steel formwork systems which contain tunnel forms, beams and columns moulding forms,
permanent steel formwork, metal decks.

3. Steel framing systems which include steel beams and columns, portal frames, roof trusses.

4. Prefabricated Timber Framing Systems which contain timber frames, roof trusses.

5. Block Work Systems which contain interlocking concrete masonry units (CMU), lightweight
concrete blocks.

IBS has many advantages such as high quality and good acceptance, cost and time
efficiency, safety, cleanliness and neatness and social benefits. Foreign workers posed many
problems, for instance, money outflow to other countries, social problems, low quality and
productivity works.

The population of Malaysia has been growing at a very fast pace this in turn has cause the
demand of residential houses to increase. This means that the conventional way of building might
not able to cope with the current demand as it takes more time to complete the project compared to
IBS. Hence, IBS has been proposed in several studies as the solution to reduce construction time,
reduce the dependency on foreign workers in construction industry, enhance the quality of
buildings and provide safer working environment to attract the local workers.

As a conclusion, the main advantage of IBS is it reduced the construction time of the
project. IBS also minimized usage of timber formwork at site. Lastly, IBS enhanced quality of
building, reduced solid waste and number of workers at site besides reduced air pollution at site.