The Global Adoption of Industrialised Building System (IBS): Lessons Learned

Mohd Nasrun Mohd Nawi*, Mohd Affendi Ahmad Pozin, Kamarul Anuar Mohamad Kamar, Angela Lee and Aizul Nahar Harun
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Mohd Nasrun Mohd Nawi*: School of Technology Management & Logistics, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia
Mohd Affendi Ahmad Pozin: School of Technology Management & Logistics, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia
Kamarul Anuar Mohamad Kamar: E&C Innovation Centre, UEM Group Berhad, Malaysia
Angela Lee: School of Built and Human Environment, University of Salford, Greater Manchester M5 4WT, United Kingdom
Aizul Nahar Harun: Department of Management of Technology, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, 54100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The Journal of Social Sciences Research, 2018, 1272-1278 Special Issue: 6

Abstract: Industrialised Building Systems (IBS) is typically used interchangeably with other terms such as prefabrication, offsite manufacturing, offsite construction, and modern method of construction (MMC), industrialised building and industrialised construction. Nevertheless, the term modern method of construction (MMC) has been used to collectively describe both offsite-based construction technologies and innovative onsite technologies in the United Kingdom. It is evident that there exist a wide range of contextual issues which stems from the definition of these terminologies. However, lack of previous research has explored the relationship between these terminologies. Therefore, this paper emphasises the contrasting concepts of IBS and MMC, and concludes that ill-defining the MMC-IBS terms leads to misunderstanding, uncertainty and prejudice of the IBS concept and its benefits besides the adoption of IBS in global, which will be detrimental to efforts promoting the use of IBS in the construction industry.

Keywords: Industrialisation; Modern method of construction (MMC); Industrialised building system (IBS); Global; construction industry. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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