Selection criteria frameword for choosing industrialized building systems for housing projects

Abdullah, MR; Egbu, CO

Abstract

An Industrialized Building System (IBS) has been accepted as an innovation strategy to assist in overcoming key problems in the Malaysian housing sector. The manufacturers and producers of IBS have claimed that their systems have a multitude of advantages and benefits. The selection criteria used to choose the appropriate type of IBS for housing projects have been identified as one the critical issues in the decision-making process at the conceptual stage of using IBS. The criteria such as cost, time and quality play a major role in the selection tasks. Through a literature review, this paper highlights the criteria that have been considered in the adoption of IBS in the UK and in the Malaysian construction industry. It also reviews existing choosing types of IBS. It is concluded that a wide perspective and an extensive variety of factors may contribute to the impact of the effectiveness of the decision-making process associated with the selection of type of IBS. These include the structure and design, site
orientation, safety, client perspectives, environmental issues and sustainability, organizational issues and risk. This paper recommends that a structured and holistically approach in decision-making for selecting the type of IBS is important and needed in housing projects and in the Malaysian construction industry.

Citation

Abdullah, M., & Egbu, C. (2010, September). Selection criteria frameword for choosing industrialized building systems for housing projects. Presented at 26th Annual ARCOM Conference, Leeds, UK,

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: 26th Annual ARCOM Conference
• Conference Location: Leeds, UK,
• Start Date: Sep 6, 2010
• End Date: Sep 8, 2010
• Publication Date: Sep 6, 2010
• Deposit Date: Sep 23, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 5, 2016
• Publisher URL: http://www.arcom.ac.uk/publications/procs/ar2010-1131-1139_Abdullah_and_Egbu.pdf
• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference