IBS and its barriers in malaysia(By vila)

IBS often misinterpreted with negative image due to its unattractive architecture, Rahman & Omar (2006). Aside from that, IBS are not familiar or make a deep impact in the industry due to other factors, viz:-

• IBS is not favourable and popular among designers
• Lack of understanding of among designers, client and contractors
• Slow adoption among contractors with the available systems and high degree of skills, mechanism, coordination and logistic for transportation and erection of the system.
• The lest standardized and non-concurrent for joints, design, adaptation, chemistry of the components produced coupled with the poor quality and bad aesthetic outlook have make it much harder to promote it within the build communities especially contractors.
• The chances of securing a continuous project from government worries the contractor in term of cash flow where the break event point after investing on IBS system

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