MCRJ Volume 17 No. 2 2015

MCRJ Volume 17 No. 2 2015

Format Hardback / 109 pages
ISSN Number 1985 - 3807
 
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  Welcome to the seventeenth issue of Malaysian Construction Research Journal (MCRJ). In this issue, we are pleased to include another six papers that cover wide range of research area in construction industry. The editorial team would like to express our sincere gratitude to all contributing authors and reviewers for their contributions, continuous support and comments. It is hoped that the readers will find informative articles from this edition of MCRJ. In this issue;

Foo Chee Hung, et. al., conduct a study on Industrialised Building System (IBS) adoption in Malaysia. In 2013, the level of IBS adoption was 15.3%; with the adoption level of 61% and 14% for both government and private projects, respectively. The study points out that most targets set in the IBS Roadmap (2011 – 2015) were achieved, such as (i) to sustain the existing IBS score of 70% through to 2015 for government building projects; and (ii) to assist the private sector to attain an average IBS score of 50% by 2012. However, the number of foreign workers did not reduce as it was expected. The buy-in from the private sector is, hence, of necessary if the country’s construction industry is to move towards overall industrialisation.