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Readiness for industrialized building system implementation among malaysian architectural firms’ members
Mohd Hanizun Hanafi1, Arniza Abasa2, Fazdliel Aswad Ibrahim3, Shardy Abdullah4.
The Malaysian construction industry has lags behind other industries in terms of
performance that had drawn the attention to implement innovative construction
method like Industrial Building System (IBS). However, the implementation of IBS in
Malaysia remains low although the Government had commenced various efforts. The
architects have been perceived as the prime mover for construction innovations by
integrating their roles as designer, manager, and professional advisor with their
strength in design. Therefore, this paper is designed to assess readiness for IBS
implementation among organizational members of architectural firms by examining
the influence of demographic backgrounds. The study distributes questionnaires to
randomly selected respondents who represent firms that are located in highly
developed states in Malaysia. Various analysis techniques have been used namely
Cronbach’s Alpha coefficients, frequency, mean, standard deviation, one-way
ANOVA, and independent samples t-test towards achieving the research objective.
The findings disclose that working experience in tender and construction stage (more
than 18 years) indicate high likelihood of readiness to implement IBS. This research also
reveals that demographic variables (job designation, working experience in design
stage, and working experience in tender and construction stage) has significant
impacts on the decision maker category, whereas decision maker is the most
influential aspect for organizational readiness to implement IBS.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia
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