THE PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF MALAYSIAN INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDING SYSTEM (IBS) UNDER IBS PRECAST MANUFACTURING

In Malaysia, the prefabrication technology is known as industrialised building system (IBS) which is defined as a complete process system of construction works where almost all the component structures is manufactured onsite or offsite, and the product is transported to the site and to be installed in the high precision coordinate joint as well as achieve high quality works, and accelerate the time of completion of the projects. The benefits of prefabrication helped the Housing Ministries in various countries to fulfil the high demand for housing especially in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Providing affordable homes are becoming a vital issue to meet the increasing demand for houses with the increase in the population growth. The most popular IBS component used in Malaysia is precast components. Over the years, the total number of IBS precast manufacturing has increased from 15 in 2009 to 36 factories in the year 2011. Geographical information system (GIS) can be seen as an important tool in finding a new location for IBS precast manufacturing by employed the Boolean method. In this research, five data layers consisting of road, infrastructure, environment, population and land-use suitability will be input to the spatial model and all the data layers are buffered according to the literature specification. The research findings will benefit the government or private sector in fulfilling the demand of IBS component in Malaysia where the number of IBS manufacture in Northern Peninsular, West Peninsular, Sabah and Sarawak region are still few.