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The Unresolved Design Issues in Malaysian Prefabricated Housing and Their Corrective Steps

Globally, prefabricated housing has been successful but in Malaysia, tremendous challenges still happening. We still face design issues which hinders industry to maximize the benefits of prefabricated concept. Research proves that we still practice improper way of design, where the drawings prepara...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Abdul Jalil, Fadhilah, Binti Md Fazil, Dayang Afiqah, binti Abang Mohamad Shibli, Joy Natalie, Cotter
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Language:English
Published: Springer, Singapore 2023
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TH Building construction
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spelling my.unimas.ir.411542023-01-18T06:53:04Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41154/ The Unresolved Design Issues in Malaysian Prefabricated Housing and Their Corrective Steps Ahmad, Abdul Jalil Fadhilah, Binti Md Fazil Dayang Afiqah, binti Abang Mohamad Shibli Joy Natalie, Cotter TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TH Building construction Globally, prefabricated housing has been successful but in Malaysia, tremendous challenges still happening. We still face design issues which hinders industry to maximize the benefits of prefabricated concept. Research proves that we still practice improper way of design, where the drawings preparation is similar to conventional method, only convert into prefabricated design at mid-level. As a result, prefabricated housing cannot achieve its full advantages, thus many regard it as just to meet the government agenda. Many studies reported that the current design in prefabricated housing has no much different to conventional, thus lead to payment dispute, delay, contractual arguments, design clashes, rivalry relationship, and loopholes in warranty and insurance. Many also presume that prefabricated housing brings heavier risk than conventional housing. In this research, questionnaire surveys were distributed to address this issue, and the result was then verified through in-depth interviews with experts. Respondents consist of developers, contractors, prefabricated manufacturers, installers, architects, quantity surveyors, and engineers. The finding reveals the root problems on how and why the current design cannot meet prefabricated optimization. The contribution of this study is it highlights the main causes of design problems and suggests solutions that ensure prefabricated housing to reap maximum benefits. Springer, Singapore 2023-01-01 Book Chapter PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41154/5/The%20Unresolved%20Design.pdf Ahmad, Abdul Jalil and Fadhilah, Binti Md Fazil and Dayang Afiqah, binti Abang Mohamad Shibli and Joy Natalie, Cotter (2023) The Unresolved Design Issues in Malaysian Prefabricated Housing and Their Corrective Steps. In: Advances in Civil Engineering Materials : Selected Articles from the 6th International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering (ICACE 2022), August 2022, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 310 . Springer, Singapore, pp. 453-464. ISBN 978-981-19-8024-4 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-19-8024-4_39#citeas https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8024-4_39
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TH Building construction
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TH Building construction
Ahmad, Abdul Jalil
Fadhilah, Binti Md Fazil
Dayang Afiqah, binti Abang Mohamad Shibli
Joy Natalie, Cotter
The Unresolved Design Issues in Malaysian Prefabricated Housing and Their Corrective Steps
description Globally, prefabricated housing has been successful but in Malaysia, tremendous challenges still happening. We still face design issues which hinders industry to maximize the benefits of prefabricated concept. Research proves that we still practice improper way of design, where the drawings preparation is similar to conventional method, only convert into prefabricated design at mid-level. As a result, prefabricated housing cannot achieve its full advantages, thus many regard it as just to meet the government agenda. Many studies reported that the current design in prefabricated housing has no much different to conventional, thus lead to payment dispute, delay, contractual arguments, design clashes, rivalry relationship, and loopholes in warranty and insurance. Many also presume that prefabricated housing brings heavier risk than conventional housing. In this research, questionnaire surveys were distributed to address this issue, and the result was then verified through in-depth interviews with experts. Respondents consist of developers, contractors, prefabricated manufacturers, installers, architects, quantity surveyors, and engineers. The finding reveals the root problems on how and why the current design cannot meet prefabricated optimization. The contribution of this study is it highlights the main causes of design problems and suggests solutions that ensure prefabricated housing to reap maximum benefits.
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author Ahmad, Abdul Jalil
Fadhilah, Binti Md Fazil
Dayang Afiqah, binti Abang Mohamad Shibli
Joy Natalie, Cotter
author_facet Ahmad, Abdul Jalil
Fadhilah, Binti Md Fazil
Dayang Afiqah, binti Abang Mohamad Shibli
Joy Natalie, Cotter
author_sort Ahmad, Abdul Jalil
title The Unresolved Design Issues in Malaysian Prefabricated Housing and Their Corrective Steps
title_short The Unresolved Design Issues in Malaysian Prefabricated Housing and Their Corrective Steps
title_full The Unresolved Design Issues in Malaysian Prefabricated Housing and Their Corrective Steps
title_fullStr The Unresolved Design Issues in Malaysian Prefabricated Housing and Their Corrective Steps
title_full_unstemmed The Unresolved Design Issues in Malaysian Prefabricated Housing and Their Corrective Steps
title_sort unresolved design issues in malaysian prefabricated housing and their corrective steps
publisher Springer, Singapore
publishDate 2023
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41154/5/The%20Unresolved%20Design.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41154/
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8024-4_39
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