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A study of potential load bearing masonry (LBM) system in Malaysia construction industry

To overcome the problems in increasing of material prices, land prices, shortage of shilled workers, equipping low cost housing demands and maintained the cost of the constructing at an affordable price, there is a need to find the alternative solution for constructing method.The use of the load b...

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Main Authors: Ramli, N. A., Abdullah, Che Sobry, Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling my.uum.repo.117412016-04-19T01:54:08Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/11741/ A study of potential load bearing masonry (LBM) system in Malaysia construction industry Ramli, N. A. Abdullah, Che Sobry Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun TH Building construction To overcome the problems in increasing of material prices, land prices, shortage of shilled workers, equipping low cost housing demands and maintained the cost of the constructing at an affordable price, there is a need to find the alternative solution for constructing method.The use of the load bearing masonry system (LBM) has been identified as a sustainable and an effective alternative method for the construction industry.'She system offers several advantages in term of cost and speed of the construction, durability, strength, environmentally friendly practices and aesthetic qualities.Despite these advantages, unfortunately, this system has not been widely used in Malaysia compared to reinforced concrete (RC)frame construction.Therefore, this paper aims to discuss the advantages and potential of the system implementation to Malaysia construction industry in the future. 2013 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/11741/1/Ram.pdf Ramli, N. A. and Abdullah, Che Sobry and Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun (2013) A study of potential load bearing masonry (LBM) system in Malaysia construction industry. In: 3rd International Building Control Conference (IBCC), 21st November 2013, Royal Chulan Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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Ramli, N. A.
Abdullah, Che Sobry
Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun
A study of potential load bearing masonry (LBM) system in Malaysia construction industry
description To overcome the problems in increasing of material prices, land prices, shortage of shilled workers, equipping low cost housing demands and maintained the cost of the constructing at an affordable price, there is a need to find the alternative solution for constructing method.The use of the load bearing masonry system (LBM) has been identified as a sustainable and an effective alternative method for the construction industry.'She system offers several advantages in term of cost and speed of the construction, durability, strength, environmentally friendly practices and aesthetic qualities.Despite these advantages, unfortunately, this system has not been widely used in Malaysia compared to reinforced concrete (RC)frame construction.Therefore, this paper aims to discuss the advantages and potential of the system implementation to Malaysia construction industry in the future.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ramli, N. A.
Abdullah, Che Sobry
Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun
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Abdullah, Che Sobry
Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun
author_sort Ramli, N. A.
title A study of potential load bearing masonry (LBM) system in Malaysia construction industry
title_short A study of potential load bearing masonry (LBM) system in Malaysia construction industry
title_full A study of potential load bearing masonry (LBM) system in Malaysia construction industry
title_fullStr A study of potential load bearing masonry (LBM) system in Malaysia construction industry
title_full_unstemmed A study of potential load bearing masonry (LBM) system in Malaysia construction industry
title_sort study of potential load bearing masonry (lbm) system in malaysia construction industry
publishDate 2013
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