Fateh, M A M and Mohammad, M F (2017) Industrialized building system provision in local and international standard form of contracts. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 22(2), pp. 67-80. ISSN 1823-6499
Abstract
Industrialized Building System (IBS) has been introduced for over 40 years in Malaysia, with well-documented benefits and strong support from the government. Unfortunately, the pace of IBS adaptation is still slow and below the government's target. Construction players are still facing various issues and challenges when adopting IBS, particularly on contractual and procurement aspects, thus, it contributes to the low adoption of IBS in Malaysia. As of to date, there is still the lack of provisions in Malaysian standard form of contract to suit the IBS construction approach. Therefore, this research will attempt to investigate and compare several local and international standard form of contracts to identify and highlight what international standard form of contracts have provisions to suit IBS construction approach. Literature review and documents analysis were used in the data collection exercise. The study revealed that there are six provisions that the local standard form of contract can enhance to suit the IBS construction approach. The findings will be useful to enhance the local standard form of contract to suit IBS construction approach, hence, able to accelerate the adoption of IBS construction in Malaysia.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | contract; industrialized building system; Malaysia; procurement; standard form of contract |
| Index terms: | standard form of contract, adaptation, industrialized building system, exercise, Malaysia, documents, literature review |
| Subjects: | building construction, professional development, Geography, contractual arrangements, data analysis and analytics, health behaviours and lifestyles, user focus |
| Topics: | Information Management, Research Practice, Geographical Context, Health and Safety, Construction Technology, Procurement, Design Practice |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCA |
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