Adoption of QLASSIC assessment in Industrialized Building System (IBS) project

The Malaysian construction sector is underway a shift from an industry using conventional method to a more standardized and mechanized system utilizing the latest modern technology, the Industrialized Building System (IBS). IBS which has implemented is supported by demands on the huge quantity of affordable and sustainable low-cost housing for the rising middle class. Whenever there is a change in a large industry, it is always difficult to control the quality standard and the implementation scale. Quality Assessment System in Construction (QLASSIC) is an independent tool for determining and evaluating the workmanship quality of a construction work on the basis of an approved standard in addressing the problems in Malaysian construction quality. Therefore, the aim of the research is to analyse the impact of adoption of QLASSIC assessment in the Industrialized Building System (IBS) projects. In order to achieve the aim of the study, the objectives of this research are to review the current implementation of QLASSIC for IBS projects, to identify the barriers of QLASSIC assessment for IBS projects and to determine the impacts of QLASSIC assessment for IBS projects. Generally, there are only small numbers of IBS contractors who are aware on the benefits of the application of QLASSIC and comply with QLASSIC in their construction projects.