The common defects on floating mosque: a case study between two floating mosques in Perak

Nowadays, the existence of floating mosques are growing in Malaysia as tourism purpose. Besides that, floating construction also will give new advantages to the construction industry as the method of construction are improving day by day. The structure of the floating mosque is the most important aspect to be focused on because the performance of the building will fully depends on its structure. However, there are some problems arisen that are related to the structure of floating mosque throughout its lifespan in serving users. The purpose of this research is to study the defects of the floating mosque that affects its performance towards its end users. The objective of this study is to identify the common defects of the floating mosque, to find the factors that influence the occurrence of the defects and to suggest solution in preventing defects from occurring on floating mosque in the future. This dissertation is mainly focused on the common defects that occur on floating mosque that located near the sea. The method used in this research is a qualitative method which are through semi-structured interview and observation. The semi-structured interview technique session will be conducted focused on the person who involve in the management of the floating mosque such as the committee of mosque's management. All the primary data were gathered from the respondents.