Simulation of Industrialised Building System components production - Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Institutional Repository

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Simulation of Industrialised Building System components production

Marsono, Abdul Kadir and Md. Tap, Masine and Ng, Soon Ching and Makhtar, Ahmad Mahir (2006) Simulation of Industrialised Building System components production. In: 6th Asia-Pacific Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, 5-6 September 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Abstract

The construction of IBS building should starts with the production of the IBS components and the production process is the main activity concerned in the IBS production plant. Having an optimum production line to manufacture the required IBS elements within targeted time and limited number of reusable steel mould is very important. In this study, workstation organization method has been adopted in the production of IBS component of beam and column. Witness 2001 simulation software has been used to model and simulate the most optimum production line set up. Here, two production lines set up have been proposed to complete the production of IBS beam and column between two and three months time with limited number of reusable steel mould to supply for the construction of medium size single storey IBS housing project ranging from 100 to 300 units. A contingency production line set up which able to complete the production of required IBS components within a month time with increased number of reusable steel mould has also been proposed. Number of resources such as workstation, tool, storage area and labour has been determined from the proposal. The proposed production line can be applied in the planning and cost estimating of IBS production plant set up.

Past Conference on IBS

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIALISED BUILDING SYSTEMS:

"The construction industry has for many years maintained the time-tested but labour intensive traditional approach in construction and investing little in research and development. As the K-economy enters its stride into the new millennium, technological advances shall play a major role in changing the competitive work environment in the construction industry. Concurrently, as the demand for production and quality increases, the construction industry must indulge itself in innovations and be supportive of new technological techniques in construction. It is believed that the implementations of Industrialised Building System (IBS) in most countries have endured the high expectations from consumers.

Hence, the 3-Day International Conference on Industrialised Building System shall be an opportunity for the sharing of experiences in areas related to research, development and construction.The theme for this Conference IBS2003, is Global Trends In Research, Development and Construction. IBS2003 is toprovide a platform for the interaction amongst experts, researchers, designers, builders, developers and policy makers from allover the world for appraisal of latest developments in Industrialised Building Systems and for the identification of further programmes for the propagation of industrialized construction as the preferred mode of quality construction."

Source: http://eng.upm.edu.my/hrc/past_activities/ibs2003.htm