Buildability problems in the Malaysian building construction

Construction's problems are the weakness of construction project and always being worried by the construction practitioners as it might bring failure to their project. Many have acknowledged that buildability implementation is an effective way to minimize these problems. This study focused on the buildabilty problems and its root causes that arisen in the Malaysian building construction, by conducting literature review and document study on various construction sites throughout the country. The results confirmed that there are fourteen types of buildability problems that occurred in the Malaysian building construction. Buildability problem related to utilities, right of way and drainage pattern has the highest occurrency while buildability problem related to traffic control requirement has the lowest occurency. Meanwhile, there are ten identified root causes to buildability problems with the most frequent root cause is lack of design review (C6) and the least frequent is design with time constraint (C5). This study has successfully identified the buildabilty problems and its root causes where the findings served as guide for future buildable design.

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