Acceptability of Malaysian construction practitioners in adopting 4D

The problem of delay in construction industry is a global phenomenon and the construction industry in Malaysia is no exception. In the current day context, despite significant benefits in terms of time and cost savings gained through the systematic use of 4D technologies on construction projects, M...

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Main Authors: Ali, Maisarah, Mohd Noor, Julia
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
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Published: 2012
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spelling iium-238202014-10-20T07:29:12Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/23820/ Acceptability of Malaysian construction practitioners in adopting 4D Ali, Maisarah Mohd Noor, Julia TH Building construction The problem of delay in construction industry is a global phenomenon and the construction industry in Malaysia is no exception. In the current day context, despite significant benefits in terms of time and cost savings gained through the systematic use of 4D technologies on construction projects, Malaysia construction industry has yet to embrace this 4D CAD technology. The aim is to explore the acceptability of 4D as a planning and control tool during construction phase of project life cycle. Surveys and semi-structured interviews were carried out on 169 respondents comprising of the clients, local authorities or regulatory bodies, contractors and consultants. The responses obtained indicate that 96.3% acknowledges the application of this new 4D technology as a useful tool with good potential to mitigate delays especially in relation to visualization, analysis and communication during construction. Based on the outcome of the study, it is recommended that financial and technical support be made available before its actual implementation can be realized. Keywords: Malaysian construction industry, 4D, visualization, communication, mitigate delay 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/23820/1/Paper_Acceptability_of_Malaysian_Construction_practicioner_in_adopting___4D_Maisarah_Bandung.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/23820/4/IMG_Bandung_conference.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/23820/5/IMG_Bandung_list_2.pdf Ali, Maisarah and Mohd Noor, Julia (2012) Acceptability of Malaysian construction practitioners in adopting 4D. In: First International Conference on Islamic Built Environment, 28 -29 March 2012, Bandung. (Unpublished)
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Ali, Maisarah
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Acceptability of Malaysian construction practitioners in adopting 4D
description The problem of delay in construction industry is a global phenomenon and the construction industry in Malaysia is no exception. In the current day context, despite significant benefits in terms of time and cost savings gained through the systematic use of 4D technologies on construction projects, Malaysia construction industry has yet to embrace this 4D CAD technology. The aim is to explore the acceptability of 4D as a planning and control tool during construction phase of project life cycle. Surveys and semi-structured interviews were carried out on 169 respondents comprising of the clients, local authorities or regulatory bodies, contractors and consultants. The responses obtained indicate that 96.3% acknowledges the application of this new 4D technology as a useful tool with good potential to mitigate delays especially in relation to visualization, analysis and communication during construction. Based on the outcome of the study, it is recommended that financial and technical support be made available before its actual implementation can be realized. Keywords: Malaysian construction industry, 4D, visualization, communication, mitigate delay
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ali, Maisarah
Mohd Noor, Julia
author_facet Ali, Maisarah
Mohd Noor, Julia
author_sort Ali, Maisarah
title Acceptability of Malaysian construction practitioners in adopting 4D
title_short Acceptability of Malaysian construction practitioners in adopting 4D
title_full Acceptability of Malaysian construction practitioners in adopting 4D
title_fullStr Acceptability of Malaysian construction practitioners in adopting 4D
title_full_unstemmed Acceptability of Malaysian construction practitioners in adopting 4D
title_sort acceptability of malaysian construction practitioners in adopting 4d
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/23820/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/23820/1/Paper_Acceptability_of_Malaysian_Construction_practicioner_in_adopting___4D_Maisarah_Bandung.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/23820/4/IMG_Bandung_conference.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/23820/5/IMG_Bandung_list_2.pdf
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