... lecturers from civil engineering and built environment departments in public universities in Malaysia. Because of the two different groups of targeted respondents (industry players and academicians), two sets of KAP surveys were developed based on their specific criteria. Each questionnaire survey...

...Sushilawati Ismail; Carol K.H. Hon; Philip Crowther; Martin Skitmore; Fiona Lamari Purpose Malaysia’s industrialised building system (IBS) has been increasingly adopted for sustainable development by the country’s construction industry. However, although it has been used for commercial building...

... innovation processes, which was conducted by Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. Findings This study has demonstrated the social innovation processes toward addressing the issue of insufficient low-cost houses, concurrently benefitting the teaching–learning dimension. Three sub-innovations have been...

... characteristics of various innovation orientations and determine the state of innovation among architectural firms. Design/methodology/approach A postal survey was sent to 1,004 registered architectural firms in Malaysia. The data were processed using descriptive analysis. A factor analysis was conducted...

... on IT is pivotal for construction industry development as earmarked by the Malaysian construction industry master plan. BIM uptake by stakeholders in Malaysia construction industry is on a gradual increase. BIM generates and manages building data during its life cycle via 3D, real-time, dynamic building modelling...

...Zalina Shari; Veronica Soebarto Purpose – Economically, Malaysia has one of the fastest growing construction industries in the world; however, the necessary balance between socio-economic and ecological systems – to avoid further environmental damage – has not yet been reached by the industry...

... one require resolute actions and drive from various parties. This paper provides an insight into the key enablers for a sustainable housing industry and the current problems associated with each enabler. Although the research was carried out in Malaysia, the results may be applicable to other...

... manufacturing practices framework into the ten principles of the green way (Lockwood, 2007) will bring synergy towards green construction and implementation of sustainability in Malaysia. Zuhairi Abd. Hamid can be contacted at: zuhairi@cidb.gov.my © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012...

... Construction operations Image processing equipment Cameras Construction industry Malaysia The primary application of close‐range photogrammetry is in industrial manufacturing and facilities management; it therefore supports the import and export of data in standard Computer Aided Design (CAD) formats...