Development of Production Rates Database for the Pre-cast Construction Works

Construction industry performance has been
declining over a decade therefore many advanced technologies
and systematic approaches have been introduced to improve
the performance and productivity of the industry. One of the
recent approaches used is Industrialized Building System (IBS)
to control the quality and enhance project performance and
productivity. Various construction productivity models and
simulation techniques used for estimation of production rates
does not provide results accurately due of lack of valid and
reliable information on production rates. Therefore the main
objective of current study is to gather the distinct production
rates data for the development of database for precast
construction works through questionnaire survey approach
and to have an understanding of Industrialized Building
System. The data obtained through survey questionnaires and
interviews from Malaysian industry perspectives has been
analyzed statistically using descriptive analysis and it has been
concluded that rates obtained can be used as reliable
production rates of precast works for database system in
Malaysian construction industry.