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Friday, August 22, 2014 1Seminar on IBS and Mechanisation 2014:The Way Forward

28 August 2014, PWTC

Accelerating IBS Adoptionthrough Industry and AcademicCollaboration

Ioannes Tang, MPhil, MEng, BEngHead of Civil Engineering Department


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Friday, August 22, 2014 Seminar on IBS and Mechanisation 2014: The WayForward 28 August 2014, PWTC

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Overview of presentation Barriers to IBS adoption

Influencing the decision makers Academic institutions and IBS Constructionarium in the UK

Industry-academic projectcollaboration


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Barriers to IBS adoption Technical limitation , lack of

standardisation and price of IBS(Kong, 2009)

Lack of skills and knowledge ,project delivery and supply chains,customer perceptions and

perceptions of professionals, andlack of government policy, incentivesand promotion (Nawi, Lee and Nor, 2011)


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Barriers to IBS Adoption

Source: Kamar, Alshawi &Hamid (2009)

Lack of understandingof design and planning

Lack of pastexperience Lack of

professionalstrained in IBS


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Traditional Design and Construction Process

Source: Evbuomwan, N.F.O., & Anumba, C.J. (1998)


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Influencing the decision makers


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IBS Roadmap 2011-2015 Aims to accelerate IBS adoption Four workstreams:

Workstreams 1 : Institutional Strengthening Workstreams 2 : Focusing on User Workstreams 3 : Product Focus

Workstreams 4 : Industry Focus


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Workstreams 2: Focusing on UserAction plans R15 Provide IBS training to workforce

R16 Partner with industry to provide ContinuousEmployment Training (CET)

R17 Increase emphasis on technical and

vocational colleges R19 Carry out a Pilot IBS Apprentice Programme


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Roles of Academic Institutions

Teaching

Training Research and development Collaborative projects???


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Teaching and Training Undergraduate, postgraduate and industry Modules covered relevant to IBS:

Advanced steel structures - compositeelements, tubular steel and portal framesand the modelling of connections

Advanced concrete structure - introduceprestressed and precast concrete designand construction


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H24S05 Advance ConcreteStructure Originally developed by

Dr. Kim Elliot, RetiredSenior Lecturer

Currently, consultant andtrainer for IBS


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Research and DevelopmentRecent PhDs in UK and Malaysia Plasticity theory based constitutive modelling

of hybrid fibre reinforced concrete Investigation of small punch creep testing Punching shear mechanism of waffle slabs

Shear resistance of oil palm shell concretebeams with and without shear reinforcement


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Constructionarium in the UK

Brewery Wharf Footbridge,Leeds

Scaled-down version constructedby students and lifted into place


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Background Originally developed by Imperial College and

John Doyle in 2003

Permanently based at 6-hectare NationalConstruction College in Norfolk that belongsto the Construction Industry Training Board

Consists of 17 work areas including a scaleddown river, a lake, stabilised flatlands,mountainous terrain, some dodgy areas ofporous strata and high ground water


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CONSTRUCTIONARIUM

University

ContractorDesigner


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University Engineering students

To organise, manage andbuild the projects on site

Students may come from civilengineering, university orrelated professional bodies

and companies


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Designers To design and specify the

projects in advance

To guide the students andhelp them run the projectson site

To assist in assessment


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Contractor To provide the materials, plant,

specialist labour and supervision To set up the site in advance, and run

it during the course To brief and control health and safety

matters To act as contract manager for each

of the student teams and monitor theirperformance in terms of cost andprogramme management


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University A willing academicor professional host

Who wants to broaden the taught curriculum sothat theory, design and construction are wellintegrated.

To provide academic assessment criteria.

To supervise the administration arrangementsregarding students accommodation, transport,health, risk assessment, information, etc.


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Learning objectives Construction techniques: including site safety training and

practice Defining the scope of work: negotiating with clients to agree the

scope of work Planning work, resources and budget: students had to price their

work in advance making critical decisions such as mechanical assistance versus manual labour

Agree programme: a critical path programme from each team

and the monitoring of performance against it. Monitor costs and programme: management, leadership and the

time/cost relationship. Sustainability: respect for the environment and materials used.


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KingsgateFootbridge

Brewery Wharf

Footbridge, Leeds


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Constructionarium - Imperial College 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zec_PtYCFY
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Other indirect benefits to partners Positive coverage Recruitment of students to sponsor firm

Students are future clients Graduate retention in industry Students have gained an appreciation of basic

skills for site. Better appreciation by industry of the

constraints on universities


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Moving forward Such schemes can provide the opportunities

for designers, contractors and university to

collaborate and develop both experience andconfidence in the use of IBS CIDB through IBS Centre can facilitate the

matching of interested parties

Can extend to small-scale projects thatbenefit local communities rather than mockprojects (build and demolish)


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IBS pilot projects and CSREmbark on IBS pilot projects that are beneficial to localcommunities

Improve quality of life for the local community Provide opportunities to motivate staff Provide opportunities to identify potential staff for

companies

Provide opportunities for non-construction staff tohave better understanding of the constructionprocesses


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Industry-academic project collaboration:Water for Life Project

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NADcz9AXDJ0
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