Currently, the Malaysian construction industry is focusing on transforming construction processes from conventional building methods to the Industrialized Building System (IBS). Still, research on the decision making of IBS technology adoption with the influence of contextual factors is scarce. The purpose of this paper is to explore how contextual factors influence the IBS decision making in b...

Vinegar or sour wine is a product of alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentation of sugary precursors derived from several fruits or starchy substrates. This delicious food additive and supplement contains not less than 4 grams of acetic acid in 100 cubic centimeters at 20°C. Among the large number of bacteria that are able to produce acetic acid, only few genera are used in vinegar industry ...

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a key enabler to support integration of building data and is an important aspect to support a wide range of use cases, related to building navigation, control, sustainability, etc. Open BIM faces several challenges related to standardization, data interdependency, data access, and security. This means that there is often limited availability of BIM models....

In recent years Building information modelling (BIM) has been considered as a means for transforming the building and construction industry by introducing significant changes in the industry for all stages of the construction process. However, when new technologies are promoted they are almost considered as a magic bullet that should transform an industry, or an organization to the better. By d...

The construction industry faces many problems and challenges especially with the construction of housing which are due to the high level of non-value-adding activities (waste) that reduce the overall construction performance and productivity. In recent years, there have been investigations and research on improving the performance of construction. Lean construction is widely known as an effecti...

The emergence of new open ended ICT (Information and communication Technology). is often accompanied by optimistic predictions about the technologies inherent capabilities, or “potential”, to solve a wide array organizational related problems. In the building and construction industry, BIM – Building Information Modelling – is such an example. However, unrealistic expectations about a technolog...