INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDING SYSTEM: SYSTEM FORMWORK

The government encourages the usage ofiBS thru an organization called Construction
Industry Development Board (CIDB). The advantage of using IBS are (a) reducing
rectification works (time factor) and lowering the total coast of construction, (b) less
material wasting, (c) permitting hybrid applications, adaptable to standardization and
Modular Coordination. (MC) and (d) reduce number of labour during prefabrication.
There are several types of IBS available but this report specifically discuss on
characteristic and advantage of system formwork. Formwork start to evolve from it
conventional form that is from timber to steel, aluminum, plastic, PVC and glass
fiber. Data collected via email, journal study, feedbacks from forum joined. The
comparison between timber formwork with other system formwork has been tabulated
in Table 5.3. These include company such as TAC System Formwork Sdn Bhd, Fuvi
Form Sdn Bhd, Plastech Industrial Systems Sdn Bhd, Intellectual Builders Sdn Bhd,
and PLAS Tech Sdn. Bhd. The general improvement of system formwork in
comparison with the conventional formwork are (a) strength: to carry the concrete and
working load, (b) lightness without strength reduction (c) Durability without
prohibitive coasts: maximum usage of materials, (d) good and accurate finish straight
from the formwork: reduce the costly labour element of making good and patching,
(e) erection and dismantling times, and (f) ability to employ unskilled or semi-skilled
labour. With all tbe improvement been made to the formwork, system formwork had
been proven to be the ideal solution of time and cost reduction in construction
especially to high rise building with repetitive design.