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The building industry is known to have a great impact towards the environment in urban areas, green roof systems are seen as a way to mitigate its negative impacts. Developed countries such as Germany, Canada, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong have widely adopted green roofs in urban areas in order to reduce the negative impact construction activities especially in the cities. Each one of these countries...
On behalf of the Organizing Committee of ISIEA 2012, ICCSII 2012, ISWTA 2012 and ISBEIA2012,I would like to welcome, with great pleasure, all delegates to Bandung, Indonesia. Being held from September 23 to 26, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Bandung Hotel, the event is jointly sponsored by the IEEE Malaysia Section, the IEEE Indonesia Section and the IEEE Malaysia Power Electronics (PEL)/Industrial Electronics...
Cheques are one type of negotiable instruments mainly used in commercial transactions. It is mandatory upon the customers and bankers to fully recognize what are their respective rights and duties when countermanded and receiving instruction for the countermand of cheque. The aim of the paper is to highlight the legal and practical issues of countermand of cheque on the part of bankers and customer...
BEIAC 2012 is held from 7 to 8 April 2012 at the Seri Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and is jointly sponsored by the IEEE Malaysia, the IEEE Malaysia Power Electronics (PEL)/Industrial Electronics(IE)/Industrial Applications (IA) Joint Chapter. The occasion creates a forum for scientists, engineers and practitioners on the varied disciplines and its associated applications. In line with IEEE's...
Islamic architecture could not be expressed by the outer looks of the buildings but it is actually the concentration on the interior part as opposed to the exterior or façade of the buildings. Islam is the official religion of Malaysia, however, there are still no specific guidelines for developers to build and design the internal part of houses for Muslim accordingly to Islamic teachings or to their...
Imbued with the conviction that training is central in increasing the numbers of competent contractors' construction workforce, many initiatives were mooted by the Malaysian construction industry to improve training. Notwithstanding this and the training emphasis in the Construction Industry Master Plan (CIMP), there have been frequent arguments that some of the training provisions offered are somewhat...
A significant proportion of graduate quantity surveyors serving Quantity Surveying (QS) firms in Malaysia are produced by the local higher institutions of learning. Upon employment, employers expect them to be behaviorally and technically competent to participate and undertake the range of quantity surveying tasks. Whilst the academic programs offered by the universities and colleges are commonly...
On behalf of the Organizing Committee of ISIEA 2011, ICOS 2011, ISWTA 2011 and ISBEIA 2011 it gives me great pleasure in welcoming all delegates to Langkawi, Malaysia.
Green roof system has many potential benefits such as environmental benefits, amenity and aesthetic benefits, and economic benefits. The principal aim of this research is to improve the quality of green roof systems in Malaysia by developing design guidelines for green roof systems. This research will identify the performance benefits of green roof, the current phenomenon of green roof as well the...
Since the construction industry has great impact on the environment, the consideration of sustainable development through sustainable construction is needed. Sustainable construction provides solutions that require optimization of all types of beneficial environmental impact. Therefore, sustainable construction is important in order to achieve sustainable development, taking into consideration the...
This paper is performed mainly to introduce Dispute Board (DB) as the one of the many Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ADRs) to be applied into the Malaysian construction industry to reduce and minimize the amount of disputes. This research is carried out by interviewing nine respondents which consist of registered Quantity Surveyors. Litigation and arbitration has been widely applied in Malaysia...
One critical element of PFI projects is the contract which binds the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) (project promoter) with the government (client). Drawing up the PFI contract is by no means a simple undertaking because elements of economy, social, technological and intellectual considerations will have to be coherently spelt out. Adding on to this now is the requirement to include sustainable considerations...
According to Confederation of British Industry, better positions in benefiting from Private Financing Initiative (PFI) projects is focusing on long term priorities such as environmental sustainability, flexibility and transparency. Hence, more projects to be procured using PFI scheme contracts to aid financing aspects during shortage of funds and going ‘greener’. The research statement is whether...
On behalf of the Organizing Committee of ISIEA 2011, ICOS 2011, ISWTA 2011 and ISBEIA 2011 it gives me great pleasure in welcoming all delegates to Langkawi, Malaysia.
Building defects are always the key concern in the construction projects. Defects represent not only a loss to the project but also hamper the smooth running of the building when in operation when completed. Recognising the need to resolve the continuing problem of defects in their projects, the clients of public hospital projects in Malaysia piloted a scheme to manage defects in public hospital projects...
Payment has always been the thorn in the Malaysian Construction Industry. Thus, it becomes a barrier to achieve the second CIMP strategic thrust which is to strengthen the image of Malaysian construction industry. Lesson learned from the UK Construction Industry, payment problems was overcome by means of statutory adjudication. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to investigate the potential...
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