Employing the Industrialised Building System (IBS), which involves pre-cast elements made in factory and shipped to building sites for installation, can help to reduce the country’s dependence on foreign labour, Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) chief executive Datuk Ahmad ‘Asri Abdul Hamid said.
He said IBS could reduce construction duration by up to 50% and labour cost by 46%.
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