UTM ICC Deputy Director of Innovation Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arham Abdullah and CEO of Kimlun Sdn Bhd, Mr Sim Tian Liang exchanging document and witnessing by Education Minister, Dato’ Seri Idris Jusoh at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC).
KUALA LUMPUR, 7th November 2013 – Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Kimlun Sdn Bhd, one of the largest providers of engineering and construction services in Malaysia will work together in developing areas of infrastructure and building construction, project management, industrial building systems (IBS) and manufacturing of concrete products.
As a premier university in the engineering and technology field, Kimlun has entrusted UTM to be their main research arm in a collaborative Research and Development and Commercialisation (R&D&C) project of IBS products with any of their subsidiaries.
In the collaborative effort, both parties agree to establish an IBS Center in UTM which will produce and manufacture IBS based product such as Sine Slab and Smart IBS. In line with the development of more efficient building technologies, the Malaysian construction industry is moving towards the adoption of IBS to shorten the construction period, efficient construction costs and ensure better construction quality.
IBS is a system of construction which uses industrial production techniques either in the production of components or assembly of buildings, or both. One of these techniques is the utilisation of standardised forms of pre-cast concrete and hybrid structures in construction works. The system also involves offsite, and to a lesser extent, on-site, mass production of building components.