Precast concrete construction
started in Malaysia with the
erection of 7 blocks of 17-storey flat, 4 blocks of 4-storey flat and 40 units
of shop house opposite the Kuala
Lumpur General Hospital
at the intersection of Jalan Pekeliling and Jalan Pahang (Zakaria, 2002). This
maiden project used the Larsen-Nielson system from Denmark. This was the brainchild of
the minister and several officers of the Housing and Local Authority Ministry
who visited several countries in Europe to
learn about precast concrete construction. The second construction project,
which used precast concrete, was the construction of 6 blocks of 17-storey
flat, 3 blocks of 18-storey flat and 66 units of shop house along Jalan Rifle
Range, Penang.
This project used French’s
Estiot system (Tan, 2000). Since then, numerous precast concrete structures
such as high-rises, car parks, warehouses, factories, housings and retail units
have been built all over the country. Some latest examples are the Telekom
Headquarter in KL, town houses in Cyberjaya, City Square in Johor Bahru, Flextronic
Manufacturing Plant in Senai, Putra Mosque in Putrajaya and Metal Pak Factory
in Shah Alam (Eastern, 2004).
Some of advantages of using precast
concrete construction are as follows:
·
Reduced construction time and cost
·
Increased quality of structural elements
·
Increased durability and load capacity of
structural elements
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