Browsing Conference Papers by Author "umar@unimap.edu.my"

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    • Awareness of the Industrialized Building System (IBS) implementation in northern Malaysia - A case study in Perlis 

      Umar, Hj. Kassim; Luqman, Walid (Malaysian Technical Universities Network (MTUN), 2012-11-20)
      Quality control and minimal wet site activities (Warswaski, 1999). This research aims at looking into the current awareness of the IBS usage and its exposure method to the relevant population in Perlis, Malaysia. A total ...

    • Development affordable ferrocement roof cover using sustainable building material 

      Umar, Hj. Kassim (Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (REHDA) Federal Territories, 2009-03-24)
      Many houses in the villages still use zinc sheets as roof cover. In remote rural areas, vegetation/organic materials like sago palm and nipa palm are widely used for this purpose. This is because such materials are relatively ...

    • Development affordable ferrocement roof cover using sustainable building material 

      Umar, Hj. Kassim; Wan Mohd Sabki, Wan Omar; Kamarudin, Mohd Nor (Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association (REHDA), Federal Territories, 2009-03-24)
      Many houses in the villages still use zinc sheets as roof cover. In remote rural areas, vegetation/organic materials like sago palm and nipa palm are widely used for this purpose. This is because such materials are relatively ...

    • Sustainable building materials: Ferrocement-clay roof tiles 

      Umar, Hj. Kassim; Kamarudin, Mohd Nor; Wan Mohd Sabki, Wan Omar; Nor Ashikin, Ahmad; Mokhzani Khair, Ishak (Universiti Tun Hussien Onn Malaysia (UTHM), 2009-12-14)
      This paper is on the exploration and development of ferrocement-clay roof tiles as an alternative roof cover that is less costly, easily available and from an environmentally friendly recyclable material, in this case, the ...