Standardization in Construction Environment: Adopting standard method of measurements

Abstract

This paper prepared to investigate the current industry issues which are currently surrounding the application of current Malaysian Standard Method of Measurement (SMM) as a single standard system of measurement. An exploratory semi structured interview approach was conducted among the selected end-users. There are few important key points highlighted by the industry, which can be used as a guideline to be implemented in transforming the current Malaysian SMMs. The outcome of this paper expected to be used as a supporting data to be carried along to the next level of the main research, which aims to develop a more accepted and practical SMM for construction works in Malaysia.Keywords: Standardization; bill of quantities (BQ); contract document; standard method of measurement (SMM)eISSN 2398-4295 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.