FEBRUARY 5 — The Industry 4.0 has been much talked about buzzword, both locally and globally. The term refers to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, comprising growing trends in the technology such as of Autonomous Robot; Big Data Analytic, Cloud Computing technologies; Internet of Things , Additive Manufacturing , System Integration, Cyber Security, Augmented Reality, Automation, Simulation and Artificial Intelligence .
The government will allocate RM210 million from 2019 to 2021 to support the transition and migration to Industry 4.0. The Malaysia Productivity Corporation will carry out Readiness Assessments to assist up to 500 Small Medium Enterprises to migrate to Industry 4.0 technologies.The construction industry is starting to see the impact of Industry 4.0 in terms of the technologies to be used and building specifications.
Building Materials and Quantities can be extracted from BIM which will improve the efficiency of the engineering planning and design.Cloud-based platform will improve the ability for analysis and design audit, efficiency for design production and better understanding of the project as client and building owners can also evaluate the proposed design and modifications at different places and yet able to access project information through the cloud platform.
The Green Building Index and GreenRE are two of Malaysia's industry recognised green rating tool for buildings to promote sustainability in the built environment.They include lack of awareness on the concept of Industry 4.0 and its benefits; no clear comprehensive policy and coordination on Industry 4.0 in Malaysia; lack of targeted incentives to incentivise more companies to move to Industry 4.
The formulation of the Construction Industry 4.0 Technology Policy should include all the revelant stakeholders such as Malaysia Board of Technology , Board of Engineers, Malaysia , Construction Industry Development Board as well as professional bodies such as Technological Association Malaysia , The Institution of Engineers Malaysia , Malaysia Institute of Architects and Malaysia Building Association Malaysia .
Training, courses, seminar and conferences related to these new technologies such as BIM Manager Training and Certification, IBS and Green Building Rating training can be conducted.