PRODUCTION OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT (PART I)

INRODUCTION TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
PRODUCTION OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT



The environment in terms of physical, social, cultural, economics & political is an image & symbol of progress of the country. The condition of our built environment affects the performance of different sectors [public & private] which is required to achieve a developed country.

* Therefore, as students of School of HBP, we have to be alert & sensitive for the condition of our built environment as we are playing an essiential role in developing our country in the coming future. In other words, we act as ACTORs on the SITE of Malaysia's built environment to produce a better living environment.

The building industry plays an important role, contributing services to house of activities carried out by these different sectors. Building industry involves people & processes in the production of the built environment.

The Building Industry
The profile: Unique & Flexible

• A local industry: Temporary relationship exists during every single project. Each project is a new undertaking with temporary link & gathering of diverse group of local actors. eg. Construction Project A is carried out by Actors A who are Architects, Interior Designers, Project Manager, Quantity Surveyors, Planners, Social Scientists, Engineers..etc
• Fragmented: Variation in workloads for firms such as Architect Firm
• Market Fluctuation: Low level of capital investment while labour investment is relatively high. eg. In the wake of increase of petrol price, price of building material such as concrete will increase too.

Actors-The people in Building Industry

• Owner: Land and/or building (can be different owner or the same)

• Professionals: Designers & Consultants (WE!!!!)

• Government Agencies & Local Authorities (eg. Planners-approves and monitors the projects)

• Contractors & Sub-contractors (normally attached to Quantity Surveyors & Construction Managers)

• Suppliers

• Lending & Insurance Institutions
  

  

• End users (people who are going to use the building and experiencing the built environment)

• Indirect participants (Publics, NGOs who comment on the built environment
  

  

To be continued....