APPLICATION OF THE BUBBLE DECK SLAB TECHNOLOGY IN MALAYSIA
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The bubble deck slab is one of the successful attempts in biaxial technology where the amount of concrete in the slab is reduced due to the presence of grids made of recycled plastic hallow ‘bubble’ void formers. Generally,
this newly invented slab is lightweight but still able to maintain similar load carrying capacity like the reinforced concrete slab. In Malaysia, most contractors prefer to use the conventional reinforced concrete slab
compared to the bubble deck slab. This is because most contractors are not familiar with this new technology. The objectives of this research are to have a broader understanding of this technology applicability and the
barriers of implementation in Malaysia. In addition, this study is able to determine the level of interest of the Malaysian construction personnel to apply this technology. This research was conducted in Selangor, Putrajaya
and Kuala Lumpur only. The data collections intruments used to achieve the objectives of this research are a set of questionnaire and an interview protocol. A few barriers of implementation were identified and the majority of the respondents were interested to adopt this technology.
