DESIGN CONSIDERATION OF CONTAINER SHELTER IN MALAYSIA

Authors

  • Philip Chie Hui Ling School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7755-5870
  • Cher Siang Tan School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
  • Yeong Huei Lee Department of Civil & Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University, Sarawak, Malaysia
  • Yong Eng Tu Applied Technology Group Sdn Bhd, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0353-4406

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jurnalteknologi.v83.16774

Keywords:

UBBL, ISO, shipping container, shelter, design recommendation

Abstract

Freight container can become a potential candidate for shelter provision to resolve the housing crisis from increasing refugee population. Currently the freight container is made in accordance with ISO standard, but for living purpose other consideration must be included, especially the requirement from local government. This paper aims to investigate the design consideration of container shelter from legislative perspective in Malaysia. Uniform Building By-Law 1984 was referred, and ventilation, structural and fire requirement of by-law were compared with ISO standard for freight container. Suggestions were made to ensure the structural and legal integrity of container shelter in Malaysia. Potential container building concept was proposed based on design suggestion.

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Published

2021-08-01

Issue

Vol. 83 No. 5: September 2021

Section

Science and Engineering

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How to Cite

DESIGN CONSIDERATION OF CONTAINER SHELTER IN MALAYSIA. (2021). Jurnal Teknologi, 83(5), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.11113/jurnalteknologi.v83.16774