Compulsory of Malaysia’s Quality Assessment System in Construction (QLASSIC)

Nowadays, the quality in the construction industry has become very important because it contribute to the nation's economic growth and quality of life of the house occupants. Therefore, CIDB is proposed to enforce the implementation of QLASSIC as the main element of project approval for issuance of Certificate of Fitness (CFO) or Certificate of Compliances (C.C.C) in construction industry of Malaysia. The objectives of this study are to identify the views of contractors toward the compulsory of the QLASSIC and to determine the impacts of the QLASSIC in the construction industry. The methodology used are literature review and the questionnaires. The descriptive statistic like the frequency and percentage were used for describing the respondent background. While the mean distribution analysis was used to analysis the views on the compulsory of QLASSIC and the impacts of the QLASSIC. The result of the study shows that, the views of the respondents toward the compulsory of QLASSIC and the main impacts of the QLASSIC were identified. The significance of this study is it can help contractors to understand the impacts and the important of using QLASSIC.