The standard was developed by the Technical Committee on Quality Assessment in Construction, with the assistance of Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia (CIDB).
CIS 7:2014 is an improved and updated version of the CIS 7:2006 standard.
There are four category of building assessed using QLASSIC as follows:
- Category A (Landed housing) – Detached, semi-detached, terrace and cluster houses.
- Category B (Stratified housing) – Flats, apartments, condominiums, service apartments, small office home office (SOHO) and town houses.
- Category C (Public/commercial/industrial buildings without centralised cooling system) – Office buildings, schools, factories, warehouses, workshops, hangers, small office flexible office (SOFO), small office virtual office (SOVO), religious buildings, stadiums, community halls, hospitals, airports, universities, colleges, police stations, etc.
- Category D (Public/commercial/industrial buildings with centralised cooling system) – Office buildings, schools, factories, warehouses, workshops, hangers, small office flexible office (SOFO), small office virtual office (SOVO), religious buildings, stadiums, community halls, hospitals, airports, universities, colleges, police stations, etc.