PART I

INTRODUCTION

1.1 TRAINING DETAILS

1. ORGANIZATION NAME: PERUNDING ASAS CONSULTING ENGINEERS2. MAILING ADDRESS: NO. 3, TAMAN DESA AMAN, JALAN SULTANAH,05350 ALOR STAR, KEDAH D.A.3. SITE ADDRESS: PEJABAT TAPAK, NO. 6 TINGKAT 1,KOMPLEKS PERNIAGAAN TAMAN SAGA, JALAN ALOR MENGKUDU,05400 ALOR STAR, KEDAH D.A.4. CORE BUSINESS: CONSULTING

Perunding Asas Consulting Engineers is a consulting company that involved in most of the major construction in Kedah. The company also collaborates with a contractor company, which is called Realship Engineering Sdn. Bhd.

The training took a period of 12 weeks that started from the 18th March 2013 till 7th June 2013. This duration is compulsory in order to qualify as the student that completed the industrial training in Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur.

Mr. Yatim who is the CEO of the company placed me in the site of a ongoing construction called Projek Membina Jalan Lingkaran Timur Dari Persimpangan Jalan Tun Razak, Alor Setar.

The supervisor in charge, Mr. Zulkhairi assigns the tasks of site supervision, designing, setting up construction site, familiarization of the Bill of Quantities and minute meeting, etc.1.2 PROJECT INVOLVEMENT

Project Membina Jalan Lingkaran Timur dari Persimpangan Jalan Tun Razak, Alor Setar (Phase 1) is a project that was assign by the Ministry of Public Work that is planning to make a distribution system of the traffic in which, the pathway will start from the intersection of Pekan Simpang Kuala to the intersection of Jalan Tun Razak/ Jalan Langgar, Alor Setar, Kedah Darul Aman.

This project is involving the Ch.200 which is starting from the intersection of Simpang Kuala till the Ch.2000 which is the ending of the Simpang Kuala Public High School. This project is mainly concentrates on the improvement and upgrading of the two ways lanes to four ways lanes both ways, which is at a distance of 1.3 kilometers.

Other than the upgrading and improvement the pavement, there are also other constructions are included under the scope of work of this project. The replacement of the old bridge and the construction of new bridge at Sungai Pengkalan Kundur, the newly improved pathway for the piping system that is accordance to the MADA needs, the replacement of the old and rusted pipe lines, the construction of new draining and culvert for the side and middle of the road and last but not least, the pedestrian pathway at the both end of the road are also under the same scope.

This project is schedule to start of the 30th April 2012 and finish on the 29th October 2013, which is 18 months duration with the total cost of RM 23,623,728.66. The detailed information is in the next few pages. The organization chart and the project Gantt Chart and site map also provided.

Figure 1.1: The simplified information of the project.

Figure 1.2: The information regarding the contract details.

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Figure 1.3: The Consultant Site Organization Chart.

Figure 1.4: The organization chart of Contractors.

Figure 1.5: A sample of Gantt chart of the Project.

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Figure 1.6: The location of the construction site.1.2.1Position during Project Schedule

The project was still on going when I joined the company for internship. It was on the 18th of March 2013, I was given a brief understanding on the progress of the work in the office.

On the next day, I was brought to site for the observation of the progress. The work of excavation to do the box culvert passing through below the road and the work of building the draining was being done.

Before that, the work of demolition and claiming of the houses that was at the side of the road was completed. The Gantt chart with the cost for the project is in the Appendix for references. The technical drawing and the other pictures of the site are in the Appendix.

Figure 1.7: The engineer is explaining to me..

Figure 1.8: The contractors are fixing pipe and bumper.

Figure 1.9: The 600 mm diameter pipe for temporary path for box culvert.PART II

ORZANIZATION BACKGROUND

2 2.1 HISTORY

Perunding Asas Consulting Engineers is on established Civil and Structural Consulting Firm registered with BOARD OF ENGINEERS MALAYSIA (Lembaga Jurutera Malaysia) and MINISTRY OF FINANCE MALAYSIA (Kementerian Kewangan Malaysia).

Figure 1.10: The logo of the company.

The firm was incorporated in January 1992 and it aims to provide professional consulting services in Civil and Structural Engineering Field. The firm has wide experience in all building structure for both government and private sector as well as water supply engineering and infrastructure development.

2.2 VISION

Fully owned by Bumiputra, originally, lr Abd Rahim bin Salleh ond lr. Mohd Yatim bin Mohd Saman as partners. lr Abd Rahim bin Salleh place as a partner is now token over by lr. Hj. lsmail bin Mohd Zain who joined the company recently.

2.3 MISSION

We had continuously invested in improvement and upgrading of computer and networking system in order to achieve the objective of providing fast and quality design.

The engineering applications software includes ESTEEM, LOOPWIN PLUS, DRANET, SEWNET, PONDCAD, EW3D and provide innovation, accuracy and cost effective solution.

2.4 SERVICES

The Company offers a wide range of consultancy services in civil and structural engineering including preliminary investigation, feasibility studies, conceptual and preliminary design, detailed engineering design, contract documentation, tender evaluation, supervision and commissioning of projects, contract administration and project management.

2.5 FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION

Commercial / ResidentialOffice Block, Shopping Complexes, Shop Office, Housing Development, Bungalow, Apartments and Condominium. Government / Public BuildingGovernment Office, Schools, Higher Learning Institutions, Hospitals, Mosque,Recreation Centre and Sport Complex. Steel Formed StructureSteel Trusses, Portal Frame Girders and Structural Steel Works. Civil / Infrastructure WorksRoad and Bridges, Drainage and Irrigation System, Port and Maritime Engineering Design, Water Supply Engineering including Non Revenue Water Control, Earthworks and Retaining Structure, Sewerage System.

2.6 COMPANYS PERSONNEL

2.7 2.8 MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES FLOW CHART

2.9 HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTION INVOLVED BY COMPANY

Figure 1.11(a): The government building that was done by the company.

Figure 1.11(b): The government building that was done by the company.

Figure 1.12(a): The commercial and housing building that was done by the company.

Figure 1.13: The education and sport building that was done by the company.

Figure 1.14: The ongoing project that was estimated to end on 29th October 2013.

PART III

TASK SPECIFICATION SUMMARY

3 3.1 TASK DESCRIPTION

When I joined the Perunding Asas- Jurutera Fajar JV Sdn. Bhd., I was assigned to be at the site for Project Membina Jalan Lencongan Timur Dari Persimpangan Jalan Tun Razak, Alor Star (Phase 1) along the traffic intersection of Jalan Simpang Kuala till the end of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Simpang Kuala. I learned many chores of being an engineer and the applied all the important knowledge that I had acquired while I was studying in my first year till the third year of my Bachelor. These are the entire list task that was assigned to me:

1)Site supervising: The site supervising is a very important job, as I have to be responsible for the running of the work according to the schedule that already done during the planning phase. Site supervisor has to coordinate the contractor, deal with the purchasing and coordination of the purchase of materials, etc.

Figure 1.15: Monitoring of the excavation work.

Figure 1.16: Monitoring the fixture of curb for the middle of the road.

Figure 1.17: Monitoring the work done for the draining system.

Figure 1.18: Monitoring the drilling of underground piping system.

Figure 1.19: Monitoring the sheet piling that is used for 3600 x 2100 mm box culvert.

Figure 1.20: Monitoring the piling work for the bridge construction.

Figure 1.21: Monitoring the angle of drainage from the pavement to the drain.2)AutoCAD designing: AutoCAD is a software application for computer-aided design (CAD) and drafting. The software supports both 2D and 3D formats. The software is developed and sold by Autodesk Inc. I was assigned to design the detailed beam, the bridge drawing, the pedestrian walk and zebra crossing, the curb designing, the sump designing, drain designing, alteration, etc.

Figure 1.21: The designing using AutoCAD.

Figure 1.22: The screenshot of the AutoCAD drawing.

Figure 1.23: Designing the beam for the bridge.

3)Study Engineering Drawing and Project Details: On the very first day, I was assigned to study the drawing and the whole project in order be up to date with the work done at the site. I manage to catch up to up to recent work within the given two days.

Figure 1.24: Studying the Engineering Drawing and the Project details.4)Technical meeting: Technical meeting is the meeting that will be done each 2 weeks in order for the main contractor brief the sub-contractor of the work that needed to be completed and the sub-contractor giving their claim form for the work that they have already completed. As a junior engineer, I gain a large amount of knowledge regarding the progress of work.

Figure 1.25: The technical meeting on the first week I was doing IT.

5)Familiarization of tender contract @ Bill of Quantities: In traditional contracting, a contract document comprising a list of the materials required for the works and their estimated quantities, produced by the quantity surveyor. The contractor tenders against this document, stating his price for supplying and installing each of the materials. I was assigned to recalculate the budget of the project as there were new changes in the method of statement where using the new price value does it. The sample of BQ is attached in the Appendix.

6)Developing Gantt chart and S-curve: The Gantt chart is the most important thing in the planning process, as it will determine the flow of the project as well as the duration of the project. A proper Gantt chart will ensure the project to be done on time as well as proper budget. I was able to check the existing S-curve and check the recent progress with the S-curve. The Gantt chart is attached in the Appendix.

7)Surveying and Detailing: Surveying may be defined as the science of determining the position, in three dimensions, of natural and man-made features on or beneath the surface of the Earth. In engineering surveying, either or both of the above formats may be used for planning, design and construction of works, both on the surface and underground. At a later stage, surveying techniques are used for dimensional control or setting out of designed constructional elements and also for monitoring deformation movements. I was assigned to do leveling and traversing of the bridge surrounding.

Figure 1.26: The leveling process.Table 1.1: Summary Gantt chart of my Industrial Training.

NOTASK DESCRIPTIONWEEK

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1Familiar with Engineering and ID Drawing

2Monitor the manpower and progress work of the day

3Mobilizing equipments and general workers/ Housekeeping

4Using surveying equipment to mark down the level to cut off for spun pile (FFL & RL)

5Attend daily meeting/ In House Training

6AutoCAD drawing

7Monitor pilling work, draining work, land filling

8Monitor test of PDA, Load test

9Mobilizing of equipment to designated area

10Identify various locations' finishes schedule (wall, ceiling, ground)

11Study Method of Statement

3.2TASK PROBLEMS ENCOUNTER & SOLVING APPROACH

1)Site supervising: While doing the site supervising, I encountered many difficulties such as leaking of water from the underground utilities, finding life utilities in the underground which is not in the plan and the cracking of the house walls in the neighborhood. As an engineer, I manage to respond to all these problems. For the water flooding, I called the SADA and asked them cut off the water supply of that pipe and for the life utility that I found during the excavation; I called the TNB and asked them to check its availability. As for the cracking of the houses that occurred at the houses in the surrounding neighborhood, I file report to the claiming department and did follow up. These are a few problem encountered for the site supervising task.

Figure 1.27: The leaking of the SADA pipe.

Figure 1.27 (b): The leaking of the SADA pipe.

Figure 1.28: The cracking of the house.2)AutoCAD designing: As of the AutoCAD designing, the beginning of designing work was quite unfamiliar as lack of experiences and the deadline were very short. Pressure from the higher authority to finish the work made me panic and quite worried. Therefore, I worked overtime to ensure the work done on time, thus I managed to finish the work and summit it before the deadline.

3)Studying Engineering Drawing and Project Detail: When I first reach, I did not understand much about the process of work and what is the thing to be done and when to finish it. But after a proper timetable and schedule I managed to overcome this and with the help of the existing staff who are very helpful and considerate and made time to teach me.

Figure 1.29: Getting familiar with the Engineering Drawing.

4) Familiarization of tender contract @ Bill of Quantities: In this part, there were many issues that needed me to find proper approach of solving because the rates and the costs changes according to time and the ordering needed a precise understanding of the material needed. Therefore, I did some research which enabled me to solve my report with great success. PART IV

CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATION

4.1CONCLUSION

This Industrial Training is a great opportunity for me to learn vast information on the life as a working Engineer at the site. The exposure of this Industrial Training had given me knowledge which can not be obtain just by passing through the pages of references books. Therefore I am prominently in gratitude to everybody that involve in making me experience the site work.

The group assignment that was given by the lecturers are much appreciated here, as I understood that when working also there will be different people doing thing differently, therefore I have to exclude the differences among us and try to work together without damaging the project or any task that was assigned to us. I truly feel that I am improved in the networking, and be able to communicate with various types of people.

I also learned the importance of due date or deadlines, thanks to the lectures. In working area, every task that we have, we needed to complete in limited time. There is no time for slacking and cutting time. In fact, I need to do over time in order to complete my task or else somebody will take it away. As they say, u snooze u loses.

Last but not least; this Industrial training has helped me taste the life of working as an Engineers where I could apply everything that I learned in the class and to the working. Assignments from the lectures are really helpful as I can really manage to whip out a report in a jiffy.

4.2RECOMMENDATION

The recommendation that I would give is the duration of training should be increased to six months it will give an enormous experience of the working in the field. They would really see the progress of a project rather than just to see a glimpse of the working life. They could also learn more when more time is spending for the training.

Next recommendation would be that the Academic supervisor should visit more than one time as, it would give them the chance to see the progress made by the student as a trainee.

Lastly, I think that the Industrial Training should be given grade rather than pass or fail. They would do better when grade is given, as they would like to thrive to get an A rather than other grades. Therefore they would try to take part in doing the work and make an effort for the grade.

REFERENCES

Malaysia, Jabatan Kerja Raya (2012). Dokumen Kontrak untuk Projek Membina Jalan Lencongan Timur dari Persimpangan Jalan Tun Razak, Alor Star (Fasa 1): First country report. Ibu pejabat JKR Malaysia.

Malaysia, Jabatan Kerja Raya (2012). Senarai Quantiti untuk Projek Membina Jalan Lencongan Timur dari Persimpangan Jalan Tun Razak, Alor Star (Fasa 1): First country report. Ibu pejabat JKR Malaysia.