Table of Content

Objectives ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Introduction -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Page 3

Content/Technical observation -----------------------------------------------Page 4 – 6

Photo & Description -----------------------------------------------------------Page 7 – 13

Learning outcomes/Conclusion -------------------------------------------------Page 14

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Objectives

To allow us to learn more about the life of being an quantity surveyor.

To allow us to experience and expose to the actual working

environment in site such as working under the hot weather.

To allow us to see how the quantity surveyors, engineers, contractors

and workers communicate and work to each others in the site and the

teamwork between them.

To allow us to recognize the building materials in real and how the site

workers name the materials in site rather than recognizing by pictures.

This will allow us to learn faster and more compared to a in-class

lecture.

To allow us to have a basic understanding about the process in

constructing a building.

To allow us to have the oppocunity to be in the construction site before

we graduate as an quantity surveyor.

To allow us to have the awareness of taking care our own safety by

wearing safety helmet and boots whenever we step into construction

site. This is very important as there will be many safety problems occur

in site.

To enable us to see how the construction machineries work such as

mixing concrete by concrete mixer.

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Introduction

For this visit, we were required to produce a site report. This assignment was

intergrated by Measurement 1, Building Materials, and Construction

Technology. Since it was a site report, Sr. Ang had planned a site visit to a

construction site for us. After she got the permission from the contractor of the

site, we paid our visit to the site on 20th June 2014. The registration number

for the site is JKKP/WP/14/03/9119, it is located along the Old Klang Road,

which is also beside Pearl Point Hotel. Sr. Ang reminded all of us to get a

safety helmet for ourselves before the trip as it is the safety requirement for us

to enter into a construction site. In our batch, we have around 56 students and

the bus only can carry up to 40 passengers, therefore some of us would need

to go by car pooling.

On that day, Sr. Ang was the only one who accompanied us to the site. We

left our campus at around 0815 and the journey took us around 45 minutes to

reach the destination as the traffic in that morning was moderate.

We entered the site with safety helmet and the safety and health officer, Mr.

S.A Jivanatham welcomed us with some speeches about safety precautions

and introduced the project to us.

The followings are the companies involved in this project:-

Employer AIKBEE TIMBERS SDN. BHD.

Architect L T LEONG SEKUTU

Civil & Structural Engineer PERUNDING MAJUJAYA

Mechanical & Electrical Engineer KEW & ASSOCIATES

Quantity Surveyor PCM KOS PERUNDING SDN. BHD.

Main Contractor ENCORP CONSTRUCT SDN. BHD.

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Content / Technical observation

The project ongoing in this site is a mix-use development construction project.

It combines both commercial and residential in just one building and it is

named as Pearl Suria. The whole project will cost around RM101, 600, 000.

The estimation for the completion of this project will be in November 2015.

This building only consists one block which has 25 levels. There will be 2

levels of basement carpark and 2 levels of shopping malls at ground floor and

first floor. The basement carparks are reserved for the commercial. Level 3rd

to level 6th will be built to use as residential carparks. Then, the service

apartments will be built starting from level 7th to level 24th, which consist of a

total of 403 units of service apartment. The last level, level 25th which is also

the top level of this building will be built as a Rooftop. Other than these, there

will be a pedestrian bridge which linked the Pearl Suria to Pearl Point Hotel.

After Mr. Jivanatham finished breifing us about the project and safety

precautions, we proceeded to the basement of this building. While I was about

to leave to basement, I saw a big pipe which is connected to the upper floor. I

was wondering and I asked Mr. Jivanatham about this. He told me that it was

used to transfer concrete from the concrete mixer to the upper floor and it was

made by steel. While I was on my way to basement, I saw the temporary

accommodation for the workers. Their rooms were all linked together like a

long house and were fully made by timbers. I even saw some of the workers

were playing chess. They were enjoying and they looked warm and happy

while they saw us walking by. We were then came to a bigger space and Mr.

Tan explained to us about how the basement is built and the type of

foundation. Bore piles were used as the foundation of this building and the

bore piles surrounded the basement and formed a retaining wall.

Out of a sudden, I saw there are a lot of square-shaped things beside us and I

asked Mr. Jivanatham about that. It looked familiar to me as I may be seen it

somewhere else before. I was dawned when Mr. Jivanatham told me that was

actually air-con shaft. After that, we moved back to the ground floor level

again, I saw the workers dried their clothes on the mainframe of scaffoldings.

When we reached the entrance of the basement, Sr. Ang showed us that the

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size of beam does not need to be the same as the column which it is

connected to. Then we were all following the pathway to first floor, I looked on

top of me and I realized that there were many pipes on top of me. Out of my

curiousity, I asked Mr. Jivanatham again. He explained to me that were

sanitary piping and it was used to transfer waste and soil water. And, Sr. Ang

suddenly asked us to look at the building beside us and pointed to the bars

coming out from the columns and beams. She told us that those were starter

bars which were used for extention purposes. And then suddenly she pointed

to the other side and asked us to look at the beams and told us that beams

can also be in slope.

Then, we continued moving to second and third floor. I was talking to my

coursemates and suddenly I kicked on something. I kicked some

reinforcement bars which coming out from the floor. I looked at them and the

word “stirrups & links” came to my mind then I asked Mr. Jivanatham whether

I was correct. He answered “yes” and told me that later they would surround it

with formworks and pour concrete inside the formwork to form a divider.

After that, one of my coursemates asked Mr. Jivanatham whether they have

the concrete cover, Mr. Jivanatham looked around and he picked up

something on the floor and showed to us. He then explained to us how was it

made and he said they usually called it “Dao Gua” in the site. Then he told us

that there was also something called “vulgar word” in the site, he took up

something from the floor again and he told us that was actually called joint pin

and also explained to us about its function.

We were then finally came to the third floor, which was the last floor we could

visit. We came to the scaffolders and listened to Mr. Tan about its function.

After that, I would never espect that we could have the chance to walk down

to the ground level by using scaffoldings. We came to the ground level and it

was almost the end of our visit. Before we went into the site office to have our

refreshment drinks, Sr. Ang showed us the staircase which hasn’t been filled

with concrete. We could clearly see there were reinforcement bars inside the

formworks and Sr. Ang explained to us about the procedures in constructing a

staircase. It was amazing when we stepped into the site office because it was

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so cold compared to outside. We were then enjoying our drinks and asking

questions. It was a memorable site visit and Mr. Jivanatham, Mr. Tan and Sr.

Ang had satisfied all our curiosities. We took a group photo and shaked hand

with Mr. Jivanatham and Mr. Tan before we left.

Photo & description

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Mr. Jivanatham, the safety and health officer welcomed us with a speech about safety precautions.

The project signboard Scaffolding, which allow workers access to their working place.

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The mainframes of scaffolding were stacked aside nicely

Concrete Spacer, which is also known as “Dao Gua” in site. It is used to prevent the reinforcement bars from rusting.

Sanitary piping system for waste or soil water.

Joint pin, which connects the mainframe of scaffoldings together.

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The concrete mixer

The steel-made pipe, which transfers the concrete from the concrete mixer to the upper floor level.

The straight and bent reinforcement bars

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Temporary working table for workers

We were walking down to the ground floor by using scaffolding.

The lift

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Ledders and platforms of scaffoldings that made by steel.

The temporary power socket

The warning sign which reminds people not to produce naked flames at this area.

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Learning outcome /

Conclusion

I have learnt and

experieced a lot after

this site visit. First of all,

I have experieced the

life of being an quantity

surveyor . Going to site

is one of the job for

being a quantity

surveyor especially contractor quantity surveyor , so it

is a good experience for us since we got this great

chance to pay a visit to construction site before we graduated. It is not an

easy job to work in construction site because they need to work under

uncertainty weather such as working under hot sun and even raining.

Other than this, It was great as I got the chance to see and expose to the

workers’ life. The workers are playing a vital role in construction site, we will

never get a completed buildng without them. And, the teamwork among all the

members in a construction team is also important as they need to work with

each other in order to finish up the construction on time.

The group photo

We were enjoying our drinks in the site office and asking Mr. Tan more questions about Pearl Suria

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Besides, I got a better and clearer idea and understading on the building

materials and also the processes in constructing a building. We are able to

see those materials and processes directly rather than just seeing pictures

and videos during lecture. This will definitely help us to recognize the building

materials better and we can learn faster in the future.

Last and also the most important thing, is our safety in the site. It is the most

important thing out of so many factors. Signboards about safety precautions

can be seen everywhere in the site, especially at the entrance. Anyone who

wants to enter into a construction site must be equiped with safety helmet and

safety boots, or else you will not be allowed to go in. The safety rules need to

be followed strictly by everyone in order to ensure the safety of everyone

inside the construction site. As a conclusion, it was a great and

knowledgeable visit as I really have learnt a lot of experiences from this site

visit. I hope there will be more coming in the future.

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