Internship report

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Architecture

INTERNSHIP TRAINING AND REPORT

(AR2615 / AR2613 / AR2622)

TUTOR: MS BALKISH

TAN CHEE SIANG | 0315159

Title

ARC2625 Internship Report

Intern

Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus

Name

Tan Chee Siang

Student ID

0315159

Company Name

Clement Wong Architecture

Supervisors

Oliver & Clive

Projects Involved

1. SOFO Condominium – Kuala Lumpur

2. 9Th Miles Lutheran Church

3. D’Marina - Kuantan

Duration of Internship

03.01.17 – 08.03.17

Submission Date

10.03.17

INTERNSHIP REPORT CONTENT

Foreword Testimonial Letter Clement Wong Architecture Company profile Expectation & Objective of Internship Architectural

Academic Skill Authorities Meeting CCM Landscape Design Presentation Contractual and Legal Policy

Site Construction

Site Meeting Tender Meeting

Corporate

Developer’s Meeting Implementation Schedule Investor Chairman Meeting

Internal Administrative

SI Research Weekly Meeting

Internship Log Sheet Week 1 - 8 Reflection

Foreword

As a part of my Degree Course at Taylor’s University

Lakeside Campus ， followed after the end of 5th

semester, I applied my internship in Clement Wong

Architecture.

My focus areas for the internship were following:

- To experience the real word architecture field.

- To gain more knowledges that can’t learn in

academic.

- To get competences and skills within the field

of architecture; included Contractual, Law

and Regulations, Authorities, Materials etc.

- Experience working for a company that

contain several competences, to get an

insight in other professions as well as my own

profession.

I spend my internship at the architecture firm at in

Clement Wong Architecture in a period of 2 months.

Testimonial Letter

Clement Wong Architecture Company profile

We are a young and dynamic architecture firm focusing on sustainable design and a touch of creativity. Our projects consist of residential, institutions, commercials, high rise and resorts. We focus on architecture that conserves energy, limits environmental impact and contributes to user’s enjoyment of life, expressing it in an uplifting, inspiring and contextually appropriate built environment. Our focus on green building design and it is our commitment to productively engage in the global community. We provide an office space for research and design experiment including vertical garden, rain water harvest, sustainable construction methods and low carbon foot print material etc.

Appendix 0.0 Group Photo of Young Architects in Clement Wong Architecture

Expectation & Objective of Internship

The expectations Clement’s expectations of me as an intern in the

company was first of all, that I could work in a 120% position, 40

hours a week. I was hired like a regular employee with an hourly

wage. My scopes of work during the internship were to do projects

within architecture and Project Management (Construction

Side). Especially working with detailed Technical Design,

Contractual, Site visit, Reports/ Minutes and Internal

Administration, depending on the projects they were having at the

time and what they could offer me to join. My own expectations for

the internship and the projects the corresponded well with what the

senior supervisor and complete the task given with understanding.

My goal was to improve my skills and knowledges that I cannot

learn during my university life. With this in mind I expected to enter

a field where I wouldn’t have much knowledge and a lot to learn.

Especially in the technical detailing parts of projects.

Expectations & Objectives of Internship Objectives I wanted to

archive some professional skills, methods and technics, and

learn more about designing in detail. By working in Clement Wong

Architecture as a company with various competences within the

clients, consultants and contractors. I also found it attractive to

get an insight of how the company are collaborating between the

different departments.

Architectural Academic Skill

SOFO RENCANA

Project Title: Cadangan Pembangunan Komersial 2 Block Pejabat 15 Tingkat

Location: Sungai Pencala, Kuala Lumpur

Appendix 1.0 Overview of SOFO Rencana Condominium

Appendix 1.1 Overview of SOFO Rencana Condominium

During the first week, I was given a task of helping with Technical Details Drawings for Tender.

The space I draft is the Section Drawings of Staircases and Toilets. The section drawings is not tally

to the floor plan, so I have to draft section drawings according to the floor plan correctly.

SOFO RENCANA


Location: Sungai Pencala, Kuala Lumpur

Appendix 1.3 Ground Floor Plan & First Floor Plan

Appendix 1.4 Sectional Detail Drawings of Staircases

9Th Miles Lutheran Church


Location: Cheras, Selangor

Appendix 1.0 Ground Floor Plan & First Floor Plan

Appendix 2.0 First Floor Plan

Appendix 2.1 Floor Plan and Sectional detail drawings

Architectural Authorities Meeting D’Marina Kuantan PR1MA Project Title: Cadangan Pembangunan Perumahan Yang Mengandung : Fasa 1 & Fasa 2

Location: Kuantan, Pahang

Appendix 3.2 BP Drawings Comment with Head Officer

During week 2, I was given an opportunity to

attend the submission of BP drawings in

Kuantan. This is the 3rd submission of BP to

Majlis Perbandaran Kuantan (MPK). This trip

is to seek the comments from the authority.

We went to the department called Bahagian

Bangunan‘s (Building Type Planning) Meeting

Room. Then the lady head office will give

comments of our submitted drawings. The

comments or changes are made according to

the Uniform Building By Laws (UBBL). There

is one important thing which they focused on

OKU (Disable) facilities. Fortunately, the

building plan was all great and we just have to

wait for the approval from upper stage.

Appendix 3.0 Preparation and checking of BP drawings

Appendix 3.1 Front view of MPK Kuantan

During week 2, We are have to prepare our BP

drawings to submit to Kuantan the next day.

Before submission, we have to check again the

whole set of drawings and get sign by our boss

and the developer.

D’Marina Kuantan PR1MA

Project Title: Cadangan Pembangunan Perumahan Yang Mengandung : Fasa 1 & Fasa 2


Appendix 4.0 Bomba Station in Kuantan

Appendix 4.2 BP Drawings Comment with Head Officers Appendix 4.1Comment Sheet for BP Plan by MPK

During week 3, we made an appointment with the fire station authority with the BP submission

comment meeting in Kuantan. During the Comment Meeting, the office claimed that some space

to be change about the issues of fire escape, such as staircase, fire exit, type of fire door and

placement of fire hydrant etc.

Architectural CCM D’Marina Kuantan PR1MA Project Title: Cadangan Pembangunan Perumahan Yang Mengandung: Fasa 1 & Fasa 2 & Fasa 3


During week 2, my supervisor which is project architect of the project brought me to the first Client

Consultants Meeting (CCM). In this 10th CCM, the architect chaired the meeting and discuss about the

several matters such as Authority, Pre-consultation, KM, C&S, Infra, Land and Site Issues. By the

way, they are mainly focus on the Land Matters in this Meeting. There are several documents had not

submitted that caused delay of the payment and schedule of KM. CCM will be held every 2 weeks unless

there are some emergency issues, it will immediately issue emergency meeting.

Appendix 5.0 CCM Minutes 10 Agenda

Architectural Landscape Architecture D’Marina Kuantan PR1MA Project Title: Cadangan Pembangunan Perumahan Yang Mengandung: Fasa 1 & Fasa 2 & Fasa 3


During week 4, I attended the presentation of Landscape Architecture by Urbanis Landscape. The presentation

presented about the design concept, cost and quantity, type of landscapes and vegetation, facilities and

requirements by the client. The landscape architect designed the landscape mainly base on the cost and project

brief requirement to produce the first proposal, there are some comments to the landscape architect such as the

appropriate distance between vegetation, the pavement materials and the canopy & pavilion design strategies.

Appendix 6.0 Proposal of Landscape Architecture by Urbanis Architecture

Architectural Contractual and Legal Policy The Architect as Contract Administrator A Legal Perspective My boss Clement handed me this book to read,

the content of this book is about how is an

architect’s scope of work, building contract

and PAM Form Clauses. This is a guideline

when an architect start up his own firm to be

learned in some legal contractual perspective

and what position should an architect be in

construction site. There are also some rules

and regulations clarified by PAM organization

to follow.

Appendix 7.0 Scope of work of Architect

Appendix 7.1 Cover Page of PAM Contract 2006

PAM Agreement and Condition Of PAM

contract 2006 is also another contractual guide

documents which we have to learn and

understand in the future. Inside it, there is

some formal and legal agreements of different

articles to different consultants. Besides, it

consist of conditions of the contract. There are

lots of clauses to follow, which importantly

includes Contract Documents, Programme

and As-Built Drawings, Obligations, Fees

and Charges.

Site Construction Site Visit & Meeting


Project Title: Cadangan Pembangunan Perumahan Yang Mengandung: Fasa 1 Dan Fasa 2


Appendix 8.0 Site Office

Appendix 8.1 Borehole Progress Status

On week 5, I was assigned to work under Domus Project Management Company, I got my first time to visit

our site which is in Kuantan. There are already held a site office with some presentation of the building types

and master layout model. We were having a site meeting due to the site matters which are Site Clearing,

Soil Investigation (SI) and earthwork filling progress work. In this Meeting, we discussed about the

Extension of Time (EOT) and also Extension of Contract (EOC) for some subcontractors because their

period or contract had been expired, should continue with approval.




Appendix 8.2 Site Meeting Minutes 02

The site meeting minutes discussed about the land surveyor to peg out the boundaries and provide

Boundaries survey drawing for Fasa 1 and Fasa 2.

The SI meeting minutes discussed about the number of borehole (BH) and Cone Penetration Test (CPT)

to be marked and test.

Appendix 8.3 Soil Investigation Meeting Minutes 01

Site Construction Tender Meeting




Tender Opening

On week 6, I am fortunately to be invited into tender meeting of Sewage Treatment Plan (STP) of contractor.

Firstly, the contractor had his presentation of his design and estimated cost the STP for the project. In the

meeting, there are clients, us architect, developer, C&S engineer (IR) and Quantity Surveyor (QS).

Architect and C&S Engineer will comment about the design, then QS will comment about the cost and policy

of the contract. After that, Qs will calculate out the Building Quotation (BQ) out and finalize the contract.

On week 7, each of the contractors’ envelope were sent to QS secretly, there come to a tender opening

session, which finalize all the estimated cost of every contractors. Then QS open out all the documents from

different contractors and choose the most valuable contractor. Then Qs will issue an Letter of Award (LA)

to determine the selected contractor legally as the STP contractor of this project.

Corporate Developer’s Meeting




Implementation Schedule

Appendix 9.0 Implementation Schedule

On week 5, there is a developer’s meeting. Developer’s Meeting as also called as Internal Meeting, it is the

meeting within developer, architect, client, and project management. The meeting was discussed about

Cost and Time matter and problem to be issued. Besides, it was an informal meeting to update the client

and developer about the current situation of the construction site and the documentary to certain authorities.

We also discuss about the PR1MA Contract which call Master En-Bloc Purchase Agreement (MEBPA).

Internal Administration SI Research


Project Title: Cadangan Pembangunan Perumahan Yang Mengandung : Fasa 1 Dan Fasa 2


Boreholes include any drilled onshore and offshore, for any purpose and to any depth and include auger holes, shafts, pits,

auger holes, shot-holes, wells and vibro cores There are two main types of bore, open holes and cored holes and there are

two main types of drilling rigs, rotary and percussion.

The cone penetration or cone penetrometer test (CPT) is a method used to determine the geotechnical

engineering properties of soils and delineating soil stratigraphy. The test is also called, Dutch Cone test. Due to its simplicity

and efficiency, the cone penetration test is one of the most commonly accepted and used in-situ testing methods in

geotechnical investigation worldwide.

Weekly Meeting

Weekly Meeting is also called as “Monday Breakfast”. It

is because it start on every Monday. Couple of

colleagues have to take turns to prepare breakfast for

everyone. During breakfast, all of us have to do public

speaking and share some knowledges or resolution to

everyone. Our boss will give a lecture about knowledges

instead of architectural skill for 3 minutes session. After

that, it will start meeting to discuss each status of the

project from the previous week and achievements.

Appendix 10.0 Monday Breakfast

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotechnical_engineering

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotechnical_engineering

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_mechanics

Internship Log Sheet Week 1








Conclusion

To sum up, I have learnt two different knowledges during this 2 months internship. Firstly, Architecturally

I improve my software skill which is Autocad to draw technical detail drawings. On the other hand, I have

learnt more knowledges from Project Management about the contractual, legal documents by architects,

and construction site. I appreciate that I have an opportunity to learn some of the construction knowledges.

It is important to gain some information from the construction site. In university, we will learn about SPACE

AND TIME, when we come to real industrial world, we learn one more which is COST. I have to thank to

my boss and colleague that give me so much pleasure chance to learn that I am not be able to learn in

university. Lastly, after internship we will be able to find our own direction or decision of our path in our

future.