SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN

BACHELOR IN QUANTITY SURVEYING (HONOURS)

INTEGRATED ASSIGNMENT:
MEASUREMENT I (QSB60104)
CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY I (BLD60104)
BUILDING MATERIALS (BLD62003)

SITE VISIT REPORT

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NAME: NUR FIRZANA BINTI MUHAMMAD HASMI

STUDENT ID: 0324838

DATE OF SUBMISSION: 29TH NOVEMBER 2016

CONTENTS

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- INTRODUCTION & OBJECTIVES
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- INTRODUCTION TO SITE

- PROJECT SUMMARY 5

- TECHNICAL OBSERVATION & PHOTOS

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- CONCLUSION
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 INTRODUCTION

In this integrated project, students are required to produce a report

on a technical site visit to a construction site. The site visit was organised

by the programme director, Sr Ang Fuey Lin on the 23rd November 2016

to give students the ability to apply their learning skills learnt from within

the lecture theatres into the working world by observing and exploring

the construction site.

OBJECTIVES

The aim of this project is to give exposure to the students on the

basics of the construction process and witnessing the usage of

construction equipment’s on site including mechanical plants. Students

will be able to identify various types of building materials and

construction technology on site of an actual working environment and

uncertain circumstances of site conditions like weather. Other than that,

students will have an awareness on the importance of safety on site and

understanding safety problems during site construction.

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 PROJECT SUMMARY

Project Title : Cadangan pembinaan 42 unit rumah teres di Taman Impian

Murni (Lot 3607),Tanjung Balai (Lorong Haji Yusof), 30/236, bersama satu

unit pencawang elektrik padat di atas Lot 3607 (GM2726), Seksyen 30,

40460, Shah Alam, Selangor.

Contract Value : RM11 Million

Contract Period : 28 Months

Commencement Date : March 2016

Completion Date : June 2018

Physical Progress : 37% Done - As of 23rd Nov 2016

Developer : Khas Perkasa Sdn. Bhd.

Architect : Tan’ck Architect

C&S Consultant : VED Engineers Sdn. Bhd.

M&E Consultant : BSD Associates Sdn. Bhd.

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Contractor : Pembinaan Purcon Sdn. Bhd.

INTRODUCTION TO THE SITE

The location of the site is at Jalan Tanjung Balai (Lorong Haji Yusof),

Shah Alam. Students were required to find their own transportation to the

site by carpooling or getting there on their own and gather at the site

itself before 9:00 am. After arriving at the location, we met with our

lecturers, Sr. Ang Fuey Lin, Dr. Myzatul Aishah Binti Hj Kamarazaly and

Mrs. Azrina Binti Md Yaakob as well as the people in charge of handling

us throughout the visit. We were given a quick brief about the

construction project by our guide and received safety helmets each before

beginning our tour.

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 TECHNICAL OBSERVATION

Our guide informed us on the foundations that all units were built

using a combination of pile and raft foundation meaning the foundation is

designed with the piles but without the pile caps and instead they use a

raft foundation on top which subsequently, acts as a beam for the ground

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beam. The type of load transfer would be friction pile due to softness of

the land.

Extra floor

slab above the

ground beam.

Concrete frame structures are very common in buildings today. They

act as a backbone for support so the building can be erected and hold up

the load without collapsing. However, on the day of our site visit, it was

thirty percent completed with the construction. The foundation has already

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been covered with concrete. So, the only thing visible for us to see were

the beams, columns, slabs and walls.

Suspended beam

Column

For a small project like this, the

construction was done using a

conventional method of investing

labour intensive methods which

are very abundant and feasible in

Malaysia.

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 Afterwards, he moved on to talking about the columns and beams and

how the process comes together. It begins with the formwork which are

basically moulds that shape the concrete into columns or beams.

Column formwork

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When formworks are put up, the falsework will be needed as well

because they act as a temporary support for the formwork to hold the

vertical load until the concrete is hardened and becomes self-supporting.

Beam formworks is a 3-sided box supported and propped at a desired

level while columns consist of a vertical mould.

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 Falsework

Falsework and formwork will always go

Rebars
together and when falsework happens to be

done irresponsibly the formwork can break

loose and concrete will flow down, creating

honeycombs and cracks which is a downside.

It will require another team of contractors to

hack out the concrete floor and remove it

which will involve in loss of money for

reinforcements.

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 Next, the reinforcement bars will be assembled and ready to be put up

within the formwork. The use of reinforcement bars in concrete is partly due

to its cost and also for the added support. Concrete is strong in compression

but very brittle when it comes to tensile strength. Despite that, steel

reinforcement bars are strong in both aspects but it is expensive. Therefore,

using steel bars for the construction will strengthen the structure to hold the

concrete up and allow it to accept such load, if there are no reinforcement

bars within the concrete consequently, the columns and beams will show

signs of cracking or most likely to break.

Not visible within the photo as it was covered by a piece of wood but there is a

bar bending machine on site where straight reinforcement bars are bend on site.

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 Once everything is put into place, everything comes down to the
For this construction project, there are
concrete mix. The concreting for all the structures were in-situ concrete in
bars coming out of the column. The
grade 25. Before concrete is poured into the formwork, it must be tested
purpose of these are bars is due to
using the slump test to determine the workability and consistency of the
prevent the columns from cracking caused
concrete mix until it comes to a true slump. Casting will then take up at least
by the vibration of moving machinery
a week for it to solidifies before removing the formwork.
plants.

Moving on, he further explained

about spacer blocks. They are set

between the formwork and

reinforcement bars. On site, the blocks

look like a piece of tofu as described by

the project manager. They are

prefabricated and placed piece by piece

before it is casted. The reason for using

spacer blocks is to ensures the

reinforcement bars have a perfect

coverage that it needs.

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 We were then given the chance to look around

units that only had first floor slab, the suspended

slab of the concrete floor was explained to us that

it is has more load to it as it needs to transferred

to the beam, down to the sides of the columns

before it distributes to the strip piling and onto the piles. The ground floor

load for this particular construction project is

Floor slab distributes its load
called non suspended slab because it is partially
to the beam and on to the

supported by the ground and the other half of columns.

the load is distributed to the beam.

Most of the housing units had the bricks laid out for the walls on the

ground floor. The brick materials used were cement sand bricks and also

clay bricks. Cement sand bricks have the same function as the clay bricks.

Even so, clay bricks were used between party walls for safety purposes to

follow the Malaysian Standards.

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When it comes down to cost, cement sand bricks(right) are

cheaper than clay bricks (left) rm0.20 and rm0.40 respectively.

A quick introduction of the

site given out by the

project manager before we

headed off to the site.

Temporary resting area for

the as well as a small snack

store provided for the

workers.

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Independent scaffolding is

used for the workers to

access high areas.

Pre-made reinforcement bars

ready to be used.

A crawler excavator for

digging and moving large

objects.

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 Cement mixer for mixing

cement, aggregate and

sand to produce cement.

A truck to bring heavy

material in and out of

the site.

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Materials like door frames and cement are stored at

a dry area and above ground to prevent damage.

Safety signs seen and

reminding those with safety

helmets and proper safety

shoes are allowed to enter

the site.

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 Cement mixing truck to

produce large amounts of

concrete.

CONCLUSION

From this site visit alone, I feel that I have acquired a more in depth

understanding of the construction process and the various equipment and

mechanical plants required during a construction. More so, It is an eye

opener that I can apply from what I have learnt in lectures and tutorials

taught by my mentors and be able to apply it and see the procedure take

place before me from paper into reality. Not to mention, that this trip has
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also given me a more rational understanding on the unforeseeable

mishaps and conditions that can occur like safety hazards and

unpredictable weather conditions can possibly delay the completion of a

project.

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