Mid-term Test :
After we have completed quite a numbers of lectures, our dearest lecturer, Sr. Ang announced that we have a mid-term test for this subject. All the topics that were covered in the test are everything that we have learned throughout that few weeks.
I am actually quite satisfied with my results as I have really study hard on this subject ever since the semester started. However, I have also learned that I must be very careful on the calculations as I have make quite a lot of careless mistakes that took away my marks.
Lastly, I would like to say thank you to Sr. Ang for being patient and helpful during the lecture and tutorials.
Assignment 1:
The first assignment that was given by our beloved lecturer,
Sr. Ang is a group project that required us to prepare all the taking off of a
chosen building. We were given a short briefing about the task we need to do
and the intended learning outcomes of this project. We are divided into a group
of ten members and in the group we are then divided again into pairs. Each pair
of the group members are required to do all the taking off of each part of the
chosen building based on the drawings that were assigned to us. Some of the
taking off we need to do are pile caps, excavation, slabs, columns and etc. For
this assignment, we need produce a complete taking off, taking-off list, query
list and billing quantities for all the elements of the buildings.
My teammate, Wong Yii Shin and I did all the taking off for pile
caps and excavations of pile caps from reduce level. While doing the project,
we found that it is actually quite similar to what we have learned and did in
class. Thus, it shows how important to pay attention to every lecture given by
Sr. Ang as everything that was taught by her can be applied to the actual construction
project.
On the other hand, we had done all our work cooperatively. And,
even though we are divided into pairs for each of the groups, however all of us
had help each other out throughout the process of doing this project work. I
have learned that teamwork is very important in order to complete our work on
time.
Last but not least, I felt that it is not an easy assignment
as we are not experienced enough to read the drawings and doing the taking off.
It is very important to practice more and understand all the clauses in SMM2 so
that we will not be lost whilst doing our assignment. Thus, I felt that I need
to further improved myself by practicing the taking off and study more on the
clauses in SMM2 so that I could achieved better results be it in my studies or
when I am at work in future.
Finally, I would like to sincerely express my gratitude
towards my attentive lecturer, Sr. Ang for her guidance throughout the progress
of the assignment and for her kindness to help us out in understanding better
about this assignment.
Site report :
Below are the site report :
The last assignment that was given are visiting a construction site and write a report about the site visit. This assignment is to let us experience how an actual site looks like and gives us more understanding about the field we are studying now other than just studying theoretically in class. We are required to produce a report about the site that we have visited, the construction work and the materials that are being used on these buildings.
I felt that this assignment gives us a lot of advantages because we can get to see what is really going on on the site and understand more about the work that are done on site. It also gives us benefits as we do not have to just imagine what we have learned in class. I am able to see and understand the reason why do we measure and take off the quantities in a certain way that i couldn't figure it out just by imagination during the class.
In conclusion, I would like to express my gratitude towards Sr. Ang for bringing us and making this site visit to happen. Thank you =)
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