Building Services 2

Building Services 2 (QSB2714)

I am having this module in my 3rd semester is because I passed my Building Services 1(prerequisite module) in my previous semester. Mr. Kam Kenn Jhun is the lecturer of this module who is willing to help us out when we encountered any problems during our study. He is also an dedicated and funny guy who makes the lecture class more interesting and less complicated. This subject is about services that are usually provided in a building, which are heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system; fire protection system; vertical transportation system; and electricity supply system. 

Mr. Kam also provided us some pictures and illustrations of how those services work in a building during his tutorial class so that we can have a clearer picture in our mind. Besides that, Mr. Kam will provide us some tutorial questions that are related to the topics he has taught us during his tutorial class so that we can sharpen our thinking and problem solving skills, which fulfill the requirement of TGC. 

Same like the other modules, we are asked to form a group of 5 to 6 members in a group in order to complete our assignment. This assignment is distributed into two parts, which one of it is we are required to do a report and the other one is we need to have a presentation session of our report after we have submit it. 

For our report, we are required to select a building as a case study, after that we need to discuss the existing types of system inside the building, then we need to identify the problems, compare and contrast the current system with our recommendation and solution. My group has chosen "Subang Parade Shopping Mall" to do our case study. We managed to collect a lot of information from Mr. Radzi and Mr. Rahman (the person who guide us when we visit to Subang Parade) so we are able to finish our assignment on time. 

We were having so much fun and have gained a lot of experiences while visit to Subang Parade. Through this assignment, we not only increased our knowledge but also improved our communication skills. We also able to understand team dynamics and mobilise the power of teams. Without the aid of teamwork, we will not able to complete our assignment.


Link to have a look at our group report: Visit to Subang Parade

Picture above shows the illustration of "how the cooling tower works" drawn by Mr. Kam during his tutorial class.

Picture above is taken after we done our presentation.

Picture above is taken during our visit to Subang Parade.

Picture above is taken during our visit to Subang Parade.

Picture above is taken during our visit to Subang Parade.

Management Science

Management Science (QSB2414)

Due to it's not a prerequisite subject, it is a new thing for me because i am not having this subject before in my previous semester. But for the lecturer of this subject, I am quiet familiar with one of the lecturer, Miss Mariatul Liza Meor Gheda who was teaching us Building Services 1 in our 2nd semester and the other one, Miss Azrina Binti Md Yaakob is a new face for me. Miss Mariatul will be in charge of our tutorial session while Miss Azrina will be in charge of our lecture session. 

The topic that Miss Mariatul and Miss Azrina have covered are managerial competencies; business strategy; decision making; organizational culture, structure and design; organizational change and learning; work motivation; leadership; team and working groups; communication; HR management; time management; and info management. To ensure that we understand their teaching, our lecture sometimes will give us some short presentation or scenario acting during our lecture or tutorial. By now, I am able to define the operation of different types of organisations in the construction industry and formulate my own management potential.

For this subject, we are asked to form a group of 5 to 6 members in a group in order to complete our assignment. We are asked to prepare a report and a quality video that are related to the topics we have learned. Each of the group is doing different topic, my group is doing the "Communication" topic after we have a lucky draw session in our lecture class. We are having so much fun while we are filming the video and doing the report not to mention the knowledge we have gained.

This is the link to watch our quality video: Communication

Picture above is taken during our video filming.

Picture above is taken during our video filming.

Construction Technology 2

Construction Technology 2 (QSB1524)

I am having this module in my 3rd semester is because as I mentioned in my post before I am repeating Construction Technology 1 (which is a prerequisite module)  in my 2nd semester and apparently I have passed my Construction Technology 1. Mr. Chiew Seng Khoon who has many experiences in teaching this module is the lecturer for this module. Mr. Chiew is an dedicated lecturer who is willing to help us out all the time, we gained a lot of extra knowledge during his lecture. 

The topics that Mr. Chiew has covered are basement excavation and construction; pile foundation; scaffolding; trench shoring; partitions; suspended ceiling; portal frame buildings; precast concrete products and structural steelworks frame. Upon successful of this module, i am able to interpret the logical sequences of concepts and alternative construction practices, demonstrating the variation in material applications. Besides that i am able to apply current legislation and standard with particular attention to safety and correct use of materials.

Unlike Construction Technology 1, we are not having any site visit this semester instead we are assigned to produce an individual assignment and a group assignment. For the individual assignment, we are asked to sketch/draw 20 pieces of drawings that are related to our module. For the group assignment, we are asked to form a group of 5 members in a group write a report on any one topic related to the module syllabus. We have chosen "Scaffolding" as our topic for our group assignment. We have done our group assignment by doing some research and finding information that are related to it as much as we can.


Link to have a look at our group report: Scaffolding

Picture above shows one of the individual assignment that I have drawn out of 20 pieces of drawings.

Measurement 3

Measurement 3 (QSB2115)

Mr. Soon Lam Tatt is the lecturer of this subject for us in our semester 3. Basically, this subject is for us to learn the principles, purpose and function of Standard Method of Measurement (SMM2) including measurement principles, descriptions and standard phraseology. The topics that our lecturer has covered are the measurement of for doors, windows, roof trusses, roof finishes, roof drainage, structural steel works and metal works. We are also learning the introduction on the principle of specification writing, form of specification writing and their uses for the various trades. 

We are assigned to form a group of 4 to 5 members in a group and each of us is requested to produce the measurement for a door and a window. For this semester, the floor plans and the details for doors and windows are not given by our lecturer, instead we need to provided them by ourself. So, we decided to visit one of our group member's house and collect the information of different type of doors and windows in order to start our assignment. Luckily, we managed to find 5 different types doors and windows. From this assignment, I had realized the importance of teamwork which I can't finish my assignment with satisfaction if without my group members. Last but not least, we are indeed gained lots of knowledge and fun during our works.

Picture above shows aluminium frame louvred window that i measured for my measurement 3 assignment.

Picture above shows aluminium frame hollow core flush door that i measured for my measurement 3 assignment. 

Picture above shows the ground floor plan of my group member's house.

Picture above shows the first floor plan of my group member's house.

Site Surveying

Site surveying

Mr. Wong Jee Khai is the lecturer for us in this subject. He is a funny guy that makes our lecture to have more fun so that we can have better understanding of this subject and kills our sleepiness during his lecture. Without his sense of humour, this subject will bored us till die and we will end up with learning nothing because this subject is full of theories and something that we never learned or heard before in our life.

This subject is new for as this is not a pre-requisite subject, so I din't took this subject in my last semester. Actually this subject is quiet interesting and can let us prepare ourself before we get into our job as this subject explains the fundamentals of site surveying, linear survey, levelling, traversing, satellite positioning, remote sensing, mapping survey and building construction surveying which will help us in our future life. This subject will let us handle our job easily in the future, because as a quantity surveyor, we are not only doing our job in an enclosed place but sometimes we also need to go to the construction site and do some survey on it, so this subject brought a lot of advantages for us.

The requirement of this group assignments for this subject is we have to form a group that consists of 5 members in a group and make discussion about the fieldworks that we have done. There are two fieldwork for this subject, which are levelling and traversing. We are assigned two assignments for this subject because we do not have final exam for this subject, so our lecture decided to give us a mid-term test and two fieldworks in order to fulfil the requirement of the exam rules. During this two fieldwork, we have the opportunity to work with some equipments that are required for our fieldworks. In this case, we are not only able to gain some fieldwork knowledge but we also are able to gain some fieldwork experience that will help us in our future life. So, this fieldworks are killing two birds with one stone for us.

Picture above shows a tripod that used during our both levelling and traversing fieldworks.

Picture above shows a auto level meter that used during our both levelling and traversing fieldworks.

Picture above shows the measuring staff that used during our levelling fieldwork.

Picture above shows a measuring tape that used during our traversing fieldwork.

Picture above shows the ranging rod that used during our traversing fieldwork.

Construction Technology 1

Construction Technology 1

Unfortunately, I am repeating this subject in my semester instead of taking construction technology 2 because I failed my construction technology 1 in my previous semester, and this is a prerequisite subject so I have to pass construction technology 1 then only I can take construction technology 2. But repeating this subject doesn't mean a bad thing for me because I can learn more and able to have a clearer picture in my mind. Mr. Leong Boon Tik is the lecturer for this subject and he is a dedicated lecturer who willing to help us to solve our problems all the times. Through this subject, I have gained a lot of new knowledge and have been told a lot of interesting facts that different from my lecturer. After I have learned something in my previous construction technology, that's mean I have some basic about this subject, so this time it is quiet easy for me to handle it. 

The topic that Mr. Leong has covered include site and temporary works, foundations, concrete framed buildings, roofs, walls, doors and staircases. Upon successful of this subject, I am able to explain the construction of buildings and the scientific principles which underpin the design and construction; explain the principles and practices of construction technology in residential buildings and to work generally of a more complex nature; describe the definition of appropriate functional requirements; appraise implementation of erection. 

Same like the other subject, we also asked to form a group of 5 members in a group in order to complete the group assignment. In our group assignment, we are required to do some research about the type of foundation, type of slab and type of roof of place that we are lived in. For our group assignment, we have done some research about a terrace houses that are under construction, and we have completed our group assignment with a lot of teamwork. For this subject, we also required to go for a site visit where located in Cyberjaya and write a site report after visit the site. The purpose of the site visit is to let us see the actual elements which we can't see during our lecture class and to gain some extra knowledge and experience for us to prepare ourselves before we enter our job.

Picture above shows the pad footing foundation that has captured during our site visit.

Picture above shows some reinforcement bars that has captured during our site visit.

Picture above shows 2 temporary toilets that has captured during our site visit.

Picture above shows a worker was preparing to bend the reinforcement bar with the bar bending machine.

Picture above shows another pad footing foundation that found at the other side during our site visit.

Picture above shows the information board about the construction site that has captured during our site visit.

Picture above shows the emergency escape plan that has captured during our site visit.

Measurement 2

Measurement 2

Miss Habizah Sheikh Ilmi is the lecturer of this subject for us in our semester 2. Basically, this subject is for us to learn the principles, purpose and function of Standard Method of Measurement (SMM2) including measurement principles, descriptions and standard phraseology. The topics that our lecturer has covered are the measurement of brickwork of 
internal and external walls, timber floors and stud partitions, staircase structure and staircase balustradings; floor, wall, ceiling and staircase finishes including painting.

During her lecture, she has taught us how to take-off quantities from drawings, how to produce measurement, and how to competently carry out the preparation of the Bills of Quantities for brickworks, stud partitions,staircase structure, staircase finishes and balustrading, floor, wall and ceiling finishes and precast concrete piling. Also, she always remind us don't be surprise that measurement 2 is more difficult than measurement 1, and the description for the elements in measurement 2 is way longer than the description for elements in measurement 1. In order to take measurement 3 next semester, I should work more harder, so that I can pass my measurement 2 and continue my degree with measurement 3.

For the group assignment of this subject, we are asked to form a group of 5 members in a group. For my group, we need to produce measurement for internal and external walls, internal and external walls finishes, internal and external floor finishes, and internal and external ceiling finishes of the corner lot of a terrace house. I am measuring the external wall finishes and the ceiling finishes in this group assignment. From this group assignment, I am not only gained a lot of knowledge but I also realised the importance of teamwork, I can't finish the group assignment without my group member.

Picture above shows the ground and first floor reflected ceiling plan of the terrace house for our group assignment.

Picture above shows the ground floor and first floor plan of the terrace house for our group assignment.

Picture above shows the garden, street, and side elevation of the terrace house for our group assignment.