BCAS Industrial Training | SIERRA Page | 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I take a great pleasure in acknowledging the people who had extremely me to complete my industrial training assignment. First of all I would like to thank Almighty Allah whose blessing had brought me here and my parents for their encouragement and guidance also who gave me this opportunity to follow Quantity Surveying at BCAS. Also, I would like to include my thanks to my colleagues for their help and whoever helped me, in many ways to finish this project properly. I also would like to thank the Quantity Surveyor of my site, project manager, technical officers and staff. Thank you.
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BCAS Industrial Training | SIERRA
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I take a great pleasure in acknowledging the people who had extremely me to complete my
industrial training assignment.
First of all I would like to thank Almighty Allah whose blessing had brought me here and my
parents for their encouragement and guidance also who gave me this opportunity to follow
Quantity Surveying at BCAS. Also, I would like to include my thanks to my colleagues for their
help and whoever helped me, in many ways to finish this project properly.
I also would like to thank the Quantity Surveyor of my site, project manager, technical officers
and staff.
Thank you.
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TABLE OF CONTENT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………………………………………………………..…...01
TABLE OF CONTENT……………………………….………………………………...02
INTRODUCTION TO TRAINING ESTABLISHMENT……………………..……..…03
PROJECT DETAILS ……………………………………….………………….….……06
TASK 2.1………………………………………………………………….….....……….08
TASK 2.2………………………………………………………………………..……....10
TASK 3.2………………………………………………………….……………….........12
TASK 4.2………………………………………………………………………..….…...14
TASK 6.1…………………………………………………………..…………………….15
TASK 6.2………………………………………………………………..….……………16
CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………..….……..17
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INTRODUCTION TO TRAINING ESTABLISHMENT
Vision
“To be the preferred infrastructure development partner in the region.”
Mission
» Exceptional performance in all aspects of our industry.
The role of a contractors QS will extend further than the day to day running of building
projects and will cover such other areas as sub-contract formation, forecasting of costs and
values of the project, cash flow forecasts and the collation of the operation and maintenance
manuals of the project. This increase in the capacity of the surveying profession has led to
an increased demand for qualified personnel and goes some way to explaining the
popularity of related degrees at university.
Some contractors and others may attempt to rely on a general accountant to deal with
construction costs, but usually this is not effective, primarily because an accountant does not
have the technical knowledge to accurately allocate costs to specific items of work
performed, especially at times prior to the particular work's completion as required to make
accurate assessment of the amounts to be paid to the contractor during the course of the
work.
Job Function of The Site Quantity Surveyor
Reports to site manager.
Evaluates and prepares progress payments to sub-contractors.
Assist in preparation of the monthly valuation and estimates of variation orders.
Prepares material forecasts and weekly requisitions.
Verifies material requisitions.
Prepares daily reports
Claims to be prepared accurately & submitted on time
All variation works & extra works to be covered
Getting approvals for all claimed work done on time without delay
Project Manager to be fully awarded regarding the claims and Project Engineer to be
confirmed the claimed work done
Claims related all records to be kept & documents to be maintained as per the
Company Quality Management System standards
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P2.2 Explain the importance of the services of a quantity surveyor to
your training organization.
Taking off Quantities
It is an important job for QS. All the bills and money transactions are depending on this. I
have been assisted to take measurements in the head office and as well as in the site
I got an opportunity to take off quantities for the several elements. Some items were being
new experience for me. The main purpose of these quantities was to ascertain and to order
the actual material quantities. The main items I used to take off were, tilling, formwork and
masonry work.
Measurement of Work Done with The Consultant
In my Five-storey Hotel project, soon after a particular work section is completed the work
done is measured jointly with the resident consultant supervisors. Since the total project had
been divided to many sections, several supervisors had been appointed for those sections.
Therefore, when the site measurements are taken the contractor has to take the joint
measurement with the relevant supervisor. During my training period, I had to take joint
measurement at many times jointly with the supervisors.
Meetings
Consultants should arrange site meetings. He can control the site by having site
meetings. The objectives of the site meetings are,
Communication between consultant, contractor and client can be taken in a freeway.
Consultants can advise the contractor.
Problems can be sorted out.
Site meetings can be referred when any complication arises during construction.
Consultant can allow time extension by reference to minutes of site meetings.
Ongoing work is inspected by the officials and problems, variations, progress etc are
discussed
Regular site meetings are held to discuss site matters and solutions for the same and
the Site Manager gives relevant instructions to officials in order to achieve the required
target of the organization.
Preparation of Day Work Schedule
This is another way for pricing. It can be used for the purpose of claims. Here we have to fill
machinery used at the sites, equipments used, labour hours they spent. Then we can get an
idea for the works done at the site even the items, which are not in the BOQ.
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Site Records and Documentation
As the construction works comprises a vast number of various activities and follow number
of procedures, there are lots of records and documents, which display valuable information
and details, have to be maintained at site. These records and documents play a major role in
construction and project management. In addition, these provide good basis for future
references. Whenever any problems or disputes arise these records are very helpful and
issued as inputs of evidence for any solution and decision making in safeguarding the
organization. (Document maintaining is a key of documentary evidence at the legal bench)
During my training period, I was able to go through the following records and to identify the
level of preference in keeping of these records at site.
Drawings
Daily records of Manpower schedule & work output
Daily record for Material consumptions & Machinery/Equipment utilization
Daily Labour supply sheets
Day work schedules
Price list files
Monthly Progress report
Sub contractors’ Bills, Payment Vouchers & Payment Certificates
Daily advance of Labour supply subcontractor.
Material requisition sheets
Purchase requisition sheets
Daily advances of workers
Laboratory records & test reports
Ready-mix concrete delivery order sheets
Concrete approval forms
Administrative records such as Salary payment sheets, Leave applications
Most of these records are prepared and maintained by the Quantity surveyors. QS Should
do a good documentation of records since several parties use these records.
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P3.2 Identify the hierarchy of authority of the organization.
Site Organization and Management
The Construction of Five-story Hotel project is very straightforward. Under the guidance of
project coordinator, the project manager takes all decision, according to the predetermined
programs and plans. In order to achieve an efficient and effective resource management, a
progress report is submitted weekly to the head office. Therefore, construction managers
can take a precaution easily for the success of the project. The cost control managers
always area instructed the project being at the head office. The planning engineer had an
authority to make major decision up to certain extend such as fund setting up targets for
execution lf work, time allocation, etc. regarding the project.
In this project, completion work was scheduled according to the master program. However, it
could be observed that it is not feasible to follow the master program itself. Normally the
construction project got delay due to many reason such as bad weather conditions,
construction fault and late approval of the work, etc... The management of the project
overcomes this problem by revising the master program according to the prevailing
circumstances. Decision makers fixed time target and engineers were obliged to achieve
them.
It was very important to have proper material control system and well controlled plant-
handling system for cost control procedure. Material cost is major factor of the project cost.
Maintaining required number of labours and required plants on time at the site were another
major factor concerns in resource allocating.
The Management Structure of The Organization
SIERRA (Pvt.Ltd) Ltd has registered with BOI. (Board Of investment Sri Lanka).
Organizational structure of SIERRA (Pvt.Ltd) can be stated as a functional structure. We can
clearly identify separately. The main decision maker is the managing director/Chief Engineer
who directly involves in decision-makings. In addition, three management executives make
up the remaining board members. In addition, Chief Quantity Surveyor under the managing
director, who controls and coordinates the project of SIERRA (Pvt.Ltd). The organization
structure of SIERRA (Pvt.Ltd) is attached here.
The head office of SIERRA (Pvt.Ltd) Ltd is situated at Colombo 05. From there they carry
out all its activities of SIERRA (Pvt.Ltd) and they own sufficient construction plant and
equipment therefore, to park and store such plant and equipment it has a big parking area as
well and has a big store at the office perimeter. Store in the head office perimeter, act as the
main distribution branch.
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Job Function
Project Co-coordinator
Report to project manager
Overall planning, co-ordination of site activities, site management and budgeting.
Co-ordinate leads a team of engineers, site quantity surveyor, surveyors and
quality assurance coordinator.
Liaises with client, consultants and local authorities.
Attends all client or consultant meetings.
Co-ordinates nominated subcontractor activities.
Site Manager
Reports to project coordinator.
Plans and co-ordinates site activities and with the site staff.
Monitors work programme and quality control.
Liaises with client, consultants and local authorities.
Attends all client or consultant meetings.
Liaises with sub-contractors.
Implementation of safety measures.
Liaises with nominated sub-contractors.
Preparation of three monthly programme and monitors programme.
Quantity Surveyor
Reports to site manager.
Evaluates and prepares progress payments to sub-contractors.
Assist in preparation of the monthly valuation and estimates of variation orders.
Prepares material forecasts and weekly requisitions.
Verifies material requisitions.
Prepares daily reports.
Technical Officer
Sets out alignment and levels.
Checks discrepancies between structural drawings and issues RFI.
Counter checks alignment or levels by surveyor.
Monitors work progress and quality control by using inspection and test plans.
Records daily works and submits to R.E for certification at the end of the day.
Act as a member of the site safety committee.
Submits of materials for approval from consultants.
Maintains concrete cube testing reports.
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P4.2 Identify the shortfalls that could due to lack of effective
communication and team work.
Team work sometimes will be take long time to finish. Because they may be have
some problems.
If labours are working as a team work sometimes they don’t mention their duties.
Because they talk or do the work each others.
Labours and site supervisors want to have proper communications each others.
Otherwise if the labour have problem or any the difficulties, if will not solve.
If it is any problem in drawing, without communications with design engineer we can’t
change any work.
An important function of every team member is to understand their individual or
organization duties, rights and responsibilities. This avoid problems by everyone on the
team clearly understanding what is required of them. Team members must understand
their responsibilities not only for their protection but to avoid unnecessary
miscommunications and expenditures.
In teams there may be on leader. He will tell ideas about project. Sometimes it will
become problems in them.
The lack of effective communications and team work will lead to so many short falls of the
organization those are
Very difficult to achieve the target easily.
It will lead to wrong decision about the team work and it will take more time to complete
a particular work.
It will long time to work.
We will have to lost the best technology.
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P6.1 Identify the problems encountered.
When the removing the formwork for the column the labours found it was difficult and
the board also damaged. That reason work time also too much and take too much of
cost for the formwork.
Before the concrete we must clean the concrete surface using air pursue but that day
raining so all the timber dust went to the column area and labours did the concrete
work on the timber dust.
In our site, they used coated plywood for formwork, which was used than three times. So after the third attempt surface is not good and dimension are not correct.
When removing the slab formwork for the 2nd floor slab one place concrete is not smooth
We did the old plywood board for the slab formwork. Due to the raining time that board effected. When the reinforcement we identified this problem.
After the finished the concrete in site the pump car have ½ m3 of the concrete. So they use that concrete for balance area of concrete that time labour walk in to the concreted area.
When we put the poker, gout was leaked through timber joist junction (vertical edge) .because that were used more time. Then the formwork was adjusted and fixed.
Grout was leaked through bottom of formwork. Then that were stopped by using sponge and cement bag papers.
Since I had to guild the labours to different work, I was able to deal with different people and really got good experience to handling people. Actually labour handling is very difficult task, if we don’t have good experience with guiding people. It is necessary to identify ability of the each people, before work is given. As an example some people may be good for heavy work but if we give them small work efficiency may be low.
It was difficult to work with company labours rather than contactors labour, since company labours have fixed rate where they do or not work unlike contractor labour. Therefore if we dive the target work in that particular day for the company labours by considering the cost, we may be able to take good output.
When we were arranging for formwork mistakenly the column side board felt on the roof of the neighbour home and the roof sheet got broken. Reason- safety net not fixed.
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P6.2 Explain how the problems were resolved at work place.
We avoid this problem we must apply the mould oil for the internal surface before the
column formwork. After this problem in our site they apply the mixture of grease and
diesel in the internal surface of the plywood.
Remove the dust then apply the cement grout then put the 1:3 mortar, without removing
this problem we can’t finish with this timber dust. When the 2nd floor concrete time they
clean the concrete surface.
Immediately we changed that plywood board and put new plywood for that area.
Grout come out side of the column through the bottom. In order to minimize it, sponge is
provided at the formwork bottom. Then that were stopped by using of sponge and
cement paper.
To the neighbor we perched a new sheet and fixed on the roof
After removing the formwork, we broke the unwanted part of concrete.
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CONCLUSION
There is a saying ‘practice has more success’ is something that is accepted by any human
being. Having the theoretical background habitually does not pay off well in the absence of
practical knowledge. It is the practice you do that brings about efficiency, effectiveness and
flexibility in you.
The training program certainly enriches the skills of students, where they are able to feel the
authentic environment of the industry rather than remaining in college & creating an
imaginary figure of the construction industry.
When I spent 24 weeks of my training, I was trained under the contracting SIERRA
(Pvt.Ltd) which posses’ different operational environments. In addition to that, I got a
prospect to be companioned with various professional parties in the construction industry,
and also gained more experiences on how to work efficiently and effectively.
As Quantity Surveying undergraduates, we should embark on the task of getting the
maximum knowledge in upcoming years in order to do something different in the future.
Because nowadays Civil Engineers in the industry try to catch up some roles of QS. If we did
our job exceptionally well as the graduate QS, I am sure that we will be an indispensable
profession not only in the Sri Lankan Construction Industry but also in the abroad.
Finally, to conclude my report I desire to corroborate that industrial training is very essential
for maturity of a Graduate Quantity Surveyor and I would like to thank the Department of
Quantity Surveying for providing this opportunity to students at the right period of their
