INTERNSHIP REPORT KULKA LLC.
Malhar Modi 7/30/16 SUMMER INTERNSHIP
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Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 2
2 Amneal Pharmaceuticals ......................................................................................................... 2
3 Windwatch Condos.................................................................................................................. 4
4 Homewood Suites .................................................................................................................... 4
5 Perfume Center of America ..................................................................................................... 7
6 Contract Pharmacal .................................................................................................................. 8
7 Lumber Earth ........................................................................................................................... 9
8 Hampton Inn .......................................................................................................................... 12
Table of Figures Figure 1 Amneal Pharmaceuticals Front View ........................................................................... 2
Figure 2 Amneal Pharmaceuticals Warehouse Construction ...................................................... 3
Figure 3 Mechanical Schedule Sample ....................................................................................... 3
Figure 4 Parking Takeoff on the Software .................................................................................. 6
Figure 5 Flooring Takeoffs on the Software ............................................................................... 6
Figure 6 Perfume Center of America Site ................................................................................... 7
Figure 7 Parking Takeoff ............................................................................................................ 8
Figure 8 Lumber Earth Site ......................................................................................................... 9
Figure 9 Parking Drawing ......................................................................................................... 10
Figure 10 Surveying Reading .................................................................................................. 11
Figure 11 Hampton Inn ........................................................................................................... 12
Tables
Table 1 Windwatch Bidding List Sample .................................................................................. 4
Table 2 Roofing Shingles Quantities ......................................................................................... 5
Table 3 Flooring Summary Quantities ...................................................................................... 5
Table 4 Partition Wall Quantities Sample ................................................................................. 5
Table 5 Ceiling Quantities Summary ........................................................................................ 5
Table 6 Structural Steel Takeoff ................................................................................................ 8
Table 7 Request for Information from Architect ....................................................................... 9
Table 8 Surveying Calculations ............................................................................................... 11
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1 Introduction The internship report is based on the internship by the author at Kulka Construction, LLC at
Hauppauge, NY. It was a 14 weeks’ internship partly on site on partly in head office. The title of
the author was Construction Management Intern. The author was involved in various projects of
the working for project managers and superintendents of each project. The work assigned was a
mix of construction management and site supervision. Being involved on various projects, the
author got to experience various types of construction comprising of residential, commercial,
industrial and warehouse. The further report includes a description on each of the project that
author worked on and work assigned for each of the projects.
2 Amneal Pharmaceuticals Amneal Pharmaceuticals is a large pharmaceutical company whose headquarter is being
constructed in Brookhaven, NY. The size of the project is a 326,267 sq. ft. including offices,
manufacturing, and warehouse. The project started in July 2012 and expected completion date is
September 2016. Estimated project cost is $ 148 million. It is considered the largest project
currently going on in long island area, NY (Figure 1 and Figure 2). The projected is implemented
through Construction Manager Agency contract with many prime contractors with a direct contract
with the owner. The payment to the CM company is on the time basis for fixed manpower used on
the project.
While working at the office I prepared all the mechanical systems’ schedule on Microsoft Project.
I identified the status of the mechanical works on the site with various site visits and made a
schedule with the mechanical subcontractor. The schedule consisted of 65 major activities with
expected completion time of 60 days. (Figure 3)
Figure 1 Amneal Pharmaceuticals Front View
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Figure 2 Amneal Pharmaceuticals Warehouse Construction
Figure 3 Mechanical Schedule Sample
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In between the internship for around 1 month the author was kept onsite inspection working
directly under the senior superintendent. The author’s work was to inspect the quality of all the
site works and carry out the necessary field coordination required among all the trade contractors.
There were more than 15 trade contractors working at the site simultaneously. The project being a
pharmaceutical manufacturing plant, there were various types of mechanical work going on.
Clashes among different utilities were often found which had to be resolved among the contractors.
The author had to maintain a daily report on the software Prolog Manager. The number of labors
for each contractor along with the work executed for each day was entered into the software. Due
to lack of space, the material was stacked in the working area (Figure 2). Hence if any contractor
had to work over the stacked materials than rigger team had to be coordinated for shifting the
materials to any other place.
3 Windwatch Condos Windwatch Condos is a residential project of 128 apartments currently in planning stage. The type
of contract between Kulka Construction and owner is Construction Management Agency contract.
The format followed for the project is CMAA Document A-1, Standard Form of Agreement
Between Owner and Construction Manager. The author had to request the bids from various
contractors for various trades. Few list of the contractors was given by the company and few had
to be searched from the ‘The Blue Book”, which is an online construction directory. A spreadsheet
was maintained for the status and price of the bids from all the contractors (Table 1). At the time
of the deadline, a follow-up was made to all the contractors with their status of the bids.
Table 1 Windwatch Bidding List Sample
4 Homewood Suites Homewood Suites is a hotel project in Ronkonkoma, NY comprising of 122 suites of different
categories. This one is Construction Management at Risk contract with Guaranteed Maximum
Price (GMP) yet to be decided. The project is in planning stage. GMP is yet to be decided for
which the author to carry out estimation and request for proposals from various contractors.
Estimation for various flooring, roof shingles, walls, ceilings, curbs, footpaths, asphalts and
various ceilings was carried out by the author. The company did not use any professional takeoff
software hence, the author found out a software called ‘Bluebeam Revu’ which had a one-month
trial, was used for the takeoffs. The plans The purpose of the estimation is to make a budget of the
project to decide a Guaranteed Maximum Price. Quantities of the major trades were calculated by
the company whereas small trades like bathroom accessories, partitions, fireplaces, swimming
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pool were left to be directly proposed by the contractor without takeoffs. to Table 5 Ceiling
Quantities SummaryTable 5 shows the takeoffs done on the spreadsheets. Figure 4 and Figure 5
are the takeoffs on the software Bluebeam Revu.
Table 3 Flooring Summary Quantities
Total Quantities (SF)
Carpet 59355
Normal Kitchen Flooring 8622
Kitchen- High-Pressure Laminate 586
Ceramic Tiles 7798
Solidified Concrete 4270
Resilient Vinyl Tiles 1504
Porcelain Tiles 1684
Quarry Tiles 340
Sealed Concrete 120
WD 80
Total 84359
Table 4 Partition Wall Quantities Sample
Table 5 Ceiling Quantities Summary
Total Quantities (sf)
G.B./ PTD Gypsum Board/ Paint 16479
ACT/ G.B. PTD Acoustical Ceiling Tile/ Gypsum Board Paint 693
ACT Acoustical Ceiling Tile 19836
PTD Paint 5124
Ext C.B. Exterior Ceiling Board 1669
WD WD 80
Texture Texture 37896
Exterior C.B./ PTD Exterior Celing Board/ Paint 9140
Total 90917 SF
South Building Fire Rating- 1 hr, 2 Side 5/8" Gypsum Board 1 446.58 37.98 2 33,922.2
North Building Fire Rating- 1 hr, 2 Side 5/8" Gypsum Board 1 446.58 37.98 2 33,922.2
East Building Fire Rating- 1 hr, 2 Side 5/8" Gypsum Board 1 307.25 19.83 2 12,185.5
West Building Fire Rating- 1 hr, 2 Side 5/8" Gypsum Board 1 111.66 11.67 2 2,606.1
Staircase Walls Fire Rating- 2 hr, 2 Side 5/8" Gypsum Board, 2 layers Gyp Liner 4 27.83 37.98 2 8,455.9
South Building Fire Rating- 1 hr, 2 Side 5/8" Gypsum Board 1 998.83 37.98 2 75,871.1
North Building Fire Rating- 1 hr, 2 Side 5/8" Gypsum Board 1 998.83 37.98 2 75,871.1
West Building Fire Rating- 1 hr, 2 Side 5/8" Gypsum Board 1 60.81 11.67 2 1,419.3
East Building Fire Rating- 1 hr, 2 Side 5/8" Gypsum Board 1 188.32 19.83 2 7,468.8
350,970.5 SF
Corridor Partions
Other Partition Walls
Total
Roof Area
(sf)
A 11084
B 556
C 10907
D 6160
E 356
F 248
G 913
H 2846
I 754
J 248
K 248
L 356
Total 34676
ROOFING AREA
Table 2 Roofing Shingles Quantities
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Figure 4 Parking Takeoff on the Software
Figure 5 Flooring Takeoffs on the Software
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After estimation, the request for proposals was sent to the contractors of different trades and each
contractor were given deadlines to submit a bid. The drawings and Project Manual Plan were
shared on one drive to the contractors. After receiving the proposals from each contractor,
summary sheets were prepared for comparing each contractor of respective trades with differences
in their proposals. The comparison was used to select the aptest price for the particular trade to be
used in the GMP. Further, all the selected prices were summed up and adjustments were made by
the project manager to come up with a GMP.
5 Perfume Center of America Perfume Center of America is the world’s biggest whole-selling company for perfumes. They
moving their headquarters to Ronkonkoma, NY. The total construction area is 220,000 sq. ft.
which comprises of office, store, warehouse and various loading docks (Figure 6). The project has
been executed in 2 phases. 1st phase consists of offices and warehouse has been finished and
occupied. The second phase consisting of warehouse extension and building surrounding
construction is in completion stage. The type of contract is Construction Manager Agency.
Figure 6 Perfume Center of America Site
The author had to search for a trailer from trailer traders for using it as a temple in the company
basis on a permanent basis. The author contacted various traders, collected prices and shortlisted
few of them. Further, the author went to check the shortlisted trailers and took pictures of each of
them. Later on, my reviews and pictures, the project manager and the owner decided the trailer to
be used.
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6 Contract Pharmacal Contract Pharmacal is Hauppauge-based pharmaceutical manufacturing company who is going
under continuous renovation since few years. The author had to carry out quantity takeoff on the
basis of architectural drawings and existing structures. Drawing indicated the final structure.
Hence, the author had to make site visits to mark the elements which are not to be changed,
elements to be destroyed and make new and the elements which are to be completely new. Author
calculated quantities for walls, steel, curbs, asphalt, and concrete. The takeoff was done on
Bluebeam Revu and spreadsheets (Figure 7 and Table 6). Many details were missing in structural
drawings for which Request for Information was carried out from the architect (Table 7).
Figure 7 Parking Takeoff
Table 6 Structural Steel Takeoff
Structural Steel Quantities
Fill Rooms A
Description Length No. Linear Weight Total Weight
ft lbs/ft lbs
W 4x 13 5 20 13 1300
W 8 x 17 16.58 8 17 2254.88
Steel Tube 4" x 4" 8.67 16 Missing
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Table 7 Request for Information from Architect
Request for Information
Sr. No. Description Drawing No.
1 Linear Weight of Steel Tubes at Fill Room missing. S-1
2 Foundation details of columns at Fill Rooms is missing S-1
3 Type of girder used for Fill Rooms B given in plan is W 10 x 17. Whereas, the girder given in Section of Fill Room B is W 8x 17.
S-1
4 Linear Weight of Steel Tubes at Mezzanine Room missing. S-2
5 No. of proposed columns at Mezzanine Room is not given. S-2
6 The depth of Mezzanine slab missing. S-2
7
Type of beam used for Mezzanine Floor given in plan is W 12 x 27. Whereas, the beam given in Section of Mezzanine Floor is W 12 x 26.
S-2
8 Details of Metal Deck missing S-2
7 Lumber Earth Lumber Earth is a 22,500 sq. ft. residential and retail store project on downtown Roslyn, NY. It is
$ 12 million project comprising of 20 rental units, one retail store and recreational space for the
residents. The project is in construction phase (Figure 8). The author had to carry out surveying in
the parking area with the help of surveying rod, measure tap, dumpy level, and marking spray. The
objective was to find out how much soil to be cut or fill for the finished parking area. The reading
was taken at each 20’ x 20’ grid with the help of superintendent (Figure 9 and Figure 10). Further,
the final calculations were done in the office on a spreadsheet (Table 8).
Figure 8 Lumber Earth Site
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Figure 9 Parking Drawing
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Reading on the Dumpy Level 3.375 ft
Level from Sea of the Dumpy Level 15.375 ft
Points Readings
Existing
Level
Proposed
Top Curb
Proposed
Top of
Soil
Level
Differe
nce
Volume
Difference
(ft) (ft) (ft) (ft) (ft) (cub. Ft.)
1 4.71 10.67 11.10 10.31 0.36 143.33
2 4.08 11.29 11.10 10.31 0.98 393.47
3 5.00 10.38 10.40 9.61 0.77 306.67
4 5.25 10.13 10.40 9.61 0.52 206.67
5 5.25 10.13 10.40 9.61 0.52 206.67
6 5.17 10.21 10.08 9.28 0.92 369.87
7 5.25 10.13 9.75 8.96 1.17 466.67
8 6.00 9.38 9.75 8.96 0.42 166.67
9 4.42 10.96 11.40 10.61 0.35 139.99
10 3.75 11.63 11.40 10.61 1.02 406.67
11 3.92 11.46 11.06 10.27 1.19 475.99
12 5.92 9.46 10.72 9.93 -0.47 -188.01
13 5.33 10.05 10.38 9.59 0.46 182.67
14 5.25 10.13 10.04 9.25 0.88 350.67
15 5.17 10.21 9.70 8.91 1.30 519.87
16 5.33 10.05 9.00 8.21 1.84 734.67
17 4.17 11.21 11.40 10.61 0.60 239.87
18 4.08 11.29 11.00 10.20 1.09 435.47
19 5.08 10.29 10.59 9.80 0.49 197.47
20 5.08 10.29 10.19 9.39 0.90 359.47
21 5.08 10.29 9.78 8.99 1.30 521.47
22 5.33 10.05 9.38 8.58 1.46 584.67
23 4.13 11.25 11.40 10.61 0.64 256.67
24 5.29 10.08 11.04 10.25 -0.17 -66.67
25 5.33 10.05 10.68 9.89 0.15 61.33
26 5.25 10.13 10.33 9.53 0.59 236.66
27 5.17 10.21 9.97 9.18 1.03 413.19
28 4.67 10.71 9.61 8.82 1.89 756.53
29 5.42 9.96 9.25 8.46 1.50 599.99
30 4.08 11.29 11.20 10.41 0.88 353.47
31 4.08 11.29 11.10 10.31 0.98 393.47
32 4.67 10.71 11.30 10.51 0.20 79.87
33 5.08 10.29 10.50 9.71 0.58 233.47
34 5.29 10.08 10.25 9.46 0.62 250.00
35 5.42 9.96 10.00 9.21 0.75 299.99
36 5.42 9.96 9.75 8.96 1.00 399.99
37 5.50 9.88 9.50 8.71 1.17 466.67
38 5.50 9.88 9.25 8.46 1.42 566.67
39 5.58 9.79 9.00 8.21 1.58 633.47
40 5.58 9.79 9.00 8.21 1.58 633.47
41 4.83 10.55 11.30 10.51 0.04 14.67
42 4.96 10.42 11.25 10.46 -0.04 -16.67
43 5.67 9.71 11.20 10.41 -0.70 -280.13
44 5.88 9.49 10.81 10.02 -0.53 -212.25
45 6.17 9.21 10.43 9.64 -0.43 -171.57
46 5.96 9.42 10.04 9.25 0.17 66.19
47 6.17 9.21 9.66 8.87 0.34 137.00
48 6.29 9.08 9.27 8.48 0.60 241.42
49 6.08 9.29 8.89 8.09 1.20 479.17
50 5.71 9.67 8.50 7.71 1.96 783.33
51 6.00 9.38 8.75 7.96 1.42 566.67
52 4.67 10.71 10.85 10.06 0.65 259.87
53 6.00 9.38 10.38 9.58 -0.21 -83.33
54 6.67 8.71 9.90 9.11 -0.40 -160.13
55 6.33 9.05 9.79 9.00 0.05 18.67
56 6.08 9.29 9.68 8.89 0.40 161.47
57 6.42 8.96 9.57 8.78 0.18 71.99
58 6.75 8.63 9.46 8.67 -0.04 -17.33
59 6.67 8.71 9.35 8.56 0.15 59.87
60 4.88 10.50 10.50 9.71 0.79 316.67
61 7.17 8.21 10.19 9.40 -1.19 -475.13
62 7.08 8.29 9.88 9.08 -0.79 -316.53
63 6.79 8.58 9.56 8.77 -0.19 -75.00
64 6.67 8.71 9.25 8.46 0.25 99.87
15257.85 cub ft
Dig Out 565.11 cub yard
Figure 10 Surveying Reading
Table 8 Surveying Calculations
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8 Hampton Inn Hampton Inn is an extension of the existing hotel in Rockville Village, NY. It is a new building
with 62 guest rooms and suites. It is in construction phase reached until 3rd-floor slab as on
7/31/2016 (Figure 11). This is Construction Management Agency contract.
The author attended the weekly meetings of the project which resulted in few data missing from
the Architectural drawings. Firstly, elevator pit size was not matching with the size required for
the specified elevator model. Secondly, the entrance to the building was at a lower level than the
rest of the surrounding ground level and drains were not provided in the architectural drawings.
For both of these cases, Request for Information was to be generated from the architect. The
architect had its own online information system on which RFIs were requested. Later on, the RFI
were also maintained and generated through the company software ‘Prolog Manager’ and sent to
the Architect on email. Apart from all the works assigned to the author, daily reports on the Prolog
Manager for this project was to be maintained by the author. Hence, throughout the whole
internship, the author entered the daily activity report on the software, submitted by the project
superintendent on email, as the software only run on the office server.
Figure 11 Hampton Inn