Weeeeeek 5

One sentence to describe this week. "Fun, engaging, tired, enriching, and exciting week with myself and contractors"

Fun;

Got to try out the equipment for grouting. Although it is just switching on the equipment, the vibration and seeing the grout pumping into the cracks just amazed me. The most amazing part is when the PU grout dries. It became very hardy and when looking from the inside it seems just like ordinary sponge.

Engaging;

Got to research on mechanical parking system. Watching videos of how it works and the mechanism involved. The only missing part is to visit a parking system that had been implemented.

Tired;

Four out of five days need to go to estate. Transportation wasted lots of time and hence tired and worn off.

Enriching;

Knowledge taught by contractors on how things work and why theory is different from practical.

Exciting;

Trying things out and arranging for work to be done without any past experience. (Taking risks) Knowing brief detail of how things work but not in detail. Rely on trust that the contractor knows how to rectify the problems.

Overall, i do not mind having this adrenaline every week and the ability to learn more things. This is the job that i am looking at, more evaluation is needed so that i can really decide on what to pursuit after diploma. :P

Week 4 - Hari Raya

This week has only four days as Monday is a holiday and hence NO WORK!!! This week is more of the out-of-office activities as Mr Chan introduce me to more sites and brought me to a piece of land that may have the potential to buy and develop. We also went to look at commercial building at Shenton Way.

I'm starting to like out-of-office as Mr Chan would treat us to lunch and this is a great way to move away from the canteen we had at our building :D We always had good food at either famous hawker or restaurant.

This is the GB building that we had went to view at Shenton Way. It is a 26-storey commercial building with 3 level of basement carpark. Although the carpark is run-down, the office itself is fantastic on every floor with different design and giving a totally different feeling when you are there.

This is the photo i had taken on the 20th storey. The view is marvelous and i really hope i can have one of this i the future.

After getting back at the office, i was instructed to do a feasibility study on this office building and was then analyze by Mr Chan. Mr Chan corrected some of the calculation errors and also added some other factors which makes the study more accurate. I had realized that what we learnt in school is sufficient but it may differ as you work in different field of work. And for every field there is terms that is commonly used and you need to know them so that you can converse well and effectively. For example, when talking to agents we need to know terms like psf (Per Square Foot) / gfa (Gross Floor Area) and to contractor PU (Polyurethane)/ pw (Pipe Work).

*I'm starting to like development and is looking towards next Monday :D

Payday :D

Just gotten my pro-rated pay for this month. Nothing to describe how good it is to get half a month pay that is equivalent to a month pay when working part-time during school terms.

This week is research week, the topic is grouting. For people who do not know what is grouting, it is basically a construction material to embed in wall and fill the cracks. It may sound simple but it is not. The PDF file that I had referred to is ninety-one pages long article. The following is the cover page of this article and its origin;

The origin of this article is just amazing, USA (Department of Defence).

The main content of this article highlights three areas; which is the types of grout, grouting method, and grouting equipment. I had briefly read through the types of grout and grouting method as it is required for me to have some background knowledge before i head down to meet the contractors.

At site, the waterproofing specialist took some photos of the affected areas and briefly informed me of the method of solving this issue. Since i had some knowledge beforehand, i am able to ask why they are using certain grout (e.g. Polyurenthane) instead of another (e.g. Epoxy). From their explanation i am able to understand better and also aware of the nature of different grout to be used in different situation.

Overall, i am satisfy with my performance for this week and hopefully Mr Chan is glad with my performance too :D Hope to do better than the "B" i had gotten last week...