for eportfolio use ONLY

1. Introduction
We are given an assignment that involves three modules,
which are Construction Technology 1, Building Materials, and
Measurement 1 by writing a report for our construction site visit.
The construction site visit was organized on Thursday 19th
November 2015. Lecturers have told us about the safety precautions
which we have to obey by wearing safety helmet, proper clothes and
shoes. We gathered at Taylor’s University Lakeside campus around
8am and go to site visit by bus.
The construction site is located at Seksyen2A, Antara Gapi,
Hulu Selangor, Selangor. This project is to construct 96 unit twin
house (40’ x 60’). The contractor of this project is Siak Siong
Construction Sdn Bhd.
The aim of this site visit is to expose us for a better
understanding about what we had learnt in the classroom such as the
construction process,construction equipment and those building
materials and technology on site.

2. Technical Observation
1.Process of Constructing a Pad Footing
So for this report, we are required to study on pad footing. For
the process of constructing the pad footing, at first the professional
site surveyors will position the location and the size of the pad
footing. And then they will stake out the footprint to mark corner for
the building’s pad footing.
After that, excavation process starts. The depth of the
excavation is determined by the structural engineers. For the project
of the site we visited, the excavation depth of the pad footing which
still in progress is 1.5m.
After the excavation, pour a layer of lean concrete on it.
Then, the workers start to build up the formwork according to the
size and the drawing staked. Add some spacer blocks so to lay the
reinforcement bars with accurate spacing. Next, lay the main rebar
and the transverse rebar. Then, erect the reinforcement for stump
and tied the reinforcement bars with links. Moreover, add more ties
to the formwork. Lastly, pour the concrete in.
The formwork moulds the fresh concrete that will be poured in,
which is in the stage normally viscous, to the shape specified in the
drawing. Generally, the formwork is to be removed after hardening
of the concrete placed. To be noted, the concrete used is Grade 30.

3. 2.Material Used to Construct a Pad Footing
Concrete Grade30, is the main material used for this pad footing.
Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bonded
together with fluid cement which hardens over time. The grade of
the concrete means the concrete compression resistance at 28 days.
The proportion for the concrete grade 30 is 1:2:4. This method is
showing the amount of cement, sand and course aggregate in the
concrete.
For the formwork which will be removed after the hardening of
the concrete, material used is timber. This is the most common
material used for bracing members to the form face. Besides that,
timber formwork can be constructed at lower initial cost due to
higher availability and cheaper production cost.
The most important part is the reinforcement bar, it is a common
steel bar that is hot rolled and is used widely in the construction
industry. Steel is strong in tension at the same time being ductile
enough to be shaped or bent. Moreover, the interaction between
reinforcement steel and concrete is free of disadvantages in terms of
chemical and physical disadvantages.

4. Pad footing on the site
Removing the formwork

5. Reinforcement bar in the column stump
Colum stump

6. Fabricated reinforcement bar
Reinforcement bars tied with binder

7. Excavator at the site
Crane at the site

8. 3 types of proposal of houses

9. Pad footing layout plan
House layout plan

10. Cement at the site
Bricks at the site

11. Constructing the ground beam
Scaffolding on the site

12. Building the house

13. Conclusion
After visiting the site, I can truly understand the situation of
the construction site. I realized that working at the construction site
is much more difficult that we used to think, as the terrible hot
weather and the existence of danger.
This site visit gave me a chance to have a better understanding
about the basics of the construction process. Besides that, I have
witness the usage of construction equipment and the mechanical
plants. The most important is, I have explored myself to identify
various types of building materials and technology on site.
In campus, we just learn the knowledge based on slde or books
that given by the lecturers. So site visit is totally different as you can
witness and feel the real life working in the construction site.
I do really appreciate to have the chance to pay a visit to the
construction site. I wish to have more practical knowledge to gain
more experiences as to prepare myself in my future work as a QS. In
overall, it was a great experience for me.

14. SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN
Bachelor of Quantity Surveying (Honours)
INTEGRATED ASSIGNMENT:
MEASUREMENT I (QSB60104)
CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY I (BLD 60104)
BUILDING MATERIALS (BLD 62003)
SITE VISIT REPORT
STUDENT NAME: Liew Li Wen
STUDENT ID NO.: 0324297
DATE OF SUBMISSION: 26/11/2015

15. CONTENT
Introduction------------------------------------- 1
Technical Observation------------------------- 2-3
Photos & Description--------------------------- 4-12
Conclusion--------------------------------------- 13