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Siwes Report
Siwes Report
REPORT
Friday, 5 January 2018
SIWES Report
BY
the most relevant and effective practical industrial training and experience in
a duration of four months(4 months) having been exposed to practical on-
site situations and activities from Techoheight integrated services limited, a
construction company with consultants in Architecture, Engineering and
Quantity surveying. The company’s principal areas of operations include
building design, building construction, project management and building
supervision. Being an engineering services company with a vision and
commitment to providing bespoke design and construction service
ABSTRACT
I was assigned as an industrial training student by the firm to the project
office for a period of four months to learn, observe and report the weekly
construction activities, procedures and work progress carried out on the site
and make a weekly presentation to the office on the building experience and
knowledge obtained on the project. This report is therefore an illustration of
the nature of works and activities carried out during the course of the
industrial program. It also provides a detailed principle of building
construction and how they are applied practically in building construction.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My deepest appreciation and gratitude goes to God for his gift of life to me
and strength to journey through this period of my industrial training and to
Engr. Muhammad Adedio, the M.D, Techoheight integrated services limited,
for giving me this very rare privilege and opportunity to learn and be trained
under him and to the entire staff of Techoheight integrated services limited
for their tutelage, time, patience and support inspite of all the ups and downs
experienced during my training .Furthermore, my sincere appreciation also
goes to my family for the assistance rendered during this period. Not
forgetting the immeasurable assistance and guidelines I got from Mr.
Endwell chime in writing this report.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
•About Techoheight integrated services limited
•Introduction to Project Office
•Activities in the project office
- Office documentation
- Drawing of building plan
- Estimation of building projects
- Extra cad tutorials
CHAPTER 2
•Site work
•Introduction to site work
•Site safety
•Preliminaries
•Setting out
•Excavation
•Blinding
•Implanting of column and foundation bases reinforcement
•Casting of foundation
•Block work
•Formwork of the column
•Casting of the column and vibration
•Filling of D. P. C.
•Casting of D. P. C.
CHAPTER 3
•Maintenance of tools in the workshop
- Washing
- Drying
- Oiling
- Sorting
- Taking inventory
CHAPTER 4
•Conclusion
CHAPTER 1: ABOUT TECHNOHEIGHTS INTEGRATED SERVICES
LIMITED
People: Our greatest assets. Making sure we guarantee the right atmosphere
and attitude to guarantee quality service delivery.
Excellence: Striving to achieve the best possible standards and bench marks
in our area of operation.
Competence: Ensuring the right tools and personnel are used on the job.
Capacity: Building human capacity and structures that would guarantee the
realization of our vision.
Personnel Structure
Techoheight integrated services limited has gradually and steadily built up
staff strength of experienced, hardworking, and productive workers
including both office and field workforce.
A number of our adhoc Staff, however, for strategic reasons, are always
engaged from the communities and locations we do business in, as we have
imbibed the principles of constructive engagements in all our operations.
We also have presently a number of our work force, who are engaged on
contract basis, presently executing our on-going projects at various levels,
locations and workshops ranging from civil engineers to technicians,
carpenters, logistics officers, helpers, electricians, plumbers, masons,
welders to mention a few.
Also, we engage the services of specialized sub-contractors, who have
proven integrity and competence on the job in special situations as the case
may be.
SITE SAFETY:
Site safety factors includes all the measures carried out to protect both the
worker, consultants, contractors and all persons present on the site at every
given time from fatalities and injuries, and as well as minimize or eliminate
all possible construction hazards. This safety measures can also be applied
to the safety of the building and building materials from damage of any
kind. He further handed me a safety manual used by Techoheight integrated
services limited on any of her projects and asked me to always adhere to it.
The instructions found in the Safety precaution guide lines for workers and
persons present on a construction site are listed below.
1. Proper clothing is as essential to safety. Wear clothes that are smart and
appropriate for the site work and weather conditions. Loose clothing is
dangerous for workers around power tools and equipment.
2. Footwear must be safety boots or work boots that are thick-soled shoes in
order to protect the feet from falling objects or from penetration by nails,
and should have non-slip soles. Sandals or other types of inappropriate
footwear are hazardous on construction site.
3. Protective head gear (helmets or hard hats) must always be worn on a
construction site by all persons for protection of the head from falling
objects of any kind.
4. Suspension belts are of crucial importance for site workers working at
very high levels.
5. All exposed areas or parts of a building must be adequately protected with
temporary rail or supports and staircases must be protected with temporary
balustrades.
6. All scaffolding that is elevated 10 feet or more must be equipped with a
safety railing. All scaffolds must be equipped with a toe board to eliminate
the possibility that tools or debris will be kicked or pushed onto people
below. A scaffold must be designed to support four times the weight of the
workers and the materials resting on it.
7. Inspect all scaffolding each day before using it. Never use damaged or
defective equipment and avoid rusted parts since their strength is unknown.
When erecting scaffolding, provide adequate sills for the scaffold posts and
use base plates. Use adjusting screws, not blocks, when on an uneven grade.
Make sure to plumb and level scaffolding and do not force end braces when
constructing the scaffolding.
8. Use only properly graded and inspected lumber for planking. Inspect
planking daily for splits and knots, and remove defective or damaged
planking.
9. be always aware and alert of your surroundings.
10. A clean work place is a safe work place. This refers to the neatness and
good order of the construction site. Keep the site clear of danger as you
work – remove nails from waste wood, move trip hazards and obstacles, etc.
They interfere with work and can constitute a hazard to both the worker and
other persons on the site.
11. Any unsafe conditions or practices that is observed should
IMMEDIATELY be reported to the site project manager.
12. Emergency medical care in form of first aid assistance (first aid kit) must
be provided on the site and must be easily identifiable and nearby.
PRELIMINARIES:
These involves activities carried out on the site to prepare it for the actual
construction that would take place on it. These includes – clearing of the site
and access road, excavation of stumps and trees from the site and the
burning of any unwanted residual. After these are done the site could be said
to be ready for construction,
SETTING OUT
These was the next step that was carried out after the preliminaries. Setting
out can be described as the process of transferring the building from paper to
the ground for construction. Materials and tools for the setting out was
provided by the client, hence we did not have to buy anything, the project to
be setted out was a boys quarters. We stated by establishing one point on the
site that tallies with the site plan we had. From that point, we established
other points and squared them. Next we made a profile (i.e. offset of 1m
around the established points).when we finished profiling we ran the lines
on the profiling to mark out the areas to be excavated.
EXCAVATION
A trench of width 675mm was excavated to a depth of 900mm as
recommended by the soil test report and a pad foundation of 900mm X
900mm at a depth of 1200mm as recommended by Engineer after his
calculations.
BLINDING
Blinding of the trench with weak mortar was carried out the same day. The
recommended mix ratio was 1:3.but 1:6 was what was used on site. The
weak concrete was poured into the trench and it was spread to level to a
depth of 50mm inside the trench and rammed lightly.it was left that way to
set till the next day
CASTING OF D.P.C
A mix ratio of half bag of cement to five head pans of sand to five head pans
of chippings was used in casting the D.P.C. It was rammed and watered
thereafter.
The workshop is a place where engineering activities are carried out. For
these activities to be carried out successfully TOOL and MATERIALS need
to be in place and in good condition. Hence the need to maintain the tools in
the workshop. The tools found in the workshop includes:
shovels.trowel.builderssquare,range,float,headpan,wheelbarrows,hammers,p
liers,lines,cultlass,diggers,sandpaper,brushes,crowbar,tapes.saws.spiritlevel,
etc.
Machines includes: concrete mixers, poker machine, welding machine,
pumping machine, drilling machine. Etc.
WASHING
Most of the tools and machine are made metal and plastic, hence they are
washed off stains, leftover cement, or any items that stick on them on them
DRYING
After washing, the tools were set outside so that water would drain off and it
would dry. The metals are prone to rusting if left in that wet state.
OILING
Oil is then applied on the metal areas that require it. Mostly cutting edges
and spinning point for those that spin and other areas to prevent rusting.
SORTING
The various tools are sorted out and placed in there various compartments,
concrete compartments, carpentry compartment, welding compartments,
they are then placed in designated places in this compartments.
TAKING INVENTORY
An inventory is then taking of all the tools in the workshop and there
condition, this helps to determine the working condition of the tools and
machine and the ones to be replaced.it also gives an idea of all the tools
available for work
CHAPTER 4: CONCLUSION