SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN

BACHELOR OR SCIENCE (HONS) IN ARCHITECTURE

INTERNSHIP TRAINING AND REPORT (ARC 2615)

3RD JAN-10TH MAC 2017

STUDENT NAME: GOH YEN NEE

STUDENT ID: 0315551

LECTURER: AR.SATEERAH HASSAN

INTERNSHIP COMPANY: AKITEK AKIPRIMA

TABLE OF CONTENT

1.0 INTRODUCTION- EMPLOYER INFORMATION

2.0 INTERNSHIP TASK INVOLVEMENT

2.1 PROJECT 1

2.2 PROJECT 2

2.3 PROJECT 3

2.4 PROJECT 4

2.5 MINOR TASK INVOLVEMENT

3.0 WEEKLY LOG SHEETS

4.0 CONCLUSIONS

INTRODUCTION

Through this short semester program, I have applied my internship in one of the

architecture firm in SS15, Subang Jaya which is Akitek Akiprima. I have chosen this firm due

to its high experience in architecture region which it established in 1980. This company have

few branches which are from Penang, Vietnam and Subang Jaya. The architects here are

majority have higher experience in the region especially Ar. Ray Cheah, the founder of the

Akitek Akiprima coming with Ar.Cheah Kah Lip from Subang Branch and Ar. Kathy from

Penang branch. I will be learning the working system of the firm under the supervisor which

is Mr. Azmi, the Head of Technical Department. 10 weeks of internship will be started in this

firm which made me excited and happy to get new experience

EMPLOYER INFORMATION

COMPANY NAME: Akitek Akiprima

YEAR OF ENTABLISMENT: 1980

OUR PHILOSOPHY: Inherent in all operations is the philosophy of building from within. Just as a

building without a strong structure tends to ruin, we believe in first building our company structure,

then we can begin serving our clients. Weekly team meetings to discuss on-going projects, and

person senior supervision on-site to ensure building and material quality are common occurrences in

this company.

COMPANY ADDRESS: E-01-4, Subang Square Business Park (East Wing), Jalan SS15/4G, 47500

Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.

COMPANY WEBSITE: www.akiprima.com.my

COMPANY EMAIL ADDRESS: akiprima-kl@akiworld.com

CONTACT LINE: +60-3-5633 5877

INTERNSHIP TASK

INVOLVEMENT

2.1 PROJECT 1

2.2 PROJECT 2

2.3 PROJECT 3

2.4 PROJECT 4

2.5 MINOR TASK INVOLVEMENT

2.1 PROJECT 1

PROJECT NAME PROPOSED CONDOMINIUM (DVQ)

LOCATION MUKIM BENTONG, PAHANG

WEEK WEEK 1

In the beginning of the internships, I have get involved in the task of hatching the

drawings that need to be submitted to the authority for the second times. That’s the first

time I read an official drawings for the authority which made me to be fresh in the company.

The project is a service condominium that located in the Bentong, Pahang where there is a

lot of facilities including shopping mall at the bottom and it took around few years to

develop from a schematic drawing to a construction stage.

I had hatched the circulation plan, elevations and section drawings according to the

materials of the building to allow the authority understand on the materials that going to be

used during further construction. In this company, there is a system of using the standard

format and layer colours for every drawing so every staff would not be messed up with each

other works. I have been briefed on the procedure of the working system during the first

day of the internship from my supervisor. Each of the project is named as a shortcut code so

it could easier to search in the system based on the alphabets. I have taught by staff about

the software used which known as Cadian but it is quite similar with AutoCad software

actually. From the colouring, we also need to put the legends and specification of materials

before submission to authority. My supervisor also taught me about some technical

knowledge based on the drawings such as the thickness of concrete for different purpose of

levels in the condominium and others.

Through the first week of internship, it made me understand the differences

between the experiences during studying and working period. Working in a company would

be more systematic on the guideline on each stage to complete a building and it would

gained more technical-based knowledge which could help me in further study especially

during assignment time.

APPENDIX

Picture of hatching left evelation of this project with complete specfications, gridline,

dimensions and coloured materials.

Picture of hatching right evelation according to the material layers

Picture of sectional drawing to observe the facility of swimming pool include the service apartment.

Picture of floor plans drawing for references during the hatching of elevation and section for

discover the specified materials.

Picture of specific layers that need to follow during the coloring for the drawings submission

Completed right elevation drawing with format table for authorities subsmission

Completed left elevation drawing with format table for submission

Section B-B drawing for authorities submission

2.2 PROJECT 2

PROJECT NAME PROPOSED MIXED DEVELOPMENT ,MESAHILL (DRH)

LOCATION NILAI

WEEK WEEK 2-8

This project is given task on involving in the site inspection under staff guidance. This

is considered the last stage on construction where the building is done and need to be

further detailed inspection on the interior space. The site is located in Nilai which known as

Mesahill, a service apartment with a lot of facilities. I have briefed by the staff on the task of

inspection where we need to check the defects on each units from each level. The main

target of the building is for the college students as Manipal University is located just next to

it. There should be four towers at the site but only two towers are completely built which

have 22 levels and each level have 32 units. The service apartment is starting from level 6

while lower than that are parking lots and shopping mall.

I have given some checklists sheet for each unit to inspect. Before we start to

inspect, we decided to wear safety helmets and boots for your safety precautions. There

have several units which are different in spacing arrangement that need to be concerned

more. I need to record down the defects that happened according to the spaces located

while taking photos as evidences for easier to seek during the renovation. Due to the

numerous units, it took a very long period to be done even till end of the internship for

another inspection again after first renovation. Basically, I decided to write a report

according to unit by unit which attached with the photos taken after the site inspection

done. The report was then sent to the contractors to look forward about the imperfections

of unit. I had also went to the authority in Nilai which is MPN for updating the drawings with

the specialists.

I have learnt from observing the building construction from different stages and it

made me understand that site inspection is not easy due to the hotness for moving around

to check whether the building is perfect which in the need of working cooperatively with the

contactors on site. It is considered a good experience of attaching to the site visit while

communicate with the professional people.

APPENDIX

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Documents For Site Inspections

This is how the inspection work on which check every building element defects, record down and

take picture of them for references.

Visit to MPN, Nilai

2.3 PROJECT 3

PROJECT NAME PROPOSED MASTER PLAN (DXD)

LOCATION JALAN NIPAH AMPANG

WEEK WEEK 7

In this project, I have given task on doing the lift lobby detailing for tender

submission. This project is also an apartment that designed based on limited space area on a

single unit but in the need from client to involve all different purpose of interior spaces. The

pathway to enter different spaces in the unit is quite tight compared to a standard pathway.

The main target of the project is to allow more people to live in a small unit but involving all

the specific spaces needed.

I have been briefed on referring from the plans drawing to draw the detailed plan

and section on the lift lobby which is starting from lower ground plan to the top floor plan. It

is around 48 levels of whole building. I tried to look forward each of the floor plan drawings

and coming out with more specific lift lobby detailed drawings. The detailed drawing need

to be drawn with respective layers and hatched according to the materials used.

Specifications, dimensions and gridline need to be added for further understanding to

others.

Overall, I have learnt that detailing of specific space is important for stage of

construction so the specified contractors could understand on the process of building

construction with detailed specification, dimensions and selected materials used. The skill of

detailing need to be more concerned so that would not have errors during construction.

APPENDIX

Picture of detailing lift lobby which the dimensions, hatching, gridline, specifications and scale need

to be included for tender drawings submission.

Picture of No.1 Lift lobby details for Phase 2

Picture of No.2 lift lobby details for phase 2

Picture of No.3 lift lobby details for phase 3

2.4 PROJECT 4

PROJECT NAME PROPOSED MIXED DEVELOPMENT (DQP)

LOCATION TAMAN MALURI

WEEK WEEK 7

Basically, this project which the design of the buildings have not fixed yet as there is

some minor problem which passed to another staff to do. So, it took a long period to be

done in hatching as the drawings were keep changing. It changed from the details of

condominium which are the type of windows and doors used, artificial exterior element,

thickness of beam and column, and void proposed to the spaces.

From this project, I have been briefed on doing the colouring on the elevations and

section for authority submission and plan drawings for BOMBA submission. Hatching of

building plan (BP) for authority and BOMBA submission is totally different as building plan

need to be overall coloured which including circulation, building structure, and materials

but BOMBA drawings only focus on the fire staircase, fire lift lobby and fire walls in between

with unit and unit. I have hatched the two elevations, one section and one BOMBA faculty

floor plan which done on time as the staff need urgently for submission. I have also helped

in folding the papers after get done with all the drawings.

Through this task, I have observed the differences of authority and BOMBA drawings

regarding their requirements, format, and specifications needed before getting approved

for further construction and it is a good knowledge gained during the internship life.

APPENDIX

Picture of right elevation hatching using Cadian software

Picture of front and rear elevation drawings hatched

Picture of Floor plan hatched for BOMBA submission where there is only need to color the fire

staircase and fire lift lobby.

2.5 MINOR INVOLVEMENT TASK-PLOT/PRINT/FOLD

PROJECT NAME NEW ATRIA (AZB)

LOCATION DAMANSARA

WEEK WEEK 2

Picture of 100 above pages printed and arranged accordingly

I have been giving task on plotting the drawings into A1 size and printed out for

documentation. It was around 100 above pages to print and needed to organize into several

sets for easier to look forward. From the drawings, I could observed the format drawings

that done by the staff and on how they designed on each part of the buildings. I could also

study the complete detailed drawings which can be future references. Discovering people's

work is also part of the learning that can gained a lot of technical knowledge where else

could help in further study.

PROJECT NAME RENOVATION FIRST SUBANG MALL (DYE)

LOCATION SUBANG JAYA

WEEK WEEK 2

I have been briefed by my supervisor on folding the A1 size drawings to A4 size.

There is some specific way to fold from a bigger size to a smaller sheet. This is to allow the

people could carry easily to anywhere and professional specialist could know the drawings

without totally opened up by seeing the table content as it faced to the top of the paper

even though it had folded. It was also made the specialist to sign for the drawings easily. I

learnt that folding between A0 and A1 size into A4 sheet are totally different way after

getting taught by the staff. It could be the important part for every submission as to send to

the authority and BOMBA for references without difficulty. Learning part of the skill is much

worth even though is a little thing but could really understand the process working in an

architecture firm.

Picture of folding from A1 size into A4 size.

WEEKLY LOG SHEETS

(WEEK 1-8)

CONCLUSION

Overall, I would glad and appreciate for having my short internship in Akitek

Akiprima which is only 10 weeks. Having a working experience could made me grow up in

my life even though is just a short period. It made me become more understanding in the

course especially the role of working in an architecture firm.

I have learnt a lot which coming from the drawings that I had read and done during

the internship period. I even get comment by Ar. Ray Cheah about my work during schooling

where he think that I should tried to make it simplified than complicated. I appreciated his

comment as I know he is an experienced architect in this firm. I would like to thank my

supervisor, Mr Azmi for his patience in teaching about technical drawings which could

enhance my technical skill and it would help me during further study. Site inspection also

gained the most where we could observe each of the building construction that happened

on the site which in the need of working cooperatively with specialists. I could know more

on every role of character in the site in order to complete the building.

Truly, the experience when working in systematic architecture firm and during

school time are seriously different where architecture can be more abstract in University

but during work, we need to think every each logical details for construction which need to

be more concerned. It is definitely create a worth experience of internship program in my

study.