Crystal Chia
FNBE March 2015
PROJECT 1B
PROFESSION in construction industry – Building Teams: Identifying their specific roles
The objectives of this project:
- To enable students to develop an understanding of the building team, its organization, their duties, responsibilities and the inter-relationship within which they will seek employment, career progression or further study
-To develop an awareness of their professional responsibilities and to appreciate their profession in the construction industry.
-To assess the students understanding on the general construction process from the sketch plan to completion of a building and introduce the scope of work handled by the players involved.
Part 1 - Interview
In a group of 5 or 6 members, we are required to choose and interview one of the professions from the following list. The profession shall be different from assignment 1A.
We are then required to select a firm or company in which the profession assigned to you work in. Set up an interview with him/her.
In the interview session, you are required to find out :
-the company profile (history, company structure and any relevant information)
-the profile/background of your interviewee in construction industry (his working experience, projects he involved in, and any other relevant information)
-two (2) projects in which your profession involved o his/her roles and responsibilities in that particular projects
-other relevant information
Part 2 - Magazine
From the information gathered through the interview in Part I, our next task is to create a magazine that would demonstrate our understanding in Part I.
The magazine should include the following components :
-Company profile
-Profile of the interview
-Introduction of the project(s) that your interviewee work in
-Detailed description and explanation of his/her roles and responsibilities in that particular project
Reflection
From this project I had learnt what is the responsibilities and tasks of Civil & Structural (C&S) Engineer.
I had learnt to interview and communicate with interviewee. I had learnt too how to produce a magazine base on group understanding of the profession C&S engineer.