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REPORT
ON
INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT
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Table of Contents
Abstract
Acknowledgement
1. Introduction 5
1.1.
1.2.
Objectives of Report 5
1.3.
Objectives of Author 5
1.4.
Job Scope
2. Overview of Company
2.1.
Background of Company
2.2.
3. Watertown Punggol 8
3.1.
Project Background
3.2.
3.3.
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3.4.
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3.5.
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6. References
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ABSTRACT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The experience that the author gain during his time with Meinhardt Singapore was
valuable as he was given a chance to be involved in some projects his colleagues to
accomplish the project smoothly. He has also gained insights on the working life as a
civil and structural engineer.
Therefore, he would like to take this opportunity to thank the following personal in
teaching and guiding him during his 20-week industrial attachment.
Deputy Managing Director, Head of ST1 C&S Team, Mr Kam Mun Wai, for
providing the author a wonderful working environment with many challenges
supervising and directing the author to the right path with plenty of advices.
Technical director of ST1 C&S Team, Mr Jeffery Ng, for guiding and
1. INTRODUCTION
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1.1.
Industrial attachment is part of the curriculum for NTU year 3 engineering students.
The 20 weeks of supervised practical training expose students to the real working
world and prepare them for the future employment in their chosen discipline.
1.2.
Objectives of report
1.3.
Objectives of author
The author aim to achieve the following learning objectives during his industrial
attachment:
To apply knowledge learnt in University to practical work environment
To acquire technical skills in using design and analysis software
To develop interpersonal skills and work with engineers in a team
To practice problem solving skills
To practice good time management skill so that assignment can be completed
duly and the student can embark on more new assignments
1.4.
Job Scope
The author was assigned to civil and structural team and his major work was on
Watertown Punggol project.
For the Watertown project, the author was involved in designing the beams and slab
for some residential buildings. He also designed a bus station with the help of
SAP2000 software as part of this assignment.
2. Overview of Company
2.1.
Background of Company
2.2.
3. Watertown Punggol
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3.1.
Project Background
Owner/Client: Emerald Star Pte Ltd. And FC Retail Trustee Pte Ltd
Design Architect: RSP Architects Planners & Engineers
3.2.
3.3.
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3.4.
SAFE 2014 is a software which helps C&S Engineers in determining the behaviour
of floor slabs under load actions. It is a very helpful yet easy to use software, all the
steps are listed below:
1. Specify the design code, dimension unit to be used.
2. Define material properties
Concrete strength, reinforcing bar ultimate and yield strength are being defined under
this step.
3. Define structure element properties
Structure element such as beam, column sizes, slab and wall thickness have to be key
in.
4. Draw gird lines and your model in
Base on the drawing, you can follow and input in the grid lines for your slab and
from it build in your model
5. Assign loads
6. Run analysis
SAFE can give results on deflection, shear and moment stresses in the slab, column
reaction, beam forces. It also suggests the slab reinforcement pattern and beam rebar.
The author has used SAFE to design slab reinforcement for Residential block 61, 63,
65 and 73 roof level. There were a few things to pay attention to, they are:
There exists some planter areas which should be analysed separately from
floor slab
Punching shear in slab must also be considered over the stump area.
The slab should be modelled in so that the structural mesh as consistent as
possible
To simplify the design detail, a base layer reinforcement is applied
throughout and additional reinforcement provide accordingly.
Design strip is deployed to give a more detail on stresses in slab.
To check for serviceability limit state, another model with slightly different
point restraints, slab shrinkage, creep, and support restraint will be used.
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Fig 19: Additional slab reinforcement suggestion for T13-200 base layer
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3.5.
The author had an opportunity to practice on steel structures through a bus stop
designing assignment. Identifying all the load combination especially wind load is
one of the most difficult task for this design. A steel framing was first being worked
out base on some previous designs using rectangular hollow sections with the size
varies from 40x80x5 to 65x100x7 for beams and column fixed at 80x160x8. For
most of the bus stops, bending moment must be assessed carefully because this is one
of the critical factor causing the whole structure to topple over. Following the BS
code, all the load pattern can be calculated directly except for the wind load, in order
to work it out, the author had to study the structure requirements from LTA and the
wind behaviour across the site.
A section check was then carried out after all the load case has been applied. A good
design means all the sections can work under the ultimate load case, all the
connection are able to transfer the load without any issues and the design is optimal
in term of the cost and constructability. There are several constraints regarding this
bus stop such as the foundation footing have to be hacked into the existing drainage
box, to reduce the settlement bakau piles are being used.
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5. Conclusion
The author has gained substantial priceless knowledge and skills from the 20 weeks
industrial attachment with Meinhardt. Those experiences and technical skills are
definitely helpful when entering the civil engineering industry not only just as a
consultant but many more. The author believed that he has worked hard, performed
well with all the tasks that have been given, He hopes that he has made all his
colleagues satisfied especially those he worked with.
Being attached with the civil and structural engineering department where solves
most of the critical tasks for the buildings or structures, together with all the
knowledge from NTU, the author developed himself to adapt with the changes that
everyone on earth would have step out of the comfort zone and make values for the
society. He realised what he learnt in school can be applied to solve real life
problems in a very simple way all he needs to do is just think out of the box and
grow maturely.
Besides the advantages, there are several difficulties that the author has to confront
during the attachment. To be familiar with the works given, the author spent quite
amount of time studying technical terms which are not introduced before.
Understanding the structure in a very different way as it is supposed to be could lead
to a very severe consequences or may be a disaster. The author used to have a very
hard time thinking about the mistakes that he could possible make which may cost
people lives. This problem was solved since he realised how important the people
working with him are, we must collaborate well with each other in order to achieve
our goals. A successful team has powerful teamwork.
In summary, the internship with Meinhardt Singapore was a fruitful and memorable
learning experience for the author, as it has equipped him with all the necessary skills
which better prepare him when he enters the actual working environment. The
objectives of the industrial attachment have been met, the student this would like to
sincerely thank Nanyang Technological University and Meinhardt for providing
attachment opportunity and also all the people that have helped him along the way.
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6. References
Singapore Productivity and Standards Board (1999). CP65-Part 1:1999, Structural use of
Concrete.
Singapore Productivity and Standards Board (1999). CP65-Part 2:1999, Structural use of
Concrete (Special circumstances)
British Standard Institute (2002). BS 8110-Part 1: 1985, Structural use of Concrete.
Clifford, L. F., Peter. T. (1972).
W.H. Mosley, J.H. Bungey, R. Hulse (2005). Reinforced Concrete Design Fifth Edition,
Palgrave.
Professor Fan Sau Cheong (2014). CV 3011 Reinforced Concrete Design Notes
Professor Chiew Sing Ping (2013). CV3012 Steel Design Notes
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