My 240-hour training

Date: May 1, 2008 [Thursday]

Morning

Time In: 8:00 AM

Time Out: 12:00 PM

Afternoon

Time In: 1:00 PM

Time Out: 6:00 PM

The day started with the Senior Project Manager calling our attention regarding on the turning over of rooms. He assigned me to a cadet engineer to report the accomplishments of the building I was assigned – building 2. I have to coordinate with the Cadet Engineer on implementing deadlines of room turn overs. The Senior Project Engineer required us to hand over at least three rooms per day. The Cadet Engineer handed me a checklist for the rooms as to what is lacking and what should be done. I did an inspection to check if there were rooms possible for hand overs by the end of the day.

During the afternoon, the Chief Foreman of the Robinland Commercial Building Project took us to the site where we witnessed the reinforcing of the foundation where the elevator shaft will be located and where the tower crane will also be placed while the project is on-going. The project has several piles allowed to penetrate almost 10m from the

Date: April 30, 2008 [Wednesday]

Morning

Time In: 8:00 AM

Time Out: 12:00 PM

Afternoon

Time In: 1:00 PM

Time Out: 6:00 PM

These were the tasks which filled our day:

• Inspection on Building 1 and 2 For Room Turnovers. Another daily routine wherein I have to inspect the Building I am assigned and report the accomplishments to the Cadet Engineer. In building 1, there were still no toilet and bathroom partition. Some of the rooms have just started piling concrete hollow blocks for the partition of toilet and bathroom. Building 2 however showed improvement; toilet and bathrooms were completely piled with CHB.

• Actual Accomplishment Report on CHB Piling and Plastering. I did an update of the percentage accomplishment of the piling of concrete hollow blocks and plastering of exterior and interior walls. This includes the three buildings and the parapet as well since they have started piling CHB on the parapet.

• Estimate on Drop Wall. I was tasked top estimate the proposed drop wall along the gutter of the three buildings. There were three options for the drop wall material: the Hardiflex, the EVG and the reinforced concrete (pre-cast).