FINAL PROJECT:

DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL:

INTRODUCTION TO CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (ICI) (QSB 30105)

FNBE MARCH 2015

WONG MEI XIN (0323824)

WONG YUN TENG (0323454)

TUTOR: PN HAS

INDEXINDEX …1

INTRODUCTION …2

OBJECTIVE & PROJECT BENEFITS …3

INTRODUCTION TO SITE …4

SITE CONTEXT …5-8

MICRO CLIMATE …9

TOPOGRAPHY …10

TRAFFIC CONDITION …11

AMBIENCE & PROS AND CONS …12

SITE PLAN & LOCATION PLAN …13

ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES …14

OF THE SITE

Introduction

We are required to find a specific empty land to initiate a small construction project. The size of the land shall between 50m x 50m (2500m2) – 50m x 70m (3500m2).

Individually, we have to propose one project that serves on any one or combination of two or more of the following purposes: Recreation area, Commercial area, Industrial area, Agricultural area, Tourism area, Residential area. Subsequently, we are required to identify the professions required in our development. Besides that, we need to list down the tasks each profession needs to do.

This project enabled us to develop an understanding of the building team, its organization, duties and inter-relations. In addition, it also enabled us to develop an awareness of their professional responsibilities and to appreciate their profession in the construction industry.

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Objective

The objective of this project is to provide convenience to residents living around the site. Residents do not need to go a commercial shop or a place to do recreational activities by car. They just need to go to the spot by walking within 4 minutes.

Project Benefits

Commercial areas enabled people to reduce stress and relax. Positive and enjoyable recreation experiences can decrease stress and psychological tensions. Leisure activities provide people with the opportunity to expel energy and emotion not being released in other aspects of their lives.

Recreation area creates an opportunity to people to control weight, look better, and build strong bodies. Sports participants had significantly lower body mass index values, lower blood pressures, and lower resting pulse rates. In addition, people who exercised regularly were happier than people who didn’t exercise at all. Besides that, family bonds are improved by the sharing of leisure time. Families that recreate together tend to be closer, more cohesive and improve their chances of staying together. This is true with both parent-child relationships and married couples. One can meet friends and create memories too. People can develop social skills, problem solving and creativity. The best opportunities are those that are planned and supervised. For children, physical activity is intellectually stimulating and enhances the learning process and the development of cognitive skills.

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Introduction to Site

The undeveloped empty land that we have looked upon is located at Jalan Kemajuan Subang. It is approximately 26,896 Sq.Ft. There are greenery and woody trees on the empty land.

In addition, there are several residential areas located near to our site and there are two apartments which is Subang Soho and Olives residence are just opposite to our site. Besides that, there is one primary school, Sekolah Kebangsaan Perdana Jaya near to the site as well. It is a great area to be developed since it is near to residential areas and school.

Some commercial shops such as 7-Eleven, stationary stores as well as food court and recreation area such as sports complex should be built within this area in order to bring convenience to people. Hence, this empty land has high potential to become a successful recreation and commercial spot in the future.

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Site context

-Apartments opposite to the site-

-Residential area nearby-

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-Residential area nearby-

-Primary school nearby-

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-Shops nearby-

-Shell Station nearby- -Shops nearby-

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-Fast food shop nearby- -Shopping mall nearby-

As the pictures shown above, these are the places that near to the site. There are two apartments opposite of the site. Furthermore, there are many residential areas and a primary school nearby as well. Some shops can be found too.

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Micro Climate

The sun rises from the east to west, there are little obstructions around so people can enjoy the view of the sunrise and sunset. The wind direction is from west to east, thus the land is cooling throughout the day.

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Topography

There is a slope from the main road to the site. The land has an uneven surface as it is a grassy land.

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Traffic Condition

There is little traffic congestion most of the time of the day.

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Ambience

There is little to none traffic noises as there is only a highway located quite a distance away.

Pros and Cons

The land is surrounded by residential area and industrial area. Furthermore, it is lacking of commercial and recreation area. Hence, this empty land has high potential to become a successful recreation and commercial spot. Residents can walk or go by bicycle to the spot.

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Site plan

Location plan

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Advantages of the site

The site is easily reachable from many directions. It can be reached using Jalan SS16/1 and then turn onto Jalan Kemajuan Subang Highway. The site has a low pollution rating because of the residential areas surrounding it. This allows the people that stay nearby the ability to excess it easily. Other than that, this site has great facilities. As examples, there are religious buildings there like some churches and a surau nearby. Educational areas such as SK Perdana Jaya are also available there. There are also a music centers, a golf center and more. The site has a lack of proper waste management as seen by garbage being seen around the site. There are also no office and commercial blocks built around the area. This causes the need to drive out of the area for work. Lastly, the air quality is also not very good on site due to the amount of traffic on the road.

Disadvantages of the site

The site is easily reachable from many directions. It can be reached using Jalan SS16/1 and then turn onto Jalan Kemajuan Subang Highway. The site has a low pollution rating becasue of the residential areas surrounding it. This allows the people that stay nearby the ability to excess it easily. Other than that, this site has great facilities. As examples, there are religious buildings there like some churches and a surau nearby. Educational areas such as SK Perdana Jaya are also avalible there. There are also a music centers, a golf center and more. The site has a lack of proper waste management as seen by garbage being seen around the site. There are also no office and commercial blocks built around the area. This causes the need to drive out of the area for work. Lastly, the air quality is also not very good on site due to the amount of traffic on the road.

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PROPOSAL 1

(WONG MEI XIN)

Suggestion and proposal

I have proposed to build a fitness center. The fitness club is a 3 story building that contains dance studio and gym. The parking lot is located on the ground floor while dance room is located on the first floor; gym is located on third floor. Other facilities such as washroom and locker are equipped as well.

The main propose of this proposal is to bring convenience to the residents nearby. The residents nearby that area will have easier to access a place to exercise and gym as well. Moreover, it would not be hard for residents to drop off cause the area is easy to access.

a. Proposal by: Wong Mei Xin

b. Project name: Subang Jaya Fitness

c. Project code: SJF 0283

d. Type of construction: Commercial and Recreational area

e. Land area: 26,896 Sq.Ft

f. Site location: Jalan SS 19, Ss 19, 40150 Subang Jaya, Selangor.

g. Estimated time of completion: 1 year and 6 months

Rationale

There are many residential areas around this area and not a lot of commercial and residential area thus the community might find driving out to find a fitness center. Therefore having a fitness center nearby will decrease the need for them to drive far and waste their time on traffic.Hence, this empty land has high potential to become a successful commercial and recreational spot since this area is surrounded by residential area and it is lacking of recreational area.

Benefits to surrounding

This project will benefit in following ways:

1. Residents around that area could have found a place for recreational activities

2. Boosts up economic growth of this area

3. Bring convenience to the residents nearby

4. Creates a spot for people to meet ups Residents

5. The buiding of Subang Jaya Fitness can become a landmark for people to identified

6. Rate of healthy of residents might be improved

7. Creates job opportunity

Impact to surrounding

This project might bring impact in following:

1. Safety of the area might be decreased

2. Garbage accumulates around the area due to irresponsible of people

3. Students might escape class and go to the fitness center

4. Air pollution might increase due to the exhaust from incoming vehicles

5. Will causes traffic congestion as the road in front of the road is narrow

6. Sound pollution might increase due to traffic

7. The opposite residents will be influenced by the noises

Bubble Diagram of Subang Jaya Fitness

-It is a 3 storey building-

Plan

-Plan of Ground Floor-

-Plan of First floor-

-Plan of Second Floor-

Images of Ideas

Dance Studio Office

-Full height mirror to 50% of wall- -Office for center management team-

Lobby Fitness Suite

-Reception- -40 pieces of fitness equipment-

Car Park Resting Area

-Have 33 parking spaces- -Chairs and lockers are located at this area-

List of professions involved in their task

Architect, interior designer, civil engineer, structural engineer, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, quantity surveyor and contractor will work as a team to develop the best schedule and budget to meet facility’s needs, including sport facility renovations.

A professional architect’s role is to:

Discussing the objectives, requirements and budget of a project

Consulting with other professionals about design

Preparing and presenting feasibility reports and design proposals to the client

Advising the client on the practicality of their project

Using IT in design and project management, specifically using computer-aided design software

Keeping within financial budgets and deadlines

Producing detailed workings, drawings and specifications

Negotiating with contractors and other professionals

Preparing applications for planning and building control departments

Drawing up tender documents for contracts

Project managing and helping to coordinate the work of contractors

Controlling a project from start to finish

Regular site visits to check on progress, ensuring that the project is running on time and to budget

Resolving problems and issues that arise during construction

A professional interior designer’s role is to:

Analyse clients’ needs, goals, and life and safety requirements

Integrate findings with knowledge of interior design

Formulate preliminary design concepts that are aesthetic, appropriate, functional, and in accordance with codes and standards

Develop and present final design recommendations

Prepare working drawings and specifications for non-load bearing interior construction, reflected ceiling plans, lighting, interior detailing, materials, finishes, space planning, furnishings, fixtures, and equipment in compliance with universal accessibility guidelines and all applicable codes

Collaborate with other licensed practitioners in the technical areas of mechanical, electrical, and load-bearing design as required for regulatory approval

A professional civil engineer’s role is to:

Undertaking technical and feasibility studies and site investigations

Developing detailed designs

Assessing the potential risks of specific projects, as well as undertaking risk management in specialist roles

Supervising tendering procedures and putting together proposals;

Managing, supervising and visiting contractors on site and advising on civil engineering issues

Communicating and liaising effectively with colleagues and architects, subcontractors, contracting civil engineers, consultants, co-workers and clients

Thinking both creatively and logically to resolve design and development problems

Reviewing and approving project drawings

Undertaking complex and repetitive calculations

A professional structural engineer’s role is to:

Analysing configurations of the basic structural components of a building or other structure

Calculating the pressures, stresses and strains that each component, such as a beam or lintel, will experience from other parts of the structure due to human use or environmental pressures such as weather or earthquakes

Considering the strength of various materials, e.g. timber, concrete, steel and brick, to see how their inclusion may necessitate a change of structural design

Liaising with other designers, including architects, to agree on safe designs and their fit with the aesthetic concept of the construction

Making drawings, specifications and computer models of structures for building contractors

Working with geotechnical engineers to investigate ground conditions and analyse results of soil sample and in situ tests

A professional electrical engineer’s role is to:

Identifying customer requirements

Designing systems and products

Reading design specifications and technical drawings

Researching suitable solutions and estimating costs and timescale

Making models and prototypes of products using three-dimensional design software

Liaising with other professions

Designing and conducting tests

Recording, analysing and interpreting test data

Proposing modifications and retesting products

Qualifying the final product or system

A professional mechanical engineer’s role is to:

designing and implementing cost-effective equipment modifications to help improve safety and reliability;

developing a project specification with colleagues, often including those from other engineering disciplines;

developing, testing and evaluating theoretical designs;

discussing and solving complex problems with manufacturing departments, sub-contractors, suppliers and customers;

making sure a product can be made reliably and will perform consistently in specified operating environments;

managing projects using engineering principles and techniques;

producing details of specifications and outline designs;

recommending modifications following prototype test results;

using research, analytical, conceptual and planning skills, particularly mathematical modelling and computer-aided design;

A professional quantity surveyor’s role is to:

Preparing tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities with the architect and/or the client

Undertaking cost analysis for repair and maintenance project work

Assisting in establishing a client's requirements and undertaking feasibility studies

Allocating work to subcontractors

Providing advice on contractual claims

Analysing outcomes and writing detailed progress reports

Valuing completed work and arranging payments

Providing post-occupancy advice, facilities management services and life cycle costing advice

Assisting clients in locating and accessing additional and alternative sources of funds

Enabling clients to initiate construction projects

PROPOSAL 2

(WONG YUN TENG)

Suggestion and Proposal

I am Wong Yun Teng, a student from Taylor’s Lakeside University in a team with Wong Mei Xin. In this project, our task is to develop an empty piece of 50x50m land that is beneficial to the community. The space we found is situated in front of Olives residences.

I have proposed to build a food court or also known as food centre in that area. I vision the area to be filled with people from all ages and from all places to stop by that area to have their meals. The residents nearby that area will also have easier access to food. The area is easy to access with direct roads connecting to it so it won’t be hard for nearby residents to drop by. The food court I am proposing is a double story building that contains food stalls, dining areas, a stage for entertainment as well as a parking lot.

The food court will be a public area, where people can enjoy their food with just paying the price of the food and no entrance fees needed. The people are free to park in the parking lot. The parking lot is located on the ground floor while the food court is located on the floor above it, there are guard houses nearby the parking lot to ensure the safety of the customers. The food court is well equipped with basic necessities such as washrooms and even a surau.

The workers clean the dining area often to ensure there are empty seats for new customers; this is to avoid crowdedness and also to keep the area sanitary. There are trash bins and recycle bins all around the food court to encourage that the customers to keep clean. The food court is open from 8am to 10pm daily.

Rationale

I have come upon proposing a food court because there are many residential areas around this area and not a lot of commercial area thus the community might find driving out for lunch or dinner to be pretty hectic as there is a highway near this area that have traffic congestions during dinner time.

So having a food court nearby will decrease the need for them to drive far and waste their time on traffic.

Benefits

- This allows for the easy access to food by the residences nearby.

- Residents use less energy to find food via transportation

- Has a diverse selection of food to cater to many people

- Allows for less land to be taken up by restaurants and eateries

- Creates job opportunities for residents and other people

- Creates a venue for meet ups and activities

- Market price for housing in the area goes up

- Easier solution for families that cannot decide what to eat

- Improves residents nutritional balance indirectly

- Offers cheaper food compared to proper restaurants

Impacts

- Economy in the area goes up as the place becomes more known

- Noise pollution goes up due to the traffic

- Garbage accumulates around the area

- Amount of people in the area increases thus affects the traffic

- Business in the area will increase that will also affect the traffic

- Vehicles from outstation might congest the area

- Might cause traffic problems in the area

- Air quality drops due to the exhaust from incoming vehicles

- Increases competition of the eateries

- May drive away some residents due to the noise pollution

The name of my food court is called Olive Food Centre.

It is a 2 storey building.

Plan of Proposal

This is the ground floor; it is a parking lot of customers to park their cars.

The plan for the First floor (Food Court)

The following concepts are to be applied in the project:

• Centre stage at the Plaza Centre

The stage will have performers hired by the Food Court to perform every night from 7-10pm for the entertainment of the customers. Activities such as charity events are also some times organized. People can also rent the stage for their own public or private purposes. This ensures the customers are entertained as they enjoy their good meal. This also helps the store owners to control the patience of their customers with this method.

• Food Stalls

There are a large number of food stalls of different varieties to satisfy all kinds of customers. . Meals are ordered at one of the vendors and then carried to the dining area. The food may also be ordered as takeout for consumption at another location. The space between each food stall is wide to avoid congestion and there is an info board for easy access to search of specific food stalls. The food stalls also have a proper serving system to prevent the area getting too crowded. The way the food is prepared is also made so that it reaches the customer in optimum time, allowing the food to be eaten while hot.

• Washrooms

The public washrooms are always kept clean. It is build next to the Surau. There is a washroom for men, women and also the disabled. Cleaners are appointed to clean the washrooms at constant times to assure the washrooms are always at its cleanest. Male cleaners are appointed to the male washrooms and vice versa. Male cleaners that are appointed to the female washrooms are required to ring a bell before the start cleaning to

inform the people currently inside that he’s coming in to start cleaning.

• Parking Lot

The parking lot is free for customers to park and is kept safe by security guards. Guards are required to patrol the area once every 2 hours. Emergency buttons are located on every other pillar so in case anything happens you can press the button and a siren will sound, alerting the guards. The guards also help you park the car by telling you if you are too close or far from car or wall behind you.

Plan of parking lot

Professions and their tasks

• Consultant Quantity Surveyor

After the client has decided what they want to do with the plot of land. The Consultant Quantity Surveyor examines the 50x50m land and starts planning the cost of the project for the client. After that, they then deal with the contracts, the measurements and the costs of the construction. The Consultant Quantity Surveyor also forms a team of architects, civil engineers, structural engineers, mechanical and electrical engineers to work on the project. Sometimes they also look for specialist skills, if required. Some of these jobs include reinforced concrete works, structural steelwork, foundation piling, and roofing, cladding, plumbing and electrical work.

• Architect

The architect is responsible in monitoring the architectural aspects of the development of the food court and also production of the construction documents such as plans and specifications. This usually involves managing the needs of the owner, designer and technical staff, and other consultants such as structural engineers, mechanical engineers, landscape architects and others. All of them are associated with architectural design, construction materials and methods as well as the production of construction documents.

Another responsibilities are also includes the zoning and building code management, determining the material specifications, maintaining quality control by checking and making revisions to drawings, discussing the objectives, requirements and budget of a project. The architect will also have to prepare and present the feasibility reports and design proposals to the developer in regards of requirement request by the client (owner), advising on the practicality of the project, contribute to the creative and constructive process of value engineering and maintain a thorough working knowledge of architectural regulations and standards. Besides, all the drawings, lay outs and related plans produced by the architects need to be approved by the authorities involved.

• Civil Engineer

To plan a food court, the Civil Engineer has to analyse survey reports, maps and other data. He/She also considers construction costs, government regulations, potential environmental and other factors in planning stages as well to be able to determine the building material to be used. Then, he/she test soils to determine the adequacy and strength of foundations as well as possible building materials, such as concrete, asphalt, or steel, for use in this project.

Other responsibilities include; providing estimation for material, equipment and labour for the determination of the food court's economic feasibility, managing the repair and maintenance of the food court and performing or overseeing surveying operations to establish reference points, grades and elevation to guide to construction.

• Structural Engineer

Structural engineers carry out strength calculations and prepare drawings of structures to ensure they are strong enough to avoid

collapse when loaded in order to ensure the safety of the customers of the food court.

• Mechanical Engineer

• The main tasks of mechanical engineers would involve

researching, designing parts in mechanical devices such as air conditioning and elevators of the food court, testing said devices and overseeing the production of these machines, tool and other mechanical devices and systems. Other devices mechanical engineers work on at the food court would be refrigeration, elevators and the sound system of the centre stages.

• Electrical Engineer

The electrical engineer designs the way electric is supplied to the food court, develop manufacturing by doing calculations and supervising the manufacture, installation, operation and maintenance of electrical systems. They work on systems for the generation, distribution, utilisation and control of electric power.

They also work with the program manager in order to ensure the food court meets the satisfactory requirement. In case of complications, Electrical engineers have to investigate complaints from customers of the food court and evaluate problem to recommend solutions

• Sanitary Engineer

The sanitary engineer designs and directs construction and operation of hygienic projects such as sewage, garbage and trash disposal, drainage systems in order to increase the

overall cleanliness of the food court to prevent the spreading of disease.

• Program Manager

The project managers ensure the project is completed on time and within budget, that the project's objectives are met and that everyone else is doing their job properly. Project managers oversee the project to ensure the desired result is achieved, the most efficient resources are used and the different interests involved are satisfied.