4th June 2008
My three days of vacation is finally over and now its time to get back to work. Mr. Azhar was already in the office when I arrived. This time before I did anything, I quickly checked in. Went to Mr. Azhar's room to see if there was any changes in the past two days. Mr. Azhar said he handed the task over to Jafirul in my absence and there were a few design changes to the Amin Rafie Project. I would need to catch up with Jafirul on the changes while I was away. Had a short conversation about the terrible Karak highway accident the day before. Soon after, I continued from where I left of on the 3D model on the Amin Rafie Project.
- Look into Amin Rafie Project
- Attended consultant's meeting
- Payday
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Amin Rafie Project
Continued sketching up the Amin Rafie Project from where I left of. Mr. Azhar told me that the 3D model would have to be the end product therefore I made some minor changes according to the adjustments made while I was away. The ground floor of the model is almost completed however, it would only be the raw product. Detailing and finishes will be added after the 3D model is complete.
Mr. Azhar asked me to produce an autocad drawing of the merged existing building and the soon to be built Amin Rafie building. The previous drawings were outdated with the few changes he made in the design during my absence.
UM Project consultant's meeting
Was asked to attend a consultant's meeting by Mr. Azhar today. The meeting consisted of Mr. Azhar (project leader), Hady (architect), Pn. Harliati (quantity surveyor), Nor Fadzilah (civil engineer), Pn. Zaini (structural engineer) and me (trainee). The UM Project involves a university and is probably the biggest project under aaza. The meeting went through previous meeting minutes as a recap to what they have discussed that would require attention.
In the meeting Mr. Azhar urged the C&S (Civil and Structural) engineers to hasten their pace as numerous items brought up in the previous meeting was not given attention. The delay is affecting the speed of the project.
Lack of cooperation from the UM surveyor to provide more detailed surveys had delayed the project process as it was essential to get those information. Suggestions for a 300x300 beam to stay as it would support load by C&S was raised. However, the beam would affect the architecture of the building. Mr. Azhar suggested a 400x200 beam instead to reduce the obstacle on the walkway.
Continued sketching up the Amin Rafie Project from where I left of. Mr. Azhar told me that the 3D model would have to be the end product therefore I made some minor changes according to the adjustments made while I was away. The ground floor of the model is almost completed however, it would only be the raw product. Detailing and finishes will be added after the 3D model is complete.
Mr. Azhar asked me to produce an autocad drawing of the merged existing building and the soon to be built Amin Rafie building. The previous drawings were outdated with the few changes he made in the design during my absence.
UM Project consultant's meeting
Was asked to attend a consultant's meeting by Mr. Azhar today. The meeting consisted of Mr. Azhar (project leader), Hady (architect), Pn. Harliati (quantity surveyor), Nor Fadzilah (civil engineer), Pn. Zaini (structural engineer) and me (trainee). The UM Project involves a university and is probably the biggest project under aaza. The meeting went through previous meeting minutes as a recap to what they have discussed that would require attention.
In the meeting Mr. Azhar urged the C&S (Civil and Structural) engineers to hasten their pace as numerous items brought up in the previous meeting was not given attention. The delay is affecting the speed of the project.
Lack of cooperation from the UM surveyor to provide more detailed surveys had delayed the project process as it was essential to get those information. Suggestions for a 300x300 beam to stay as it would support load by C&S was raised. However, the beam would affect the architecture of the building. Mr. Azhar suggested a 400x200 beam instead to reduce the obstacle on the walkway.
Design changes (300x300 to 400x200)Several other drawing corrections were pointed out by Mr. Azhar. Another notable issue was to maintain A TNB substation while construction process begun. The clients did not want the substation touched although advise by Mr. Azhar. The substation powers the existing area and if anything were to happen to it during the construction process then hospitals, universities and other facilities in the area will lose power as there is no backup generator.
TNB SubstationPayday
It was 1700 when Mr. Azhar left and Ms. Aslia took out everyone's pay for the month. It was payday. My colleagues then lined up and took turns to receive their pay. Moments later screams echoed in the air. It was neither screams of joy nor pleasure. They got half pay. Production then stopped. Everyone was talking about what to do next. Among the interesting suggestions included going back home, finding a new job, suicide, prank calls and more. I had no idea a long month's pay is what every architect looks forward to in their life. A sad peek into my future life unfortunately.
End of Day 05
PS: They made the prank call
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