This document is a tutorial on constructing a reinforced concrete building in Doha, Qatar, designed for civil engineers. It outlines the project schedule and key construction stages, including foundational work, the setup of steel columns, and finishing tasks, while utilizing project management software like Oracle Primavera P6. Additionally, it provides links to video resources for visual guidance during the construction process.

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CONSTRUCTION WORK TUTORIAL
Introduction
This tutorial is explaining about simplest way to build RC (Reinforced Concrete) building located in Doha, Qatar. This
project is chosen as a sample for this tutorial because it is only small room and less material to use so that it becomes
relatively much easier to understand to be constructed by Civil Engineer. Some requirements are prepared to
commence constructing this building which is given in the video list below:
1st
Tutorial : Short overview and Construction Stages (Structural Work)
2nd
Tutorial : Finish Stages (Architectural Work)
3rd
Tutorial : Step by Step Construction Schedule in Primavera P6 V16.2
4th
Tutorial : Step by Step Construction Design in STAAD.Pro V8i SS6
Construction stage in the first tutorial was recorded in short video uploaded into Youtube, which is accessible through
this address https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eihemHVX3cU
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1st
Tutorial : Short overview and Construction Stages (Structural Work)
1. Project schedule
As the first step to understand this construction work, prior to begin this work, all major work items has to
be put inside giant schedule including planned duration as a basic requirement to provide labour, material,
equipment and cost.
We are operating Oracle Primavera P6 V16.2 as project schedule software to breakdown all necessary works
to be followed by field civil engineer. Besides explaining Primavara P6 in this tutorial, we also compare it with
MS Project 2016 to whom is familiar working in MS Project only.
Some main tasks in doing this project consist of Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) as a list below:
1. Foundation
2. Ground beam and slab
3. RC (Reinforced Concrete) and Steel column
4. Masonry / Concrete block
5. Roof frame and sheet
6. Finishes (Architectural and MEP Work)
This simple building will be constructed following the schedule below:

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2. 3D View
Expected final completion of this building can be seen in the figure below
Top View
Rear View

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3. Construction Stages
Physically, main construction stages of RC/Steel structure are following sequence figures below:
1. Soil Excavation for shallow foundation 2. Lean concrete and timber formwork for pad footing.
3. Spacer is required to receive proper concrete cover
at bottom side
4. Reinforcement bar for pad footing and pedestal.
Concrete cover shall be considered following
regulation.
5. Strengthened formwork by adding some timbers to
prevent any damages while using vibrator.
6. Concrete pouring on the pad footing using Fc’35 MPa
or C35/40

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7. Formwork dismantling; in case any crack or
honeycomb on the concrete surface, it shall be
either rectified by Sika/Fosroc grouting or concrete
injection.
8. Timber formwork is provided as a casing of concrete
pedestal
9. Each footing has pedestal and it is ready now to be
backfilled by imported soil
10. After backfilling and compaction, each footing is
connected by ground beam. Underneath ground
beam, we shall overlay compacted soil by polythene
sheet and lean concrete.
11. Reinforcement bar and timber formwork are
installed along ground beam line.
12. Make sure that all formworks have been
strengthened on both side (in the picture, formwork
is strengthened one side only)

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13. One day after concrete pouring, Formwork can be
dismantled; in case any crack or honeycomb on the
concrete surface, it shall be either rectified by
Sika/Fosroc grouting or concrete injection. Within 3
days, this fresh concrete must be cured by clean
water to maintain temperature and shrinkage effect
14. Next step is to pour the concrete for column. Prior to
cast it, we have to fabricate timber formwork
properly and fix it with additional support for
strengthening in order to reduce any damage while
using vibrator.
15. One day after concrete pouring, Formwork can be
dismantled; in case any crack or honeycomb on the
concrete surface, it shall be either rectified by
Sika/Fosroc grouting or concrete injection. Within 3
days, this fresh concrete must be cured by clean
water to maintain temperature and shrinkage effect
16. While fixing steel column on the ground beam and
concrete column, we shall backfill and compact the
floor area as per requirement. Base plate and bolt
fixing is not visible in this picture. It will be discussed
in the further topic.
17. Steel beam fixing and preparation for concrete floor
can be done in the same time. After compaction, we
have to apply polythene sheet, lean concrete and
spacer to receive concrete cover for reinforcement
bar (Wiremesh)
18. Final step is to install reinforcement bar (wiremesh)
for the concrete slab and concrete pouring as the last
stage of this structural work. Curing by water on the
RC slab within 3 days is a must to be done to achieve
expected quality as per requirement.

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