The document provides a summary of the author's 11-week internship with Almabani General Contractors on the Riyadh Metro Project in Saudi Arabia. It describes rotations through various project departments to gain exposure, including Procurement, Risk Management, QA/QC, and Cost Control. It also details experiences on utility diversion and station construction teams to see different aspects of the large infrastructure project firsthand. The author found the internship provided valuable insights into managing a major transit project.

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Summary sheet:
KING SAUD UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
CE999 – APPROVED EXPERIENCE
SUMMARY SHEET
Student Information:
Name: Bader aljubair
Department: Civil Engineering
Id:433101646
Training Position: Civil Engineer Intern
Training Firm(s) Information:
Name: almabani general contractors co.
Specialty: Contracting
Location: Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Supervisor(s) Information:
Name: Mr. Rawad
Position: Human Resources employee
Exact Duration of Training:
from: June 4 2016
up to: august 18 2016
Student’s Signature Bader aljubair
Date September 27, 2016

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Contents
Summary sheet:............................................................................................. 2
Contents ....................................................................................................... 3
Abstract........................................................................................................ 4
Introduction................................................................................................... 4
Department Rotation...................................................................................... 6
Project introduction and training .................................................................... 6
Procurement Department ............................................................................... 7
Risk Management Department ....................................................................... 7
QA/QC Department....................................................................................... 7
Cost Control.................................................................................................. 9
Planning and scheduling Department............................................................ 10
Engineering and MEP Departments.............................................................. 11
Plant Machinery and Vehicles (PMV) .......................................................... 11
Six Sigma Department ................................................................................. 13
safety.......................................................................................................... 14
Site Rotation ............................................................................................... 15
UTILITY DIVERSION TEAM.................................................................... 15
Deep Underground Station (2B4) ................................................................. 18
Conclusion.................................................................................................. 21

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Abstract
As required from our Civil Engineering program at KSU, we should undergo a 10 weeks internship during
the summer. During this summer, I have been able to perform my internship with almabani at one of the
biggest projects in the Arab Region which is the Riyadh Metro Project for 11 weeks. The following report
describes by details my internship experience with almabani at the Riyadh Metro Project.
Introduction
The Riyadh Metro is a part of the Riyadh Public Transport Project. The plan received approval from the
Riyadh council of Ministers in April 2012. The Riyadh public transport project also includes construction of
a bus network. The metro project is owned and operated by the Al Riyadh Development Authority (ADA).
The project execution period was supposed to be five years with an optional service period for the following
10 years. But due to different circumstances, the project execution period has been delayed and it is
supposed to be done in 2020.
The Riyadh Metro development consists of six lines, 178 km long with 85 stations including underground,
elevated and at-grade sections. Two of the lines ( 1 and 2 ), totaling 63 km and including 40 stations and two
iconic stations, are taken by BACS consortium whereas the other lines and stations are divided between
ANM and FAST consortiums. The BACS consortium includes four huge companis ( Bechtel, Al Mabani,
CCC, and Siemens)

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Figure : Riyadh Metro Bannr
Line 1 stretches from north to south through the center of Riyadh, along the Olaya-Batha Pathway, covering
a total of 38 kilometers. The line will include 22 stations and 4 transfer stations where it will connect with
other new metro lines. Most of line 1 will be underground.
Line 2 runs east to west along King Abdullah Road and will be built mostly at grade (15 km) with some
elevated sections. This line extends for more than 25 kilometers with 13 stations and 3 transfer stations.
Figure : Riyadh Metro Map

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Department Rotation
Figure : BACS Internship Program
Projectintroduction and training
on the 4th of June,2016., i headed BACS office where i met with Mr. Rawad from the Human Resources
department who is responsible on almabani trainees. Mr. Rawad gave me a brief orientation about the
almabani or BACS training schedule which extends to 10 weeks of training that includes a rotation to
several departments in the project for 4 weeks and then 6 week training on different sites of the project,
since such metro project includes tens of sites. I were given ID cards so that i can enter the offices normally
like any other employee at the BACS consortium Then, Mr. Rawad took me to another location ( Oruba 2 )
where safety inductions are given safety helmet, glasses, vest, and boots. I were given at first a safety
induction by Mr. Zahi Saliba, who is an employee with Mabani and works in the Safety Department at Bacs.
Then I were given the work at height training, deep underground training respectively and confined spice in
the last day in jurisi office in olya .

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ProcurementDepartment
The second department on schedule was the procurement department. The procurement department is
located in BACS main office which is in al ahssa road . We got introduced to Mr. Maroun Lebbos, head of
procurement department, who gave us an introduction about the procurement process in the Riyadh Metro
Project. After that, Mr. Lebbos called several procurement employees to explain to us their work at this
department. The process starts from the buyer which is the ordering process to expediting and at last to
receiving the materials ordered. The major objective of the department is to ensure that the material ordered
by the field engineers will arrive to the project on time and according to the specifications that are required
to meet the project standards. On our training schedule, procurement was supposed to take two days but we
have done everything in one day. So the next day we headed to the next department on schedule.
Risk ManagementDepartment
The risk management department is located in Oruba 1 office. The head of the Risk Management
department is Mr. Klint. Mr. Klint was so busy on that day so he just gave us an hour of his time to
introduce us about risk management and the work of his department. According to Mr. Klint, risk
management is the ability to identify risks and manage to respond to them effectively to reduce their effects
and achieve project objectives. Risk identification and management is very essential especially in large
projects where we can afford a lot of time, money, and safety through managing all risks.
QA/QC Department
The QA/QC department is also located in Oruba 1. When we first reached the department, we met with Mr.
Florian laguer ( French ) who is the head of the Quality assurance. Then, we met with eng: Omar Kabbani
who works at the quality assurance department. Omar decided to take care of us and gave us a quality
induction. After that, Omar gave us a small exercise on how to write quality reports. At first, we were given
some pictures taken at site. We needed to identify the problems in those pictures and write them in a report

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card. After that, we needed to suggest different solutions for the problems identified and write them in the
report card. At the end of these reports, we should write the lessons learned from such problems in order not
to repeat such mistakes in the future and to maintain quality.
On the second day, we went to Mr. Marwan Karam, head of quality control department. Mr. Karam gave us
a small introduction about quality control. In general, quality assurance is present in order to ensure avoiding
mistakes before the work is done in order to maintain quality. Quality control is controlling quality through
the work process. On each site, there must be a quality superintendant that monitors and controls the work
on site to provide the best quality. After finishing our meeting with Mr. Karam, we headed with one of the
quality superintendants to a site to know more about the work of these superintendants.
Figure: Low Wall Quality
Figure: Labors working on a Slab

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CostControl
The next department on the schedule was the cost control department. We were first introduced to the head
of the Cost Control in the Riyadh Metro Project Mr. Vishmanath. He gave us a small introduction about the
department and how cost is maintained along the project with its different stages from designing to
procurement to construction. Mr. Vismanath explained to us this process through drawing the influence
diagram and monitoring the progress of project with time. We learned also about how the department
controls project costs through monitoring purchases and records through software (PROJMON &
TALISMAN).The department relies heavily on the Cost Code which lists all available items and services as
well as their respective codes which is linked to a database containing all relevant details. We also learned
about the division of large tasks (such as building a viaduct) into smaller work packages (such as excavation,
primary concrete works, finishing) and the corresponding format in which they are displayed (showing task
information, work package information, codes, hourly/daily/monthly rate, unit cost, total cost, etc…). After
that we also saw the bid tabs which show the status of several bidders and the cost engineers there explained
to us the criteria by which each bidder was selected. We were introduced also to the estimation manager Mr.
James Jones who was very friendly with us and introduced us to the whole estimation team where they
informed us about their experience and advised us to work in cost control in our future.

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Figure : Influence diagram drawn by Project Controls manager
Planning and scheduling Department
After spending the past two days in the cost control department, we were supposed to spend the upcoming
two days at the planning department. We met with the planning manager at the BACS consortium Mr.

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Collins. Mr. Collins gave us a big booklet that describes the role of each employee in the planning
department, such as the development and planning manager. We learned how the planning process occurs
before any execution through meetings between the managers. Through planning, every big task is broken
down into several steps. The planning department at the BACS consortium uses the Primavera software
which makes it easier to break down a big process into smaller tasks with the schedule being present. The
planners always make sure that the project process is abiding by the schedule and is not on delay. At the
BACS consortium, the planning department does every quarter of a year a forecast to determine whether the
project is on track or late there by depending on the previous forecast. The planners will change the
activities that will take place, and will know where to dedicate the resources more.
Engineering and MEP Departments
Both departments are located in Oruba 1. In the engineering department, we met with Mr. Sanchez who gave
us several engineering drawings and specifications where our task was just to read them. In the MEP
department, we were given a brief introduction about the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing works in the
Project. The mechanical part includes air conditioning and pipe distribution along the whole metro
especially in water tanks in stations. The electrical part is one of the essentials in this project which is
concerned in initiating the metro and keeping its work running continuously. The plumbing part is also
concerned with water piping along the project.
Plant Machinery and Vehicles (PMV)
On that day, we visited Oruba 2 where the PMV department is present. We met with Mr. Toufic Salem who
explained to us the role of the PMV department in the project. The PMV department is responsible on all
machines and vehicles needed in the project. The PMV department is responsible of ensuring the transfer of
the machines required to a specific site and monitoring its workability and duration. The PMV department is
also responsible of fixing and maintaining all the machines and vehicles regularly. An example of such
machines and vehicles are the crawler crane, fork lift, air compressor, wheel excavator, and tens of other
machines.

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TRACK EXCAVATOR CATERPILLAR 320DL20TON
CRAWLER CRANE
KOBELKO
90 TONS
FORKLIFT CATERPILLAR 5 TONS

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Figure: with Mr. Toufic Salem PMVdepartment in the project Figure: Driving the Bobcat in the PMV yard
Six Sigma Department
The six sigma department is a small department at the BACS consortium consisting only of 5 employees.
The six sigma concept is initiated by Bechtel and is being also launched at the BACS consortium. The six
sigma department’s role at the project is to find any barriers that are slowing the work process and
increasing the project delay significantly. The department’s role is to find the causes of such delays in order
to save a lot of time; hence they would be saving big amounts of money. When we headed to the department
at first, we were introduced to the six sigma manager at BACS Mr. Toufic Rahhal and his team. Each
member of the team gave us a presentation about a previous project they worked on in the Riyadh Metro
Project. For example, one member has studied the delay of some paperwork and proposed a solution for it
which saved a lot of time and money. In this department, we learned the importance of saving time to be

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efficient in life in order to save other valuables such as money. We were given a task also to think of an
experience that happened with us in the past that could have been dealt with an efficient way. Each of us
presented this experience and gave an efficient solution of how it should have been dealt with in order to
make the most of our time.
safety
The safety department is located in Oruba 1 ,and we met with the BACS safety manager Mr. John Paton and
his assistant David. Mr. Paton gave us a small introduction about his experience in the Riyadh Metro Project
with BACS. , we were capable of attending the different sites in this project, such as climbing a viaduct after
attending the work at height safety training. On the next 2 days, Mr. David took us to the east depot (steel
structure) where trains would be parked and maintained. After that, we went to the south of Riyadh where
most viaducts are present. In this project, BACS is very strict about safety where it is a must. On every site,
there is a safety supervisor where most of them are Bechtel employees.
Figure: East Depot

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Site Rotation
The site rotation was 26 . i supposed to attend 3 different sites,. But since Eid al Fitr was during these 26
days, all the sites had closed for 3 days. So Mr. Rawad told me to attend in utility diversion team with
construction managers in aljurisi office in olya ENG remi chawbah. whereas the others 2 site was a deep
underground station at king Abdullah road KAR and the other one was in KAR with olya st and the 3rd site
was underground station which is located in KAR with salman al farsi street.
UTILITY DIVERSION TEAM.
On the first week of the site rotation, I contacted Mr. antony sarcis the delivery director and he send me to
Mr remi chawbah construction manager of the utility diversion team located in the aljurisi office in Olay.
Due to Ramadan and the very hot temperature, the site program was at midnight from 2 A.M. till 11 A.M..
The first time I attended this office, I was introduced to Mr mohamed hamud ,Mr kream khlefa and Mr
meshel. All of them are site engineer on different sites. I visit 3 site with the team, One site was in king
Abdullah road with ENG mohamed hamod and the other 2 site was in olya street with ENG karem khalefa
and meshel
They took care of me all the time. which takes around 2 weeks and they show me drawings issues from stc
,NWC and SEC, overview about Saudi standard and specification , issuing permits for wet and dry utility
,follow up on exaction and cable laying of dry utility.
utility diversion team are distributed between wet utilities (Potable water, storm drainage, and sewage
gravity) and dry utilities (electrical cables and telecommunications). After finishing with the utility

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diversion, an investigation occurs on the type of soil and water table level using piezometers. After that,
there is the process of grouting to stop infiltration from outside to inside of the box.
Figure: Utility Diversion Achievement
Figure ; Olaya station excavation 2 Figure: Olaya station excavation

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Figure : PierFoundation Figure : PierConstruction
Figure 22: utility excavation works Figure 23: Crane Foundation

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Figure: PierConstruction(2) Figure: Boreholes
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Shallow &At Grade Station (CN33)
After the Eid Al-Fitr vacation, I had four weeks in my internship. Mr. Rawad told me to visit the CN33 site
which lies end of KAR on line 2., all the stations and metro are deep underground since Olaya is the center
of Riyadh city where most of malls and hotels are present. The project manager at the cn33 station was Mr.
Mario Yunen. Mr. Yunen introduced me to the team on the site and has told the field engineer Mr. majed to
take care of me through my 2 weeks stay on the site. Mr. majed has explained to me the whole process that
is undergoing on the site. The work being done on this site is still excavation and dewatering. The
excavation process consists of several steps. The first step which is one of the hardest is the utility diversion.
At BACS consortium, there is a department for utility diversion. In addition, grouting is also done to cover
the space from releasing the bore holes for soil investigation. After the grouting process, deep wells are

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drilled by a piling rig for the dewatering process. Pumps are used in order to pump the water from the
ground to the sedimentary tanks where the water will be treated. After that, the tower cranes are installed
and then excavation work can start. During those 12 days, we checked some design maps ,made several trips
to the site with the faild engineer.
DeepUnderground Station(2B4)
On the 9th week of the site rotation, I contacted Mr. wassim seaman the project manager of the 2B4 which is
in KAR line2. The construction manager at the 2B4 station was Mr. sharon. Mr. Sharon introduced me to
the team on the site and has told the site engineer Mr. Mohamed hamad to take care of me through
me 2 weeks stay on the site. Mr. hamad has explained to me the whole process that is undergoing on the
site. The work being done on this site is we checked some design maps and made several trips to the site
with the project engineer and check the drawings for columns and walls for rebar size and spacing
,formwork, shutters also check the drawing for water proof and water stop and the installation ,we check
also the plastering process and we attend during the concert truck was on the site and we do the slump test
.after finished my period I ask Mr wissam and mr hamad to stay more one week and they agree and I stay
more one week in this amazing site.
Figure : During Site work with Eng Hamad Figure :during casting

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Fig :with Mr jems in 2B4 Fig ;with Mr Rawad HR
Figure 24: Steel Bridge Figure 25: Excavation calculations perday

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Conclusion
In conclusion, my internship with almabani at sucha huge project was a life time experience.
I had learned a lot from this experience especially by knowing how to depend on myself in
addition to knowing how the construction system works as a whole with the coordination
and cooperationbetween all the departments and directors, whole experience at this project
was great . If I got a job offer at almabani in this project, I would not reject it of course.

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Fig: letterfrom al mabani in the end of internship