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- 1. CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEER " A ccomplish, or do not begin." ZA INOL ZA KA RIA Get to k now the life as a civil & structural engineer and what it tak es to become one.
- 2. CONTENTS 1. LIFE ASACIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGIN EER 2. COMPAN Y PROFILE 3. COMPAN Y STRUCTURE 4. PROFILE OF IN TERVIEWEE 5. PAST PROJECT KUALA LUMPUR TOWER 6. CURREN T PROJECT WOMEN AN D CHILDREN HOSPITAL, KUALA LUMPUR 7. Q&A About An interview with acivil and structural engineer about hisjourney in the construction industry. Copyright 2015 by PAPER TOWN S All rightsreserved. No part of thisbook may be reproduced in any form without expresswritten permission. WRITERS FARAH HAN ISAH BIN TI ZAINOL DAN ICA GAN JIA-EN DAN A KAN JIA TORNG CHIN KE N I KELLY CRYSTAL CHIA FYE JZING DAYANG N ADRAH AIDHA BIN TI AWG IDRUS
- 3. Life As ACivil & Structural Engineer In general, acivil and structural engineer hasto ensureandexaminethe structureof buildingsothat it remainsstableandsafe. They either work in officesor on construction sites. Structural engineersinvolvein designing structureslikehouses, hospitals andofficeblocks. They also involvein reportingandmaking decision on financial Structural engineersareresponsible in choosingtheright materialssuch as concrete, steelsandbricksfor the project. They consult andwork along with thearchitect, engineersand landscapearchitect. In order tobecome agoodstructural engineer, oneshould begoodin Physicsandmust havea strongthree-dimensional conceptual skills. It isimportant for them tothink out of box tosolvedaily problems.
- 4. UEM Builders Berhad,the engineering & construction arm of the UEM Group, is an international construction com pany with a strong track record in delivering infrastructure developm ent projects. Over the years, they have played a significant role in building M alaysia?s landscape through the construction of national infrastructures, which are recognised globally. The Second Penang Bridge, M alaysia-Singapore Second Crossing, and Kuala Lum pur Light Rail Transit System 2, are am ongst the m any m ega projects credited to UEM Builders? capabilities. Their vision is to be a Leading Globally Com petitive Com pany in Integrated Engineering, Construction and M aintenance Services. Their m ission is enterprising and com petitive whilst m eeting stakeholders?expectations.
- 5. Board Of Directors Managing Directors International Local Indonesia BruneiIndia H ospital M RT H ighway Preamakanthan DKanapathy LeeEngHoe WongKingSeng Zainol Zakaria TeeMeng AhmadFauzi Haji Ali Com pany Structure
- 6. "Givingup isnever anoption." Here i would like to share about a civil engineer?s personal information. His full name is Zainol Bin Zakaria. He born in the year 1964 (age51), andhadmarriedwith 6 childrens. Theproficienciesof him is English andBahasaMelayu. Zainol Zakaria IR Zainol Bin Zakaria graduated from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 1987 with a Bachelor in Civil Engineering. He has been in this industry for the past 28 years. He has worked as a junior engineer for 4 years and another 6 years as a senior engineer. Theprojectsthat he hadbeen involvedin are SgPiah HydroElectricProject ,Peninsular Gas Utilization Project Phase2, KlangRoadBypass , Airport RoadInterchange, KualaLumpur Tower, SlopeRepairsalongTamparuli-Ranau Highway, Sabah, KLIA (PackageRA16), Bus& taxi complex andoverpassat Jln Sultan Azlan Shah, Ipoh, Perak, Monorail Trial Track, AmpangHilir High EndCondominium, New Alor Setar Hospital Project, New Pekan Hospital Project, PetronasRantau Mall, Kerteh, Terengganu ,ProposedNew Gumusut CuttingAndAssembly Workshop, TheDesign, Construction, Equipping, Commissioningand Maintenanceof Shah Alam Hospital, The Construction of BusinessBay Hotel, Dubai, UAE, Women andChildren Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, LawasHospital, Sarawak, MRT S3 stations- TheCurve, TDDI andOneUtama, Projek MenaraKembar Bank Rakyat, Kuala Lumpur.
- 7. One of theearlier project he was fortunate enough to work on was alongside the com pany W ayss & Freytag (M ) Sdn. Bhd. which is the Kuala Lum pur Tower as the site engineer. A tower m uch appreciated by us M alaysians and tourists as it holds so m uch purpose including a tourist Kuala Lum pur Tower Past Project : The duration of his involvem ent in the project was roughly about a year and a half,starting from January 1992 until June 1993. This puts him in the center position as the tower was constructed in 1991and com pleted in 1994. This gives him a contract value of RM 270 m illion. In this project, M r Zainol was responsible for taking off, standing supervision and the preparation of Bar Bending Schedule BBS.
- 8. W om enan d Chi l dr en H ospi tal , Kual a Lum pur The ongoing project M r. Zainol is involved in as a project director is the new W om en and Children?s H ospital that is located within the proxim ity of the existing H ospital Kuala Lum pur in Jalan Pahang. Cur r en t Pr oject : The W om en & Children?s H ospital is an RM 848m il project signed between the M inistry of H ealth,and UEM Construction Sdn Bhd with its joint venture com pany,Najcom Sdn Bhd and is expected for com pletion by the end of 2016. It is a 12 storey building which will hold 600 beds where it has a total gross floor area of 1,890,143 sq. ft.
- 9. Am ong thefacilities to be built in the hospital include therapy services, crèche or nursery,labour and delivery,specialist clinics,child developm ent centre,paediatric specialist clinics,wom en health centre,neonatal Intensive Care Units,obstetric wards,Em ergency Departm ent,cafeteria,shops for public convenience and a 20-room hotel. A m ulti-level car park which will provide an addition of about 1000 m ore parking bays will also be built to ease traffic congestion within the hospital com pound. The hospital project is a part of the Kuala Lum pur Structure Plan 2020 by the governm ent to upgrade general hospitals to provide better m edical services to the people. In this project,M r Zainol reports to m anaging director of UEM Builders BH D. H e also leads the hospital design and construction team to carry out the pricing as well as reviewing the costings prior presenting to the m anaging director and subm itting them to the clients. Other than that,he also coordinates am ong the consultants, covers both technical contractual and financial aspects. Lastly,he is responsible from the pre contract stage to the final accounts.
- 10. Q & A What m ade you deci de to tak e c&s en gi n eer i n g as a pr ofessi on ? ?For me, it?s just a coincident. I do not know what civil engineering at that time and during the interview, I just said to the interviewer that civil engineer sounds good. So, i only realise what is c&s engineering upon my enrolment to the university. " W hat qual i ti es shoul d a str uctur al en gi n eer have? ?The right attitude,technical knowledge teamwork and most importantly it comes with responsibility and liability." W hat i s your gr eatest achi evem en t? ?W hen I was the project manager for the slope remedial works along Tamparuli-Ranau project, we completed the project in average of 30 days ahead schedule for all the 4 packages awarded to us. Also, we made quite a big profit margins." Is ther e an y chal l en ges you face at w or k ? ?Each project has it?s own unique challenges. I t?s different from one project to another such as civil works, structural works, marine works, slope protection works or even towers." Do you have an y advi ce for the futur e ci vi l an d str uctur al en gi n eer s? ?You must put a very high interest and effort to manage and execute any assignments given. W orking in the silo is extremely prohibited as communication is the main tool to cascade and escalate the information."