UNIT SENI BINA, JABATAN KEJURUTERAAN AWAM

POLITEKIK SULTAN ABDUL HALIM MU'ADZAM SHAH 06000 JITRA,

KEDAH DARUL AMAN

DCA 50242 ARCHITECTURE SITE PRACTICE

CASE STUDY :
SITE ORGANIZATION, ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES SITE POSSESSION,
SITE PREPARATION AND SITE SUPERVISION

GROUP MEMBER'S :
NUR NAJWA BINTI MOHD HARIS (03DSB19F1044)
NUR HAYANI BINTI ABD JALIL (03DSB19F1004)
NURUL ZAHIDAH BINTI MOHD FAUZI (03DSB19F1013)
NURIN AMANI BINTI MD NOOR (03DSB19F1003)

LECTURER NAME'S :
PN. ZALINNA BINTI KALIMAN

DCA 50242
ARCHITECTURE SITE

1
PRACTICE
Introduction

2
Construction site
organization

3
Types of
construction

4
Duties and responsibilities
of the personnel involved
in the project

5
Documentations required
to site possession

7 Project monitoring
and control

8 Conclusion

9 Photo compilation
of site visit

Table of
10
Recommendation
& bibliography
Contents
1.INTRODUCTION

A site visit was held on 11th December 2021. The project for this site visit is a 2 storey semi -
detached house project which is located at Lot precinct 4, Bandar Amanjaya, daerah Kuala Muda,
Kedah Darul Aman There are 84 units of 2 storey semi -detached and 226 units single semi-
detached houses to be built. Based on the information, the owner of this project is OSK Properties
SDN. BHD. The architect of this project is Arkitek Akirprima sdn bhd. The civil and structure
engineer is Perunding Kelana Sdn Bhd. The mechanical & electrical engineer is Perunding GD.
The quantity surveyor is Unitech QS consultancy Sdn Bhd. The contractor is JVG Sdn Bhd.

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2.CONSTRUCTION SITE ORGANIZATION

Developer
OSK PROPERTIES SDN. BHD

Architect
ARKITEK AKIPRIMA SDN. BHD

Civil & Structure Engineer

PERUNDING KELANA

M & E Engineer
PERUNDING GD

Quantity Surveyors
UNITECH QS CONSULTANCY SDN. BHD

Building Contractor
JVG BINA SDN. BHD

3.TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION INVOLVED

The site of construction involved is a conventional building. Residential construction involves the
building and selling of both individual and multi-family dwellings. These residential dwellings may
include single-units, manufactured housing, such as mobile homes and pre-built houses, duplexes,
quadplexes, apartment buildings as well as condominiums.

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4.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN THE
PROJECT

Personnels that involved in the project are project manager, site supervisor, site safety
supervisor and carpenter supervisor.

4.1 Project Manager

Person in charge: Alan Teoh

Project managers play the lead role in planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing
out projects. They are accountable for the entire project scope, the project team and resources, the
project budget, and the success or failure of the project. Their duties are:

Define roles and responsibilities.

Communicate expectations.
Create clarity in communication.
Establish trust.
Employ consistent processes.
Facilitate support.
Manage outcomes.

4.2 Site Supervisor

Person in charge: Abdul Firdaus

A Site Supervisor oversees and co-ordinates the daily operations of a worksite to ensure a high
level of performance and compliance with health and safety guidelines. Site Supervisors typically
work on worksites in the building and construction industry. their duties are:

Developing and implementing systems and procedures that enable tradespeople and
employees to carry out their tasks in the most efficient way.
Evaluating hazards, controlling risks and undertaking regular inspections of systems and
equipment.
Arranging preventative maintenance of machinery as required.
Working closely with senior management and stakeholders to ensure a safe and efficient
operation of the site.
Maintaining accurate records.

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4.3 Site Safety Supervisor
Person in charge: A.Sitartan

A site safety supervisor implements safety policies and regulations in an construction site, and
makes sure they are followed. Their main responsibility is creating a safe environment for
construction workers, but they may take additional roles and responsibilities during a project.

Site safety supervisor create, implement and enforce safety policies that reduce the risk of
accidents. It is their responsibility to determine which policies are necessary for the job site and
how to enforce them. Site safety supervisor must have updated knowledge about safety methods
and standards. This way, they can keep policies up-to-date and renew them when new risks are
discovered. Site safety supervisor carry out inspections on site to determine hazardous situations.
They must also create regulations and policies to overcome them. For example, broken equipment
and flawed tools create a hazard for construction workers, and site safety supervisor are
responsible for detecting those issues. They also specify the adequate personal protective
equipment needed, and make sure that workers know how to handle tools and equipment properly.

4.4 Carpenter supervisor

Person in charge: Mozid

Carpentry supervisors coordinate, monitor, advise, and support the activities of carpentry
workers. Carpenters' work involves following building plans, installing structures, measuring and
cutting wood and other materials, and constructing frameworks. The responsibilities are:

Ability to read and interpret blueprints.

Assisting supervisors with structural design, planning, layout, and installation.
Conduct repair work and installation of doors, windows, drywall, cabinets, stairs, and other
fixtures as required.
Ability to assess the quality of woodwork and materials.
Ability to operate tools, machines, and other equipment.
Compliance with local building codes, and health and safety regulations.
Provide excellent customer service.
Ability to stand for prolonged periods, climb, pull, and lift heavy objects.

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6.PROJECT MONITORING AND CONTROL

The type of table found on this site project monitoring ad control is by using the CPM table
method construction project. There are several elements found in each CPM table. Technically, the
CPM table models a project plan for construction in a network. This CPM schedule network
consists of activities, which represent the scope of project work, and logical relationships, which
link activities with others, which together describe the project construction sequence and forecast
when the project will be completed.

6.1 Critical path method

The critical path is the longest path of activities in the schedule network that forecasts when
the project will finish. What does that mean? That means that everything we do has a critical path,
whether it’s building a construction project, getting to work, or cooking Thanksgiving dinner.
What the CPM schedule allows us to do is identify what that critical path is. It’s essential to
properly identify the project’s critical path, because only delays to the project’s critical path will
delay the project’s completion. However, on this site we can't get the actual project schedule, so
below is the example of CPM table method.

6.1.2 Data date

Every CPM schedule will have a data date. The data date, which was the vertical blue line in
the above screenshot, represents the date from which the schedule is calculated. Over the course of
a project (as the project starts and the contractor makes progress), that vertical data date line will
move forward in time. If the CPM schedule is updated on a monthly basis, we’ll see that vertical
line move 30 days forward in time every month. As the project progresses, all the activities to the
left of the vertical data date line will represent the actual start and finish dates of the work, and
everything to the right of the data date will project or forecast the start and finish dates of the
remaining uncompleted work.

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6.1.2 Activity duration

In CPM schedules, each activity (represented as a bar) will have a duration (time). The
length of the bar represents the amount of time required to complete an activity. An activity’s
duration is depicted as either an original duration or remaining duration. In the chart above, they
are identified as “OD” and “RD.”An original duration is the estimated or planned amount of time
necessary to complete a work activity. In the image above, the activity highlighted in blue is an
original duration of 10 days. That means the contractor originally planned, or expected it to take
10 days, to mobilize the site.

If you look at the bar chart portion of the above screenshot, you’ll notice that the blue
vertical data date line is at the end of the month of June. Everything to the left of the vertical blue
data date line is blue, and everything to the right is red. In this case, everything to the left is actual.
If you look closely at the dates, you’ll see some capital A’s at the end of the start and finish dates
of the activities.

Everything that’s not completed does not have that A. That A means that the start and
finish dates are actual dates, and the remaining duration represents the amount of time the
contractor needs to complete the work once an activity starts.
In this case, that mobilized site activity has a remaining duration (RD) of 7 days, which means
from the start date of June 25th to the schedule’s data date, the contractor accomplished 3 days of
work on this activity and it has 7 more days to complete it.

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7.DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED TO SITE POSSESSION

For this site study, the organization only provided documen site possession such as Performance
Bond, Workmen Compossession Incuance and SOCSO.

7.1 Performance bond

A performance bond is a bond giving security for the carrying out of a contract, where a bond
is adeed by which one person (the obligator) commits himself to another (the obligee) to do
somethingor refrain from doing something(Martin, 2003), In construction contracts, a
‘performance bond’ is a bond taken out by the contractor, usually with a bank or insurance
company for the benefit of and at the request of the employer,

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7.2 Workmen's compessission inscurance

Workmen's Compensation Insurance protects employers against any compensations to be paid

under the Workmen's Compensation Law(s) of Malaysia for any injuries to their employees through
accidents or diseases during the works. It protects you from any cost and compensation to an
employee for personal injuries sustained by
Accidents
Occupational diseases

In Malaysia, the Workmen’s Compensation Act 1952 and Common Law states the liabilities an
employer has for their employees. Today, this covers mostly foreign workers. Most insurance
companies provide compensation plans to cover for this. Malaysian citizens and permanent residents
currently paying for SOCSO are covered for work-related injuries. The government is in the process
of obsoleting the Workmen’s Compensation Act. They plan to have all worker compensation coverage
to be within SOCSO. However, Common Law will still have implication and impact.

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7.3 SOCSO

The Social Security Organisation (SOCSO) was established as one of the government
departments under the Ministry of Human Resources to administer, implement and enforce the
Employees' Social Security Act 1969 and the Employees' Social Security (General) Regulations
1971.
In Malaysia, every employee in Malaysia (Malaysian or permanent resident) is eligible for
SOCSO’s coverage (SOCSO means the Social Security Organization). Every employer has to
register their new employee with SOCSO within 30 days from the date of commencement of the
work.

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8.Conclusion
From this site visit, we understand more about the construction. We managed to understand
the basic process and practical aspect of construction techniques on site. We can gain more
knowledge when we had this site visit. Besides, it is important to know about the safety precaution
rules, site investigation, job scopes of the professional workers. Also, we have gain the experience
staying outdoors under the hot weather to do what we are going to do in future.

Type of building construction methods in the construction is conventional construction

methods. The conventional method is defined as building components that are pre-fabricated on a
construction site through various processes and installation of wooden mold boxes, reinforcement
steel and in-situ cast works. These conventional buildings are constructed from a reinforced
concrete frame with the use of wooden mold boxes and their use is more expensive as it has to
finance the cost of labor, raw materials, transportation and the slow construction time period.

Architectural practice therefore is that area of activity that sees professional architects engaged
in the design and construction of buildings, selling their services to clients while complying with
the requirements of their professional body. When an architect is given a design assignment, there
are many environmental factors that are to be considered. The site is the major factor that has to be
considered. Site means the area or the land that is meant for the construction of the proposed
project.

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9.PHOTO COMPILATION OF SITE VISIT

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10. REFERENCES

Project Monitoring and Controlling Processes,

http://www.free-management-ebooks.com/faqpm/processes-05.htm
Project Monitoring and Control
https://www.tutorialandexample.com/project-monitoring-and-control/
Project Monitoring and Controlling Method
https://pmgroup1c.wordpress.com/2018/02/08/project-monitoring-control-method/
Types of Residential Building and theirs Site Selection
https://theconstructor.org/building/types-site-selection-residential-building/5995/
Possession of the site by the contractor
https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Possession_of_the_site_by_the_contractor
Site Possession
https://constructionlawforum.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/site-possession/
Definition of Workers’ Compensation Insurance Workers' Compensation
https://slideplayer.com/slide/2585723/
Workers Compensation Insurance
https://aim-malaysia.com/workers-compensation-insurance/

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