UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PERLIS

SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING REPORT

Name : LIM JIANN JONQ

Matrix number :161200414

Name of firm : PARAMOUNT CONSTRUCTION SDN. BHD.

Address : Main office
Wisma Paramount, No. 1, Jalan Banyan 1, Bukit Banyan,
08000 Sungai Petani, Kedah.
Site office
6A, Persiaran Banyan Square 1, Bukit Banyan, 08000 Sungai
Petani, Kedah.

Training Duration : 24th June 2019 to 1st September 2019

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 Acknowledgement

First and foremost, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to paramount

construction Sdn. Bhd. for giving me the opportunity to do my internship at

Paramount(Utara) under PCSB on Site Department for 10 weeks which starts from

24th June 2019 until 1st September 2019. This internship training programme has given

us an insight on the flow of the industrial processes and the practical knowledge

regarding the units operation which are unavailable in university.

It is my radiant sentiment to place on record my best regards, deepest sense of

gratitude to Mr. Tan Kok Soon, Site Coordinator who is my supervisor during the

internship training period. Under his careful and precious guidance which are

extremely valuable for my study both theoretically and practically, I am able to carry

out the daily tasks successfully. I am also thankful for having an opportunity to met so

many wonderful and nice colleagues at Paramount who led me through the internship

period.

Last but not least, I would like to express my special thanks to School of

Environment Engineering who gave me the golden opportunity to do this wonderful

internship programme.

Sincerely,

Lim Jiann Jonq

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 Table of Content

No.Page
1.0 Work Schedule……………………………………………………………………………..4

2.0 Company Background……………………………………………………………………5-8

Masterplan…………………………………………………………………………………...8

Location plan………………………………………………………………………………...9

3.0 Organization structure…………………………………………………………………….10

4.0 Jobs summary……………………………………………………………………………10-19

5.0 Comments and Suggestion………………………………………………………………19-20

6.0 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………..20

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1.0 Work schedule

Period 24/6- 1/7- 8/7- 15/7- 22/7- 29/7 5/8- 13/8- 19/8- 26/8-
No 29/6 5/7 12/7 19/7 26/7 -2/8 9/8 16/8 23/8 30/8
Jobs
Having induction
1 about safety issues and
orientation.
Checking
pre-delivery
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inspection defect list
(PDI).
Do daily site report.
3 Filling and checking
RFI and ISO form.
Learn how to carry out
inspection on beam,
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slab, column and wall,
etc.
Learn process of
casting , getting slump
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test and compression
test results.
Learn the process of
6 piling work and
checking the rebound.
Learn how to levelling
and marking the
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dimension of weighing
bridge.
Root cause analysis
8 and filling corrective
action form.
Checking floor tile
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hollowness.

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2.0 Company Background
2.1 Company logo

2.2 Company History

Paramount Corporation Berhad, listed on the Main Market of Bursa
Malaysia Securities Berhad, is one of Malaysia’s most established
investment holding companies. Over the last 50 years, the Group has grown
and evolved from a rice milling company into an award-winning investment
holding company with well-established interests in property development
and education services, operating under the Paramount Property and
Paramount Education brands respectively.
Paramount’s success stems from its commitment to providing value,
while delivering products and services of unrivalled quality. As the Group
celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2019, it continues to operate with the
utmost integrity believing that success and continuity is only sustainable
with sound corporate governance. Its vision of “ changing lives and
enriching communities for a better world,” creates a culture of putting
people first - treating with great respect the responsibility that has been
entrusted by customers, whether it is in the homes built or the quality of
education provided. Backed by its talented workforce, sound fundamentals,
well-embedded corporate values and its respected product brands,
Paramount is a strong company which will provide consistent and
sustainable growth in the long term, while creating value for its customers,
shareholders, business partners and employees.

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Chronology
Year Occurrences
1969 Incorporated as public limited company with the name
Malaysia Rice Industries Berhad.
1971 Listed on Kuala Lumpur stock exchange.
1978 Restructured into a property development company.
1980 Name changed into Paramount Corporation Berhad.
1981 Ventured into property development in Sungai Petani,
Kedah.
Acquired a 49% interest in Nanyang Insurance company
1983 Established Kolej Damansara Utara ( KDU )
1984 Ceased rise milling operations
1991 Established KDU college Penang.
Merger of Paramount Global Assets ( formerly Paramount
Assurance ) with Jerneh Insurance and acquired 20%
equity in the latter
1996 Launced Bandar Laguna Merbok in Sungai Petani, Kedah.
2003 Establish Sekolah Siri KDU
2004 Bandar Laguna Merbok won FIABCI Award.
2005 Launched Kemuning Utama in Kota Kemuning in Shah
Alam, Selangor.
Sekolah Sri KDU won the FIABCI Malaysia Property
Award in the Specialised Project Category.
2006 Sekolah Sri KDU won first runner-up in FIABCI
International Prixd’Excellence in Specialised Category.
2007 Sekolah Sri KDU introduced the international
Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
2009 Launched Surian Industrial Park in Kota Damansara,
Selangor
Established KDU college branch campus in section 13,
Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
2010 KDU college Petaling Jaya was upgraded to KDU

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 University College
Ceased interest in Jerneh Insurance with divestment of its
shares to ACE insurance.
2011 Established Sri KDU International School in Kota
Damansara, Selangor.
Formed 50-50 JV with Australian company to acquire 54.2
acres of land in Victoria, Australia.
2011 Paramount won Silver Award for Employer of choice
Category at the Malaysia HR Award by the Malaysia
Institute of Human Resource management.
2012 Launched Bukit Banyan township in Sungai Petani, Kedah
Launched Sejati Residences in Cyberjaya, Selangor.
Sri KDU Secondary School won top position among
Malaysia Schools in the Programme for International
Student Assessment ( PISA ).
2013 Launched Utropolis Glenmarie in Shah Alam, Selangor.
Launched Sekitar26 Business in Shah Alam, Selangor
Paramount Won HR Asia’s Best Companies to work for in
Asia Award.
2014 Launched Chengal House at Sejati Residences in
Cyberjaya, Selangor.
2015 Re-established of KDU College in Glenmarie, Shah Alam,
Selangor.
Re-established of KDU College Petaling Jaya in
Damansara Jaya, Selangor.
2016 Sejati Residences and Chengal House won QLASSIC
Achievement Award 2016 by Construction Industry
Development Board of Malaysia.
Pangsapuri Kemuning Aman won the EDGE-PEPS value
Creation Excellence Award 2016.
Launched Utropolis Batu Kawan, Penang.
Launched Sekitar26 Enterprise in Shah Alam, Selangor.
Launched Greenwoods Salak Perdana, Sepang.

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 Launched Co-labs, Paramount Utropolis, Glenmarie, Shah
Alam.
2017 Acquired 66% of R.E.A.L Education Group.
Paramount completes integrated offering at Utropolis
Glenmarie with Mercure Hotel.
Won Excellence Award for Overall Corporate Governance
and Performance by MSWG.
2018 Launched ATWATER, Section 13, Petaling Jaya.
Launched Co-labs Coworking at The Starling, Damansara
Uptown, Petaling Jaya.
Paramount Property won StarProperty.my’s All star Top
ranked Developers of the Year Awards.
Won Best in Divident Yield Award at Focus Malaysia’s
Best Under Billion Awards 2018.

2.3 Paramount property (Utara) and Bukit Banyan.

Current project title “Bukit Banyan” is built on 520 acres of elevated land,
Bukit Banyan is a mixed development with residential and commercial units.
Find unrivalled contemporary living here as there are various residential units
Available to fit to different purchasing powers.
Bukit Banyan Masterplan:

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Location map:

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3.0 Organization structure

4.0 Jobs Summary

Task 1: Filling PDI defect list
During the first three week,I am told to update the site 103 unit house Defect List.
Pre-delivery inspection (PDI), is the inspection of a new build home performed
by a representative of the builder. Any item that is damaged, incomplete, missing
or not operating properly should be noted on the builder’ PDI form to verify that
these conditions existed prior to occupancy. If something has not been installed
or completed, this should be noted as well.When the inspection is over, you or
your designate will be asked to sign the PDI Form. The area included in the PDI

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defect list is Living, bedroom 1, bathroom1, bedroom 2, master bedroom, kitchen,
bathroom 2, backyard and also carporch.

Task 2 : Do daily site report Filling and checking RFI and ISO
form.
I was asked by my supervisor to do the Daily Site Report that is to take note the
workforce of 103 and 170 unit houses at construction site. The work need to be
check by supervisory personnel to make sure that the work is complete in all
respects for permission to proceed. Inspection include beam, column, slab, wall,
R.c staircase, driveway base slab, backyard base slab, carporch, stump, pile cap
and water tank roof slab and stiffener. For example, the figure 1.1 at below is the
inspection on roof beam, water tank roof slab and roof stiffener. After compiling
RFI form together with the test cube result at 7 days, 28 days, DO number, and
structural work check list (ISO) form, put it into 170 unit file record.

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 Figure 1.1: RFI form Figure 1.2: Test cube result at 7 days

Figure 1.3 :Test cube result at 28 days Figure 1.4 : Delivery Order (DO)

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2)Structural work check list:

Figure 2.1: Reinforcement (rebar) Figure 2.2: Formwork

Figure 2.3 :Concreting and post- concreting

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3)Architectural work check list:

Figure 3.1: Plastering work Figure 3.2: Tiling work

Figure 3.3: Bricklaying work Figure 3.4: Roof truss work

Task 3: Learn how to carry out inspection on beam, slab, column and
wall.
First check formwork before allow placing of reinforcement. This is necessary as
certain formwork defects can’t be corrected or are difficult to correct after
reinforcement is placed in position. Shuttering should be hard enough to withstand the
load of concrete and impact of placing of concrete and vibrations. Oil or mould
release agent should be applied on shuttering plates so that shuttering can be easily

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removed after concrete gets initial strength. Bottom plank of the beam should be
straight. It should not be bent. Joints of beam bottom should be properly propped so
that formwork doesn’t bulge during concreting. Before providing beam sides, level of
the beam bottom should be checked. After levelling of beam bottom bracing should
be provided. Before casting a slab, all shuttering gaps must be properly closed giving
particular attention to column cap, beam junctions, beam side to slab bottom junction
and beam side to beam bottom junction as well as jointing between two plates.
Second, Checking reinforcement. The reinforcement steel should be free of any loose
scale, rust, mud, or oil. Cutting of reinforcement should be done beam wise and for
the total number of the beams, required for slab. Extra length of cutting bars at the
ends leads to improper end cover. Make sure that cover blocks used for casting of slab
and beam have the same grade as of concrete. They are not broken and properly
positioned and should not get disturbed during concreting operations. Proper cover to
reinforcement should be provided to slab bottom, beam bottom and sidewalls. Finally,
check the beam reinforcement according to the structural drawing plan detailing part.

Figure 4.1: Architectural drawing first floor plan

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Figure 4.2: Beam detailing Figure 4.3: Column detailing

Task 4: Learn the process of piling work and checking the rebound
to meet the requirements.
Pile foundations are used in the following situations: Firstly, when there is a
layer of weak soil at the surface. This layer cannot support the weight of the building,
so the loads of the building have to bypass this layer and be transferred to the layer of
stronger soil or rock that is below the weak layer. Secondly, when a building has very
heavy, concentrated loads, such as in a high rise structure, bridge, or water tank. Pile
foundations are capable of taking higher loads than spread footings. There are two
fundamental types of pile foundations (based on structural behaviour), each of which
works in its own way which are end bearing piles and friction piles. In Bukit Banyan
project, we use end bearing pile as foundation. In end bearing piles, the bottom end of
the pile rests on a layer of especially strong soil or rock. The load of the building is
transferred through the pile onto the strong layer. In a sense, this pile acts like a
column. The key principle is that the bottom end rests on the surface which is the
intersection of a weak and strong layer. The load therefore bypasses the weak layer
and is safely transferred to the strong layer. Piles and be either cast-in-place or precast
driven piles. In our site, we use Precast Driven Piles. Precast Driven Piles are first cast
at ground level and then hammered or driven into the ground using a pile driver. This
is a machine that holds the pile perfectly vertical, and then hammers it into the ground
blow by blow. Each blow is is struck by lifting a heavy weight and dropping it on the

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top of the pile - the pile is temporarily covered with a steel cap to prevent it from
disintegrating. The pile driver thus performs two functions - first, it acts as a crane,
and lifts the pile from a horizontal position on the ground and rotates it into the
correct vertical position, and second, it hammers the pile down into the ground. Piles
should be hammered into the ground till refusal, at which point they cannot be driven
any further into the soil then we check the rebound for 10 times taking the difference
between lowest point and highest point of the line must not exceed 20mm.

Figure 5.1 Hiley formula to calculate Figure 5.2: Piling record

Weight Of hammer

Task 5: Root cause analysis and filling correction action form.

In science and engineering, root cause analysis (RCA) is a method of problem solving
used for identifying the root causes of faults or problems. It is widely used in
industrial process control and accident analysis. RCA can be decomposed into four
steps. First steps, identify and describe clearly the problem. Secondly, Establish a
timeline from the normal situation up to the time the problem occurred.Next,
distinguish between the root cause and other causal factors. Finally, establish a causal
graph between the root cause and the problem. RCA generally serves as input to a
remediation process whereby corrective actions are taken to prevent the problem from
reoccurring. The name of this process varies from one application domain to another.
Hence, I was asked by my supervisor to type the corrective action form after all every
steps has conducted by the related personnel.

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Figure 6: Corrective action form

Task 6: Checking floor tiles hollowness.

A hollow sound which is heard when tapped with a mallet shows that the tile or a
portion of the tile is not bonded or that there is a void under that portion. The hollow
sound could also be a characteristic of that particular tile assembly. Unbonded
mortar beds have a different sound than bonded mortar beds. Tile installed over
wood sub floors have a different sound than tile installed over a concrete base that
gives more of a solid sound. Tiles bonded to membranes have a different sound.
Voids in the substrate or substrates that are not bonded, will also give a hollow sound.
The causes of hollowness of tiles include uneven sub floor will not have uniform
bonding with adhesive or mortar with tiles and the sub floor, Improper cleaning of
the floor before tile installation. The concrete substrate is not properly
prepared. Concrete curing compounds may act as bond breakers or the concrete
surface is too dense and doesn’t absorb moisture well enough to allow thin-set to
achieve an adequate bond, The under-sides of the ceramic or stone tiles are not
properly cleaned before application. Dirt and manufacturing residues are
contaminants and act as bond breakers, Improper slaking or mixing of mortar or

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adhesive, Some installers install the tile using a spot bond method where they only
put dabs of thin-set, which isn’t an acceptable industry standard method.

5.0 Comments and Suggestions

It is a very good opportunity for students to have an early access to the real
working situation in industries. This not only enables the students to know the
required skills in the real-life industries but also help them to decide their future
career pathway. During the internship period, students may apply the knowledge
obtained from the university in real-life working situation such as characteristics
of materials used, beam and column designing and detailing, technical drawing,
types of foundation, soil properties, contour drawing, borehole log and
construction management. Also, they may learn a lot of new things which cannot
be obtained from the lectures in university via participation in sub-con meeting
session of the monthly progress and engineering management of change during
the internship period.
The only suggestion for the improvement of the internship programme is
to lengthen the period in order for the students to learn the process more in depth.
The current 10 weeks internship programme is too short and thus there are many
tasks and projects which cannot be carried out by the students. 10 weeks might
only sufficient for the students to learn the process flow of the industry, but it is
not enough for them to apply those knowledge in practical works. Also, we

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should have two internships which is we will have internships at contractor side
during the second year of university and another internships during the third year
of university so that we can experience working in two totally different
environment and job scope to better understand and compare the difference of
both contractor and consultancy and to see which one is more to our liking.

6.0 Conclusion
It was a very good experience for doing internship at Paramount Property (Utara)
which focusing on housing development. The colleagues at Paramount Property
(Utara) are very nice and patient in teaching me the things which allows me to
quickly adapt to the working environment and learn new things as fast as possible.
Throughout this internship training period, I able to know what my weaknesses
are in handling the tasks given by the supervisor and thus enabling correction and
improvement on my performance later. Also, this allows me to boost up my
confident in handling difficult tasks related to civil engineering.
Several tasks given from the supervisor has helped me in preparing for the
future works. As an illustration, inspection on the beam, slab, column and wall
has helped me in extending my knowledge of the correct way to install the
formwork of beam and column, the ways to reduce shear tension of wall to
reduce the chance of the wall to crack, the ways to make the building stronger
and more lasting and also the actual look of beam with its reinforcement bar
compare with theoretical beam detailing drawing. The basic knowledge obtained
from reinforced concrete design lectures in the school have ease me in
performing the task.
Last but not least, the most pivotal issue while working in the industry is
safety. It can be observed that there is a very good practice on safety by
Paramount Construction workers such as the awareness of wearing safety helmet
whenever they are at site, wearing the safety harness when the workers are
working at high above 10 feet and also the correct way of installing the stagging
and scaffolding. It cannot be denied that this safety awareness is very important
for us to become engineer in future.

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