AKNOWLEDGMENT FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO THANK GOD FOR THE KNOWLEDGE AND STRENGTH THAT HE OFFERED ME IN WRITING THIS INTERNSHIP REPORT AS WELL AS IN ALL HE HAS DONE IN MY LIFE AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GREAT THANKS TO DIRE DAWA UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR SETTING UP THIS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND BENCH SHEKO ZONE CONSTRUCTION OFFICE, MTU CONSTRUCTION OFFICE, SG CONSULTING ENGINEERING PLC. AND GAD CONSTRUCTION. FOR GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO UNDERTAKE MY LESS-THAN TWO-MONTH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN THEIR WORKING OFFICE AND SITE. 1 WOULD LIKE TO CONVEY MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO MR. MULUKEN AND ALL OTHER STAFF MEMBERS. BEFORE | FINISH | WOULD LIKE TO MENTION MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO MY PARENTS FOR HELPING ME FINANCIALLY ALSO MY FRIENDS WHO SHARED ME DIFFERENT IDEAS AND THOUGHTS AND MY ADVISORBench Sheko Zone Construction office is a multi-disciplinary Consulting government sector, a reputation for responsive, innovative yet practical design approaches to complex Architectural & Engineering problems. Through our experience and dedication to the construction industry. Bench Sheko Zone Construction Dept. is committed to provide with the most professional, efficient and cost effective consultancy services. Our goal is to satisfy the most demanding construction needs in Bench Sheko zone. Registered in 1983 EC, Bench Sheko Zone Construction office is an architectural & engineering Dept. providing design, supervision, consultancy and project management services and engineering solution for various categories of zonal Projects. With a core staff strength of all professionals in affiliated engineering department, and the use of the most recent information technology in the production of contract information, the department has over the years acquired a thorough capability to execute medium to large scale project from feasibility through design and contract administration to completion and project administration Bench Sheko Zone Construction office is a dynamic organization of _ innovative professionals who share a common goal to render the best and most effective services to the demanding construction industry, which is sensitive to both cost containment and service levels Our vision is providing job opportunity on construction sectors to minimize poverty and ensuring sustainable development and incremental economy, also being a part of playing role to place our reign and our country on the line of countries having middle income on 2023E.C.The company currently maintains its office in bench sheko zone administration building Ist Floor office NO. 06. The complete profile as follows: Ethiopia, Bench Sheko Zone Mizan-Aman. Sub city -Mizan-Aman BenchSheko Zone adm building First flooroffice No. 06 Tel /line/: +251-0473350040 Fax: +251-0473350075 P. 0. Box: 85 1. Engineering and Architectural design; 2. civil / structural design, Maintenance Management; 3. Cost Estimating, Contract Administration; 4. Tender Documents preparation; 5. Bid evaluation; 6. Pre investment studies; 7. Regional development planning; 8, Resources surv 8, Technical feasibility; 9. Registration of construction association and giving certificate of competence 10. Construction Management and supervis ~ project management, - Topographic Surveys - Construction supervisionPRODUCTS Figure 2, Aman health science collage assembly hall buildingPRODUCTS Figure 4, shey bench woreda administrationGeneral objective One of the main objective of an internship is to expose me to a particular job by my profession in a company. | might have an idea about what a job is like, | won't know until | actually perform it if it's what | thought it was, if | have the training and skills to do it and if it's something | like. Assists me to develop employer-valued skills such as team work, communications and attention to detail. Also expose me to the environment and expectations of performance in the construction in private or public companies or government entities. Specific objective To make the student gain future employment - if the student is very active which means accomplishes every task he or she is assigned on time and also if the student has a good behavior that means the student may have a good chance of employed in that company after graduates.Being an intern gives you more opportunities to build connections with company professionals that can be very beneficial for your future career. To develop and increase self-confidence of the student - this internship program main objective is to increase the student's confidence. Before the internship the students have theoretical knowledge only this makes them to have low confidence in their potential. But after they gain more practical knowledge in the internship it makes them gain more confidence in their potential Being an intern gives you more opportunities to build connections with company professionals that can be very beneficial for your future career. To develop and increase self-confidence of the student - this internship program main objective is to increase the student's confidence. Before the internship the students have theoretical knowledge only this makes them to have low confidence in their potential. But after they gain more practical knowledge in the internship it makes them gain more confidence in their potential, Section of company | have been worki During my internship period | have been engaged with both the office and the site works. In my first couple of months | have been working in Bench Sheko Zone construction office, consists of three main bodies which are contract administration, regulatory body and quality control. So | have been working with this three bodies of the office and matching the theoretical knowledge | got in class with the actual practical works that are done in the office and then for my reaming months of internship period I was engaged in site works.SCHOOL DESIGN Client - Mekane Eyesus Location - mizan teferi Project ~ school Description - G+2, total ground plot area - 1822sq.m Procedure - design on Auto cad, modeling done by Archi cad, Render with Lumion h-ADMINSTRATION OFFICE Client - S/B/ADMIN Location - mizan teferi Project - Landscape & Main Gate Description - total ground plot area - 980 sq.m Procedure - design on Auto cad, modeling done by Archi cad, Render with LumionMain Gate & Fence Client - S/N/N/P/P Health Department Location - mizan teferi Project - Main Gate & Fence Procedure - design on Auto cad, modeling done by Archi cad, Render with LumionSCHOOL DESIGN Client - Government Location - mizan teferi Project - Primary school Description - G+2, total ground plot area - 2600sq.m Procedure - design on Auto cad, modeling done by Archi cad, Render with LumionBench Maji Zone Administration building Client - Government Location - Mizan teferi Project -Design modification Description - The office required a design modification due to the problems that were occurring due to the inclined windows which were licking water and also the windows were exposed to harsg sun which disturbed and made the indoor spaces uncomfortable Procedure - design on Auto cad, modeling done by Archi cad, Render with LumionSCHOOL DESIGN Client - Government Location - mizan teferi Project - cultural museum Main Gate & Fence Procedure - design on Auto cad, modeling done by Archi cad, Render with LumionHARD CORE Boulders and cobbles (size larger than 75mm) which are strong, dense, hard, durable and free from clay and loamy admixtures are filled above the compacted soil to depth of 25cm or more. This fill ensures that the ground slab is laid over a rigid ‘structure. All hard core should satisfy the following condition. = Stone for hard core is sound and approved quality. = All stones in hard core are approximately equal and recommended size. = All hard core is well rammed and consolidated with the top surface, blended with crashed aggregate thickness in accordance with the standard technical specification and comes from Gabuka which is 4 kms away from Mizan town. = The spacing of stone to result in minimum concrete consumption. = They should be placed with their sharp ages facing up wards.COLUMNS It Is erected structural member used to resist axial loads and transfer the load to the foundation. 1. Checking the precisions of formworks, checking their horizontal and vertical alignment. 2. Generally quality controls in construction materials like; - concrete ingredients (cement, sand, aggregate & water), equipment/machineries used. 3. Checking the dimensi 4. Checking the number of reinforcement bar placed on beam, column, stairs, ups and slab. 5. Checking the reinforcement bars bended by bar benders for beam, stair, slab and stirrups. Structural elements in site that I have been engaged to work with. 6. Check the time frame for the removal of form work (24 hr) 7. Proper curing (4-5 days) to attain to its full strength. 8. Check if there is segregation. in of slab, beam, stair, and column.BEAM Beam is a flexural element used to transfer load from roof / floor to column. 1. Prepare the reinforcement as per the design (length, type, diameter, and cut bent..) ~ lap length of beam in tension zone is 70*D 2. Prepare the form work and assemble them around the beam with the required clear cover by providing spacer of the right thickness. as per the design. 3. Place the prepared reinforcement on their posi 4. Finally casting of the beam was at the time with in the slab. 5. Check the time frame for the removal of formwork (2idays) 6. Proper curing (7 days) The top bar of a beam must overlap in the middle in order the sheer force became zero and also the bottom bar must overlap in the support because the moment will be zero in the support so my supervisor told me that in the bar work for beams we have to check the overlaps of the top and the bottom bars are properly done otherwise the building have a big chance of collapsing.LAB REINFORCEMENT Is a flat horizontal structural member of the building, which carries and transfers the applied vertical load to the beam. In our site there is two ways slabs and also they are all reinforcement slabs. Casting procedure 1. First props prepared. 2. After that soffits were provided and spacer was provided Then reinforce- ments mesh was provided depend on designs like bar diameter which is used8mm,10mm,12mm,l6mm, and C/C were 100mm,120mm,140mm,150mm, 160mm,200mm. 3. And checking - no of bars with detailed drawing -Spacer for slab (Kebeleto) is used to keep the spacing between the top and bottom bar. They are used to give enough clear cover for the reinforcement bars.SLAB REINFORCEMENT Ihave also seen how the sewage pipe and electrical conduits were installed in this reinforced concrete slab, then in site | have seen that after the form work and the bar for the slab are set then the conduits are placed parallel with the floor below and also for sewage pipes a cubic material is placed in the form work according to the drawing, then after concrete is filled that cubic material is removed, then a hole is left for the pipe in order it will go through the slab when installed. The horizontal levelling of the slab was also checked by using both the levelling instrument and also by using water in a tubeOVERALL BENEFITS GAINED aCe MN dal Internship program is partially valuable to private and governmental companies. Many business owners and managers realize that internship programs can provide them with an early opportunity to acquire the talents of a new generation of workers and, in many cases, sell themselves as a quality place for students to begin their careers after they graduate. While | participate in this internship | expect that only practical and theoretical knowledge will be gained in the internship but after completing of the internship | was able to realize that | got so many benefits. The major benefits | got from the internship are classified and stated as below Practical skills When | first started on the company everything was new for me. | had only the theoretical knowledge of the works. It was really fascinating and inspiring to see and experience the lessons | have been learning for the past three years. So | tried to had experience and learn every work as much as | can. I tried to learn every aspects of the work both technical and non-technical terms. These are: = What | learn regarding the building design in the office most of the designs must first be functional, simple and modern and most importantly to make the design economical as possible by relating each work to its cost. = Improved my ability of understanding and reading working drawings. - Casting and curing of concrete and different bare works = Construction of masonry.THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE Internship program gives me the opportunity to apply my theoretical knowledge in real world environments, In addition to the practical skill. Theoretical knowledge is dependable on principles, logic and calculations. It is interesting when the theoretical knowledge and the practice meet exactly as you wanted to almost all the course we took were focused on theoretical part, thanks to this internship program, we are now able to upgrade our theoretical knowledge by practice. The most things that I get through internship program was the knowledge how I can interpret the theoretical part to the practical ones. Generally speaking, my theoretical knowledge got strengthen more by those practical techniques invested on site. It assists me in moving toward my career goals by combining what | had learned from school, practical and supervised work experience, it thus explained the necessity of every student to undergo this process. Team playing skills Even if tasks are done individuals by the respective person at different section of company, there are times at which different individuals come together to work for common goals of the company for increasing productivity. The most important point in team playing skill is just reaching an agreement from different points on the work to be done. Furthermore, to have a common understanding on the task that is to be accomplished, | always try to listen carefully those individuals with whom | am working. After listening others idea, | provide an idea which | think is very constructive for the task being done. From team work | get: 1. Limprove how can | used individual knowledge to the benefit of the Work 2. I get the way how to meet the company schedule by using the team. 3. Knowledge on the modification of design. 4, To facing site challenges.LEADERSHIP SKILL Leadership is a process of leading the careers of the company. Problems in the company come in all manners indifferent period time. Thus, a person who is in the position of leadership seeks optimal solution to problems and should be smart enough to manage those indivi duals whomhe/she is leading. What | gain from the internship regarding improving leadership is that to inspire workers into higher levels of teamwork, there are certain things must be known to do that, these are; Leadership skills Even if tasks are done individuals by the respective person at different section of company, there are times at which different individuals come together to work for common goals of the company for increasing productivity. The most important point in team playing skill is just reaching an agreement from different points on the work to be done. Furthermore, to have a common understanding on the task that is to be accomplished, | always try to listen carefully those individuals with whom | am working. After listening others idea, | provide an idea which | think is very constructive for the task being done. From team work | get: 1. Seek responsibility and take responsibility for actions 2. Make sound and timely decisions. 3. Know peoples and look out for their well-being 4. Keep workers informed 5. Respect all individuals 6.And most of all know that we are all learners and to have an open mind for new thingsols ar alle) In my internship duration | have learned two types of ethics such as; 1. Personal ethics 2. Professional ethics Personal Ethics These principles of personal ethics are values which are expected to be possessed by all individual in their life, and contributed a lot for a smooth interaction among individuals and peaceful coexistence of a society. The following are some of personal ethics; 1. Concern for the well-being of other 2. Honesty 3. Fairness 4. Refusing to take un-fair advantage Professional Ethics Ethics refers to the standards or a set of moral principles for regulating behaviours of a certain defined profession. In order to consider that an activity to be a profession, it should be carried out by one who has advanced education, knowledge, and skills. Thus, for developing healthy working environment and increase productivity, ethical work conducts are important medium. The following are some of the common professional ethical principles what | gained in the internship period. 1. Punctuality 2. Office disciplines 3. Reality 4. Honesty 5. Transparency and accountabilityONCLUSION Conclusion The primary goal of this Internship Program is to able students incorporate and emphasize the lessons learned in the classroom into a real-world experience set in a professional practice-oriented environment, with the intern’s work preferably overseen by a licensed professional. During this internship | got a chance to observe and practice many construction activities. | think it would be fair to say the internship program has been a helpful experience in exposing us to the real engineering work. It can also be categorized as an exciting event depending upon how exited one really is to put his theoretical knowledge in to practice. I was also trying to inter relate the thing | have been learning for the past 4 years with the things saw in the site and office. It had ups and downs but in the end it left me with knowledge that | wouldn't acquire if | spent the time learning in the University.Without this internship program graduating in architecture and actually being a professional would have been difficult. This intern program showed me that | should have the follawing qualities, in addition to the technical skills and academic knowledge: 1. Company profile 2. Being actionable, that is fast responding 3.Being problem solver, in case any faults occur. 4. Being work focused 6. Being reliable, loyal and honest 7. Being responsible for my work, etc. In my internship period | developed and enhance employability skills which I mentioned above. Because | felt like | am part of the organizations and felt more to increase our productivity hence, gain a greater sense of responsibility and personal direction. During my stay in the companies every member was very supportive and keen on helping me understand different management and civil works. | had an excellent experience and i learned a lot