ACKNOWLEDGMENT

First of all, we would like to express our heart felt gratitude to our God, who gave us good
health and capacity to learn and makes us possible to get everything we need. Secondly, we
would like to thank Ins. Kidane G. whose give us this project that is helpful for the project
coming soon.
Lastly, we would like to thanks our classmates in industrial engineering student who help us to
do and to collect the data.

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 Abstract
At the beginning we start with introducing the description of the sur construction plc. We
are state briefly definition of maintenance and Preventive maintenance and how they apply
it at their company. Then we directly go to objective of the project with the scope of the
project. After this we have written shortly the significance of the project and continue with
methodology, result and discussion on it. At the end we wrote conclusion,
recommendation, and reference for the project.

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 Introduction
Background of The Company
SUR Construction P.L.C is established by the Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray
(EFFORT) in 1992 with an initial capital of Birr 108 million as a General Contractor - Grade one
(GC-1).
Since its establishment, SUR has accomplished more than 27 road projects (approximately 1194
km) and over 40 various building projects as well as 2 Airfield and 2 Hydropower projects. The
total worth of those projects to date is more than Birr 2.5 billion with vast experience in Asphalt
and Gravel Roads, Airfields, Buildings and Hydropower Projects.
Moreover, SUR is also the owner of about 1,000 heavy & light duty construction machinery and
plants with over 1,500 permanent and contract employees and about 6,000 daily laborers.
SUR has its own six stores head office building in Addis Ababa and a modern workshop and
training center at the branch office in Mekelle.
Currently, SUR is executing 12 projects all over the country worth of around Birr 2 billion and
has achieved an annual turnover of more than Birr 690 Million. they regulate all their employee
and with the absenteeism case it will have penalty of 20% to the wage.
► Maintenance is All actions appropriate for retaining an item/part/equipment in, or
restoring it to, a given condition. So, our question basically forward to preventive
maintenance in sur construction.
► Preventive maintenance: All actions carried out on a planned, periodic, and specific
schedule to keep an item/equipment in stated working condition through the process of
checking and reconditioning. These actions are precautionary steps undertaken to
forestall or lower the probability of failures or an unacceptable level of degradation in
later service, rather than correcting them after they occur.

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Vision of the company
o The company is committed to be the center of excellence for the local construction
industries and to be one of the leading construction companies which are capable of
great understanding and strongly committed to individual creativity and initiative team
works.

Mission of the company

o To understand customers, need and ensure their satisfaction.

o To be engaged in construction business performs its activities efficiently effectively.

o To provide blend of exceptional service.

o Have an extra ordinary role in supporting the economic development endeavor of the
nation.

o Provide efficient and effective construction services and meet customers’ expectation to
higher level.

o Ensure sustainable profitability and wealth growth of the company.

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 Objective
General objective
The general aim of this project is to develop a yearly preventive maintenance of five different
machine.

Specific objective
o To identities the activity of preventive maintenance
o To identities the activity Preventive maintenance for five different machines
o To know the number of personnel in preventive maintenance
o To know the manufacture service manual of the five different machines
o To define the equipment /to/ used during activity take part

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 Scope of study
o Our project carried in Sur construction plc. About preventive maintenance.
o Our project only restricted to two machines
o We are only deal with the schedule frequency of PM on each truck
o We are unable to check for the need of PM to the two-trucks due to limitation of
data
Significance of the project
o The advantage the project to understand to practice to schedule the Preventive
maintenance.
o The purpose of the study also to know the step while schedule preventive
maintenance.

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 Methodology
Our project on preventive maintenance is conducted on sur construction plc.
o While we collect the data, we need we follow both the primary and secondary source of
data
o Through interview with truck and earth moving maintenance manger we obtain the
following information.
1. The activity commonly practiced in sur construction while they apply the
preventive maintenance are list below.
o As the maintenance manager told us the following in sur construction.
Those are
 Servicing -- Cleaning, lubricating, charging, preservation, etc., of
items/materials periodically to prevent the occurrence of
incipient failures
 Inspection – include tasks that check the condition of equipment
and determine what tools, material, and labor are required to
service them.
 Alignment – a major part of keeping equipment running smoothly
involves regular maintenance and upkeep and ensuring that
machinery is kept lubricated and properly aligned.
 Adjustment – the amount of money credited to the buyer at
closing for maintenance, cleaning, or repairs that are found to be
needed on the home at the final inspection
 Testing – is a test that is performed to either identity equipment
problems, diagnose equipment problems or to confirm that
repair measure have been effective.
 Calibration: Periodically determining the value of characteristics
of an item by comparison to a standard.
 Installation – Periodic replacement of limited-life items
2. At this company they use the following tool/equipment while the practice the
preventive maintenance program. Those are

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 Fuel gauge blower meter Torque wrench

3. Finally, while ask the maintenance manager they us the work force for PM
program as follow
o In sur construction the PM program is practiced seriously. Everyone has
duty/ responsible to apply the PM program fit order from the manager.
The way of apply PM in sur construction look like as follow.
o Chain of duty to perform PM program interconnected from the driver
until to the top maintenance manager.
1. Every driver has checklist to follow daily in order to apply simple
activities of preventive maintenance. Although the deriver is trained
to do these activities, while doing their duty. If they saw error that
need PM, they wrote comment on checklist
2. This check list sends to the maintenance manager. If the maintenance
manager accepts the error identity by the driver (operator). He/she
schedules the preventive maintenance give to the engineer.
3. The PM engineer also give an order to the technicians to do the
maintenance activity
4. While the technician (mechanic) perform this job their maintenance
supervisor and inspector.
5. At the end, if the mechanic finishes his work, the job can be approved
through the following perform. Inspector, PM engineer, maintenance
head.
Generally, in PM implementing at sur construction plc the techniques, operators, inspector and
maintenance head have their responsibility on it.
► The personnel which are employee at PM are department list below. (few of them)

Employee name Title ID. Number

Negasie weldu bistual Electrician 2018/030
Alula tsehaye birhanu Technician (mechanic) 2016/071
Getachew H/michael T/giorgis Operator 2015/046
Tesfaye G/medhen hagos Operator 2012/083
Teklay mamuye tadele Inspector 2010/03
Hiluf W/Mariam Atsebeha PM engineer 2001/057

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 Leake G/yohannes G/egzihabher Maintenance head 2000/031

► The secondary method we use to get the data by asking to manage to give us historical
status of equipment in PM. The data we get from the manager is list below.

 Title: PM check list

Make and mode: SINOTRUCK

Description Activity PM conduct in Km

Oil, fuel, filter check
1 Engine oil and engine oil filter Change 5000km
2 Air filter element Check/clean 20000km
3 Cluck fuel level Check 1000km
4 Power steering fluid level Check 2000km
5 Transmission oil level Check 10000km
6 Hydraulic system oil Check 1000km
7 Engine
8 Any external because oil fuel or coolant Check/correct 2000km
9 Dust cup (pocket) of the air filter clean 40000km
10 V-belt Check/adjust 5000km
11 Axial & suspension system 40000km
12 Any external leakage oil fuel or Cole Check/correct 20000km
13 Clutch, transmission, steering system Check/correct 80000km
14 Break system
15 Break clearance Check/adjust 10000km
16 Hydraulic system
17 Aebtili hydraulic cylinder inspect 40000km
18 Any hydraulic system oil leakage Check/correct 10000km

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  Type of equipment: dozer
Make and machine model

System Description activity PM conductive in

Hr
Air filter inner clean 1000hrs
Air filter outer clean 1500hrs
Engine Fan/alternator belt Check/adjust 250hrs
Oil & oil filter Change 250hrs
Primary fuel filter Change 500hrs
Fuel tank cop and clean 500hrs
strainer
Power trainer Transmission oil check 1000hrs
level
Final drive each oil check 1500hr
level
Hydraulic system Hydraulic oil level check 1000hrs
Pivot shaft oil level check 500hrs
Under carriage Equalizer bar end check 250hrs
pins oil level
Recoil spring oil check 1000hrs
level each size
Track links Check/adjust 3000hrs
Hinging Track roller, pins check 3000hrs
and guides
Electric Electrolyte level check 250hrs
Battery terminal Inspect 250hrs
Engine overhaul 10000hrs

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 We also get the following information regarding one element of PM that is installation(change)
fast moving item (component)
 For each the following machine is given their FM component.
Type of Fast move component
equipment
Part interchangeable Description Figure
number
1182018 FAN BELT
7C9001 (BD5-056-070) BELT ALTERNATOR
2990179 (BD5-072-106) BELT ALTERNATOR
8E4193 END BIT R.H
8E4194 END BIT L.H
DOZER
4J9058 BOLT PLOW
2J3507 NUT FULL
5P8250 WASHER
6Y5540 CUTTING EDGE
4T6381 CUTTING EDGE
9W2451 TIP RIPPER
8E4743 RETAINER
6Y3394 PIN G.E. T

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Type of Fast move component
equipment
Part interchangeable description FIGURE
number
VG1500090 V-BELT
066 (ALTERNATOR)
VG2600020 V BELTFAN
53
VG1560130 BELT CONDITIONER
017
SINOTRUCK
WG910044 FRONT
0027 BRAKELINNING
WG910044 FRONT
0029 BRAKELINNING
WG920034 REAR BREAK
0068 LINNING (
WG920034 WG9200342069 REAR BREAK
2068 LINNING (14HOLES)
AZ9231342 199112340028 REAR BREAK
018 LINNING
(8HOLESWIDER)
189000340 RIVATE
068
WG910041 FRONT WHEEL BOLT
0104 ASSY
AZ9112340 REAR WHEEL BOLT
13 ASSY
WG900388 FRONT & REAR
4160 WHEEL NUT
WG972568 FRONT SHOCK
0028 ABSORBER
WG164244 CAB SHOCK
0084 ABSORBER
WG164240 CAB SHOCK
021 ABSORBER
REAR(SMALL)
WG164243 CAB SHOCK
0287 ABSORBER REAR
AZ9725520 RUBBER BUMPER
278
1992 0068 REAR STABLIZER
0066 BUSHING
1991 0068 REAR STABLIZER
0067 BUSHING

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 1991 0068 FRONT STABLIZER
0068 BUSHING
WG168059 FRONT ENGINE
0095 RUBBER SUPPORT
WG972559 REAR ENGINE
2031 RUBBER SUPPORT

Result and discussion

We use the collected data in order to schedule the frequency of PM practice in both Trucks. the
result is as shown below.
type system Description activities
The time for PM after the machine stays in service (Hrs.)
250 500 1000 1500 3000 10000 personnel
Air filter inner clean X
Air filter out clean X
Engine Fan/alternator belt Check/adjust X
Oil & oil filter Change X
Primary fuel filter Change X
Fuel tank cop and strainer clean X
Power Transmission oil level check X Negasie weldu
trainer Final drive each oil level check X bistual
Hydraulic Hydraulic oil level check X
DOZER system Pivot shaft oil level check X
Under Equalizer bar end pins oil check X
carriage level
Recoil spring oil level each check X
size Getachew H/michael
Track links Check/adjust X T/giorgis
Hinging Track roller, pins and check X
guides
electric Electrolyte level check X
Battery terminal Inspect X
Engine overhaul X

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Type Description Activities
The time for PM after the machine stays in service (KM)
1000 2000 5000 10000 20000 40000 80000 personnel
Engine oil and engine oil filter Change X
Air filter element Check/clean X Alula tsehaye
Cluck fuel level Check X birhanu
Power steering fluid level Check X
Transmission oil level Check X
Hydraulic system oil Check X
Engine
Any external because oil fuel Check/correct X
SINOTRUCK or coolant
Dust cup (pocket) of the air Clean X
filter
V-belt Check/adjust X Tesfaye G/menla
Axial & suspension system X hagos
Any external leakage oil fuel Check/correct X
or Cole
Clutch, transmission, steering Check/correct X
system
Break system
Break clearance Check/adjust X
Hydraulic system
Aebtili hydraulic cylinder Inspect X
Any hydraulic system oil Check/correct X
leakage

Legend – ‘X’ stands for to be perform

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N.B – at the schedule we take sample from the given
For both the two machines in order to approve the PM practice there are personnel
 Inspector
 PM engineer
 Finally, it approved by maintenance head manager
o The result show briefly that all the activities of both the two machines at what time
interval is carried PM activities. There is also respective operators and technician and
their higher title personnel to approve the maintenance.

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 Conclusion
We infer that our project schedules the frequency of the PM activities using the collected data.
This project is help follow to apply PM activities in dozer and sinotruck.it helpful for the
personnel which participate in maintenance of the two machines.

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 Recommendation
The actual result we found is not realistic. Because it has some limitation on data. In our level,
preparing yearly PM schedules is difficult due to the need of experiencing and full of
information on the ob. So, any who interested and wonder to develop, he/she can use this
project as reference.

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 Reference
[1] B.S. Dhillon, 2002, Engineering maintenance: a modern approach,1st edition, CRC Press,
United States of America
[2] Wikipedia
[3] Construction equipment
[4] Class’s hand out: PowerPoint on PM

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