Intern Final

EIT M
MEKELLE
UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL
ENGINEERING
INTERNSHIP FINAL REPORT
Hosting Company;
ETHIO-CANADIAN BUISINES GROUP
P.L.C -CONSTRUCTION
From; March 10
to July 6 /2012
Prepared by; Abel
Altaseb
Id No. ;
CET/UR0042/01
Date of submission;
November , 2012
Abel
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Acknowledgement
First and foremost I thank my GOD who keeps me
alive until this time and helping me in my life.
I would like to express my deepest gratitude to
our supervisor and the project manager of the
site Mr. mesfin birhanu for his unlimited support
and guidance throughout the project for giving us
his knowledge and experience. All the staff
members of the site starting the general foreman
they were willing to gave us what they have.
I would like also to thank my advisor assigned by
the department Mr. kibrom for his comments in
accomplishing this report.
Finally, we have to appreciate the UIL office and
EIT-M for coordinating as to do the practice time
in a good manner.
EIT M CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPT.
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Executive summery
This document describes the final outcome of my
internship time in Ethio-Canadian business group
construction (ECBG construction) in correlating
the theoretical and practical aspects of our field.
The report compiles general introduction, hosting
company background, overall experience of the
intern, different skill achievements, conclusion
and recommendations.
The major achievements understand organization
and workflow of the company, executing specific
work task and supervising, facing different
challenges encountered and grasp for the solving
methods, safety and economy correlation in
construction process, improving different skill
such as practical, technological, communication,
team playing, leadership and entrepreneurship.
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The program provides a chance to fill the gap of

theoretical session. The company and the
construction sector stake holders should be take
care in performing their duty appropriately
regarding interns and their work.
Enjoy my report!
List of tables
Table no
Title of the tables
page no.
Table 1format for takeoff sheet of concrete.20
Table 2quantity per unit work.21
Table 3cost break down result for concrete31
Table 4...site language description..34
List of figures
Figure no
page no
title of figure
Fig 1.site office

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Fig 2.site
supervising15
Fig 3organizational work flow of
ECBG17
Fig 4..payment certificate
sample.20
Fig 5..daily site diary and progress
report22
Fig 6.column after formwork
fixing.24
Fig 7.water pumping
process26
Fig 8.lean concrete placing for footing
pad.26
Fig 9.water proof membrane and brick
work.27
Fig 10..repaired underground
dish27
Fig 11.concrete casting stops at beam
edge..38
Fig 12..center missing column
reinforcement39
TABLE OF CONTENT
1. INTRODUCTION
General points about internship
Objectives of the internship
Expected outcome
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2. BACKGROUND of the INTERNSHIP HOSTING COMPANY

Brief history
Main services and products
Customers and end users
Overall organization and work flow
Vision and mission of the company
3. WORKING EXPERIENCES OF THE INTERNSHIP
How I get into the company
Working section
Organization and work flow of the section
Work task and methods
Challenges in the internship
Measures to overcome these challenges
Design changes in a section of building
safety and economy in construction
4. OVER ALL ACHIVEMENT OF THE INTERNSHIP
Practical skills
Technological skills
Interpersonal communication skill
Team playing skill
Leadership skill
Work ethics and related issues
Entrepreneurship skill
5. DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION
6. CONCLUSION
7. REFERENCE
CHAPTER One
INTRODUCTION
1.1.
&
General points about internship

In order to achieve the objective of university reform,
one of the biggest challenges is to improve the
employability of graduates and to ensure their access to
labor market. To face these challenges several studies
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have analyzed the most important issues: mostly named

is lack of practical experience of university graduates.
Student misses during their educational process the
step in to the life of real work force. Practical oriented
ness curriculum is insufficient or still missing. The
workshops and laboratories at the faculty of engineering
are poorly equipped or old fashioned regarding the need
of
industrial
standard
even
at
local
level.
QIS
implementation guideline. Page l

The above statement indicates the main problem statement
that implicates the requirement of internship training.
As Ethiopian Institute of Technology Mekelle context, it is a
mandatory
system
to
place
students
to
company
organization with relevant to their education to apply
or
their
knowledge gained from their academic studies for four

months at the seven semesters of engineering academic
curriculum in proper scheduled, organized, supervised and
evaluated manner
by the hosting company and the
university.
1.2.
Objective of the intern
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As we have seen above, intern is mandatory. The main aims

are described below;
To increase employability of future graduated of
engineering.
To include practical approach and experience in higher
education of engineering student
To strengthen the position of universities as a cooperation
partner of industry
To increase business development skill
To provide a space for research and development for
students
To provide for every student one internship as a
mandatory part of the revised curriculum
To meet the need of the current and future labor market
with practice oriented workforce for industries or
organizations and thus to contribute the competitiveness
of the economy
Opportunity to improve social competencies
Internship as economic and innovation benefit:
Interns come in with a high potential of innovative
and creative potential. they are not blind to faults in
their company and able to inspire solutions for the
problems through different point of views .Routines
could be questioned ,which would not be the easy by
employees who created the routines
Release of workloads in the departments if project
never followed up are given to interns
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Interns could open access to scientific or

technological knowledge, access to unique research
skills.
1.3.
Expected outcome
While implementing this new
curriculum there are
different outcomes expected. These are;

Increased employability through:
Shortening the transition period from study to
work
Increasing chances of successful application after
first entry to company
Decrease the 'shock' of practice after study
Gained
practical
as
well
as
organization
working
systems and process in the industry

Aware graduated about world of work
Transferred theoretical knowledge to industry
Strengthened linkage between industry and university
on the base of trust and professional cooperation.
Industry could become part of influence on the current
and future development of higher education and the
development of the whole nation.
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The phase of getting acquainted could be shortened:

interns are already familiar with organization and
culture. They can smoothly integrate in current work
and group process. During internship interns had the
chance to build up relationship to their employees.
Changing manner toward study though:
Improving target and outcome orientation of study
Theses become more relevant to subject of current
issues of industries and economy
Increase motivation for studying
Correcting future unrealistic expectations in future
employment
Enriching daily study through local change and
contribute practical experience in further study
Generally, internship program have a great impact in

the development of the country by bringing a skilful
engineers to the construction sector.
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CHAPTER Two
BACKGROUND OF THE
INTERNSHIP HOSTING COMPANY
2.1. BRIEF HISTORY
ECBG
(ETHIO-CANADIAN
BUSINESS
GROUP
PLC)
was
established in year 2008 aiming to specialize in road, bridges,

railways, waterworks and similar mega construction projects
and was registered as General Contractor Grade One (GC1)
and has been endeavored to play significant role in those
sectors.
2.2. Main service and products

ECBG
CONSTRUCTION
During
seven
years
courses
of
transformation from equipment rental and multidisciplinary

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institution
to
visionary
construction
company,
it
has
developed all possible and mandatory organizational changes

and restructured to comply with the intended purpose to
reach real competitor in the sector and familiarize procedures
and requirements with all potential clients in the country.
The company
has owned about 10 dozers, 5 loaders, 10
excavators, 5 vibratory compactors, 12 dump trucks, etc, all

are in good condition and readily available for use with well
equipped workshop and proficient mechanics & electricians
who have in depth knowhow towards modern earthmoving
machinery and civil contraction site.
In addition, ECBG owned one crusher having a capacity of 150

Tone per hour and has been installed in Dukem (30 Km south
east of Addis Ababa) for the production of crushed aggregate
for different purposes.
2.3. Customers and end users

ECBG had been engaged as a subcontractor in many
projects with different Chinese contractors like 20kms with
China Wanbao in DebreMarkos Gondoar Road upgrading
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Project and 17kms with CGCOC in Kombolcha Mekaneselam

road project.
Subsequently, during 2006, the Company have carried
out the construction of two kilometers asphalt concrete road
in Dangla Town (from Hahu Hotel up to St. Michael Church)
including construction of may minor cross drainage structures,
paved ditches and crossings and one bridge plus additional
gravel access roads too.
2.4. VISION
ECBG CONSTRUCTION, one of the affiliates of ECBG PLC, had
been registered at the Ministry of Infrastructure as a General
contractor Grade I (GC 1) with a vision of forming remarkable
Construction Company in roads construction sector, which
could provide quality work in a creative, innovative and cost
efficient manner to meet the clients needs.
So as to meet the intended purpose and materialize the

vision, our office is well organized to conduct all necessary
stages of design from feasibility study to final stages of
quantities and documentation and it has been forming its own
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material testing laboratory assuming to fulfill start-to-finish

construction stages of road, bridges, railways, waterworks and
similar construction projects.
CHAPTER Three
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WORKING
EXPERIENCES OF THE
INTERNSHIP
3.1. How I Get into the company
& When the university industry leakage office gave us
the application letter at the end of the 6th semester
for searching the company which could be the best
place for internship training. My first trail was in
ECBG construction. They gave me a positive
response. I have taken my acceptance letter. Since
the company is GC-1 construction, I havent tried to
apply in another company.
At the end of 7th semester march 5, 2012 after two days of
my arrival in Addis Ababa. I have reported for the main
office of the company which is found around kaliti. They
did sent a message to the project manager of their main
site to communicate with me. I just have gone to the site
around piazza. He was there in the site. We have been
discussed about my start date and working process. We
have set the start date to be after two days.
March 8 was my first day of the four month
internship. I have introduced myself to staff member of the
site and getting started. My first two days was observing
general working atmosphere of the site.
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3.2. Working section

The company has two project sites. One of them is a
residential buildings around south of Addis Ababa. The second
is G+8 mixed use building with two basements which is found
around piazza covers 1296.59m2.
The site has a project manager with no resident
(construction) engineer. He also executes the task of the
construction engineer. I was participating in performing over
burden tasks of the manager with my friend fikremariam.
The working sections we involved in were;
Supervising in approval of different work tasks in the
building processes such as formwork fixing, concrete
casting and concrete mix and so on. Since this task
was the additional burden of the manager.
In the site Office; take off sheet tasks, specification
for other residential buildings.
Preparing daily site diary and progress report was
also our section duty.
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Figure 1 site office work
We were having a power to stop a wrong working process in the site

and to report for the project manager.
Figure 2 site supervising
3.3.
Organization and work flow of

the
company
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The company has its own organization and work flow starting
the main head office and the project manager up to the daily
laborers.
But the staff members of head office were not organized well
for the response of the project sites.
J The staffs in the organizational work flow described
below ;
Project manager
Manages the whole project by dividing work units and
assigning to individual staff members.

He is also responsible in motivating individuals; avoid
wastage of material and resource considering benefit
and pure workmanship.

In our site he is also acting as a site supervisor. He
makes sure work is executed according to specification
and drawing, makes the work and workers to follow the
time schedule.
General Foreman and assistant foreman

assigns and controls the gang leaders and carpenter
Forman
checks the whole work process
quantifies some materials and makes request
Reports any challenges of work procedures and their
execution etc.
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Store keeper
Controls , manages and registers all materials which are
going out /in to the store
Balances the materials consumed with the unconsumed
one and so on.
Time keeper
controls the time the workers start, break and end
registers ordinary time amount and overtime works
reports a summary of working times to P. administrator
for salary
Other gang chief, carpenter foreman and so on try to execute
their respective subdivided tasks arranged by the assistant
and general foreman.
The head office

Supports the project site and follows up the progress.
Controls proper use of resource and equipments.
The consultancy office

Delegated by the client to control and supervise the
project as per the contract.
Interns
Were working under the project manager in supporting
him and sharing his experience.
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3.4. work task and procedures

We have been focused on work tasks in the site specially
in supervising. All work tasks have different methods and
procedures.
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& The tasks I have been involved in are;

Preparing takeoff sheet required for payment
certificate.
Estimating Material required for the future
tasks such as reinforcement, cement,
aggregate, sand e.t.c.
Preparing specifications (bill of quantity )
Preparing daily site diary and progress
report.
Observing (supervising ) and approval of
tasks in the construction such as
reinforcement placing and fixing, formwork
fixing , concrete mix and casting
Quality control and reporting problems
encountered to the project manager
..And so on
& Before starting any work to be performed in the site.
There are different processes and steps we have been
doing to execute a task ;
Step one: understand and discuss about the task to be
performed clearly with our project manager and the general
foreman.
Step two: observing if it could be executed currently at the
site.
For example; supervision before, during and after casting
should be observed before taking the responsibility to
supervise.
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Step three: referring any documents that were used for

specific task and other considerations of the building such as
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Takeoff sheet and specifications done before.

Referring daily diaries and inspection requests
Surveying data and earthwork profiles
Design changes ( mat foundation into isolated
footing)
- Contract documents and letters between the
consultant, contractor and other sides.
Step four: try to do the task and check whether it is
appropriate or not.
The tasks could be described below with their

specific procedures.
3.4.1. Preparing takeoff sheet and
payment certificate
J Takeoff is measuring from the drawing and entering the
dimensions on to specially ruled dimension paper.
Take off sheet: - is a chart (sheet) used to determine the
quantity of the particular item executed. It needs a personal
skill of describing the item of work for one, to understand
easily as per described.
The chart consists of four rows with timing, quantity, result
and description respectively.
After specifying quantity of work it could be multiplied by
the unit price and all the task proceeds like this and the
payment certificate can be prepared.
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There are differences in units of the quantity of work

executed.
For example;
Formwork per m2
Concrete casting per m3 ( sometimes the unit rate
could be done in m2 considering thickness for
uniform task )
Reinforcement per kg
And so on.
It. No
(Size)
Quantit
L/W/D
Description
It. No (Size)
L/W/D
Quantit
Description
Table 1 Format for takeoff sheet for concrete, formwork, HCB,

plastering & finishing
We have another format for reinforcement takeoff sheet

that has not shown in the figure here.
Payment certificate : - it is the certificate in which the
body who executed the quantity of the work on the take off
sheet gets paid. It includes taxes, retention, rebate and other
things
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Figure 4
payment certificate sample
3.4.2. Estimating material required

Construction work could be carried out with proper time and
resources scheduling. In order to finish any projects in its
deadline the project manager and construction engineer
requires sufficient materials delivery as per the schedule.
The project manager estimate the material required and
report for quick delivery. But there was a slow response from
the main office for the project.
The estimated materials are;
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Reinforcement
Cement
Aggregate
Sand and so on
In estimating reinforcement required from the working
drawing the length and diameter should be identified.
The reinforcement length should be divided to the one
standard (12 m). Then the required no of bar can be
specified.
For cement, aggregate and sand the cost break down of the
project listed out the quantity per unit work data which can be
multiplied with the m3 work and gives the quantity required.
For example; c 30 concrete
Material
Unit
Cement
Sand
Aggregat
e
Water
Qtl
M3
M3
M3
Quantity per unit

work
4.0
0.52
0.79
0.03
Table 2 quantity per unit work
3. 4.3. Preparing specification
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It is one part of contract document. Contract document

includes ;
The Contract Agreement (if completed);
The Letter of Acceptance
The Bid, the Appendix to the Form of Bid, and the
Bid Addendum including the Minutes of Negotiation
The Conditions of Contract, Part I and II;
The Conditions of Contract, Part;
Method of Measurement
The Special and Standard Specifications
The Drawings;
The Priced Bill of Quantities and Other documents

For our experience we have been doing a revision of the bill of
quantity of our project site. Beside this we have done the
same task for a designed residential building that could be
constructed around dukem .
& In bill of quantity calculation the working drawing and
unit rate analysis is required for calculating the quantity
of work and the cost it required.
3. 4.4.preparing site diary and progress

report
The daily progress of the site work could be recorded in the daily diary.
It includes number of labor in the site, on site plant and equipment,
material delivery and descriptions of work done.
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Figure 5 daily site diary and progress report

The main uses of this diary or progress report are;
Whenever delay occurs in the process of construction because of
accident, rain and material delivery delay. The reason could be
referred.
3. 4.5. Supervision and approval of tasks

Supervision is a branch of construction Engineering that
examines, inspects and control the overall performance the quality and
progress of construction works as per specifications under a contract.
Since aim and objective supervision work is mainly quality control it
plays a very important role towards successful construction of civil
works.
In our site there was no resident engineer which follow up and
supervise the tasks that can be carried out in the site. It is additional
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task of the project manager. We have shared this additional burden to

follow up the progress in approving the task.
I would like to describe the site supervision work what we are
being executing plus how to execute them by classifying them in
terms of the items of work executed such as :
Floor slab and beam

Elevation column
Side Shear wall
Lift pad and its wall
Stair case
Before discussing the specific methods for executing the above given
work tasks. We should have to see common processes.
When we arrived in the site, they had already finished footing pad,
elevation column in basement 2 and casting of small portion of
basement one slab including the ramp section.
So, our report begins from basement one slab up to the ground floor
column.
The consecutive tasks in concrete casting were
- placing and fixing of reinforcement as per the
design
- formwork fixing considering the concrete cover
required
- Check for the electrical and sanitary installations
if it is required there.
- the last is concrete casting process
A supervision should be performed before concrete casting (in the
reinforcement and formwork stage respectively), during casting and
after casting. These processes apply for all concrete casting work.
Supervision before concrete casting includes;
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number , length , diameter and arrangement of

reinforcement should be checked
overlap length should be greater than 4 times the diameter
of the reinforcement
stirrup spacing should be checked
Provision of spacer with the required dimension to keep the concrete cover.
Check availability of material required for the casting process.
The quality of formwork must be attained. Cleanliness smoothens and
treatments with release agent for the surface of formwork are the main
points. Appropriate vertical and horizontal alignment should be checked
Figure 6
columns after formwork fixing and slab after reinforcement placing
Supervision during concrete casting includes;

Specify the appropriate depth of casting and keep its
alignment.
Appropriately use of a vibrator.
check the availability of enough man power and machineries
Check the mix ratio (1:2:3) and the mix itself including the
water content.
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Way of the execution of the casting work (way of mixing,

way of placing, distance the concrete travel from the mixing
station to the casting station and the before initial setting
time it should be casted.
Supervision after concrete casting includes;
Check for the time of formwork removal 16 hour for side and
28 days for bottom formwork.
Proper curing and handling after casting and so on.
All the above points are common for all type of casting works. Next we
can see them in detail tasks.
A)Floor slab and beam.

All the above processes could be supervised. Additional work tasks
are ;
Concrete casting should be stop at one third location
kebeleto must be provided to keep the effective
depth properly
B) Elevation column and Side shear wall

Concrete could be casted up to the bottom level of the
next floor beam.
C) Lift pad(footing) and its wall

Check excavation level according to bounce depth of
the lift.
Check continuity of the concrete casting in the pad and
lift wall
& In our case there was high seepage condition in the underground.
Even in the water flowing condition the lean concrete placed and
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the bar could have been fixed by pumping out the water into the
road drainage. As shown in figure 7 and 8 in the next page.
D) Stair case
Since, various types of reinforcement are there in stair
case due to different action. So it must be checked
appropriately.
Casting process should stop at the end of the landing
portion.
Figure 7; water pumping process for the lift pad construction
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Figure 8 ; lean concrete placing for the footing pad construction
Other tasks
I. Water proofing and back fill work
Water proofing membrane work can be plastered
around the shear wall of the building which is found
under the ground.
The water proofing membrane and the brick work
placed and the backfill rest on them. All the tasks are
to prevent water entry into the building.
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waterproofing membrane and brick work
Repairing different damages of the area
Figure 10 repaired underground dish
Repairing the damages in the site area is one part of the

contract which must be accomplished and we have
understood it.
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3.4.6. Quality control and problem
reporting
One of the main objectives of the supervision task is for quality control.
In every step of the project work the proper quality must attained.
Especially in a finishing work the quality influence the aesthetic value
of architectural aspect.
In our site we have seen different quality control techniques that can
be used in the site. If any inappropriate thing happens we could report
for our project manager and he can judge on it.
In addition to the contractor the consultant also controls the quality
during his inspection time. Because he has a duty to approve and
disprove work tasks in the site.
3.5. Challenges in the
internship
Challenges are one of the good opportunities in collecting valuable
experiences. In our internship there was a lot of challenges that
occurred in the site.
These are ;
Disagreements with the general and assistant foremen
in identifying a problem happened during work. They
were not willing to accept and solve.
Improper interpretation of the engineering theoretical
aspect in actual site work. For example; concrete
casting cant stop appropriately around one third of
slab and beam. Sometimes even around center.
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There is no software related work task in the company.

So, we didnt get to know with softwares.
As I have indicated before even if our site is wide
having a lot of work task but it reduce d our opportunity
to get to know with different work tasks at the same
time such as finishing work, real-estate work and so on.
In the first month it was so difficult to know site
languages for the executed work task. This
communication problem was one of the challenges
happened.
Measures to overcome
these Challenges
3.5.
&
As an intellectual any challenges occurred in a specific field must

be solved fittingly. For the site disagreements with the foreman
we have discussed with our supervisor (project manager) and he
was delimited our boundaries in the site work especially in fault
finding.
In the theoretical aspect, we have preferred to read more on the

specific problem and engineering aspects. This could have been lead
us to convince them. This was the best option. Our supervisor also
gave us different assignments to be done in home by referring various
literatures.
In software related challenges, we have tried to get to know with
program and softwares such as ms-project, AutoCAD and etab in
private ways.
In our four month internship we have visited neighborhood sites and
others to understand different works tasks. Those are not executed
currently in our site.
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Design changes in the

section
3.6.
In a civil engineering project design changes happen frequently. This is

because;
Lack of proper site investigation before the design.
For example; soil test shows dumpy soil but actually
rocky.
Problem during the design session by the designer and
so on.
In our project the design changes were;
Mat foundation designed initially but after actual excavation the
site was a rocky which doesnt need a mat type foundation. So it
have been changed into isolated footing.
External Retaining structure was designed in the mat condition.
But it is converted into side shear wall constructed along the
edge column alignment.
Level of ramp (used for entrance of car from basement one into
two) at the second basement was having a large slope that was
not recommended for ramp. So it was adjusted by preventing
extra column for supporting and reduction of slope.
There was no fire escape stair case from second basement up to
the ground just the lift was the only access. But it was provided
in front of the lift.
The main stair location and its shape (spiral to normal) changed.
These are the main design changes that occurred in the project. When
the designer provides as such a design changes sometimes minimize
costs up to four million birr for the foundation change. But most of the
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time the change occurred for covering the design or construction

error.
Safety and economy in the

design and construction.
3.7.
Safety and economy are the basic concept in engineering. Every work
task could be evaluated with in this two criterias. In the developed
countries safety plus the economy could be fulfilled. But in our country
most of the construction is un economical to reach a maximum safety.
The same is true in our site almost all section of the construction pass
the safety line but fail in the economic criteria.
For example ; one cantilever part of a stair(designed as tension occur
at the top ) could be additionally supported with intermediate beam
and columns.
Uneconomical work tasks in our site are;

C -30 was designed for footing pad, grade beam and for columns.
Because of less supervision in the site all shear walls, slabs and
other beams used with a c -30 strength but it was designed with c
-25.
For example; let us see the cost of 195.88 m3 shear wall
From the Cost break down of our project
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Concrete strength
c-25
c-30
Cost
2210.43 birr/m3
2378.07 birr/m3
Table 3 cost break down result for concrete
Using c-25 shear wall costs 432979.03 birr rather for c -30
costs 465816.351 birr.
From this we could seen that uneconomically 32837.32 birr
losses the contractor.
CHAPTER FOUR
Overall achievement
of the Internship
& A skill is the learned capacity to carry out predetermined results often with the minimum outlay of
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time, energy, or both. In other words the abilities that

one possesses.
The achievements of the internship according to different
skill upgrading could be shown in this chapter.
4.1. Practical skill

An engineer should be able to Use a wide range of tools,
techniques and equipment (including software) to their
specific discipline and Use laboratory and workshop
equipment to generate a valuable data.
They also able to Develop promote and apply safe system of
work.
We have tried to experience some of them. Such as ;
Techniques used by the carpenters for performing
their tasks such as
- method of conduit water level for
determining equal levels
- cizzling for finishing work and casting
problem.
- Site supervision techniques as it is
described in the previous chapters.
Project management or scheduling using ms- project
program.
4.2. Theoretical skill
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& Initially, for performing any task in engineering. It

requires a theoretical knowledge which could be
developed well in a practical aspect. Internship can
arrange a chance to develop a theoretical skill as well.
Because when we observe a new thing in the
construction process we have tried to read more on it
and discuss on the theoretical aspect.
For example; concrete casting in slab and beam stops out
of the one third ranges. After several days casting could
proceed by coating a nito-bond (epoxy). We have deal more
on it in the theoretical side by referring.
An engineer must upgrade his theoretical knowledge in his
continuous work process in order to have a safe and
economical achievement.
4.3. Inter personal
communication skill
& Interpersonal communication is the process by
which people exchange information, feelings, and
meaning through verbal and non-verbal messages. It is
face-to-face communication. It is not just about
what is actually said - the language used - but how it is
said and the non-verbal messages sent through tone of
voice, facial expressions, gestures and body language.
Communication by itself has a vital role in human being
life.
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Construction site has its own communication method for

performing works efficiently. We have developed different
interpersonal communication skills Such as
In passing orders to the foremen( giving a chance
for them to think on it )
Understanding the description of tasks and
materials that are executed in the site by the
workers. For example site languages in different
materials, carpenters method of identifying their
tasks.
Some of the site languages are summarized below.
Site
languages
Fondo
Ferayo
Fero
Kebeleto
Tumbi
Squadra
Stafa
Its meaning
Bottom formwork of beam , soffit

Bar bender
Reinforcement
bar keeping the space between bottom
and top bar
Plumber
Keeping 90 degree
Stirrup
Table 4 site language description
4.4. Team playing skill

Teamwork has always been a valuable characteristic of
successful organizations. Employees working in a team deliver
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more productivity and better solutions. Being a great team

player helps you climb up the ladder of career success. Team
building skills have to play an important role in getting
promotion or successfully landing a job.
So, we have tried to upgrade our skill regarding team playing
with my friend and staff members. Those are;
Our Working speed and efficiency increase in playing
as a team.
Even we have different personal behaviors but we
were interacting in a good way with a good tolerance.
We were set a goal to reach on at the last of internship
Open communication in actual site work developed as
a team playing member.
4.5. Leadership skill

& At its most elementary level, leadership means that
one person influences another. An organization that
supports the concepts of shared leadership encourages
employees at all levels to assume this role where it is
appropriate.
The function of leadership include stating basic values,
announcing goals, organizing resources, reducing tensions
between individuals, creating coalitions, coalescing workers,
and encouraging better performance.
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In our project we have been working with the project

manager that gave us a good opportunity to gather his
leadership skill (his influence to other). In supervising
tasks and whenever the project manager was out of the
site. We were leading the site. This was the good
opportunity to observe our weaknesses and to share the
supervisor skill.
4.6. work ethics and related issues

&
Civil engineers uphold and advance the integrity, honor

and dignity of the civil engineering profession by:
1. Using their knowledge and skill for the enhancement of
human welfare and the environment.
2. being honest and impartial and serving with fidelity the
public, their employers/employees and clients;
3. Striving to increase the competence and prestige of
the civil engineering profession; and
4. Supporting the professional and technical societies of
their disciplines.
The above points are fundamental principle of our work

ethics. Most of the time the behavior we heard about civil
engineers was not good.
Still there is a problem in most of them regarding their work
ethics. But we have discussed and understood the right thing
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to be performed. Our supervisor has a good experience in the

construction work. These are;
Being honest for your mind firstly and then you will be for
others.
Use your skill properly for the task you have to do
properly.
Share your knowledge to others in the right manner.
Related issues with the work ethics were;

- Arrive at site on time(punctuality)
- Office disciplines ( not disturbing others by
music and other staff )
- Being Patient for any conflict happened.
4.7. Entrepreneurship skill

& An entrepreneur is a person who has possession of a
new enterprise, venture or idea and assumes significant
accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome.
An entrepreneur is one who
undertakes an enterprise,
especially a contractor, acting as intermediately
between capital and labor."
Most successful entrepreneurs share certain personal
attributes, including: creativity, flexibility, leadership, passion,
self-confidence, and so on
I could evaluate my internship according to these terms.
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Creativity is the spark that drives the development of

new products or services, or ways to do business. It is
the push for innovation and improvement. Our
company had been working only in rental construction
equipments. Mean while they had started to participate
in contractor task because the sector becoming wider.
Flexibility is the ability to move quickly in response to
changing market needs. It is being true to a dream
while also being mindful of market realities. For
example; when a gypsum board requirement increases
for a residential building we have to change to it.
Leadership is the ability to create rules and to set
goals. It is the capacity to follow through to see that
rules are followed and goals are accomplished. Our
sector could be performed with a corporation within
different labors. These need a good leadership.
Passion is what gets entrepreneurs started and keeps
them there. It gives entrepreneurs the ability to
convince others to believe in their vision. So we have
developed the necessity of passion for a success as an
entrepreneur.
Self-confidence comes from thorough planning, which
reduces uncertainty and the level of risk. To do what u
wants to do self confidence is necessary.
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Chapter five
Discussion, recommendation
and conclusion
5.1. Discussion and
recommendation
In all this four months we have gathered various experiences.
This indicates that we have fulfilled the objective of the
program. But there were a weakness in different section of
the company.
Other than the project manager almost all the staffs were not
responsible for their duty. Sometimes they ignore the
engineering aspects during their work. Look at the figure
below.
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Figure 11 concrete casting stops around beam edge
The company has a problem of delivering material in the time

of request. This leads to a delay in the construction process
and not to go with the time schedule.
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center missing column during casting
The above figure shows the problem of the site in checking

the alignments and layout in every step of the concrete
casting
& Computer access and internet service has a vital role in
construction process and for interns. We have been
using our laptop for performing different tasks. It is
better to have it in the site office for good file
management and to get to know with current
engineering aspects.
& The UIL office tried to observe and advice us in our
working place. This task has to be improved to perform
it more than two times.
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5.2. Conclusions
This is all about internship training. I hope we have
gathered a lot of experiences in ECBG construction.
This report compiled it as well. I would have a
confidence to work in any project after graduation. In
all four months we have been practicing different kinds
of skills specially managing, problem solving and follow
up the construction process.
Other than the theoretical and practical skills, the
internship process has brought us a positive impact on
our communication skill, work ethics like punctuality,
reliability, commitment and cooperation with
colleagues.
The program has a big role in bringing a qualified
professional engineer.
I would like to thank those who have helped me
throughout my stay as an intern. I had the most
pleasure with the program and hope that it has
benefited me as much as I think it did. I also want to
appreciate the company for letting me stay with them
and for showing their full cooperation.
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Reference
EBCS 1995 and related construction manuals
Different structural (RC) books.
Documents downloaded from Internet.
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The program provides a chance to fill the gap of

Fig 1.site office

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have analyzed the most important issues: mostly named

implementation guideline. Page l

organization with relevant to their education to apply

knowledge gained from their academic studies for four

by the hosting company and the

Objective of the intern

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As we have seen above, intern is mandatory. The main aims

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Interns could open access to scientific or

While implementing this new

curriculum there are

different outcomes expected. These are;

systems and process in the industry

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The phase of getting acquainted could be shortened:

Generally, internship program have a great impact in

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established in year 2008 aiming to specialize in road, bridges,

2.2. Main service and products

transformation from equipment rental and multidisciplinary

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developed all possible and mandatory organizational changes

has owned about 10 dozers, 5 loaders, 10

excavators, 5 vibratory compactors, 12 dump trucks, etc, all

In addition, ECBG owned one crusher having a capacity of 150

2.3. Customers and end users

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Project and 17kms with CGCOC in Kombolcha Mekaneselam

So as to meet the intended purpose and materialize the

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material testing laboratory assuming to fulfill start-to-finish

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3.2. Working section

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Figure 1 site office work

We were having a power to stop a wrong working process in the site

Figure 2 site supervising

Organization and work flow of

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Manages the whole project by dividing work units and

assigning to individual staff members.

and pure workmanship.