The University Of Lahore

Department Of Civil Engineering

Internship Report

Prepared By: Najam Shabbir Khan

Registration #: BSCE01113145

Duration: 4 Weeks

Internship Organization: United Engineers & Contractor (UEC)

Project: Parking Facility at Lahore Stock Exchange

Date: 09-02-2018
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I am extremely grateful to ALLAH for granting me the opportunity, perseverance

and determination for handling the internship at Lahore Exchange Centre (LSE) for the
duration of 4 weeks.
Heartily thanks to Mr. Aftab Ahmad (R.E) who continuously supported me in
every possible way, from initial advice to encouragement till last day and all official for
their support and help during the entire Internship.

I would also like to thank Mr. Azam Nafees (Site Engineer) and all the people
that worked at the site with their patience and openness they created an enjoyable
working environment. As I study the subjects it is time to study how these subjects help
us when we are in field. Furthermore I want to thank all the engineers and labors, with
whom I did the fieldwork.

Before I finish I would like to give my deepest thanks to all worker from contractor
and the consultant side starting from engineers to daily labors.
 TABLE OF CONTENT

1. INTRODUCTION………………………………………. 1

1.1 PROJECT DISCRIPTION…….………………………. 1

1.1.1 PROJECT DATA SHEET……………………………. 2

1.1.2 SITE DETAILS………………………………………. 2

1.1.3 PROJECT DETAILS ……………………………….... 3

1.2 INTRODUCTION ABOUT ORGANISATION…….. 4

2. ACTIVITIES PARTICIPATED ………….....………. 5

2.1 STEEL &CONCRETE WORK ………………..…… 5

2.2 MY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ……….… 7

3. ACTIVITIES OBSERVED …………………..……. 8

3.1 CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL ……………….….. 8

3.2 SOLDIER PILLING ………………………………. 8

3.3 BRICK WORK …………………… ……………. 9

4. STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS ……..… 10

5. DIFFICULTIES AND PROBLEMS FACED …..… 11

6. SUMMARY AND KNOWLEDGE GAINE……… 12

 LIST OF FIGURES

1 FIGURE 2.1: REINFORCEMENT IN SLAB …………………………..… 5

2 FIGURE 2.2: STEEL REINFORCEMENT IN COLUMN AND WAL… 6

3 FIGURE 2.3: CONCRETING PROCESS & MIXER………………….. 7

4 FIGURE 3.1: SOLDIER PILLING & ANCHOR BEAM………..……. 8

5 FIGURE 3.2: BRICK WORK IN BOUNDARY WALL…….……….. 9

6 FIGURE 3.3: BRICKS……………………………………….…….…. 9

 LIST OF TABLES

1. TABLE 1.1: PROJECT DATA SHEET ………………………….…… 2

2. TABLE 1.2: PROJECT SITE DETAIL …………………………..…… 2
3. TABLE 1.3: BASEMENT DETAIL …………………………………... 3
4. TABLE 1.4: FLOOR DETAIL ………………………………..……….. 3
5. TABLE 2.1: CONCRETE WORK DETAIL …………………….…….. 6
6. TABLE 4.1: ASTM STANDARDS DETAIL ……………………..…... 10
 1. INTRODUCTION

With increasing population and developments, the cities usually become congested
and mobbed because of which parking problems arise, especially around the commercial
sites. Lahore, however, seems to be very well chucking out parking issues because
enough parking spaces, especially dedicated parking plazas are becoming the fate of the
city.

Lahore stock Exchange parking plaza is centrally located in the heart of city's
prime commercial & business area. It is located on Khayaban-e-Aiwan Iqbal Road which
intersects the Mall Road between Al-Hamra Art Gallery and Avari Hotel. The plaza is
surrounded by the Governor House, The Punjab Assembly, WAPDA House, Aiwan-e-
Iqbal, Holiday Inn Hotel, Flatties, Bagh-e-Jinnah, LSE Plaza is easily accessible through
all type of public transport.

LSE car parking plaza provides the parking for cars as well as motorcycles which
will be the solution of parking problem near the stock exchange.

1.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

Project Name
Construction of Multistoried Building 2nd Tower at LSE.

Location
19 Khayaban-e-Aiwan-e-Iqbal Lahore

Client
Lahore Stock Exchange

Consultant
ZASA Company (Pvt.) Ltd.

Contractor
United Engineers Construction (Pvt.) Ltd.

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1.1.1 PROJECT DATA SHEET

(Table 1.1: Project Data Sheet)

Project Parking Facility at Lahore Stock Exchange

Employer Lahore Stock Exchange
Designed By ZASA & Structural Engineering
Contractor United Engineers Construction (Pvt.) Ltd.
Total Project Cost 420 Millions
Contractor Agreement January 2013
Time Limit 02 Year
Site Possession April 2013

1.1.2 SITE DETAILS

(Table 1.2: Project Site Detail)
Location 19 Khayaban-e-Aiwan-e-Iqbal Lahore
Plot Size 4 Kanals, 17 Marla & 175 ft2
Area of Plot 142’11” × 154’2” = 22032.43 ft2
No. of Floors 12
Basement 1 Covered Area 115’3 × 117’05” = 13501 ft2
Basement 2 Covered Area 115’3 × 117’05” = 13501 ft2
Basement 3 Covered Area 115’3 × 117’05” = 13501 ft2
Basement 4 Covered Area 115’3 × 117’05” = 13501 ft2
Ground Floor 100’1” × 92’ = 9207.63 ft2
First Floor 100’1” × 92’ = 9207.63 ft2
Second Floor 100’1” × 92’ = 9207.63 ft2
Third Floor 100’1” × 92’ = 9207.63 ft2
Fourth Floor 100’1” × 92’ = 9207.63 ft2

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 Fifth Floor 100’1” × 92’ = 9207.63 ft2
Sixth Floor 100’1” × 92’ = 9207.63 ft2
Seventh Floor 100’1” × 92’ = 9207.63 ft2
Total covered area 127665.04 ft2

1.1.3PROJECT DETAILS

These are the following detail of basements and floors.

1.1.4 BASEMENT 1-4

(Table 1.3: Basement Detail)

Parking 32 Cars & 6 Motorcycles

Electric Room 8’4” × 11’-3”
Stair Halls 8’6” × 15’7”
Stairs 3 Nos.
Security Room 8’4” × 11’-3”
Underground Water Tank 14’9” × 29’9” × 7’
Lifts 2 Nos.
Septic Tank 10’×5’×4’3”
Ramp 40’× 21’3”
Store Room 8’-4” × 11’-3”

1.1.5 FLOORS 1-8

(Table1.4: 1-8 Floor Detail)

Offices 16 Nos.
Electric Room 11’-5” × 3’-4”
Lift 7’-2” × 9’-4”
Stair Halls 8’-6” × 15’-7”
Gents Toilet 14’-9” ×10’-9”

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 Ladies Toilet 5’-00” ×8’-6”.
Office Room 10’-00” × 19’-6”
Kitchen 6’-4” × 3’-4”
Passage 12’ & 5’
Security Room 8’4” × 11’-3”
Lifts 2

1.2 ABOUT UNITED ENGINEERS & CONTRACTORS (UEC)

United Engineers & Contractors (Pvt.) Ltd. was established in 1987 as a

partnership concern under the name and style of “United Engineers & Contractors” and
was registered as a company on March 19, 1991. The company handled bricks business
for over six years and was later incorporated as a Private Limited Company in January
1997. M/S United Engineers & Contractors (Pvt) Ltd. has rapidly grown in stature,
experience and reputation and now is one of the leading contracting companies of the
country.

The organization is managed by dedicated professionals having vast and varied

experience in all major fields of civil engineering and allied disciplines. It is well
managed and closely knit organization having immense resource of manpower, finance,
professional engineers and skilled support staff. It is also well equipped with relevant
plant/machinery and is capable of handling projects of any magnitude.

The firm is certified in the Category C-A (No-Limit) by the Pakistan Engineering
Council. It is also registered in the No Limit Category with various Govt./Semi Govt.
departments. It has not restricted its services to any particular region and their scopes of
activities are spread in all the four provinces of Pakistan.

The company has undertaken and completed prestigious projects of multi-storied

buildings, infrastructure development works of many housing schemes, mosques,
educational institutions, markets, airport terminal building and irrigation works. The
projects in hand also speak of the credibility, which the clients repose in UEC (Pvt.) Ltd.

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 2. ACTIVITIES PARTICIPATED

Project was running when I reached at the site to do internship almost seventy to
seventy five percent form work of parking plaza had been completed. Working was
continuous on sixth floor columns and also formwork was done when I was at site Steel
work of column continuous. Supervisor told me about earlier work of the project which
includes Foundation works, Underground water tank, and Septic tank, Basement Works,
Ground Floor works and all the Floor which had been completed till now and sixth floor
column work. Sixth Floor column work is remaining so my Internship was about Sixth
Floor column work that was complete during my internship period.

2.1 STEEL &CONCRETE WORK

2.1.1 STEEL WORK
The design of slab was flat slab. The thickness of slab was nine inch because there was no
beam in super structure and six inch slab in sub structure due to beam placed. The beam
size placed in sub structure was (18”x12”).

(Figure: 2.1: Reinforcement in Slab)

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The Size of column was 2’x2’. The main bars in the column was eight number in dia and
total fourteen bars used. The ties used in the colums was four number in dia and the
spacing was 3@6”c/c. The length of column was ten feet.

(Figure: 2.2: Steel Reinforcement in column and walls)

2.1.2 CONCRETE WORK

The Concrete Composition was 1:1.5:3 which used in columns.

(Table 2.1: Concrete Work Detail)

Materials Units

Cement 7 ft3

Fine Aggregates 11 ft3

Coarse Aggregates 22 ft3

Water 74 ℓ

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 (Figure: 2.3: Concreting Process & Mixer)

Concrete (1:2:4) in slab and (1:1.5:3) in column is used after the completion of
steel work. One lift is used for concreting purposes. Electric vibrators are also used for
compaction of concrete to avoid honey combing and removed voids. Column size was
(2’x2’) in all floors except the ground floor and basement portion, height is 10` and total
concrete is 137m3 is done in sixth floor slab. All the cube and cylinder tested in
Laboratories. After the concreting, process of curing started. A numbers of putson bags
are placed on all sides of the columns for proper curing.

2.2 MY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

My Duties and Responsibilities were to check process of concreting in columns on the

sixth floor. My duties were to check the amount of reinforcement, water/cement ratio of
concrete mixture, quality of building materials, gradation of coarse and fine aggregate,
working of Concrete mixer and other machinery that was working at the site and to check
the brick work which was continue around the boundary walls of plaza.

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 3. ACTIVITIES OBSERVED

Internship period helped me to get first field experience. I observed a lot of activities
regarding our civil engineering where i observe how to steel work is done and fixed, I
also observed the shuttering process, how concrete composition is done in batching plant,
how the curing process of concrete is done in hot weather. I also observed the scaffolding
in the project.

I was working as a trainee with the site engineer, during my internship I observed the
following activities:

3.1 Field Test

The first activity which I observed during my internship period was field test. In this
phase different test were performed to obtain information on the physical properties of
soil and rock around a site to design earthworks and foundations for proposed structures.
In this phase field test like sieve analysis, density of soil (core cutter method) and
moisture (speedy moisture meter) content of the soil was done for the purpose of
designing of foundation.

3.2 Excavation

Site excavation is a process in which soil, rock, and other materials are removed from
a site, typically with the use of heavy earthmoving equipment such as excavators and
bulldozers. In our project excavation was done by the mean of hydraulic excavators. .60 ft
deep excavation was done in order to construct the base floor.

3.3 Earth Compaction

Soil compaction is the process in which a stress applied to a soil causes densification
as air is displaced from the pores between the soil grains. By compaction density of soil
increases and permeability reduces, thereby reducing susceptibility to change in moisture

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 content Compaction of the disturb soil is necessary for constructing the base of the
foundation. Earth Compacter was used for this purpose. Machine consists of a heavy

vibrator and tamping plate beneath the vibrator. This machine was manually operated.
All soil was compacted for this purpose.

3.4 Levelling

Levelling was done after compaction of the area at which foundation had to be laid.
For this purpose theodolite was used. Moreover, vertical and horizontal alignment of the
structure was monitored by theodolite during execution of the project.

3.5 Termite Proofing:

Termite damages wood and losses are in billions of Rupees per year. Termite is found
in all structures build by human beings .They live underneath the soil and comes up in
search of food. Termite damages all objects other than made-up of metal i.e. furniture,
fixture, carpets, currency, documents, cloths etc.

Two types of termite proofing was used:

 Pre-Construction Termite Proofing

 Post Construction Termite Proofing

After excavation, chemical was sprayed on the entire area of the site by the means of
hand pump. Biflex termite proofing chemical was used on the site, is the product of FMC
(Food Machinery Cooperation). Chemical was in liquid form. It was mixed with water
and sprayed on the excavated area with the help of hand sprayer tank having a capacity of
30 liters.

3.6 Safety

During my internship period I had seen the safety measures were taken strictly to
avoid the accidents. Safety helmets were provided for head protection. Safety boots were
provided for firm grip and to avoid crush injuries to toes and injuries to striking against
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the objects. Safety gloves were provided to those who were involved in handling cement
and concrete and carrying cutting, grinding and wielding works.

3.7 CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL

We used some material for the construction which were Port land Cement (Maple
Leaf), Sand (Chenab), Coarse Aggregates (Margla Crush), Steel (40 & 60 Grade)

3.8 SOLDIER PILLING

I saw the soldier pilling first time. It was necessary when we excavated the soil fifty
feet down for plaza bed it may be dangerous for nearby buildings so we provide soldier
pilling (dia. 2’), length sixty eight feet and also provide anchor beam after each ten feet
for locking the horizontal movement of soldier pilling.

(Figure: 3.1: Soldier Pilling & Anchor Beam)

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 3.9 BRICK WORK

Brick work was done by a labor which was difficult to do in such a condition
when temperature was too high. I saw the brick work in the boundary wall consist of
plinth beam, copping beam and column. The distance between two adjacent columns was
8 feet and copping beam (4#4) was rest on the two adjacent columns. The height of the
wall was eight feet.. The column size used in wall was (1’x1’) and height eight feet. The
bond was Stretcher bond.

(Figure: 3.2: Brick Work in Boundary Wall)

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 (Figure: 3.3: BRICKS)

4. CORRELATION OF ACTIVITIES WITH STANDARDS

We used many of the standard specifications for the testing of building materials and
in this project we checked standard ASTM tests for coarse aggregate and fine aggregate.
We also checked the slump value of concrete and its compressive strength value. At the
end we did steel tension test to check the tensile strength of steel.

(Table 4.1: ASTM Standards Detail)

Material Properties ASTM Standards

Bulk Density C-29/C-29 M

Specific Gravity C-127-04
Water Absorption
Coarse Aggregate Fineness Modulus C-136-05
Sieve Analysis
Bulk Density C-29/C-29 M
Specific Gravity C-128-04a
Water Absorption
Fine Aggregate Fineness Modulus C-136-05
Sieve Analysis
Consistency C-187-04
Initial Setting Time C-191-04a
Cement
Final Setting Time

Mix Materials Slump Test C143

Compression Test C39/C 39M-04a

Concrete Specimen
Steel Test Tension Test A370

Steel Ratio Max/Min C10.9.2

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 5. DIFFICULTIES AND PROBLEMS FACED

During Internship period, I faced some difficulties and problems:

 There was no proper testing facility at site.
 Difficulty in studying the structural drawings due to their complexity.
 Rainfall also affected the progress of project especially when the concreting in
process.
 Main problem was to work during night shift which was difficult when load
shedding occurred.
 Labors use local language which was difficult to understand.
 Due to less communication skills I could not understand some tools name in local
language.
 There was too high temperature at site from 40°C to 46°C.

 Formwork was not too good.

 There is a difference between office work and site work.

 Site Engineer come to site after 3 or 4 days just for 1 hour.

 You can’t find a site Engineer to help you easily.

 The stirrups in the beams were not placed at proper distance as mentioned in the
drawing.

 The ties in columns were not placed proper distance as mentioned in the drawings.

 Column was not in alignment and little bit tilted.

 There was also a difficulty in placing the material used in construction such as
steel bars, aggregates, bricks etc.

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 6. SUMMARY AND KNOWLEDGE GAINED

This experience was very helpful for me in my further studies and my practical life.
Internship is the easiest way where a student can get the practical knowledge of his
studies. In our course we study different topics but at internship its best opportunity to get
experience about these topics in a practical way so this internship gave me a lot of
experience in every field of our study.

Internship includes the planning process, identifying specific task, scheduling and
designating responsibilities within the team. Getting experience is a great way to build
your confidence.

I gained the valuable knowledge which is described as:

 I learnt about the punctuality of time and how it plays important role in field.
 I learnt about team work management.
 I learnt about the cutting of steel and how it was done at the site for different grade of
steel when only man power is available.
 I learnt about the stirrups/ties and how these were made at the site for different sizes of
columns.
 I learnt about the fixing and binding of steel at the site for slab and columns.
 I learnt about the different grades of steel at the site which were Grade60 and Grade40.
 I learnt about the starter which was provided at the start of the column for proper
concreting and shuttering.
 I learnt about the alignment of columns. Supervisor told me how alignment of columns
was done. Alignment was done by the mean of theodolite. Actually it was done by the
thread which was fixed on both ends covering all columns in horizontal direction.

 I learnt about the shuttering and how it was done in columns. The mold which was used
in columns shuttering consist of two iron plates and closed with nut bolt.
 I learnt about the minimum and maximum steel provided in the columns.

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 I learnt about the transverse and longitudinal bars and how transverse bars hold the
longitudinal bar in the columns.
 I learnt about the curing and how it was done in column. Columns covered with number
of wet patsson bags for continuous curing.
 I learnt about the soldier piles which were sixty feet downward as well as anchor beam
which resist the vertical motion of piles.
 I learnt how to communicate with labors and other people which were at the site.
 I learnt about the role of mechanical vibrator used in columns during concreting to
prevent honey combing.
 I learnt about the brick work which was continued on the boundary wall of plaza
consisting of plinth beam, copping beam and column. The bond used in boundary wall
was Stretcher Bond.
 I learnt about the scaffolding and its importance for structures.
 Labors used local language which was difficult to understand but I learnt some masonry
tools name in labor language like Garmala, Kaandi, Bailcha, Krahi etc.
 Overall, I had a very good experience. I feel extremely fortunate that I had the
opportunity to work at project. This project was beneficial for me, I gained valuable
experience.

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 SUMMARY AND KNOWLEDGE GAINED

PICTURES:

(Figure: 7.1: STIRRUPS)

(Figure: 7.2: FORMWORK OF PLAZA)

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