I started my On-the-Job
Training on April 10, 2012 at the Monolith Construction and Development
Corporation. The on-going project is the Robinson’s Place Magnolia Town Center
located at the Aurora Blvd. cor. Dona Hemady St., Quezon City.
On my first day of work,
the floor that was assigned to me was the 4th & 5th
floors where the Go Hotel is located. The work status of the Go Hotel at that
time was delayed due to the revision of the layout. The whole structure is
already on its finishing stage so I did not witness the structural works. The
activities that I was able to observed were waterproofing, concrete
rectification and rub concreting at columns, beams and precasts, and also the construction
of the formworks up to the concrete pouring of the stairs.
On
my first two weeks at the Go Hotel, I was able to witness the wall partitioning
by shotcrete pouring. Shotcrete is a mortar or high performance concrete
conveyed through a hose and pneumatically projected at high velocity onto a backing
surface. The equipment that is used for shotcrete pouring is the Turbosol.
Our
engineer-in-charge discussed the process of shotcrete pouring. First, the area
must be well cleaned, and then the layout and work permits must be approved.
After that, Rebar dowelling or insertion of dowel bars onto the floor up to the
top enclosing the wall partition and then styrofoams are placed running onto
the dowel bars. And then, installation of reinforcement and hardware cloth is
done. The skeletal form of the partition is now ready for “rebokada” or scratch
coat. After the scratch coat is completed, shotcrete pouring or the spraying of
concrete is applied.
On
April 30, 2012, I was transferred to basement 2. My new engineer-in-charge is
Engr. Gerick Pascual. On the same day, we were given a specific area/room in
our floor where we are tasked to prepare the room for turnover for 7 days. The
rooms that were assigned to us are Elevator lobby and MCD room. In this task, we
were able to directly supervise the manpower deployed in the rooms with the
assistance of Engr. Gerick. The actual work progress of the Elevator lobby and
MCD room has met the prepared schedule on time with the cooperation of the
leadmen in basement 2.
I spent three weeks on Basement 2 where I
witnessed the application of sealer on floors, the putty, the first coat up to
the final coating on parking lots. The final coating of paint on driveway on
turning slots are unlike on the parking lots and straight driveways, after the
first coat was done, silica sand is being showered on floors and after that the
final coating can only be applied. The application of silica sand before the
final coat will cause friction on tires when turning.
Through
this On-the-Job Training with the help of my engineers-in-charge, Engr. Rowel
Gabriel and Engr. Gerick Pascual, I have learned new things and has widen my
knowledge in the field of construction. I also value time management where
schedules and decision makings are very much important and proper supervision
on manpower is required to meet the deadlines. This whole training has helped
me in pursuing my plans to have my career in the field of construction.
