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Summary sheet:

KING SAUD UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

CE999 – APPROVED EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY SHEET

Student Information:Name: Bader aljubairDepartment: Civil EngineeringId:433101646Training Position: Civil Engineer Intern

Training Firm(s) Information:Name: almabani general contractors co.Specialty: ContractingLocation: Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Supervisor(s) Information:Name: Mr. Rawad Position: Human Resources employee

Exact Duration of Training:from: June 4 2016up to: august 18 2016

Student’s Signature Bader aljubair Date September 27, 2016

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ContentsSummary sheet:...................................................................................................2

Contents..............................................................................................................3

Abstract...............................................................................................................4

Introduction.........................................................................................................4

Department Rotation...........................................................................................6

Project introduction and training.........................................................................6

Procurement Department.....................................................................................7

Risk Management Department............................................................................7

QA/QC Department.............................................................................................7

Cost Control........................................................................................................9

Planning and scheduling Department................................................................10

Engineering and MEP Departments..................................................................11

Plant Machinery and Vehicles (PMV)...............................................................11

Six Sigma Department.......................................................................................13

safety.................................................................................................................14

Site Rotation......................................................................................................15

UTILITY DIVERSION TEAM.........................................................................15

Deep Underground Station (2B4)......................................................................18

Conclusion.........................................................................................................21

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Abstract

As required from our Civil Engineering program at KSU, we should undergo a 10 weeks internship during

the summer. During this summer, I have been able to perform my internship with almabani at one of the

biggest projects in the Arab Region which is the Riyadh Metro Project for 11 weeks. The following report

describes by details my internship experience with almabani at the Riyadh Metro Project.

Introduction

The Riyadh Metro is a part of the Riyadh Public Transport Project. The plan received approval from the

Riyadh council of Ministers in April 2012. The Riyadh public transport project also includes construction of

a bus network. The metro project is owned and operated by the Al Riyadh Development Authority (ADA).

The project execution period was supposed to be five years with an optional service period for the following

10 years. But due to different circumstances, the project execution period has been delayed and it is

supposed to be done in 2020.

The Riyadh Metro development consists of six lines, 178 km long with 85 stations including underground,

elevated and at-grade sections. Two of the lines ( 1 and 2 ), totaling 63 km and including 40 stations and two

iconic stations, are taken by BACS consortium whereas the other lines and stations are divided between

ANM and FAST consortiums. The BACS consortium includes four huge companis ( Bechtel, Al Mabani,

CCC, and Siemens)

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Figure : Riyadh Metro Bannr

Line 1 stretches from north to south through the center of Riyadh, along the Olaya-Batha Pathway, covering

a total of 38 kilometers. The line will include 22 stations and 4 transfer stations where it will connect with

other new metro lines. Most of line 1 will be underground.

Line 2 runs east to west along King Abdullah Road and will be built mostly at grade (15 km) with some

elevated sections. This line extends for more than 25 kilometers with 13 stations and 3 transfer stations.

Figure : Riyadh Metro Map

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Department Rotation

Figure : BACS Internship Program

Project introduction and training

on the 4th of June,2016., i headed BACS office where i met with Mr. Rawad from the Human Resources

department who is responsible on almabani trainees. Mr. Rawad gave me a brief orientation about the

almabani or BACS training schedule which extends to 10 weeks of training that includes a rotation to

several departments in the project for 4 weeks and then 6 week training on different sites of the project,

since such metro project includes tens of sites. I were given ID cards so that i can enter the offices normally

like any other employee at the BACS consortium Then, Mr. Rawad took me to another location ( Oruba 2 )

where safety inductions are given safety helmet, glasses, vest, and boots. I were given at first a safety

induction by Mr. Zahi Saliba, who is an employee with Mabani and works in the Safety Department at Bacs.

Then I were given the work at height training, deep underground training respectively and confined spice in

the last day in jurisi office in olya .

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Procurement Department

The second department on schedule was the procurement department. The procurement department is

located in BACS main office which is in al ahssa road . We got introduced to Mr. Maroun Lebbos, head of

procurement department, who gave us an introduction about the procurement process in the Riyadh Metro

Project. After that, Mr. Lebbos called several procurement employees to explain to us their work at this

department. The process starts from the buyer which is the ordering process to expediting and at last to

receiving the materials ordered. The major objective of the department is to ensure that the material ordered

by the field engineers will arrive to the project on time and according to the specifications that are required

to meet the project standards. On our training schedule, procurement was supposed to take two days but we

have done everything in one day. So the next day we headed to the next department on schedule.

Risk Management Department

The risk management department is located in Oruba 1 office. The head of the Risk Management

department is Mr. Klint. Mr. Klint was so busy on that day so he just gave us an hour of his time to

introduce us about risk management and the work of his department. According to Mr. Klint, risk

management is the ability to identify risks and manage to respond to them effectively to reduce their effects

and achieve project objectives. Risk identification and management is very essential especially in large

projects where we can afford a lot of time, money, and safety through managing all risks.

QA/QC Department

The QA/QC department is also located in Oruba 1. When we first reached the department, we met with Mr.

Florian laguer ( French ) who is the head of the Quality assurance. Then, we met with eng: Omar Kabbani

who works at the quality assurance department. Omar decided to take care of us and gave us a quality

induction. After that, Omar gave us a small exercise on how to write quality reports. At first, we were given

some pictures taken at site. We needed to identify the problems in those pictures and write them in a report 7

card. After that, we needed to suggest different solutions for the problems identified and write them in the

report card. At the end of these reports, we should write the lessons learned from such problems in order not

to repeat such mistakes in the future and to maintain quality.

On the second day, we went to Mr. Marwan Karam, head of quality control department. Mr. Karam gave us

a small introduction about quality control. In general, quality assurance is present in order to ensure avoiding

mistakes before the work is done in order to maintain quality. Quality control is controlling quality through

the work process. On each site, there must be a quality superintendant that monitors and controls the work

on site to provide the best quality. After finishing our meeting with Mr. Karam, we headed with one of the

quality superintendants to a site to know more about the work of these superintendants.

Figure: Low Wall Quality

Figure: Labors working on a Slab

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Cost Control

The next department on the schedule was the cost control department. We were first introduced to the head

of the Cost Control in the Riyadh Metro Project Mr. Vishmanath. He gave us a small introduction about the

department and how cost is maintained along the project with its different stages from designing to

procurement to construction. Mr. Vismanath explained to us this process through drawing the influence

diagram and monitoring the progress of project with time. We learned also about how the department

controls project costs through monitoring purchases and records through software (PROJMON &

TALISMAN).The department relies heavily on the Cost Code which lists all available items and services as

well as their respective codes which is linked to a database containing all relevant details. We also learned

about the division of large tasks (such as building a viaduct) into smaller work packages (such as excavation,

primary concrete works, finishing) and the corresponding format in which they are displayed (showing task

information, work package information, codes, hourly/daily/monthly rate, unit cost, total cost, etc…). After

that we also saw the bid tabs which show the status of several bidders and the cost engineers there explained

to us the criteria by which each bidder was selected. We were introduced also to the estimation manager Mr.

James Jones who was very friendly with us and introduced us to the whole estimation team where they

informed us about their experience and advised us to work in cost control in our future.

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Figure : Influence diagram drawn by Project Controls manager

Planning and scheduling Department

After spending the past two days in the cost control department, we were supposed to spend the upcoming

two days at the planning department. We met with the planning manager at the BACS consortium Mr.

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Collins. Mr. Collins gave us a big booklet that describes the role of each employee in the planning

department, such as the development and planning manager. We learned how the planning process occurs

before any execution through meetings between the managers. Through planning, every big task is broken

down into several steps. The planning department at the BACS consortium uses the Primavera software

which makes it easier to break down a big process into smaller tasks with the schedule being present. The

planners always make sure that the project process is abiding by the schedule and is not on delay. At the

BACS consortium, the planning department does every quarter of a year a forecast to determine whether the

project is on track or late there by depending on the previous forecast. The planners will change the

activities that will take place, and will know where to dedicate the resources more.

Engineering and MEP Departments

Both departments are located in Oruba 1. In the engineering department, we met with Mr. Sanchez who gave

us several engineering drawings and specifications where our task was just to read them. In the MEP

department, we were given a brief introduction about the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing works in the

Project. The mechanical part includes air conditioning and pipe distribution along the whole metro

especially in water tanks in stations. The electrical part is one of the essentials in this project which is

concerned in initiating the metro and keeping its work running continuously. The plumbing part is also

concerned with water piping along the project.

Plant Machinery and Vehicles (PMV)

On that day, we visited Oruba 2 where the PMV department is present. We met with Mr. Toufic Salem who

explained to us the role of the PMV department in the project. The PMV department is responsible on all

machines and vehicles needed in the project. The PMV department is responsible of ensuring the transfer of

the machines required to a specific site and monitoring its workability and duration. The PMV department is

also responsible of fixing and maintaining all the machines and vehicles regularly. An example of such

machines and vehicles are the crawler crane, fork lift, air compressor, wheel excavator, and tens of other

machines.

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TRACK EXCAVATOR CATERPILLAR 320DL20 TON

CRAWLER CRANE

KOBELKO

90 TONS

FORKLIFT CATERPILLAR 5 TONS

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Figure: with Mr. Toufic Salem PMV department in the project Figure: Driving the Bobcat in the PMV yard

Six Sigma Department

The six sigma department is a small department at the BACS consortium consisting only of 5 employees.

The six sigma concept is initiated by Bechtel and is being also launched at the BACS consortium. The six

sigma department’s role at the project is to find any barriers that are slowing the work process and

increasing the project delay significantly. The department’s role is to find the causes of such delays in order

to save a lot of time; hence they would be saving big amounts of money. When we headed to the department

at first, we were introduced to the six sigma manager at BACS Mr. Toufic Rahhal and his team. Each

member of the team gave us a presentation about a previous project they worked on in the Riyadh Metro

Project. For example, one member has studied the delay of some paperwork and proposed a solution for it

which saved a lot of time and money. In this department, we learned the importance of saving time to be 13

efficient in life in order to save other valuables such as money. We were given a task also to think of an

experience that happened with us in the past that could have been dealt with an efficient way. Each of us

presented this experience and gave an efficient solution of how it should have been dealt with in order to

make the most of our time.

safety

The safety department is located in Oruba 1 ,and we met with the BACS safety manager Mr. John Paton and

his assistant David. Mr. Paton gave us a small introduction about his experience in the Riyadh Metro Project

with BACS. , we were capable of attending the different sites in this project, such as climbing a viaduct after

attending the work at height safety training. On the next 2 days, Mr. David took us to the east depot (steel

structure) where trains would be parked and maintained. After that, we went to the south of Riyadh where

most viaducts are present. In this project, BACS is very strict about safety where it is a must. On every site,

there is a safety supervisor where most of them are Bechtel employees.

Figure: East Depot

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Site Rotation

The site rotation was 26 . i supposed to attend 3 different sites,. But since Eid al Fitr was during these 26

days, all the sites had closed for 3 days. So Mr. Rawad told me to attend in utility diversion team with

construction managers in aljurisi office in olya ENG remi chawbah. whereas the others 2 site was a deep

underground station at king Abdullah road KAR and the other one was in KAR with olya st and the 3rd site

was underground station which is located in KAR with salman al farsi street.

UTILITY DIVERSION TEAM.

On the first week of the site rotation, I contacted Mr. antony sarcis the delivery director and he send me to

Mr remi chawbah construction manager of the utility diversion team located in the aljurisi office in Olay.

Due to Ramadan and the very hot temperature, the site program was at midnight from 2 A.M. till 11 A.M..

The first time I attended this office, I was introduced to Mr mohamed hamud ,Mr kream khlefa and Mr

meshel. All of them are site engineer on different sites. I visit 3 site with the team, One site was in king

Abdullah road with ENG mohamed hamod and the other 2 site was in olya street with ENG karem khalefa

and meshel

They took care of me all the time. which takes around 2 weeks and they show me drawings issues from

stc ,NWC and SEC, overview about Saudi standard and specification , issuing permits for wet and dry utility

,follow up on exaction and cable laying of dry utility.

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utility diversion team are distributed between wet utilities (Potable water, storm drainage, and sewage

gravity) and dry utilities (electrical cables and telecommunications). After finishing with the utility

diversion, an investigation occurs on the type of soil and water table level using piezometers. After that,

there is the process of grouting to stop infiltration from outside to inside of the box.

Figure: Utility Diversion Achievement

Figure ; Olaya station excavation 2 Figure: Olaya station excavation

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Figure : Pier Foundation Figure : Pier Construction

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Figure 22: utility excavation works Figure 23: Crane Foundation

Figure: Pier Construction(2) Figure: Boreholes

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Shallow &At Grade Station (CN33)

After the Eid Al-Fitr vacation, I had four weeks in my internship. Mr. Rawad told me to visit the CN33 site

which lies end of KAR on line 2., all the stations and metro are deep underground since Olaya is the center

of Riyadh city where most of malls and hotels are present. The project manager at the cn33 station was Mr.

Mario Yunen. Mr. Yunen introduced me to the team on the site and has told the field engineer Mr. majed to

take care of me through my 2 weeks stay on the site. Mr. majed has explained to me the whole process that

is undergoing on the site. The work being done on this site is still excavation and dewatering. The

excavation process consists of several steps. The first step which is one of the hardest is the utility diversion.

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At BACS consortium, there is a department for utility diversion. In addition, grouting is also done to cover

the space from releasing the bore holes for soil investigation. After the grouting process, deep wells are

drilled by a piling rig for the dewatering process. Pumps are used in order to pump the water from the

ground to the sedimentary tanks where the water will be treated. After that, the tower cranes are installed

and then excavation work can start. During those 12 days, we checked some design maps ,made several trips

to the site with the faild engineer.

Deep Underground Station (2B4)

On the 9th week of the site rotation, I contacted Mr. wassim seaman the project manager of the 2B4 which is

in KAR line2. The construction manager at the 2B4 station was Mr. sharon. Mr. Sharon introduced me to

the team on the site and has told the site engineer Mr. Mohamed hamad to take care of me through

me 2 weeks stay on the site. Mr. hamad has explained to me the whole process that is undergoing on the

site. The work being done on this site is we checked some design maps and made several trips to the site

with the project engineer and check the drawings for columns and walls for rebar size and

spacing ,formwork, shutters also check the drawing for water proof and water stop and the installation ,we

check also the plastering process and we attend during the concert truck was on the site and we do the slump

test .after finished my period I ask Mr wissam and mr hamad to stay more one week and they agree and I

stay more one week in this amazing site.

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Figure : During Site work with Eng Hamad Figure :during casting

Fig :with Mr jems in 2B4 Fig ;with Mr Rawad HR

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Figure 24: Steel Bridge Figure 25: Excavation calculations per day

Conclusion

In conclusion, my internship with almabani at such a huge project was a life time experience.

I had learned a lot from this experience especially by knowing how to depend on myself in

addition to knowing how the construction system works as a whole with the coordination

and cooperation between all the departments and directors, whole experience at this project

was great . If I got a job offer at almabani in this project, I would not reject it of course.

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Fig: letter from al mabani in the end of internship

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