Professional Documents
Culture Documents
MAY 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgement
Introduction
Discussion
Problems Encountered
Recommendation
References
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1. Mitsubishi Group
Figure 2. Three corporate principles
Figure 3. 3X55 MW Thermal Power Plant
Figure 4. 3D model of PA (Primary Air) fan
Figure 5. ESP Electrical building unit # 3 rebar cutting list
Figure 6. Inspection at STG unit # 1
Figure 7. Inspection at E & C building
Figure 8. Inspection of plasterworks at Switchyard Control building
Figure 9. Box out in BPI pedestal
Figure 10. Honeycombs in blow down pit
Illustration 1. Concrete pouring at STG unit # 1
Figure 11. Reinforcing bars in Columns (Left) andretaining wall (right)
Figure 12. Piping
Figure 13. Working at heights training
Figure 14. Installation of precast superstructures at Coal Jetty.
LIST OF APENDICES
OJT Manual
OJT Certificate of Completion
Working at heights certificate
Hazard Identification Certificate
Confined Space Certificate
Supervisor HSE Certificate
Barangay Clearance
Police Clearance
NBI Clearance
Memorandum of Agreement
Confidentiality Agreement
Daily Time Record
Medical Certificate
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all the generous persons who
have helped me from the start, those who are always by my side in all hardships and
sacrifices, those people who are always with me through thick and thin, those who have
accepted and loved me for who I am, and for those persons who never left me through
all the obstacles in life.
To Mr. Hirobumi Sudo, Mr. Kouji Higashihata and Mr. Satoshi Sanada for
giving me the opportunity to work with them as a trainee.
To my supervisors: Engr. Bren Porazo, Engr. Jayson Ladia, Engr. Robert,
Balnadra, Engr. Hazzle Baluran and Engr. Ed Deleon for guiding me all throughout the
training. I would also like to thank them for the motivation and advices and for the
knowledge that they shared with me.
To Maam Joy Porazo and Maam Susan Balandra for giving me an insight of
what QA/QC (Quality Assurace/Quality Control) is all about. Though I am not under
the supervision of the QA/QC department I was still able to know a few things from
them.
To Sir Bong, Sir Padz and Sir Edwin for providing the necessary safety training.
INTRODUCTION
On-the-Job Training
The CMU On-the-Job Training Program was created to provide graduating
students with workplace experience to allow them to integrate into the corporate world
smoothly and successfully.
Designed to equip students with the necessary skills, the right work attitude, and
the common knowledge required for successful employment, it provides a curriculumbased training experience under the supervision of a mentor and area advisers. Trainees
will have access to learning resources needed to carry out their assigned tasks and will
be given the opportunity to be involved in special projects, corporate initiatives, and
company or CSR events.
The objectives of the on-the-job training are the following:
1. To consistently produce technically competent Civil Engineers who can
actively participate in the national infrastructure development program;
2. To continuously provide dynamic and high quality instructions for the degree
program in civil engineering particularly in areas of water resources
engineering, construction engineering and management, geotechnical and geoenvironmental
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3. To actively engage in research and extension activities to develop, package and
disseminate locally appropriate civil engineering technologies in Mindanao.
Mitsubishi Corporation
Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) is a global integrated business enterprise that
develops and operates business across virtually every industry including finance,
energy, metals, machinery, chemicals, food, and environmental business (Mitsubishi
Corporation Corporate Brochure, 2014). MCs current activities are expanding far
beyond its traditional trading operations as its diverse business ranges from natural
resources development to investment in retail business, infrastructure, financial
products and manufacturing of industrial goods.
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After the war, the allied occupation forces demanded that Japan's big industrial
groups disband. The last Mitsubishi president, Koyata Iwasaki, resisted conforming to
the demands but unfortunately passed away in 1945. Mitsubishi Headquarters
disbanded on September 30, 1946, and many of the Mitsubishi companies subsequently
split into smaller enterprises.
The old Mitsubishi organization ended in 1946. The Mitsubishi holding
company was dissolved while the trading house fragmented into hundreds of
independent enterprises. Most of the Mitsubishi companies abandoned the name and
emblem under pressure from the occupation forces.
In 1952, the San Francisco Peace Treaty was concluded and Japan regained a
welcome place in the international community.
In 1954, more than 100 companies that had been part of the trading house,
Mitsubishi Corporation, merged to reestablish that company. Similarly, the principal
components of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries reunited in 1964. Mitsubishi companies
that had abandoned that name after the war began using it and the three-diamond mark
again.
Japan was the scene of unprecedented economic growth in the 1950s and 1960s,
and the Mitsubishi companies were very much a part of that growth in their established
industries and in new ones.
DISCUSSION
The 3X55MW Balingasag Thermal Power Plant Project is a project of Minergy
Power Corporation (MPC) - a subsidiary of Cayagan Electric Power & Light
(CEPALCO). Mitsubishi Corporation has concluded the contract to build the power
plant in the Philippines. The power plant is located in Mandangoa, Balingasag, Misamis
Oriental (See Figure 3). Right now the project is being undertaken on a Full Turn-Key
(FTK) basis with expected completion by the end of March 2017. In addition to these
three units, another two unit will be constructed after the three units are fully
operational. The total contract price for the three units is around P14.5 billion (USD
300 Million).
Electricity demand in the Philippines, especially in Mindanao, is expected to see
remarkable increase due to rising population and stable economic growth. New
infrastructure, including the development of new power plants, is urgently needed in
order to fulfil the growing demand for electricity. This project, therefore, is expected to
serve as a model for infrastructural development in Mindanao.
Before formally starting the on-the-job training we were first subjected to a
safety orientation conducted by the HSES department on April 6, 2015. The importance
of safety in the workplace was explained and that it is the mission of the company to
attain zero accident/incident. Just this May 4, 2015, the company was able to achieve
2,000,000 safe man hours. Hence every workers are provided with safety equipment
such as hard hat, safety shoes, safety gloves, safety glasses and safety harness for those
working at heights greater than 1.8 m.
On April 16, 2015, we were formally welcomed as trainees of the company
during the daily meeting by the site manager.
Every company has a daily routine and at MC it includes morning exercise,
safety talk and reciting the safety slogan My safety! Your safety! Is my responsibility.
Safety first! Safety first! and an internal meeting every 8:00 am. For the safety talk,
the employee that was scheduled for the day will talk about their chosen safety topic.
There is also housekeeping every Saturday at 1:00 pm. During housekeeping all the
staff and workers will pick up clutters in the site.
There is also a mass toolbox every first Monday of the month. During the mass
toolbox all employees are gathered in front of the Mitsubishi Corporation temporary
facility. The mass tool box follows the program prepared by the HSE section. It
includes prayer, exercise, reciting the slogan and an opening remarks done by one of
the company managers. This is also the time where the safest worker and supervisors
are recognized and awarded with a certificate and groceries. Three workers and one
supervisor will be chosen from Metaphil and Santa Clara International Corporation and
one each for Modair and Asiaphil.
Office Works
Office works involves checking of rebar cutting list, calculation of system forms
and volume of concrete. Rebar cutting list must be thoroughly checked because it lists
the required reinforcing bars to be fabricated for the structure. In checking of the rebar
cutting list the length of the hook, the length of the bar and the number of bars will be
determined (See Figure 3). The lap splices will also be checked if it satisfies the
required splicing length stipulated in the General notes Section C and Table-2.
Quantity surveying is primarily centered on construction and the management
of the costs and budgets of large projects. Additionally, a quantity surveyor is likely to
be involved in a legal, technical and financial capacity. Under quantity surveying, we
are tasked to determine the volume of concrete and the area of forms needed for a
certain structure. The structures that were surveyed are PA fan, E & C building stairs 1
and 2, and potable storage tank. For easier calculations 3D models of the structure were
created (See Figure 4).
Preliminary checking of rebar cutting list and preliminary quantification of
formworks and concrete volume is a part of our daily routine under the civil group.
After preliminary checking and quantification the document will be returned to the
respective supervisors for review and approval.
Field Works
Fieldworks involves inspection and monitoring of progress. For the inspection
an error of 1 to 3 cm is still acceptable. But for inner dimensions where mechanical
equipment will be installed the dimensions must be exact. It must have the dimensions
presented in the plan. The STG unit # 1 was inspected on April 24, 2015, prior to
concrete pouring (See Figure 5). The inner and outer dimension of the structure was
measured and it was found out that the inner dimension and the concrete cover was
reduced, which must be rectified. For the condenser silo the plumbness and the centerto-center distance of the silo was determined. The center-to-center distance was fine but
the plumbness of both silo failed, the first leans to the right and the other leans to the
left.
At the E & C building, the dimension of each box out were taken. The distance
between each box out were also taken. Two of the box out in the control building needs
adjustment. The dimensions of the beam were also inspected (See Figure 6).
The plaster works at the Switchyard Control Building were also checked with
the bar level. At the battery room the plaster works are not levelled. Some of the plaster
work at the Control Building are also falling off (See Figure 7). The portion of the
wall where plaster works are badly done will be chipped and instead of normal plaster a
special concrete will be used.
Shown in Figure 8 is the box out for pedestal BPI at the Transformer yard unit
1. Box out are commonly used at the site when the structure needs to be poured with
concrete but the anchor bolts are not yet available. This technic is used to create a void
in the structure for the anchor bolts. When the anchor bolts are already available it will
be installed in the box out and a non-shrink grout will be poured into it.
The poured concrete from the concrete pump must only have a fall distance of
1.5 m, because greater fall distance causes segregation in the concrete. Bleeding in
concrete must also be avoided because it creates honeycombs. In addition, the
temperature of the concrete must not exceed 32 degree Celsius.
In terms of reinforcing bars, the structure at the site utilizes Grade 60 steel for
main bars and Grade 40 bars for bracing such as stirrups. This is because the grade 40
steel bars are not that brittle compared to the Grade 60 steel. Also rusty reinforcing bars
can still be used as long as the nominal area of the steel is still intact as per ASTM
A615.
During the visual inspection on May 12, 2015, honey combs were found at the
blow down pit (See Figure 9). Honeycomb forms when mortar fails to fill voids
between coarse-aggregate particles. The defect may be purely cosmetic or, depending
on the location and extent of honeycombing, may be structural and require repair.
In can also be observed that the vertical bars and horizontal bars in columns and
retaining walls are placed differently (See Figure 10). In columns the vertical bars are
braced by the horizontal bars. But for retaining walls, the vertical bars are placed
outside and the horizontal bars are placed inside. This is due to the manner of failure of
the structure. The columns tend to expand horizontally when a load is applied to it. But
in water retaining structures, the lateral earth pressure and hydrostatic pressure causes
the walls to be pushed sideways. Hence, vertical bars are placed outside to make the
structure durable.
Moreover, in piping, sand is used as a levelling course and as a pipe lining
protection (See Figure 11). The sand allows ease in alignment of the pipes.
Since the soil at the site is made up of sandy materials pile foundation is needed.
Because sandy materials are prone to liquefaction. Pile foundation has two components:
pile cap and pile. The pile cap is a structural member placed on, and usually fastened to,
the top of a pile or a group of piles and used to transmit loads into the pile or group of
piles while piles are slender timber, concrete, or steel structural element, driven, jetted,
or otherwise embedded on end in the ground for the purpose of supporting a load. Pile
foundation transmits load from the superstructure to the underlying ground, it is also
used to control settlement, then it increases the factor of safety, and lastly, it allows
construction in soils where the bearing capacity is low.
There are also three types of piler used at the site: vibro hammer, hydraulic
hammer and static piler. Vibro hammer was used to drive the steel pies at sea. While
hydraulic hammer and static piler are used in off-shore piling. Unfortunately, the
hydraulic hammer is favored more due to the soil condition even though the static piler
is very efficient.
Trainings
HSE section of MC also offers safety orientations and trainings for all the staff
and workers. On April 20, 2015, we attended the Working at Heights Training (See
Figure 12). During the said training, the importance of 100-tie-off when working at
Daily Activities
April 17
April 18
April 20
April 21
April 22
April 23
April 24
April 25
April 27
April 28
April 29
April 30
May 2
May 4
May 5
May 6
May 7
May 8
Plant)
Observe concrete pouring at Jetty
Attend daily Toolbox meeting
Attend and observe site management meeting
Checking of rebar cutting list for Chemical House tie beams at
Sump
Assists in the inspection of E & C building (box-out & beams)
Attend daily Toolbox meeting
Attend and observe site management meeting
Checking of rebar cutting list for WTP-Reject-Cum Sludge
May 9
May 11
May 12
May 13
May 14
May 15
Sump
Site monitoring at Jetty
transformer yard)
Attend daily Toolbox meeting
Attend and observe site management meeting
Checking of rebar cutting list for ESP/AHP MCC & Control
May 16
May 18
May 19
May 20
Mat 21
Yard Unit # 1
Observe concrete pouring of firewall foundation at Transformer
Yard Unit # 1
Observe concrete pouring at Boiler Unit 2 PC-3A
Attend daily Toolbox meeting
Attend and observe site management meeting
Safety talk (Workplace Stress)
Checking of rebar cutting list for Potable Storage Tank
Attend daily Toolbox meeting
Attend and observe site management meeting
Lecture
Site visit at jetty
Attend daily Toolbox meeting
Attend and observe site management meeting
Presentation
Chimney Visit
Monitoring at Switchyard perimeter fence foundation
Attend daily Toolbox meeting
Attend and observe site management meeting
Table 1 shows the day to day activities that were done during the on-the-job
training period.
Safety Talk
A safety talk is a hands-on way to remind workers that health and safety are
important on the job. Each talk takes about five minutes and can help workers
recognize and control hazards on the project.
Moreover, safety talks demonstrate the commitment of employers and workers
to health and safety.
On May 6, 2015, I discussed about hazard identification in the workplace for the
safety talk. Knowledge in hazard identification is very important to every workers. This
is because some workers might think that when they are wearing proper PPE they are
already protected from any hazard. Unfortunately, PPEs are only designed to minimize
exposure or reduce the severity of the hazard. Wearing of PPEs does not eliminate the
hazard and it does not prevent an accident from happening. There are three steps in
hazard identification: (1) spot the hazard, (2) assess the risk and (3) make the changes.
On May 18, 2015, I discussed about workplace stress. Some workplace stress is
normal, but excessive stress can interfere with your productivity and impact your
physical and emotional health. And your ability to deal with it can mean the difference
between success and failure. Here are some tips to combat stress: (1) recognize warning
signs of excessive stress, (2) take care of yourself, (3) learn to organize and prioritize,
(4) learn emotional intelligence and (5) break bad habits.
CONCLUSION
The training offered by Mitsubishi Corporation utilizes a holistic approach
wherein we are exposed into the different aspect involved in the construction such as
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED
Through the whole span of the training there were no serious problems that
were encountered. The problems encountered were only minimal, in checking the
reinforcing bar cutting list the shop drawing and the plan must be studied closely. Other
times, the dimension necessary for computation are not reflected in the plan. There are
also times that the spacing reflected in the plan does not coincide with the one reflected
in the shop drawing
RECOMMENDATION
At the end of the training period the trainees must have a cumulative
presentation of what they learned to the company representative or supervisor. A book
must also be submitted to the company for reference.
REFERENCES
DOCUMENTATION
Figure 15.
Excavation for neutralization pit.