This is a crucial subject. It bears 4 credit hours and that’s means it is very heavy. Now, we are already in week 5 and it is proven to be heavy. With the first week was burned, we have to pushed everything in limited time. This is actually a subject that trains us to be the actual engineer. Now and only I have realized how to work as engineer.
We are glad to have Aok as our leader. He was trained in a consultant firm and has great basis in design. I feel like an idiot for this subject. Just be able to handle simple task and under the order of our leader. I hope I did not disappoint him too much. I tried my best even though my ability couldn’t match him. Started with Esteem, continue with manual design and many others await us. Only now I found out the tight relation between Architects and Design Engineers.
Just now, we were having a talk with an experienced Architect. In the class, we might be angry with the architect. Why they create such a complicated and complex building? It is hard for us to determine the right spot for beams, columns and footings. We were so angry. And that is the first fact that I found out. Engineers (young engineers) will be angry with a complex design of a building. In fact, it is actually a challenge for the engineers to materialize the vision from the architects.
Why did the Architects create such complex layout and building design? From the talk I again realize that they have to satisfy the needs of the client. Even for me, if I am one of the clients, I would like to have such complicated and futuristic building. Then the one who suffers would be Engineers. However actually the Architects have already going through such difficulties as they have to create something that can satisfy their client. Then it goes to the engineers to materialize it. If the engineers are not competent enough to do that, the architect firm might search somewhere else. They will eventually find someone who can take that challenge and realizing the imagination of the architects.
The point is, engineer doesn’t have to possess a wonderful imagination. Still imagination and creativity is still important. However they can only uses it in creating the appropriate method to solve the problem of the design from the architect. In the end, who will the public admires? The answer is the architect. Generally they will appreciate the architect like César Pelli and Djay Cerico for Petronas Twin Tower. However who will appreciate the seven years of hard works? Seven years of designing the key plan, the design of the beams, columns, slabs and everything that can make the Petronas Twin Tower is possible to be built.
Well, that is for mega project. For our situation right now is an L shape hostel with seven floors. With six varieties of floors make it even harder to design. In actual case our boss might order us to finish the key plan and structure design in a week or even a few days. Since we are learning and we have so many other obligations like final year project, business and others; it makes us impossible to finish it in short time. At least this subject has opened us towards the meaning of being an engineer. Better to be difficult at first, rather than later (susah-susah dahulu, bersenang-senang kemudian).
From the combine experiences at site training with contractor and combined with IDP, it gives me a wide view that I never realize before. Contractors will condemn the consultant, consultant will condemn the architect, and architect is the boss before the client. If everybody does not agree in a single problem solution and couldn’t come out with economic and safe design, all of us (architect, consultant and contractor) will be condemned by the client. Finally, apart from the importance of knowledge, the communication is also important. Engineers have to help architect in materializing the building and engineers have to suggest a workable construction method to the contractor. In the end, everyone can be happy with the outcome.
This is like a prologue for my IDP journey. There will be so many to tell about this later. So far, okay. Just too many outstanding works in my part. I will try harder to finish everything. Sorry boss.
Allahumma Yassir, Wa La Tu’assir. Rabbi Tammim Bil Khair.
We are glad to have Aok as our leader. He was trained in a consultant firm and has great basis in design. I feel like an idiot for this subject. Just be able to handle simple task and under the order of our leader. I hope I did not disappoint him too much. I tried my best even though my ability couldn’t match him. Started with Esteem, continue with manual design and many others await us. Only now I found out the tight relation between Architects and Design Engineers.
Just now, we were having a talk with an experienced Architect. In the class, we might be angry with the architect. Why they create such a complicated and complex building? It is hard for us to determine the right spot for beams, columns and footings. We were so angry. And that is the first fact that I found out. Engineers (young engineers) will be angry with a complex design of a building. In fact, it is actually a challenge for the engineers to materialize the vision from the architects.
Why did the Architects create such complex layout and building design? From the talk I again realize that they have to satisfy the needs of the client. Even for me, if I am one of the clients, I would like to have such complicated and futuristic building. Then the one who suffers would be Engineers. However actually the Architects have already going through such difficulties as they have to create something that can satisfy their client. Then it goes to the engineers to materialize it. If the engineers are not competent enough to do that, the architect firm might search somewhere else. They will eventually find someone who can take that challenge and realizing the imagination of the architects.
The point is, engineer doesn’t have to possess a wonderful imagination. Still imagination and creativity is still important. However they can only uses it in creating the appropriate method to solve the problem of the design from the architect. In the end, who will the public admires? The answer is the architect. Generally they will appreciate the architect like César Pelli and Djay Cerico for Petronas Twin Tower. However who will appreciate the seven years of hard works? Seven years of designing the key plan, the design of the beams, columns, slabs and everything that can make the Petronas Twin Tower is possible to be built.
Well, that is for mega project. For our situation right now is an L shape hostel with seven floors. With six varieties of floors make it even harder to design. In actual case our boss might order us to finish the key plan and structure design in a week or even a few days. Since we are learning and we have so many other obligations like final year project, business and others; it makes us impossible to finish it in short time. At least this subject has opened us towards the meaning of being an engineer. Better to be difficult at first, rather than later (susah-susah dahulu, bersenang-senang kemudian).
From the combine experiences at site training with contractor and combined with IDP, it gives me a wide view that I never realize before. Contractors will condemn the consultant, consultant will condemn the architect, and architect is the boss before the client. If everybody does not agree in a single problem solution and couldn’t come out with economic and safe design, all of us (architect, consultant and contractor) will be condemned by the client. Finally, apart from the importance of knowledge, the communication is also important. Engineers have to help architect in materializing the building and engineers have to suggest a workable construction method to the contractor. In the end, everyone can be happy with the outcome.
This is like a prologue for my IDP journey. There will be so many to tell about this later. So far, okay. Just too many outstanding works in my part. I will try harder to finish everything. Sorry boss.
Allahumma Yassir, Wa La Tu’assir. Rabbi Tammim Bil Khair.
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