Collage of Engineering

Collage of Engineering
Summer 2016
Final report
Jamal Hannun
201300283
CVEN399 - Practical Training - L01
August 14th, 2016
PRACTICAL SUMMER TRAINING 2016
Index
Contents
Introduction........................................3
Project Description.............................6
Assigned Duties.................................7
Daily Work Progress...........................8
Multidisciplinary Experience............56
Conclusion.......................................58
Introduction
HBK Contracting Company W.L.L. is one

the of the biggest and oldest construction
companies in Qatar. In 1970 the company
was initiated by sheikh Hamad Bin Khalid
Al-Thani as a respond to the need of the
state of Qatar to undertake civil
construction projects. Since that the company had made huge economic
contributions to the state and its government. Nowadays the son of the founder
himself sheikh Ali Bin Hamad Al-Thani is the president of not only HBK
Contracting, but also to a bigger group of companies known as HBK holding. The
Group has homegrown in Qatar to six companies:
HBK Contracting
HBK Trading
HBK Engineering
ALUTECH
HBK Oil and Gas
HBK REMIX
Services
HBK Contracting
After tracing the companys projects, it can
be noted that it focuses on big national
prestigious projects with high importance to
the state. The company have proved that
that it has a high reliability profile, in 2004 it
was awarded the ISO 140001 Certificate for
its environmentally friendly practices, the
certificate is given to companies that
continually manage to minimize its foot
print.In 2007 a major achievement for the
company was made, HBK has earned ISO 18001 Certificate, which is a major
milestone as health and safety was a top importance for both the company and
the state, the certificate is given to companies who had developed an advance
health and safety management systems. After that the company had its ISO
9001 in 2008 for its quality management system, that has developed rapidly to
cop up with the countrys development.
About HBK
At the moment the company has a Paidup capital of more than 50,000,000 QR,
paid up capital is the money that HBK is
worth from selling all of its stocks to
shareholders. The company is growing it
has 7000 employees, however it also was
affected by the drop of oil prices and this
number is possibly going down.
The W.L.L. company has completed
fundamental projects to the state, these
projects include many public, industrial,
and high superstructures buildings,
however the company is mainly
concerned with the field of infrastructure
and substructure as it is the most
profitable in the market and it plays a
major role in developing the country. The
main client of HBK is the government,
mainly Ashghal and Kahrama, at the
moment also Meshereb and AlRail. One
of the major completed projects is Doha
North Sewerage Treatment Plant. The
company is now undergoing huge
projects mainly in infrastructure, mega
water reservoirs and the rail are main on
going projects. They have a value of
more than ten billion Qatari Riyal. In this
progress report the light will be spotted
on a 662,860,795.39 Qatari Riyal huge
and important Roads and Infrastructure in
Bani Hajer in Al Rayyan.
Project Description
HBK has won the bid of
two package from
Ashghal, package 01
consist of phase 1 and
phase 2, both are north of
Bani Hajer. Phase 1 is the
construction of road and
infrastructure around mall
of Qatar, a half million
square meter shopping
mall, which at the moment
of opening will be the
biggest in Qatar.Phase 1 of
Pakage 01 convers the
East, North and West side
of the mall. Phase 2 of the
pakage is the construction
of roads and infrastructure
of the celebration road at
Al Rayyan Stadium which
is constructed for the
2022 FIFA world Cup.
Road A1101 represent the

East side road, while road
A1201 is the North side
road and Road A1301 is
the road of the West side
of mall of Qatar. In
addition, Road B1001 can
be seen running parallel to the under construction Al Rayyan Stadium.
The project value is 662,860,795.39 Qatari Riyals it started at 15-09-2015 and

expected to be completely finished before 13-09-2017.
For package 01 the total road length if expected to be 4,545meters with an
average corridor of 64 meter wide. There is surface, sewage and drinking waters
pipes, in addition to treated sewage pipes, these pipes has a length of 10,035
meters, also there will be micro tunneling of 735 meters. Micro tunnling is used
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in this project as there is a need to lay relatively small pipes at big depths, so to
increase the feasibility HBK has assigned this job to an experienced
subcontractor to save unnecessary excavation expansive. Also QBS is Working
as a Subcontractor and Hyder is the Design consultant.
Assigned Duties
In this training HBK contracting had
assigned me to Roads and Infrastructure
in Bani Hajer North Phase 1 & 2 as a civil
engineering trainee. I am required to
follow up and keep record of the site
activity as well as the lay down are, in
addition I am also required to meet with
MEP engineers in the Villa office to gain
some Multidisciplinary Experience as civil
engineers job always require a high level
of understanding to other disciplines.
During the period of the month of holy
Ramadan my shift was morning from 5:30
am to 11:30am. After that it is from 5:00 to 11:30, in the site then I can go to
laydown area or to the villa office.
In the early morning I go visit the

site and check the development
of the work on the ground, I also
move sometimes with the site
manager, Eng. Jakir and ask
questions about what I notice,
other times I move with the site
Engineers and learn how they
ably the maps on the physical
site. Also I am assigned to learn
how surveyors and welders do
their jobs.
After I finish my daily site visit I go to laydown are where I see how materials
and pipes are recived and tested for approval to be used in the site.

I also go to the villa office after site
visits to have some MEP experience
from the engineers there.
Daily Work Progress

19th of June 2016 (1st day of the training)
All the students from Qatar university were arranged to meet at HBK Head
Office at 8:00 am, first we met in small gathering room and completed paper
work with the company, mainly our information and signed a contract. Next we
went to the main meeting room in the building were each one of us was
assigned to his site we were 12 male students of civil engineering and 1 female
student from Mechanical engineering. 3 of us me Jamal Hannun and my
colleagues Muthana and Ahmed were assigned to Bani Hajer project. By 10:30
am we moved from the Head office in Doha down town to the site, by 11:35 we
made it to the offices in the villa then we were directed to the laydown area. The
road was rough which made it hard for our cars to move faster however we
reached before 12:00 am, everybody was gone as work finish at 11:30 am via
Qatar law. We were not fortunate to meet any representative but we knew the
place. The following are some pictures taken for the laydown area in that day.
Laydown area, formwork place
Diesel electric power generator
Workers rest and food area
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Air conditioned hazardous chemicals
storage unit
Form
work
for reinforced
Rubbish
bins
elements
Pipes under inspection

Casted RC elements
Crane
Tower
1
Steel for
manhole
RC cover
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20th of June 2016 (2nd day I went to the site)

On the 2nd morning 4:30 am I met the site manager Eng. Mohamed Jakir we
went from the laydown to the site at mall of Qatar, the site was huge dusty
place. I escorted him all day, we started by visiting the east side and finishing in
the west side of the mall of phase 1 where there was a fascinating variety of the
infrastructure work done. From 5:30 am to 9:00 am we were seeing the progress
done on site then we went to the site office for 1 hour then back to see the
progress tell the end of the day at 10:30 am.
Backfilling the pipe with granule

material
Using small bucket machine to level the backfill

efficiently
The pipe is on the required level directed

to manhole
Mall of Qatar in the

background
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A casted pipe entering the

manhole. In the background the
metro station for mall of Qatar
Wide Excavation and a dead-end

electricity pipe
Fixing the pipe to be hanged then

mobilized by the mobile crane
Final check of level and spacing just

before start of pipes laying
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st
The 1 moment of lifting the pipe, 1

worker giving the direction for the
driver up or down left or right
Moving the pipe around by the

mobile crane to the trench and
directed by the workers hands
where the receiving end of the pipe
is directed away of the side of the
Moving the pipe from the point it

was dropped from the truck to the
place of laying
Delivering the pipe to its place in

the trench a bit away from the lied
pipes
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Finally removing the
ties of the pipe, then
workers fit the pipe
manually and connect
it
On the right a 180degree photo showing

the pipe through the
trench where the upper
side of the photo is
pointing north
It is noted that lateral

steel bars are placed to
keep the level after
laying the pipe and the
direction of left or right
The photo at the

bottom is showing a
surveying team placing
these points on the
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Mark left for excavation

team
Surveying team placing
points on site before trench
excavation using satellites
coordinates
Stone are placed in the

pipe line direction in order
to start excavation
In site road is cut to start

excavation, note placing of
stones and the small
thread as straight line
Pipe penetrating manhole and

reinforced bars are bent to the
enclosed the pipe so that the
final connection is done
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Backfilling reaching to the top of

the pipe
Road laying work where the level

of the road is crafted
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21th of June 2016
Note that QBS is a subcontractor for

HBK taking some excavation work
and doing the road works
The road level is gradually raised by

adding more materials
The
3rd
day of my training and the 2nd day for me in the
the focus started to be on the technicality of the
work as I was introduced generally to the work
the previous day, from now on there are more
technical details as I ask my supervisor and he
supplied me with the answers, also I was
introduced to the foremen so I can
differentiate between their duties.
A trench for surface water pipes

9m deep and about 2.5m wide
note the manhole with pipe
opening at the bottom
site,
in
Excavation machine with rock

breaker head enlarged at bottom
right
Painting casted pipeline with Geotextile roll to be placed in

waterproofing to resist watersite, used after excavation to
& corrosive soil
prevent small rock of trench
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Geotextile applied on trench

walls and workers laying the
pipes, also note PVC
Surface water Pipe crossing

trench
Maximum of 4 pipes meeting at a

junction
Note blending concrete on rock to

have plane smooth surface to start
road work on
Casted manhole bottom,

note steel bars erecting for
the next stage
Backfilling level almost reached

surface, also old pipes are
hanged over trench
Connecting the pipes by using

the green rope to pull the pipes
together
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22th of June 2016 (the cats problem)

The 4th day of training was focused on west and north sides of the project as
pipes laying continued I noted different pipes for different purposes including
but not limited to treated sewage influent TSE pipes, surface water pipes,
kahrama electricity pipes and communication pipes. All of them have different
proposes and material and way of handling. Though this will be the last day in
site this week as we will be meeting technical experts in the offices villa for the
rest of the week. Today I noted teams doing new jobs like coring holes in casted
manholes and welding plastic pipes.
Compacting done for a 30 cm layer

of soft material over backfilled
granule materials
Infiltrated storm water pipes that have

holes to allow underground water to
infiltrate the pipe
Excavating
surface
water
pipes to connect
Excavating
for for
surface
water
pipes
with
manholes
from
gullies
It is allowed to have one big stock pile

Excavating
near ooredoo
communication
cable
Intersection
of deferent
utilities at
side of
in site rather than small many piles
Road surface as the subbase work in
to be constructed west of mall road
next to each other one of many20
progress
Closing the geotextile
Pipeafter
opening closed by fabric bag
advantages is dust limiting
backfilling granuleto
soil
prevent
then sand
soil from entering, to
will be compacted be
in 30cm
used later
layers
At the joint black foam is added to

give flexibility against surcharge
load of the road
Note the foam appearing after

covering the pipes with plain
concrete to protect it from vehicles
loads over the road as these pipes
will be passing under the road, also
transparent plastic film is added,
preventing concrete from infiltrating
The wide excavation is meant for

kahrama electricity pipes that will
pass under the road
As per kahrama new regulations the

thick HDPE are used for their
electricity cables crossing the road
HDPE pipes are heat welded by fusion

method
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Appling waterproofing to the 4 leg

manhole then covering it with this
water proofing membrane
Manually spraying water on sand while

compacting to help increase the
compacted layer density
Temporary pinch mark that can be
mobilized
Temporary pinch mark in use placed in

site
Plain concrete poured for the blending
layer
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From time to time funny problems are

faced in site this was a couple of cats
sleeping inside the pipe
Storm water manhole semi completed,

note steel at the bottom will be locked
after pipe laying
Workers had to spend some time trying

to get the cats out as they were afraid
and went inside, note that work cannot
be continued if they did not leave, luckily
the trails worked after some time
Other manhole for sewage where

the top part is being completed
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When manholes are constructed it is not practical to

make small holes in their walls for the incoming
pipes therefore the concrete is cored with drilling
machine afterwards
Some compaction work over the

trench is done at the 2nd phase of
the project
North side HDPE electricity pipes

backfill
The famous ductile iron pipes with

the blue warp used for water pipes,
note that new horizon is the
subcontractor of HBK to do the water
pipes work
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23th, 25th and 26th of June 2016

For a period of 3 days I was visiting the offices at the villa to interact with the
technical experts and the different structure of people working their including
the project director Mr. Mohamed Ahmed and project manager mr.Shammi
Malhorta, they gave me their feedback about the project then I was introduced
to Eng. Mohammed dosoki whos doing the work for both Civil and mechanical
engineering as he is a mechanical engineer he also do a major work in
mechanical, electrical and plumping MEP as a technical side and with the
drawing. Eng. dosoki assigned me QCS at 25th and IFC at 26th to go over and
have an idea about it. The files were big Qatar Construction Specifications QCS
2.7 Gb of pdf I went over the form work regulation and how should it be done for
RC walls, for the Issued for construction drawings IFC 7 Gb of pdf and CAD files, I
made my self familiar with the roads names and many work details.
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27th of June 2016

An IFC drawing showing how
should telecommunication pipes
of ooredoo be crossing the road
also note how other important
utilities are showed
An QCS paper clarifying some

specification about how steel
work must be fabricated in an
accurate way as showed
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During the period of Ramadan there are 2 shifts where Muslim staff work for 6
hours morning 3:30am to 11:30am and a night shift 7:30pm to 3:30am. Today I
worked on the night shift and my main goal was to see concrete pouring as it is
done during the night because during the day it is too hot that will cause it to
start cracking during the curing period. It advised to start pouring after 5:00pm.
Compacted soil for road work
Backfilling granule soil

I also checked the progress done on
east north and west sides.
Road crossing HDPE ducts for kahrama

being placed
Diesel generator with lights for
night
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Night
excavation
workpipes
at north
Road level and
vertical
ventilation
at side can be
done because no houses are near
road side
A sewageOld
water
manhole showing
3 pipes
for
communication
line will
be replaced,
sewage water
on different
levels
appeared
during excavation,
these pipes are
tracked by special devices
Stations
placed along the trenches
Map showing TSE
pipes layout
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This is a night concrete pouring from

the mixer truck not that a wood plat
is laced so that the direct dropping
does not damage the pipes also not
that it is plain concrete with no
reinforcement
Workers making wooden formwork for

the pipes crossing the road
A metal shell is used to as an

extended arm for the mixer to pour
the concrete in place
Concrete is poured to cover and

protect the pipes close to the road
surface from the dynamic loads
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28th of June 2016
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During the day, the second phase of mall of Qatar was covered. Infrastructure
work for sewage and storm water pipes is done. Trenches are being excavated
at the outer north to west side of the project just next to Al-Rayyan Club. The
trenches are sic to seven meters in depth, with a width of two to two and half
meters. During the day an air pressure test is observed for sewage water pipes
to check if there is any leakage specially at the joints, the system passed the
test successfully. Also a potable
Excavation of the trench

is done by long arm rock
breaker
Geotextile applied on trench after

excavation note the water pipes are
safely hanged
Sewage water line next

to AlRayyan Club
Gravel backfill is completed between 2 manholes, later geotextile is closed and

compacted soil backfill start.
water valve is done by the subcontractor new-horizon. Finally, a HDPE pipes
delivery is observed.
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Water pipe valve chamber by newhorizon

Concrete elements help valve and pipes
stabilization
A rectangular manhole for storm water

line
Benchmark number five at

phase 2
Storm water manhole base, blending and

waterproofing completed
Plastic inner covering for sewage manhole

to protect reinforced concrete from
corrosive sewage chemicals
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1.5m diameter RC pipe with HDPE linear for storm

water, note the applied waterproofing from
outside gives black color
Me sitting inside the pipe, note inner
HDPE liner protecting RC from
corrosion
Vitrified clay sewage pipes pressure test for

leakage verification
Extended HDPE for pipes
connection and overlapping for
heat welding
Pressure is monitored for

Kahrama
electricity HDPE pipes
the test if it did not
drop
arrived to site
pipes passes
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29th of June 2016

Road work is being conducted at both the West and the East sides of the Mall.
Starting from the west, subgrade work is done to give a strong foundation for
the road limiting any possible settlement and to raise the road level to the
required elevation making it flat with the top of the manholes. Then a manhole
for sewage water is completed note that sewage manholes are cylindrical
making it easy to clean and maintain them, finally at the East side a more
developed road work is completed as the base is done, and the sides of the road
Subgrade work, note the roller at left,

grader at middle & stock pile at right
Loader is filling dump truck, worker

cutting the road
are being paved.
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Top view of junction, note 4

entrances and the channels
Completed sewage
water
manhole,to
surface
grooved
in concrete
maintain
Dry concrete poured around the pipes,

flexibility joints appear at top, then
waterproofing applied
Ooredoo telecommunications pipes

crossing east road
Benchmark number 3 at east side of

the mall
Base work at east side

road
At right the formwork
for the paving of the
road side is placed,
steel bars are
established by
surveying team
indicating road sides.
Then at the left the
concrete of the paving
is cured and formwork is
removed finally the
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30th of June, 2nd, 3rd and 4th of July 2016

During the last week before Eid holyday which start at Wednesday 6th of July, I
had technical meetings with engineer Mohamed Dasooki on 30th of june and 2nd
of July. During meetings the engineer shared some multidisciplinary experience
covering material and Civil engineering, in addition to plumbing and chemistry.
During 3rd of July, I went to the site and met the surveying team. Finally at 4th I
visitied the laydown area
During the meeting with Eng. Mohammed, I learnt about different properties of
pipes for example, vitrified clay (VC) pipes are separated to two different pipes,
plain and infiltrated, as the last allow water from outside to penetrate into the
pipe lowering the existing water table or absorbing storm water.
The pipes do not react with chemicals making it a very good choice for sewage
water line, on the other hand infiltrated VC is used for surface water pipes as it
allows water to drain to it. It is also used for small storm water pipes.
However, since VC is fragile it is not safe to use it for bigger diameter pipes
where 1.2 to 1.5 meter pipes are needed to drain storm water. Therefore, RC
pipes with HDPE liner are used. The RC pipe is able to resist the huge loads on
its big diameter, while the high density polyethylene HDPE liner protect the
inside of the pipe from and chemical or oils that could be washed out by the rain
and then attack the surface of the pipe.
Regarding the RC cylindrical manholes for sewage water, the inside of the RC
stricter is insulated with plastic as sewage water carry H2S which convert to
sulfuric acid attacking the walls of the manhole. Keeping it cylindrical help
better insulated when plastic cover is placed, saving both the concrete and the
steel rebars. Thats why epoxy coated bars are not needed.
Also the cylindrical manhole is easier to clean and maintain.
Municipality sewage coming from homes to

junctions to manholes then moving in36the
Cleaning manhole walls for maintenance
main line.
On the 3rd of July I went downstairs to

in the trenches to observe closer the
work done regarding the pipe lines,
Hanged electricity cable as

trench is wide
Sewage manhole with insulating plastic

inside
Infiltrated VC pipes with gravel backfill to allow

penetration
On the left a hook is used to fit the

VC pipe
On the right the pipe is leveled to
the required slop
Note the red rope is used to secure

the waterproofing panels around
the manhole
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From inside a manhole, note the leader

and the thrusts are secured allowing
workers to enter safely
Walking inside the pipeline note the

HDPE liner overlap will be welded later
Completed RC storm water pipe

laying
Laying RC pipes in the trench, pipes are

loaded from truck on land then in trench
Gravel backfill is leveled with required pipe

bottom level
The connection from outside the

pipe
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Sewage manhole with VC pipes

meeting
Small VC pipe carry sewage from near source
to manhole
Sand bags to retain the backfill
Working with surveying team,

note the total station at the left
and the reflector at the leader
RC pipeline penetrating the

manhole
Sitting horizontal thrusts for the leveling of

pipes when laying is done, later a thread is
dropped with certain distance to meet
requirement. Survey team set these
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Workers havingNew
theiroffices
launchare constructed at
laydown as the team will shift from
the villa office to the laydown
offices by the end of the month
Steel bars at the laydown with

Workers on steel formwork making
diameter about 1 inch or 25mm
streetlight base reinforcement
Street light base reinforcement

Plastic insulation for sewage
manholes
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Reinforcement for RC manhole

cover
These are street gullies steel

formwork
RC manhole cover steel formwork

ready for concrete pouring tonight
Mobile crane in laydown area
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Steel bars arranged to be cut and bend in

the workshop
Waterproofing barrel pactobond

SBR Synthetic Water Resistant
Bonding
Unloading
Steel geotextile
workshop calculation
delivery, for
this isthe
theenforcement
white geotextile
spacing
used
and
at thelengths
trenches
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10th to 14th of July 2016

In the week after the Eid holyday I repeatedly visited different parts of the site
every next day and on the 12th I went to see
the
10th and 11th of July
work
inside
Observing the development in
mall of
phase 2 then phase 1 in West
Qatar
side of mall of Qatar
2 parallel manholes with different

elevations to be connected later
Wall formwork for rectangular storm

water manhole and customized
lengths of VC pipes
Communication PVC pipes crossing

the road
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Small sewage water pipe
Telecommunication pipes over the

trench
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RC Pipeline laying continue at

phase 2
GRP glass reinforced plastic pipe pressure test

with water, note the end cap
Pipe is filled with pressurized water up to 16

bars and if pressure is maintained it will pass,
note the operation pressure is 6 bars only. See
the concrete thrust blocks placed to secure the
pipe in case of leakage water will blow and all
the 6 big concrete block will be needed to stop
the water impact.
This is the other end cap of the

pipeline with the valve to be
pressurized
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Different pipes utility run parallel to

the road
Rebar used to set road sides
with threads connected
between them
Steel bars are cut to road level

Paved road side is done
The start of the west side the road work is done up to the subpavement level
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12th of July
Going inside Mall of Qatar
All Parking is shaded with bricks instead

of asphalt
RC and Glass dome
Gully at the parking with plastic

basket filter and steel cover
A small handed 2-way slab for crossing at

2nd floor
hanged glass roof with steel

members grid
A vehicle used to move faster around

the mall
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13th and 14th of July
East side road and infrastructure
Road work of east side is

completed but cut as an entrance
for mall of Qatar exists
GPS system with margin error of

3cm placed at the benchmark
Junction connecting 4 pipes

Different backfill levels are done
for different pipelines
Surface water and telecommunication

pipelines crossing the road, note the
concrete cover
Water pipe crossing the road

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During this week I was replaced to get a different experience in the mega
reservoirs project, the project is huge with 2.3 billion QR as a budget it breaks
many construction records in the industry. It is a five 10.75m high water
reservoirs, a part of the government plan to extend the strategic water storage
from 3 to 7 days. The project has its own pump station which is to be
constructed. The unique thing is that HBK is talking is doing a high selfpreforming in the project with minimum subcontractors.
Standing in 1.6 m ductile

iron pipe which will be
used to carry water from
the reservoirs
In the 1st day I had a safety training a

lecture about the roles and regulation
for me as engineers and on how I should
give breaks to my workers, and different
regulations and advices for the safety of
all who are in site
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10.75m high one side

formworks the highest in
Qatar, used to pour the
concrete one time and then
special long vibrator are
used.
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The roof is being poured and is carried and connected with a row of
columns
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In this week we had a QA and QC training in addition to being in the laydown
area.
Refueling at the
morning
kljjjjjjjjj used.
Using crane to move the steel

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Butterfly valve
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31th of July to 4th of August 2016

Last week was in package 2 seeing advance microtunnling and huge
storm water tank
For sewage pipes by micro tunneling RC with

GRP liner is used, note the pipeline at the
excavation line
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Laser device is placed to monitor the direction of

the drilling
80x40m underground storm water tank
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HDPE for water insulation between the groves of

concrete pouring
Note the vertical bars does not end at same

height as overlap will take big concrete area
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7th to 11th of August 2016

In the last week I used the time to work on the report utilizing the
engineers to correct any misunderstanding, I also gain an experience
on well drilling learning about the 400meter feeding wells in the
storm water tanks. In package 1 there is 4 wells, while in package 2
there is 5 wells. A well drilling subcontractor is doing the job.
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Multidisciplinary Experience
Although that this internship did not had a dense experience of civil engineering
design for superstructures but it had a massive multidisciplinary expertise, from
management to the QA and QC experience to the wide range of materials used
in addition to all the road and infrastructure work done with its MEP experience.
Starting with management, planning
was the first thing that I was exposed
to. How the work is divided to clusters
as shown, made understanding and
handling any project possible. The
flexibility with deadlines and the
redundancy was a main thing that I
noticed in the project, for example if a
pipe broke or a worker was absent
there was a redundant that will do the
job. This ably even on time.
Another thing in planning is the
working structure, on both the work
done and the duties to be done.
Flexibility also was present as the role of site manager can be done by site
engineer if needed or if one excavation
Work divided to clusters with
team is done early they can help others
deadlines
to finish faster.
For the quality assurance and quality control I was induced to QCS and the
method statement and many different tests that must be done that I never
heard of in during my theoretical study. Chemical test for steel bars was one,
also the procedures for those tests was a massive addition to my experience.
Both materials and MEP was a main addition, brief is presented as follows:
In this project the infrastructures are done for water pipes, treated sewage
influent TSE pipes, surface water, storm water, sewage pipes, pressurized
sewage pipes, electricity pipes and telecommunications pipes.
For the water and pressurized sewage, ductile iron pipes with the blue warp and
the inner green painting respectively are used, TSE utilizes Glass fiber reinforced
plastics GRP pipes with diameter of 350mm for long straight distances and thick
High-density polyethylene HDPE where lots of bends are present with varying
diameters. vitrified clay pipes are used as perforated for surface water and
unperforated for storm and sewage water. Also for storm water reinforced
concrete pipes with HDPE liner are used. Likewise, whenever microtunneling is
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used for sewage, thick RC pipes with GRP liner are used with 400mm to 600mm
diameter.
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On the structural side seeing the big 80x40 meters storm water tank in package
2 had added a lot in term of reinforcement and water insulation work. The ongrade slap was 70cm thick with many steel layers. This added to the structural
knowledge of how the steel reinforcement should overlap. In addition, the
columns were integrated to the slab with steel connections to prevent them
from piercing through the slap.
During the week at the mega reservoirs site, I learnt from Eng. Jakier that the
10.75m form continues steel formwork costed about 40 million QR however it
saved the company much more. Also the formwork engineering of the 10.75m
walls of the water reservoirs hold the record for the highest in Qatar. The
method used is similar to a one side formwork however on bigger scale, this is
important as there will be no need for the ties between the sides of the
formwork making no holes in the wall which is necessary for such huge water
pressure.
Also the steel reinforcement used in the mega reservoir project had epoxy
coating while the storm water tanks had not, this is because it is less likely to
have rain while the water tank will always store water
Another side was the Chemical science, adhesives and cements are always used
in construction, from preventing formwork to stick with concrete to
waterproofing to the injection of micro-cement, it is always needed to carry the
work
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Conclusion
In conclusion the training experience was rich with expertise, I had the chance
to work with very professional people on a huge project which added to me on
various levels.
I was able to increase my productivity and the productivity of any team I work
with or manage, since most my time was in the site the management skills that
I gained was useful, how to interact with different people and how and who to
ask for different task was something that I learnt over six weeks in the site. I
also learnt about wide collection of construction methods and material. After the
training I believe I can work in any project utilizing the method statement for
any work and the shop drawings. That can give a complete idea of whats the
work to be done.
I developed an ability to quickly read and map and extract the needed data from
it, and how to handle and organize big files and many drawing in a way that
allow the fastest access to them.
I also made good connections with different people at different positions not
only in HBK but also with cement and gravel factories and with kahrama and
ashghal, also with many HBK subcontractors.
Mainly I was fortunate to see lot of what I studied n college on reality and
develop a vision of how the construction is done.
The weakness of the training is the lake of structural and software experience.
Overall, my training has prepared me to go work in the market in very good
manner.
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HBK Contracting Company W.L.L. is one

HBK Oil and Gas

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Road A1101 represent the

The project value is 662,860,795.39 Qatari Riyals it started at 15-09-2015 and

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In the early morning I go visit the

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Daily Work Progress

Laydown area, formwork place

Diesel electric power generator

Workers rest and food area

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Pipes under inspection

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20th of June 2016 (2nd day I went to the site)

Backfilling the pipe with granule

Using small bucket machine to level the backfill

The pipe is on the required level directed

Mall of Qatar in the

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A casted pipe entering the

Wide Excavation and a dead-end

Fixing the pipe to be hanged then

Final check of level and spacing just

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The 1 moment of lifting the pipe, 1

Moving the pipe around by the

Moving the pipe from the point it

Delivering the pipe to its place in

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On the right a 180degree photo showing

It is noted that lateral

The photo at the

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Mark left for excavation

Stone are placed in the

In site road is cut to start

Pipe penetrating manhole and

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Backfilling reaching to the top of

Road laying work where the level

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21th of June 2016

Note that QBS is a subcontractor for

The road level is gradually raised by

A trench for surface water pipes

Excavation machine with rock

Painting casted pipeline with Geotextile roll to be placed in

Geotextile applied on trench

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Surface water Pipe crossing

Maximum of 4 pipes meeting at a

Note blending concrete on rock to

Casted manhole bottom,