1、Site Inspection for People Hospital in Xiaolan TownPrepared byHoward HeA00688012Submitted toNicholas Petryszak, Co-op CoordinatorMech 6090Course date: Ten monthsCompany Name: Xiaolan Fire Protection Engineering Co., Ltd.Company address: 57 Jitou Road, Xiaolan Town,Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province,
2、 China P.R.C.Date of Report: 27th August 2012Page 2 of 24SummaryI was employed at Xiaolan Fire Protection Engineering Co., Limited,(Xiaolan) located in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, China P.R.C. from October, 2009 to June, 2010 and June 1st 2012 to 27th August 2012 as a student mechanical engi
3、neer. Zhijian Zhang was my supervisor in the company and he was an expert in plumbing and HVAC. Xiaolan is the towns leading plumbing supplier and assembler. The company was founded at August 1994, and it undertook some big projects in local area in Zhongshan city.My primary task while employed was
4、to read and interpret blueprints, drawings and specifications; Locate and mark position of pipe connections, holes and fixtures; determine piping system requirements and pipe sizing. In the first two weeks, I studied the building code in order to understand the standard in China. After that, I modif
5、ied the drawing by using AutoCAD software based on supervisor requirement. After a month later, I start inspection in worksite with supervisor. I needed to locate and mark any position of the pipe connections, holes, and fixture for any changes. After the inspection, I have to write a log or report
6、to inform any modifications to my supervisor. Page 3 of 24Table of ContentsSite Inspection for People Hospital in Xiaolan Town .iSummary.iiTable of Contents.iiiTable of Figures.ivIntroduction .vStudy the Chinese standard building code.ixRead and interpret blueprints drawings and specifications; .xiL
7、ocate and mark position of pipe connections, holes and fixtures;.xiiiDetermine piping system requirements and pipe sizing.xivWrite progress log and report and meeting memo .xvPersonal Observation.xviAppendix .xixFigure 1: Work Site.xxFigure 2: Front Door of the Hospital .xxiFigure 3: Assemble Field
8、1.xxiiFigure 4 : Assemble Field 2 .xxiiiFigure 5: Field Inspection.xxivPage 4 of 24Table of FiguresFigure 1:Work Site.xxFigure 2:Front Door of the Hospital .xxiFigure 3: Assemble Field 1.xxiiFigure 4 : Assemble Field 2.xxiiiFigure 5: Field Inspection .xxivPage 5 of 24IntroductionDuring this work ter
9、m I was employed at the Fire Protection Engineering Co., Limited, (Xiaolan) located in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, China P.R.C. Xiaolan is the towns leading plumbing supplier and assembler. The company was founded at August 1994, and it undertook independently some big projects in local area
10、 in Zhongshan city. Additionally the company was undertaking 5 big projects recently during my work term. Therefore, I was so lucky to follow these projects with my supervisor. It is a great opportunities for me to gain useful skill and experience. I was assigned to follow two hospitals project. The
11、 plumbing system is more complicated in hospital than in hotel. Thus, the projects were so challenge. Lucky, Zhijian Zhang was my supervisor in the company and he was an expert in plumbing and HVAC. He was a professional engineer, and he had been worked on this area more than 20 years. Therefore, I
12、learned a lot of knowledge and gained useful skill under his training. He never gets tired my questions and he teach me patiently. Being a responsible man is first thing he always emphasis. He always asks me to have positive attitude on what I was doing. During the work term, he showed his knowledge
13、, skills and even life style to me; I was so impressed his attitude to job, to life, to everyone. He was not only my supervisor but also the life teacher.As a mechanical engineering student, my main task was to My primary task while employed was to read and interpret blueprints, drawings and specifi
14、cations; Locate and mark position of pipe connections, holes and fixtures; determine piping system requirements and pipe sizing. In the first two weeks, I studied the building code in order to understand the standard in China. After that, I modified the drawing by using AutoCAD software based on sup
15、ervisor requirement. Page 6 of 24After a month later, I start inspection in worksite with supervisor. I needed to locate and mark any position of the pipe connections, holes, and fixture for any changes. After the inspection, I have to write a log or report to inform any modifications to my supervis
16、or. Page 7 of 24The EmployerXiaolan, a fire protection engineering company, was established in August 1994. The company is part of urban construction and development of subordinate enterprises of the Corporation, which specializes in fire protection and plumbing construction company, which currently
17、 holds the Guangdong Province Public Security Fire issued a Class A fire engineering construction qualification certificate issued by the Ministry of Construction B design of fire protection engineering qualifications.The company is now a registered capital of 3 million, 120 employees, of which ther
18、e are 38 titles in engineering and technical personnel and economic management, the enterprise owns machinery and equipment 76, also it has an experienced and technical professional installation team. The type of work is complete, with strong construction strength and a higher technical level.Curren
19、tly, the company set up offices, design, engineering, quality and security department, business department, material supply, the Ministry of Finance, Human Resources and other departments, management improvement. Since its inception, the company has to undertake a number of large, high degree of dif
20、ficulty of fire engineering, including: Xiaolan government office building, twelve-floor high Holiday Inn, twenty five story high Ming An Plaza, Chen Xinghai Hospital Building, rural credit cooperatives, office buildings, an insurance company office, crown bowling alley, Showtime bowling alley, Xiao
21、lan High School, secondary School in Xiaolan and a group of commercial and residential new fire engineering Jucheng Hotel, and agricultural Bank of China. The construction of the project construction area of nearly 40,000 Page 8 of 24square meters in the Meijia Science and Technology Co., Ltd. indus
22、trial plants, nearly 120,000 square meters of factory buildings and nearly 100,000 square meters of high-rise buildings. Those projects have won various construction units praise and trust.Page 9 of 24Co-op Job OverviewThe total work term period is divided into 5 parts, the detail is listed below:St
23、udy the Chinese standard building codeAs I first time work in the Chinese company, I am not familiar with the work process. My supervisor tell me to study the Chinese building code specific for Zhongshan city. Two different countries have different building code. I have to fully understand the code
24、before I start reading and interpreting the drawings. The first stage is the most tough part to get through. China has totally different building style and standard by comparing to the Canada. It has so many different types of constructions and functions for a building. The code is very detail for t
25、ypes of buildings. Such as the distance between two sprinklers; the pressure for the pipe have to be no less than 15 psi; the building has at least two 4-meter wide road for the fire truck for high rise residential building, etc. Also, I have to memorize the some basic and common used data, so I do
26、not have to look up the building code every time. It requires lost of reading and understanding. My supervisor tells me that do not just read thought that code, or I just forget what I read right away. The suggestion he gives me is that, go to the work site with the book. When see any already assemb
27、led pipes or sprinklers, I have to refer it to the book. It is one stone kills two birds. Referring the code in the field place is helping me to understand and memorize code easily and check the worker if they follow the code to finish their jobs. Therefore, I study from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., and I go
28、to the work site with supervisor from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. It does help me to learn the code in the job site especially I talk to the assembly Page 10 of 24worker. They are all expert on assembling pipes and sprinklers. They know where exactly to put the pipes and sprinklers; they know how to connect tw
29、o different size of pipe together; they know where to stop or start. China is a high power distance country, so the lower position is not getting respect from high position. In this case, the assembling workers are in the lower position, and supervisor and I are high position. However, I do not care
30、 this inequality, I talk to those workers when my supervisor is in the meeting. I find that, those worker are very glad to tell who they are and how they work. They very like to share their stories to me, and they would like to tell me their job. Even though they are not highly educated, but they know what they are doing, and that is what I want. When I do not understand the code, I just translate the code in a simple way they understand, and they just answer my questions in a very detail way. It is way much better to read the code by my own.
