Internship Training & Report
This module is aimed at introducing students to the requirements, activities and operations involved in working in architectural / construction practices. The purpose is to facilitate the involvement of students in professional attachments to architectural practices in order to develop an understanding of the general nature, principles and procedure of law and legislation as applied to architectural drawings, especially the Building by-laws. Students will also be exposed to the process of authority submission for various drawings from an architectural practice and the range of contract documentation produced to support these drawings. Via a full-time internship attachment, students will further appreciate the documentation and report-writing skills required of an employee (architectural assistant / architect) in a typical architect’s firm.
Learning Outcomes & Objectives
1. Recognize and recall authorities’ procedures and requirements with regards Planning Submission and/or Building Submission drawings.
2. Appreciate the requirements of a complete set of Planning and/or Building Submission drawings and the need for compliance with the relevant by-laws.
3. Appreciate a typical written specification in support of a set of working drawings
4. Create awareness and understanding among students of the existence and application of the Uniform Building by-laws and similar Building Regulations existing nationally and internationally.
Internship Log Sheets and Report
Lifelong learning
Thinking and problem solving skills
Interpersonal skills
Communication skill
Personal Conclussion
The short semester has been a very valuable internship experience prepared for the students, which is on a very good timing – at the beginning of our degree final year. First and foremost, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ar Teoh Way Keat for supervising me throughout these 10 weeks of internship. He had guided me really well with his passion in teaching. I would also want to thank all my colleagues and other interns, who are willing to help me and share information with me so that I can be more familiar with this architecture career.
I have learnt a lot throughout my internship period, and I have gained a lot of experience on apartment projects. One of the most major knowledge that I have gained in this internship period is the by-law, which is the most important knowledge that an Architect should acquire. Other than that, I got more familiar with what an Architect do in our real life career, which is different from what I have expected earlier. And once again, a big thanks to my supervisor, Ar Teoh, and our beloved lecturers who has briefed us for this internship period and made an office visit during our internship period.