BLD 60503 Building Services II

This subject is taught by Mr. Tan Hee Chai who is a new part time lecturer. Basically, this subject will cover the topics of ventilation, fire protection, air conditioning and others.

The whole subject consists of one mid term test which is 20%, one group assignment which is 30% and one final exam which is 50%. For the group task, we are required to form a group and go to a site visit to study about the high rise building's fire protection system. Then we will need to write a report on the fire protection system follow by the requirement from Uniform Building By Laws (UBBL).

I have improved my lifelong learning skills as this subject has taught me a lot. I have gained much knowledge on this area. I know how does the whole fire protection system operate in a high rise building by having a case study on it. I have also get the opportunity to visit the pump room which is normally we will not have the chance to go in. Besides, I have also improved my communication skills because I have discussed about how to do the report with my fellow group mates in meetings. Every one of us will give our own opinions so that we can ensure that our report is fine. We also learn together when having site visit. We cooperate with each other to jot down all the points that the technicians has told us during the site visit so that we will not missed out any main points for the fire protection.

MGT60203 Management Science

Our lecturer for this subject is Mr. Wong Chong Wei. He has much experiences in the industry and also has attended many training which made he is very professional in giving lectures. For me, this subject is very new because I have never studied this kind of subjects. Basically, this subject will cover the concepts of management, organizational behavior and so on.

We will be required to do a group assignment which is 30%. In the group task, we will need to write a report on how to start a business with a 10 million capital, conduct training and development for our employees and more. Besides, we also need to do a presentation on our report. Next, we have a mid term test as well which is 20% and final exam which is 50%.

In this subject, I have learned a lot from Mr. Wong. In every week's tutorial, Mr. Wong will ask us to do presentation in front of the class. He also group us with different people so that we can learn something from working with different people. I feel this is really precious because this can let me step out from my comfort zone. The tutorials can improve my public speaking skills and also critical thinking because Mr. Wong always will ask questions so I always have to solve his question in front of class. Besides, I have also learned more about how to manage a group effectively. I have also understood that there are various types of working and leadership styles so that I can easily adapt to the fast changing market and working environment in the future. I found this is no doubt that very useful for everyone of us.  

MGT60303 Facility Management

This is an elective subject for semester 3. Among all the elective subject options, I have chosen this subject because I want to know more about property's facility. Our lecturer is Sr. Andrew Cheong who has many experience in VS industry. Basically, this subject has covered about JMB, maintenance fees, swimming pool, sewage and more. It is also a brand new experience for me because that the lecture and tutorial is conducted at night time.

The whole subject has no final exam but we are required to do a group report which is 50% and another group case study about swimming pool which is 20% and 30% for mid term test.

I have gained so much knowledge on facility management. Sr. Andrew has also introduced us about VS which is an occupation that I did not know. This has been improved my Lifelong learning skills. Besides, I have also improved my communication skills because in the group assignment, we have to perform good teamwork to do research on the sites and have to go to site visit together. Teamwork is very important for the group assignment. Although searching for sites and the site visits are quite complicated because most of the private premises do not allow us to take photo but it was really a good experience for me. Moreover, I have also know more about the swimming pool system by looking at the real swimming pool operating system components. Sometimes is hard for us to understand with just brief explanation and some photos, we have to go to see the real things so that we can understand easily.

BLD 60304 Construction Techonology III

This is for the subject called construction technology 3 which is lectured by Mr. Chiew who was our CT 2 lecturer. This subject consists of one individual assignment, group task , mid term test and one final exam. For the group assignment, I have formed group with Chong Kai Xiang, Chin Weng Lok, Hiew Li Ming and Lee Ern Hui. We are required to make a 20 minutes video and the topic of the video that we have chosen is IBS. We would like to study more about it so we choose this topic.

For reflection, this subject has again improved my construction knowledge as it was all about the process in the construction industry such as dewatering, IBS, aluminum form work and more. I can tell that these all surely would help a lot for our future career. I appreciate all the precious knowledge that Mr. Chiew shared with us which is so helpful. All the videos and lecture slides are easy to understand. Besides, during the group work, I have improved my digital literacy skills as I have learned how to improve my manipulating skills on video editing software. This is so good that I can discover other soft skills instead gain knowledge by studying slides all the time.

QSB 60304 Measurement III

This is my semester 3 and I have Measurement 3 which is lectured by Mr. Soon Lam Tatt. Firstly, I would like to say thank you so much for our lecturer who is so patient and understanding. I enjoyed his lectures and tutorials so much because his class is interesting.

Basically this subject will cover about the openings such as door and windows, roof and landscaping in this semester. We will have one mid term test which is 25%, one group assignment which is 25% and a final exam which is 50%.

After one semester, I have learned a lot from this subject. I have gained more knowledge on installing a door and a window as we have learned about the taking off for different types of opening. This is so helpful for us for our future career. For the group assignment, we have improved our digital literacy skills as we have given the priceless opportunity to learn how to use the latest software which is Glodon to build a house model and also taking off the whole building. I feel the software is interesting due to it is really new and useful although it is hard to control at first but I will try my best to manipulate it. Besides, communication skills has been improved as well due to working with my fellow group mates. I like this subject so much and I really appreciate all the effort paid by Mr. Soon.