FNBE E-Portfolio (My UNIque life): ICI

Introduction to Construction Industry (ICI)

In this course subject we will have more understanding on the scope of work handled by the professionals in malaysia, career progression, understanding the building team & process and many more.

Lecturers:

Ms Norma
Ms Delliya

Project 01

In this project i have to form into groups so my group has stanley (leader) , Mahi, Shika, Kawthar and Syafiq Zariful (me)

we are to make an interview video and a magazine with the important people in the construction industry (architect, QS)

in Group B only each group can have the key people in every position so my leader chose Landscape Architect and was able to make contact with him. we also need to do a magazine of anything related about the key people's profile.

with this interview already arranged we need to prepare what we want to know when interview the person so we prepared some questions proposal where our lecturer will assess it for approval
these are the questions:-

Stanley:-

1. do you think landscaping is important for the success of a property development project .
2. what is the extent of landscaping required for a project. how many % interm of cost
3. do you think internal landscaing is as important as the external
4. for landscaping, do you think hardscape( rock,waterfall ) is more important or softscape(tree, flower,etc)
5. what type of tree is more suitable for malaysia climate
6. What about the maintainence of landscaping? what is the bestway to maintain
7. what about the environmental benefit of landscaping, do you think planting a lots of trees can help to lower the global urban temperature
8. do you think vertical planting ( planting on the wall ) is important for the building today
9. what about roof garden? do you think we should intriduce roof garden to all the building design?
10. I heard indoor plant can be used to clean the air and filter toxic gases from the aircon , is it true?
11. when selecting type of trees, do you normally select fast growing trees ?
12. when planting trees , you prefer to plant on the ground or in the planter box. under what situation you make the decision
13. what are your favourite type of trees and shrubs and why?
14. what is the latest trend in landscape design?

15. is water element very important in landscape design?

Syafiq:-

1.What subjects do you have to be good at during your secondary school to be an architect?

2.What is the average starting salary for an architect?

3. what is the average salary of an architect in malaysia?

4.do architect always work beyond normal working hours?

5.What personal character do you need to be an architect?
6.Do Architects carry a lot of risks?
7.How many types of Architects are there? What are they?
8.What roles do the architects have in different countries?
9.What are the colleges that you know is best for studying architecture?
10.How do i start a career in architecture after studying in college?

11.Can you tell us what is architectural skills?
12.How competitive is it to get a project from a contractor?

Mahi:-

first, THE PROJECT
1) What are the biggest challenges or issues that you foresee for a certain project?
2) What means will you use to collect information about the clients needs, goals, etc.?
3) How will you help the client to fully understand the scope and sequence of the project?
4) what is your project management style?

The Experience
5) What is your design philosophy?
6) What sets your firm apart from other architects with similar experience?
7) Will you share with me a portfolio of similar projects and provide a list of client references?

The DESIGN process
8) What are the steps in the design process, and how are they organized?
9)What criteria will be used to establish priorities and make design decisions?
10) do you analyze on How disruptive the will construction be?
11) Do you have experience with “green” or sustainable design?
12) Considering the many areas that may be affected by sustainable design, how will you determine which options to pursue?

The BudgeT
13)How do you establish fees?
14)If the scope of the project changes later in the project, will there be additional fees? How will these fees be justified? How will this be communicated to the client?

Shika:-

1.How did you get into this kind of work?
2.What is a typical day like?
3.What are the frustrations? The rewards?
4.If you were starting out again, what might you do differently?
5.If you were to hire someone right now, what would be the most critical factors determining your selection?
6.What do you like the most/least about your work?
7.What determined your passion for design? Tell us about the moment when you decided this is the way to go.
8.Can you remember your first design project? Describe it a bit, whether it is a gizmo you worked at as a little kid or something that was sold at a large scale.
9.What inspires you?
10.From your point of view, is design an art or a science?
11.If design were a product, what would it be and how would you design it?
12.If you had no limits (money, resources), what would you create?
13.Share something you would like the world to know about you or your ideas.
14.What advice do you have for young designers or architects reading this interview?

Kawthar:-

1.What thinking process do you go through to generate your wonderful ideas?
2.What are your inspirations?
3.What steps or phases are involved in the design process?
4.What is your design philosophy?
5.Where Is your Firm Going in the Future?
6.How do you outshine your competitor?
7.What inspired you to study/practice architecture?
8.How are you different from the YOU you were 10/20 years ago.
9.Where do you plan to be in the next 10/20 years?
10.How do you think the role of the architect will change over the next twenty-five years?
11.what are your favourite buildings? How did it influence your work?
12.What have been the rewards of practicing architecture?

we've chosen 10 questions for our group (i know it's supposed to be 5 so we'll pick the best 5 sooner or later)

1)What determined your passion for design? Tell us about the moment when you decided this is the way to go.
2)What have been the rewards of practicing architecture?
3)what do you like the most/least about your work?
4).what are your favourite buildings? Do you have a muse that influence your work?
5.Where do you see your Firm Going in the Future, in about 10/20 years?
6)What is your design philosophy? do you have experience with green/sustainable architecture/design?
7)what are the first steps that you took to begin your career in architecture after receiving your architect certificate?
8) What are the biggest challenges or issues that you foresee for a certain project, or as an architect as a whole?
9)How do you think the role of the architect will change over the next twenty-five years?
10)What advice do you have for young designers or architects reading this interview?

The ICI interview video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS7cZYlUhmo&feature=c4-overview&list=UULxGH0GXmL8pKKqBvpp547g

This is the individual magazine

Ici magazine!!!! from PK146

http://www.slideshare.net/PK146/ici-magazine-25345557

Reflection

It's very rare for students to try to make an interview with the key people in the construction industry, well not on this school in my opinion. I get to try asking him questions that i want to know about and he answered them very formally and friendly as well. For the magazine it was done like that after my research on magazines and all that, during tutorials the lecturer seem to like my progress so it kept me going until the submission. It was quite hard to do the video, not hard editing the video but it's hard setting them up. I've a lot in mind but we were running out of time by then and almost all the members are very busy.