construction technology 3

REFLECTIVE JOURNAL 

Construction technology 3

This is a module specific for students who are going to pursue a career in construction. This course introduced and train students in the basic skill in necessary in construction. It covered the topic such as dewatering, retaining wall, drainage and common IBS( industrialized building system). Besides that, there are also few more topics like curtain walls for multi-storey commercial building, facade system, prestressing involving pretension and post-tension method and also steel space frame. This course explored the technical issues associated with building, and build up an understanding of construction design and detail.  

Through this module, I have gained the cognitive ability of thinking and problem solving skill. There was a question and answer section in our lecture class which is a good activity to generate our brain to think about the question. this activity not only help us to develop the cognitive skill, but also help us to master the topics that were taught.

We also have a small test on the topics that we have learned in the first two weeks of this semester. A test can help us to gain discipline specific knowledge skill as we need to increase our understanding toward the theories, then only can apply them correctly. In the end of this module, there is a final exam which is designed to assess the ability of students to select and explain the suitable construction process for various type of building based on requirement of client, use of material, time, safety and manpower. From this test, we can identify our strength and weaknesses instantly. 

Besides that, we also have a group assignment about one of the topic in this module and my group members and I chose the steel space frame topic. This is because the space frame structure is consider as one of the advanced technology that we should have more understanding in this topic. In this assignment, we would do our own research and produce a report which including the methods, components, type and more used for the construction of large building.    

Lastly, I have learned that as a professional who purses a career in construction. We should have the basic necessary for convenient in the future time. We also should always have the long- life learning and the discipline specific knowledge abilities to adapt to the changes of the construction technology in future.