Placement report - Ineo Pologne

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A one year internship in a foreign country represents a key phase in the frame of our studies. Though this internship takes place during the third year of our studies and not during the last year, it marks the transition between student life and professional life; between theory and practice. For my internship, I sent applications to several companies which I had selected. I didn't want to do it my internship in an English speaking country, because I wanted to discover a new culture, different from Anglo-Saxon culture. I thus rejected offers for placements opportunities in the UK and focused on multinational companies in Europe, because their internal language at work is English. Hence, when I got the opportunity to do my Internship in with Ineo, located in Warsaw, the capital of Poland which is the leading country of the Eastern Europe, I did not hesitate. I knew that I would have to speak English at work and when I learnt about the project Zote Tarasy which was looking like a big and interesting project I decided to go to Poland. I also knew that this would be the chance for me to integrate into the Polish environment. Moreover, I really wanted to work in the construction sector. This is a very specific sector, with a unique way of working. Everything is organized by projects; deadlines are defined well in advance and one must find a way to respect them. At the same time, it is also necessary to be able to manage urgent matters that come from the Client in the course of daily activities. These two sides of project management, which require managers to deal with long term deadlines and urgent matters at the same time, is a very interesting aspect of construction companies.

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[...] - Contract execution schedule for the entire complex: from November 2002 to April 2007. - Surface of the undulated glass roof: 10.250 - Usable area: Retail: 65.500 Offices: 43.000 Some figures about Złote Tarasy' electrical installations: - 530 Km of cables - 5,5 Km of MV (medium voltage) cables - 1.000 m of busducts - 35 Km of cables trays - 35.000 luminaries - 444 distribution boards - 3 emergency generators - 12 transformers NORTH OFFICE RETAIL TOWER BASEMENT CINEMA 2 Organization of the site: ING Real Estate and Rodernes wanted to invest in a big project in Warsaw so they asked to an architect, Epstein, to design a modern commercial complex with shops, offices and parking. [...]

[...] Then the Client can charge the tenants for the rent of their local since the scheduled opening date. - The documentation submitted by the General Contractor is rejected by the inspectors and the Client. In this case, the tenants will charge the Client for their loss due to the delay, and the Client will back charge the General Contractor, saying that he has broken up the contract by being late. There was a lot of pressure from the General Contractor to ensure that the documentation was good enough to get the two documents in time, and to avoid any financial penalties. [...]

[...] - After the feedback is received, manage with the site managers to implement the comments and then the process restart at the first step until the feedback is positive. As Built Documentation. Project Manager is overhauling all the process of the As Built Documentation. The As Built Documentation manager can relies on him when there are burning issues which need to be solved quickly. This part of the project is the most subject to difficulties, and moreover for a French company. Indeed, As Built Documentation is defined by the Polish Law which is very complicated and not clear. [...]

[...] They mainly check the documentation and then they go for a walk on site. In Poland, there are a lot of independent experts' agencies which have to say that the building is safe, according to the norms, etc These engineers have to stamp a lot of official documents to prove that they agree and that are responsible if anything dangerous happens on site (this is also the case of the Fire Expert and SAP' inspectors). What is different in Poland is that it is not the company which will be responsible, but the person who has stamped. [...]

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