ADIGRAT UNIVERSTIY

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
KIROS HAGOS ENGINEERING CONSULTING
SOMUEL MERESA
-COMPANY OVERVIEW

-OVERALL INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

-OVERALL BENEFITS I GAINED

-CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

 INTRODUCTION

 Kiros Hagos Engineering Consulting was originally established in

2007 E.C in Mekelle town. It is owned by professional namely .
Consulting Architects and Engineers had performed all types of
designs related projects namely Architectural, Structural, electrical,
Sanitary and Land escape design, Interior design, Supervision and
Contract management, preparation of Bill of quantity and
specification. The company had well experienced personnel
(Architects and civil engineering professional) with a wide range of
skills in the built environment.
ORGANIZATION CHART
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COMMERTIAL BUILDING SHIRE AGRICULTURAL BUREAU
  Joining Of the Company
We got the application paper at the end of 3rd year, since then I have been searching a hosting company at
summer 2011 in Mekelle. And I got accepted in some office but later on, I realize they don’t have the ability and
the capacity to tech and learn as I want, so my decision was to search a better firm office and my location at that
time was in Mekelle and I got a chance to Habenoms office.
Section of the Company I Have Been Working
 I was able to design according to the rules and regulation without any obstacle. In the design group.
My Performance during the Working Period
As I have been told by my supervisor and the architects in the office my performance was absolutely good. In
this short period of time I enquire very much knowledge about the working environment in the practical world and
I surely improve myself
Challenges I Have Faced

difficulties how to deal with a client, and of course to deign with a minimum cost and time .
 not understanding the business part of the profession
 The owner is wro Elsa. The site is located on semen
woreda.
 The site is 159 m plot.
 The is owner ato TEKLE
 This residence is on 140 m2 area. A g+2 residences on
this area
Mahber fre bete fana is a complice of peoples that own a site of
1680 m2 area as a group. This complice have 20 members each of
them own 80 m2.
GROUND FLOOR
Site Clearing Surveying Excavation

Footing Bars Footing Filling Grade Beam

 The owner is Ato Gessese Gebru The site is140 plot. Is
G+2 building
 The owner is Ato Berihu Desta. This site have 165 m2
area. The project is designed for G+5 floors which is built
for residential for rental
 The owner is ato Tekeste. The project is designed for a G+17
floors and one basements and commercial which have
restaurant, shops and of course apartment houses.
 The total area of the site is 400 m2 which is located in semen.
 This building was
designed by habenom
consulting office . this
building is 175m2 area.
The building is G+5. the
building have already built
three floors already from
basement up to 1st floor &
 From 2nd up to 4th floor is
under partitioning the
rooms but the fifth floor is
on structural constructions
 This building was designed
by habenom consulting
office. The buildings area is
175m2 area. The building is
in process of its partition.
They have constructed the
structural part.
 It have basement parking.
The parking access is easily
since the building is in the
sloped site it make it easy to
accessible
 LOGO DESIGN
 RESIDENCE
 COFFEE HOUSE
 RESTURANT
 BARBER SHOP
 BAKERY
 COLUMN DECORATION
 Upgrading the theoretical knowledge
 The internship period is not only depending on the practical aspect but it also helps
students to upgrade or increase knowledge on already that they have.
 Improving practical skill
 The aim of internship program is to address more practical knowledge for students, so ,
found a practical knowledge at the office as much as possible in this four month.
 Upgrading interpersonal communication skill
 Communication is sharing or exchange information or ideas with other in order to get
some messages and knowledge. The communication system within the office and clients
has taken on a large role in achievement of profitability and efficiency in communication.
 Improving team playing skill
 Involving in every piece of task and achieving good team playing skill is essential for effective completion
of tasks and increasing productivity.
 Improving leadership skill
 Leadership is the process of influencing individuals or group to accomplish an organizational goal or
mission. I have seen how each worker is controlled and organized to perform its day to day activities.
 Able to communicate clearly
 Being organized
 Use the full capability of your organization
 Ensure that task are understood, supervised, and accomplished
 Listen to others
 Develop a sense of responsibility in your workers
 Keep workers informed
 Know your people and look out for their well-being
 Make soundly and timely decisions
 Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions.
 Be technically proficient (skilled with d/t knowledge) and ethical.
 Entrepreneurship skill
 Entrepreneurship can be defined as the process of involving the creation of new enterprise and
that the entrepreneur is the founder. He or she is the person who perceives the market
opportunity and then has the motivation, drive and ability to mobilize resource to meet in. an
entrepreneur is required to establish meaningful relationship between activities and authority
which is intimate related to planning function
 The ability to relieve stress.
 The ability to manage and raise money.
 The ability to be productive.
 The ability to make entrepreneur friends.
 The ability to identify strengths and weaknesses.
 The ability to hire effective people.
 The ability to train and manage resources and staff.
 The ability to connect via social networking.
 The ability to focus on mine customers.
 The ability to spot new trends.
 The ability to deal with failure.

The desire to improve mine world .
 Conclusion
 The internship is a bridge between the theoretical knowledge and the piratical or the
reality work
 the field of architecture and engineering. We all who take the internship course in order to
gain practical knowlage
 real experience given by the working flow of professionals which their work will be
applied in real
 nonacademic world. The responsibility of the hosting company was to teach the intern and
shape them in the four month to be a good architect and to be a model citizen .
THANK YOU.