The construction of the Government Office Building Project in Liberia officially began on October 25, 2016, and was completed on April 29, 2019, and the quality rating of the mid-term and completion acceptance of the project was rated as "excellent". After nearly two years of use and inspection, the project structure is safe and reliable, the use of functions is complete, the system is in good operation, the performance and technical indicators meet the design requirements, and the party is "very satisfied" and successfully completes the project construction target requirements. On March 30, 2021, the Liberian government office building project won the Luban Award (Overseas Project), the highest award for China's construction project in 2020.
Ingenuity to build dreams, to build a "bridge of friendship" between China and Liberia
——Jiangsu Provincial Construction Group aided the Liberian government office building project to create a Luban Award (overseas project) documentary
The project is mainly used by more than 1,300 people in 5 ministries (bureaus) such as the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Immigration and Naturalization Bureau, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Liberia, and the interior is equipped with a multi-merit hall for 400 people and a conference hall for 500 people, which is a multi-functional modern office building. The project creatively combines the traditional Chinese courtyard cloister architectural culture with Liberian national characteristics, the overall layout is compact and simple, the internal facilities are complete, the functions are advanced and intelligent, and it has a strong sense of modernity.
On July 25, 2019, the opening ceremony of the government office building for Liberia was officially held, and the Chinese ambassador to Liberia Fu Jijun officially handed over the project "Golden Key" to President Wei'a, which symbolizes the "bridge" connecting the deep friendship between the peoples of China and Liberia, under the framework of the "Belt and Road", the dream was illuminated into reality, and the Jiangsu Provincial Construction Aid team used ingenuity to create quality, shaped fine products with pioneers, and wrote a moving chapter of Sino-Israeli friendship.
Original intention: adhering to the concept of fine products, vowing to win the Luban Award for overseas engineering
Foreign aid projects are a window for African people to understand China, and they are also a business card of "China Built" in Africa. As a key project aided by the Chinese government and the largest government office building in Liberia with the most complete functions and the best office environment, the significance and far-reaching impact of this project on China and Liberia are self-evident.
Located in West Africa, Liberia is one of the least developed countries in the world. Both natural, economic and social conditions have caused great distress to the implementation of the project. After the project was bid, Jiangsu Construction Group clarified the quality goal of "building an excellent project for foreign aid and vowing to win the Luban Award for overseas engineering", listed the project in the group's key target projects for excellence, quickly dispatched elite soldiers, and formed a project construction technical team with rich experience and outstanding construction management capabilities to support the project construction in an all-round way. And signed a letter of responsibility for excellence with the construction assistance project team to ensure the implementation of the target responsibility layer by layer to ensure the successful completion of the construction task with high quality.
Focusing on the creation goal, the construction assistance project team quickly compiled the "Planning Book for the Luban Award for Overseas Engineering" and the internal control standards for construction quality, carried out deepening the design and physical submission, and unified planning of material selection and process practices. Adhere to the "model guidance, process control, excellence, strict evaluation, one time to achieve excellence", strict materials into the quality of the field, each process, sub-project, sub-project adhere to the "strict", "fine" management and high standard requirements, and strive for excellence, to ensure that the first time excellent.
In order to ensure the realization of quality objectives, establish and improve the quality assurance system, set up a quality management leading group, clarify the specific responsibilities of the project team in the quality work, in the entire construction process to achieve that everything is managed, everyone has a special responsibility, there are standards for doing things, there are inspections in the process, and there are records after the fact, forming a strict quality management organization system to ensure the efficient operation of the quality construction management system.
In the process of project implementation, the "four combinations" are emphasized to ensure the high quality, safety and efficiency of the project: that is, it is combined with the QC group activities, combined with the development and application of new technologies, combined with green construction, and combined with safe and civilized construction. The use of BIM technology and information management and other means to improve the level of quality control, the steel bar, waterproof, decoration, installation and other hidden projects to do a good job of quality inspection and acceptance, to ensure the "three functions" requirements, to ensure structural safety, to ensure the use of functions, to ensure the appearance of beautiful. Pay close attention to key parts, and resolutely put an end to cracks, empty drums, leakage and other common problems in project quality.
At different stages of project construction, the project team organized the team to observe and learn the "Luban Award" project creation experience initiatives through the method of "going out and inviting in" for many times, and invited industry experts to provide remote video guidance. Through the steps of "learning→ learning from → innovation → transcendence", we will continuously improve the comprehensive management level of the project and solidly promote the continuous and in-depth development of the "process excellence" work.
Pay attention to the role of publicity and education in promoting excellence, carry out quality education for all construction personnel in quality education meetings at all levels and pre-class and post-class meetings, organize the study of the construction standards and requirements of the "Luban Award"; at the same time, through internal quality inspection and evaluation activities, promote the reward of the good and punish the inferior and pay it immediately, and strive to achieve zero defects in the quality of the project.
Tackling tough problems: overcoming many difficulties, the project was completed and handed over as scheduled
Aid Liberia government office building project site for the ground one floor, five floors above the ground of the former Ministry of Defense old building, the highest point from the ground 18 meters, the lowest point from the ground 15 meters, because the recipient country is not allowed to use blasting demolition, for this project team formulated a careful demolition plan, for some of the building foundation for abnormally hard rock, by taking the way of fire, thermal expansion and contraction to cause cracks in the rock, and then use excavators to break, overtime, to ensure the smooth completion of the demolition work.
The roof of the project is a slope roof, and the upper part of the roof is a reinforced concrete structure. The overall structure of the roof is complex, there are many yin and yang angles, and there are many internal stress mutations. Through the preparation of special construction plans, the construction process of steel bars, formwork and concrete is strictly controlled during the construction process to ensure the quality of the project. The comprehensive building 450 * 1400mm large span beam (span 21m), 450 * 1600mm large span beam (span 21m), immigration and naturalization bureau 400 * 1000mm large span beam (span 14.4m) and special-shaped large cornice, the construction difficulty is high, the risk factor is large, the construction project team actively carries out research project research, optimizes the construction scheme of tall formwork and support system, etc., to ensure the construction quality and safety.
Liberia has a tropical monsoon climate, only two seasons, dry season and rainy season, may to October for the rainy season, November to April for the dry season, the average annual precipitation of more than 5000 mm, for Africa and even the world's largest rainfall areas, known as "Africa rain capital". In order to ensure the progress of the project, the construction project team formulated a meticulous construction plan for the rainy and dry season, carried out indoor construction when it rained, and made every effort to ensure that the construction site did not stop working. And increase the input of machinery and equipment, turnover materials, construction personnel, the use of night overtime, workload piece-rate and salary linked management measures, regular evaluation and reward of advanced teams and individual methods, fully mobilize the enthusiasm of construction personnel. Local malaria and yellow fever are raging, and the construction project team has made every effort to strengthen environmental sanitation, equip professional medical personnel and drugs, protect the health of employees, and effectively promote the rapid advancement of the project.
Responsibility: Fulfill corporate responsibilities and sing the main theme of "China Aid"
While doing a good job in project construction, the construction assistance project team actively fulfills its corporate social responsibilities overseas and shows the style of Chinese aided construction enterprises. Teaching people to fish is not as good as teaching people to fish, at the beginning of the project, the aid project team took the integration and promotion of local economic development as the goal, actively adopted the "localization of labor" model, hired labor workers in the local area, and solved more than 500 jobs for the local area. With the deepening of the construction of the project, through a variety of ways such as "mentoring and apprenticeship", on-site training and practical exercises, to overcome language communication barriers and cultural differences, to use body language and graphics to train local labor workers in professional skills, and to cultivate a large number of qualified reinforcement workers, carpenters, tile workers, maintenance workers, drivers and other professional and technical workers, which has been highly affirmed by the governments of the recipient countries.
The aid project team took the initiative to help Liberian employees solve practical difficulties, and twice invited the Chinese Aid-Li Medical Team to the project to provide free clinics for Lifang employees, and distributed free medicines so that Chinese assistance could benefit every Lifang employee. The scene of the free clinic activity was full of love and emotion, and the foreign employees kept saying "thank you" to the experts of Jiangsu Construction Group and the medical team in Chinese, and thanked the Chinese people for their selfless help to the Liberian people.
The dedication of the builders in Jiangsu Province to the project has received widespread attention from all walks of life. On October 30, 2018, Wan Gang, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, inspected the project of aiding the Liberian government office building, fully affirmed the outstanding contributions made by the aid project team to Sino-Liberian friendly cooperation and the unremitting efforts made by China's aid to the cause, and hoped that Jiangsu Provincial Construction Group would focus on the goal of building the office building of the Liberian government office building project into a high-quality project abroad, show the brand and style of "China Built", and make new contributions to China's aid to Africa. In recognition of the important contributions made by jiangsu construction group to Liberia's economic construction and development, Liberian President Weia personally awarded the jiangsu provincial construction group with the national "Golden Statue Award", highly praised the excellent quality of the project, and praised the project as an important witness to Sino-Israeli friendship and a monument to China-Africa friendship.
Postscript: As the pioneer of China's foreign aid and construction, for more than 30 years, from Asia, Africa to Oceania, Jiangsu Construction Group has actively participated in the construction of aid projects, showing the "provincial construction strength" with landmarks, telling the "Chinese story", and making China's construction, China's speed and China's quality presented on the vast African land. In the future, Jiangsu Construction Group will firmly be the vanguard of "China Construction" in the journey towards world-class contractors, continue to practice the concept of green development, and give new connotations to the "Belt and Road" initiative.
Real view of the government office building project in Liberia (1)
Real view of the Government Office Building Project in Liberia (2)
Conference Hall of the Government of Liberia Office Building
Experts from the Chinese Medical Aid Team were invited to provide free consultations for Liberian employees
Strengthen technical training and practical training for Liberian employees
Wan Gang, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, inspected the project of aiding the Liberian government office building
Liberian President Weah attended the project handover ceremony
Jiangsu Construction Group was commended by the "Liberia National Film Award"