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Yage Chen - Week 4

Duncan used to be a constructor. I found when I communicate with him. He knows exactly what he wants of the details, the looks. He likes...

Yage Chen - Week 3

This week I was impressed my the process of choosing the floor texture. We need to choose the color, the material, the texture, which...

Yage Chen - Week 2

This week, I went to the construction site of Norwood house with Duncan together, and met with the contractor. We talked about how to...

KATIE TURNER - WEEK 1

LESSONS LEARNED: This week I started learning a lot about the importance of code that I have not understood to this level before. The...

Yage Chen - Week 1

Meet with Duncan and some of the staff member of Matenoia. And we visited some of the projects we are doing. Talked about some of the...

Wan Lam Ng - Week 5

When I was uploading images of the residential projects to the website using the website design software online, it only allowed me to...

Wan Lam Ng - Week 4

I was very impressed when I had the construction site visit in Kiawah Island, SC, and my mentor said it is one of the most rich area in...

Wan Lam Ng - Week 3

Had a little trouble while fixing the about us page of the firm on the current website, I was trying to fix the font type, the font size,...

Wan Lam Ng - Week 2

It was interesting to look through all the previous projects they did in the past and had a small lesson to learn how the website program...

Wan Lam Ng - Week 1

I had a small conference meeting on my first day with my mentor and my coworkers about current projects they are currently working on....

Perry Hammond - Week Eight

This week, we had our second deadline for the Citadel Mall project. This meant that the days before it were hectic but after I got to...

Perry Hammond - Week Seven

I continued work on the Citadel Mall Redevelopment this week. It has been fast paced and exciting. I even got to add some of my own...

Perry Hammond - Week Six

This week I became involved on a very exciting project. MPS has been hired by the current owners of the Citadel Mall in West Ashley to do...

Perry Hammond - Week Five

This week, I got to work on several different tasks with several different people. There were no tight deadlines, so it was nice to be...

Perry Hammond - Week Four

Hurricane Irma made for an interesting weekend and beginning to the week. I came back down to Charleston in time to work Wednesday and...

Perry Hammond - Week Three

This week, the office was closed Monday. I had three days to finish up the model for 667 King Street so that it can be used in the BAR...

Perry Hammond - Week Two

This week was my first full week at MPS and it was full of progress, problem solving, and focused work. I made significant progress on...

Perry Hammond - Week One

This week was a short one but a good one. I feel settled in at the McMillan Pazdan Smith Charleston office. I appreciated already having...

Rachel Smoak- Week 7

This week I learned how important detail drawings are. I never expected to need to show a client what the details of a desk or piece of a...

Tyler McKenzie - Week 7

Last week I realized just how liable an architect is for the work of the contractor. This week the epiphany for me is similar but relates...

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