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J.T. Pennington - Week 7 Lessons Learned

Week 7: October 9th - 13th, 2017 Lessons learned/reflections: Part of this week I have been drafting the existing conditions of a...

Shane Lenard – Week Two

Dates: 10/9-10/12 This week I once again focused on CSL O’Fallon IL for the CD QC on Wednesday. I Printed out the sheets, ordered them,...

Shane Lenard – Week One

Dates: 10/2-10/5 This week I mainly focused on CSL O’Fallon IL as we are preparing for a CD QC. I worked with both Debbie and Elizabeth...

Week 7: Lessons Learned

This week was a rather quick (but still busy) week as I am taking Thursday off. (I am planning to work full days during fall break next...

Week 6: Lessons Learned

Once again this week I was made aware of the concept "however long you think a task is going to take, multiply that by two." This...

Week 5: Lessons Learned

This week reinforced the importance of communication within a project team. There were several of us on different floors and sides of the...

Atika Jain- Week 6

Meetings are an essential part of any architectural project communication plan. They can be an excellent way to create common knowledge...

Atika Jain- Week 5

Creating Construction Drawings Is An Art. Putting together a clear, concise, and thorough set of construction documents for a contractor...

Atika Jain- Week 3

The biggest hurdles it seems in Charleston for a building to be built are the 3 major BAR meetings: Conceptual, Preliminary and Final,...

Atika Jain- Week 2

I learnt that getting a decent construction document set is a tedious process, every detail needs to be worked and reworked at, zooming...

Atika Jain- Week 1

I learnt the importance of detail drawings in a working drawing set. How each drawing needs to be planned systematically to represent a...

Rachel Smoak -Week Five

This week I learned how prominent the iterative process is even beyond school. I spent the week making multiple options for a hotel paint...

Rachel Smoak - Week Six

This week I learned about the use of materials for the exterior of buildings and how important the relationship of materials is to the...

Ailed Mazas - Week 5

This week I had the opportunity to accomplish one of my goals. I have always got to visit projects that are in advanced stages of...

Julian Owens - Week 6

This week I'm really starting to feel the difference between being in the office for 4 hours per day and working full time. I can't...

J.T. Pennington - Week 2 Lessons Learned

Week 2 : September 5th - September 9th - short week because of Hurricane Irma Lessons learned/reflections: On Wednesday of this week, I...

J.T. Pennington - Week 1 Lessons Learned

Week 1 : Short week since I started on August 31st and worked the 1st day of September before the weekend. Lessons learned/reflections :...

Tyler McKenzie - Week 6

My biggest take away from this week is how liable architects are for the work of others. I sat down with my principals and listened to...

Michael Mioux - Week 4 Lessons Learned

Even on small projects, there is so much to do. I keep thinking I’m almost done, but more and more I find myself asking the project...

Michael Mioux - Week 3 Lessons Learned

Michael Mioux – Week One Lessons Learned It’s always a little difficult to start a new job. Usually there’s a lot of time spent training...

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