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 manager “what next?”. The building is mostly designed, but now it’s all detail work and annotating everything. Making sure it’s legible and clear. It can be easy to lose track of organization, especially when working as quickly as an architect, so most of what I’m cleaning up is just clutter as I set up sheets to put the drawings on. I try to stay orderly when working, but I’m becoming aware how easy it is to slip up on even the smallest of projects.

I also learned that sometimes in small offices of a larger firm, communications and operations between offices is not always as smooth as it should be. My office is a satellite of a larger organization headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. But it’s interesting to see how self-sufficient my office is. The company is downsizing, though, and the office I work in will be disincorporated later this season.