This week a total of 17 hours were worked. Approx. 3 hours for C/E, 3 PM, 8 PD Each day was spent working on red lines for educational projects, roof and wall details, as well as a lunch and learn on Tuesday and a site visit for Berkeley Ed on Wednesday. The overall takeaway from […]
Month: February 2019
Mackenzie Abernethy: 2/20/19
Today, I had to redo the Redlines I had been working on. Apparently, I was working within the server and not in BIM. I didn’t know what BIM was before today, so it was a good learning experience I suppose. I spent about 2 hours trying to figure out what was wrong and how to […]
Mackenzie Abernethy: 2/19/19
Today I talked with my boss about building a 3D model for the North Charleston Aquatic Center. We discussed building technique and material choices. I also worked on Redlines for another architect for about an hour. AXP Hours: PDD, 1 Hour
Mackenzie Abernethy: Weekly Blog Post #1
North Charleston Aquatic Center : Sign North Charleston, South Carolina Project Scope: Entirely new building designed by SGA Architecture to be a competitive swimming complex. Documents and construction began in 2017, but they broke ground in 2018. The sign design and drawings started in 2018, and are being continued presently. Project Manager: Beth Novak Role […]
Mackenzie Abernethy: 2/18/19
Today, I first scanned large plans for one architect and organized the scans for him. Then I discussed my upcoming Midterm meeting with my Mentor. Finally, I worked on Redlines for an architect in Revit drawings. This project was the MLK Pool Enclosure including demolition drawings. AXP Hours: PDD, 3 hours
Mackenzie Abernethy: 2/14/19
Today I worked on the new construction detailing drawings for the North Charleston Aquatic Center Sign. My mentor worked closely with me to ensure that I understood the mechanics before the drawings were sent to a structural engineer. AXP Hours: PDD, 4 hours
Roberto Diaz: Weekly entry
The experience that impacted me the most in regard to the practice of architecture was the site visit to the nearly finished student housing building on King Street. The contractor and the developer are the same and thus the architect does not have as much power. There is several thigs in regards to the aesthetics […]
Roberto Diaz: Daily Entries
02/11/2019 Time worked: 4 hours Tasks performed: Prepare documents to be sent to a sign manufacturer for a sign at 2453 King St. Work accomplished: Project development and documentation (AXP hours) 02/12/2019 Time worked: 4 hours Tasks performed: Prepare a collection of precedent office building with certain characteristics, typical materials used in the state of […]
Aaron Green: Week of February 11
Weekly Summary This week I worked solely on creating and developing an Auxiliary Dwelling Unit for our project on Folly Road. This is a smaller component of the overall project of the redesign of the main house. The house presents a unique set of design opportunities, it is a 1.5 story bungalow built somewhere in […]
Phil Riazzi: Weekly Entry – 02.16.19
Daily Entries 02/11/19 – Monday Time: 8:00am – 12:00pm (4hrs) Tasks: Door schedule, storefront details, door and head jamb details for a new firehouse AXP: Project Development & Documentation 02/12/19 – Tuesday Time: 8:00am – 12:30pm (4.5hrs) Tasks: Door schedule, storefront details, door and head jamb details for a new firehouse AXP: Project Development & […]