01/24/2022- Day 3 I was able to complete the third floor and roof 3D model in SketchUp and sent it for review. Julie and Virginia review and redlined the model for some final changes. 01/25/2022- Day 4 Usually, I am off on this day but I came in to help Virginia take measurements of a […]

02/01/2022- Day 7 Completed the 3d design in Sketchup for the Profozach Residence. However, at the end of the design and when I went back to verify that all of my dimensions matched what was on the floor plans there were a few discrepancies and I needed to go back and make some revisions. 02/02/2022- […]

02/14/2022- Day 13 Virginia gave me a brief tutorial on Powercadd and showed me some shortcut commands and the easy way to being the drawing process. She also showed me how to set up the file with the firm template for each design. From this point, I began to layout the dimension and locations of […]

02/21/2022- Day 16 I received red marks on the Russo Garage.  A few changes that are needed to be made were to update the roof plan to reflect the overhand over the garage doors. 02/23/2022- Day 17 Imported the Ground floor for the Dunn Residence into a new Powercadd file. Updated the ground floor with […]

02/28/2022- Day 19 Complete final changes to the ground floor. Verify the square footage matches on the existing floor plan. For the first floor, the front stair entrance does not match what is shown on the existing floor plans. I needed to update it to reflect what we measured and took pictures of during our […]

Like during my 4th week, my 5th week was spent primarily at the Joseph Floyd Manor building.  As the scope of the project increased so did my time and activities.  Our initial project had expanded beyond the initial water damage.  Along with the internal renovations, we were now working on exterior. The north staircase appears to be in dire […]

     This past week at SGA – NW Design I worked 4 half days; from 8am-12noon, Monday-Thursday. It has been a great learning experience.  I was tasked with two different activities for the week.  Early in the week I updated some old floor plans in AutoCAD.  My supervisor is aware of my proficiency in the software and […]

Here I am finishing up my final month with SGA and fortunately it’s been a lot of work and a good learning experience.  This past week I was involved primarily on a single project, the Joseph Floyd Manor (JFM) low income high rise building in North Charleston.  In an apartment on the second floor, apparently a bathtub […]

This week was a slightly different week than the last. I worked on two different projects this week, both in which I’ve started already: the Joseph Floyd Manor building, and the Oglethorpe Mall redevelopment project. On Monday and Tuesday I: sat in on a couple meetings with my mentor Mike, and worked in Sketchup model […]

Metanoia 1919 Carlton Renovation 1919 Carlton, Charleston Duncan Cheney Help Duncan with design, drawing, and daily tasks Monday (2/14):  9-12  On Monday, Duncan and I visited the site again and took more specific measurements and measurements that we missed last time.  The measurements were then recorded on a floor plan of the house that I […]