This week has been a busy and fun week of work. It involved tasks such as: renderings, documentation, and general design. Renderings included a home for a client who is planning to demo his home and the neighboring lot to build a larger home, taking advantage of the large plot of land. This design is […]
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Nick Oxendale | SGA – NW, a GF Design Company | Week 12: 4/11 – 4/15
This week was my final week at SGA | NW. I worked on two projects this week earning 15 AXP hours in Project planning and design and Project development and Documentation. The two projects I worked on were: The Joseph Floyd Manor Building (again), but this week we weren’t focused on the interior, rather we […]
Nick Oxendale | SGA – NW, a GF Design Company | Week 11: 4/4 – 4/8
This week I worked on two projects, one in which is a continuation of a previous project, and the other was with our office’s interior designer, Stephanie. The first project I worked on was for the Joseph Floyd Manor building. I’ve done a few projects in this building now so it’s become very familiar. My […]
Nick Oxendale | SGA -NW Design, a GF Design company | Week 10: 3/28 – 3/31
This week I worked solely on a single project titled “The Clark”, this will be high end condominiums that will be getting built here in downtown Charleston. I was able to work a little extra this week and managed a total of 18 hours, 17 of which were logged into my NCARB account under project […]
Nick Oxendale | SGA -NW Design, a GF company | Week 9: 3/14 – 3/18
This was a week of completing some old assignments and initiating some new. I received a total of 16 AXP hours in Project Planning, Design, Programming and Analysis. On Monday I completed the Asheville Mall and Savannah Mall redevelopment projects in Sketchup. I was involved in the site planning which originated with a design from one of the […]
Nick Oxendale | SGA – NW Design | Week 8: 3/7 – 3/11
This was the kind of week I prefer, and enjoy: Busy. I’m beginning to feel more confident with my work at SGA. My assignments this week have been diverse. I participated in three different projects: A multi-family (MF) mall redevelopment in Asheville; a Savannah MF mall redevelopment, and a drainage project along Hunger & King here in downtown Charleston. On […]
Nick Oxendale | SGA – NW Design | Week 5 | 2/14 – 2/18
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 […]
Nick Oxendale | SGA – NW Design | Week 3: 1/31 – 2/4
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 […]
Nick Oxendale | SGA – NW Design | Week 4: 2/7 – 1/11
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 […]
Nick Oxendale | SGA NW Design | Week 6: 2/21 – 2/25
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 […]