During this past week, I continued to take meeting notes, email subcontractors, create/update building models, and work on clash detective tests within certain projects. A lot of these tasks have helped me get a better understanding of how teams work within a company and how to actively communicate to make the group more efficient as a whole. In addition, I have gotten more proficient with many of the programs associated with my role as I have performed those tasks. I also got to work on some engineering drawings for the first time where I mapped out the mounting hardware layout for a new project. For that job I had to learn how to use Bluebeam, which is a PDF editor to properly scale and mark the drawings.
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So far the two tasks that have been the most challenging were emailing subcontractors for the first time and creating new building models. For emailing subcontractors it was a bit weird to send an email to someone who has likely worked in the construction industry for a while and ask them to send in their model updates on time. However, after sending them a few times, it has become a lot easier and I learned how to properly prase the emails with my supervisor's help. The other thing happened this week when I was creating a building model for the first time and was unsure of how to properly section each floor. I ended up uploading an incorrect model three times before I finally got the hang of it. That job was the most challenging for me so far, but I think that its difficulty helped me learn a lot about problem-solving and properly using the resources available to me.
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This internship has really opened my eyes to the complexity of the construction industry. I would have never imagined the number of steps it takes to design, fabricate, and install an electrical system. For me, it makes the industry a lot more exciting as there are still a plethora of things that I can learn. These last few weeks have made me a lot more excited about what I will experience in the weeks to come.
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