Week 2
The second week was great! First thing Monday I put together a furniture package that had different finish samples combined in a notebook. I also rendered a floor pattern in Photoshop and did another 3D rendering of the NICU. We also had our regular Monday office meeting. Tuesday I did another rendered floor plan, looked-up artwork to use in a project, and made an excel sheet of building codes per state. I also got my first phone call! I heard my phone ringing but I just stared at the red light until someone told me it was okay to answer. It was Lorraine (refer to week 1 photo) calling from her vacation. She was just making sure I didn’t have any questions about the furniture package she had left for me. It was so sweet for her to call while she was on vacation. The CMH Space Flooring rep (see picture below) also brought lunch to the office Tuesday. Wednesday I got to do another signage and verbiage plan as well as start a material board and pull some paint samples. Thursday two new designers showed up to the office (see picture below) while I spent all day in the materials library working on a presentation board. I was very hesitant about sticking anything down permanently! Scott, the Patcraft rep, also brought us lunch with a ton of chips and queso that we ate on the rest of the week! Friday I finally finished putting the presentation board together and started setting up the designers F100 sheet in Revit. I am still having a blast and can’t wait to see what this coming week has in store for me. I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend and has an awesome week.
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Tiffany with CMH Space Flooring presenting her products to me. Even though one of her products is VCT she hates the chalky feeling they leave on her hands. She says she still can't get used to it! Photograph by Pam ;)
The new designers! Birdie (Left) and Ester (Right) are Rebecca's Shih Tzus that came to visit for the day.
Project Organization explained by Monika (in conjunction to her also trying to explain Revit to me)
At Inner Design Studio (IDS) they do not do any pre-design. First thing that happens is that the architect sends schematic design drawings to IDS. This means that the architect firm sends a base drawing to the designers. Then IDS submits interior finish drawings. There is a generic finish schedule (just the material and no color), a wall protection plan and a furniture layout. Next they meet with clients for the first time. If they don’t get to meet with the client then the materials are just selected from the standards. From this point they know finishes for the design documents and specific finishes on the finish plan, wall plan, and furniture plan. IDS also has a rendered floor pattern for clients to approve at this stage of the project. Construction documents are the next step. Two check sets are done. During the first check set a floor pattern is plugged in and any extra 3D renderings and casework are done. After the second check set they move to final documents. Then construction administration occurs. An RFI (Request for Information) is the written process for the contractor. IDS then coordinates installation of furniture, drapery, and artwork. Submittals are done of each product specified at the time. Then the designers double check and review submittals to make sure that everything submitted is what they meant (or it could be costly). Once all finishes are in a finish walkthrough of a facility occurs. Then after all the furniture is installed another walkthrough may occur to review everything one last time.
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To follow-up on the predesgin phase: Yes, the architects usually do the predesign phase and Inner Design Studio looks over this phase, but they themselves do not initially perform this task.
Reader Comments (2)
You are certainly getting use to the professional lingo and jargon! The explanation of how projects are organized and how the work is phased makes sense for the scope of work for which they typically contract. You might ask your supervisor if the architects they work with ever give them pre-design documents or a program to review. Think about posting some of the completed work you mention. Keep up the good work and have a great week!
Good to know! Thanks for the update.