Week 7: Short Week!

This week almost everyone in the office was gone. Rebecca, Heather, and I only worked 2 days this week, and the whole office seemed empty those days!

some of the submittalsMonday we finally got samples for our donation wall for the Cancer Institute. We looked at the samples of all the fonts, colors, glass tiles, and vinyls we will be using for the "Wall of Hope" and discussed our opinions via a phone conference with the manufacturer. I sent out all the new designs for the door frostings to the VP of Cancer and got positive feedback. We made a final selection for those and I then dimensioned and made contract drawings for the designs on the door. Rebecca and I then went over submittals for the new Patient Registrations project. When we reviewed the submittals, we go through every material and finish we specified on the finish schedule, then check it with the submittals the contractor sends us. We actually found a few errors in what they had sent us, so it was good that we were careful when reviewing their specifications. I then did some updates to finish boards for the Cancer Institute because we had some last minute selection changes due to cost.

Tuesday I worked more on the Labor and Delivery project.view of downtown Knoxville from the 12 East project We did a walkthrough of 12 East to make sure we approved all the placement of artwork in the hallways. It is exciting to see that the project is almost complete! We had a discussion about ordering custom 3Form for the Cancer Institute with the 3Form Rep. I then sat in on a Cancer Institute Budget meeting with the VP of cancer, Director of Facilities Planning, and the Interior Desingers.

I had the rest of the week off of work! :)

Clients work differently here than they do in a typical firm. I have realized that once we have helped a doctor or staff in the hospital, they are very likely to stop us in the hallway and thank us or keep the relationship going even after the project is complete. To monitor projects after they are complete, we do hospital walkthroughs from time to time, and we keep relationships with the clients. We also keep records of all of our projects in order to quickly be able to access any material if it is damaged or needs replacing for any reason.

GrahamThis week I interviewed Graham, who is our CAD and Signage specialist in the office. He has been studying and practicing Architecture for 10 years. He is from England, but moved to the states when he married an American woman. They have two kids together! In his free time he likes to paint, do illustrations, and create sculptures. He has even sold some of his work!