Weekly Update

Hello to all,

I sincerely apologize for the late weekly progress at work, but you won't be dissapointed as I have exciting things to tell. Updating you on the events of lastweek ofcourse, I was yet again back to work on the McGill project. My main supervisor, Lennie, was needed on another project, which is the Papworth hospital. A project which we have worked on before ealier in the year. Although that was before it was transferred into BIM (Building Information Model) software, eg. Revit Architecture. Therefore I was left to carry out most of the work on McGill.

So for starters, knowing that I would be doing most of the work on McGill here at the Cape Town office, I was already over excited. It might be a lot of responsibility to put on the shoulders of a student, but I can say with confidence, that no matter how difficult the task may be, I shall take it on with full force. I recieved emails from the Canadian branch, and continued to make ammendmants as requested by the persons concerned. What was exciting for me was communicating with these new personalities, and I even got a chance to discuss over the telephone with one of the project leaders. For example, if there were any instructions given by the office in Canada, I would send them an email asking for a convenient time in which I could call them, because of the time difference between Canada and South Africa. I spoke to a Chinese Architect, Annie Cheung, who works for the Canadian branch and she was the one who was authorised to clarify any queries which I may have had based on the work which they initially sent me. At first, I had a hard time understanding what she was saying, but the more I got to communicate with her, the more we understood each other. This made me feel so much better, as I did not just get to finish the work assigned to me, but I was also able to communicate with a foreign architect and that is an experience within itself I would say.

Annie told me that she won't be sending me any work this week, as she will be on leave for the next 5 days. Therefore she will only be back next week. I see this as a good thing, because Lennie told me that he would be needing help with the Papworth Hospital project this week. Exciting stuff, so I know this week is going to be filled with new lessons and accomplishments. Peace and Blessings to all.

Ciao -G