So far all I have been working on in the office is "Mark-ups" which really does not expose one to actual architectural designing.
Mark-ups are amending and fixing small mistakes that were made in the process of placing equipment in allocated rooms. after 3 months of doing this I started to feel frustated because Iam not getting the experience and proper exsposure to help me grow. The amount of work is hectic and forces us to work overtime regularly and this week I worked two nights in a row.
But I think there are better things ahead, because i went to my first site visit this week. The purpose of the site visit was to show me the process of construction. at first I was intimidated to be in a meeting with so many professionals. myself and a fellow colleague (which is an architect) were the only females present. The room (container) was filled with all the engineers involved in the construction of the Hermanus hospital upgrade.
The tension and frustration was piling up, because there seems to be a delay and the client's patients are wearing thin, but never the less it was entertaining to watch grown men arguing. :-)
After the meeting we inspected the site and recorded each and every change which happened since the previous meeting/site visit. There isn't much happening above ground at the moment, because they are still digging trenches, hopefully there will be more to see at the next visit.
