12 Dec - 15 Dec 2011 -All done- end of a great chapter of my life (Thank you)

Wow!!!!this has been an amazing year filled with loads of wonderful memories and amzing lessons learned. I cant believ that its all over. One thing that this past year has taught me is that working with passionate people in a happy enviroment need to be appreciated!!I have worked with a wonderfu; team and these life lessons while be cherished for years to come!!!A special thank you to all those who were apart of my success during this past year. Without you non of this would have been posssible. A special THank you to my boss Mr Gordon Hart for taking the time and having the patience to teach me throught the year. You are an amazing boss and wonderful person and i could not have asked for anyone better. Thank you for all the days that you have the time just for a chat, to make a joke and kind words of encouragement. Your humble, generous and kind ways will be remembered for years to come. Thank you for being a mentor and inspiration to me through all the tough times and the good. I wish you all the success for the future. To my collegue and friend Yaseen Mohamed thank you for everything, from learning about architecture to fun times in the park it was an awesome experience. Jenny Collins thanks for the wonderful time and for allowing me to learn so much from your presise and thorough detail in everything that you do it will definately be beneficial for me in the future. To all the lecturers, students, family and friends THANK YOU!!!!!!

28 November - 1 December 2011 No Pressure....lol

Wow!! today has been so hectic i just fealt like i needed to update my blog. I started the morning off continuing the council submission drawings and with phones constantly ringing more work was bound to start rolling in. Just as i thought clients called needing changes to site drawings... Once that was completed and printed the client come in to collect.However more changes needed to be made...Back to the pc just after i thought that job was complete....ah oh well rather busy than bored!.Completed all these changes and more clients come in to discuss their ideas for alterations...This means more work coming my way>>>shooo the week has only just begun. Now i have to sort out this council submission in the morning my deadline is the end of this week. No pressure....

21 November - 25 November 2011.....Council submission

This week started off dragging but once i got into the swing of things it just flew by. I'm currently working on a council submission for a development in Rondebosch. it has to first be subdivided before any plans can be submitted to council. It is a two double dwellings over two erven. This means I have to complete two full sets of drawings for council. Double the fun. Well that's what i was busy with for the entire week hopefully i can complete it by Monday. then its, check, check, check and print, print, print.

Oh well I need to get back to work.

Till next time.

xoxo

14 November - 18 November 2011 Another week gone by

This week hasn't been to busy but I have been focusing on the final council submission drawings for this year. It seems funny saying that because as the weeks go by I realise that my time in the office is coming to an end ....Well hopefully depending on my results @ campus. This week I have been sending emails, doing council amendments, admin work and mainly trying to get this council submission drawings completed. This project the erf is being subdivided yet it has a double dwelling on each erf.so this means that I need to do take into consideration that certain aspects are shared namely the drainage and servitude connections. This week went fairly quickly.

Oh well back to work. Till next time

xoxo

7 November - 11 November 2011..............11.11.11 - full speed ahead

This week has definitely gone by super quick. Well it was a change to be back in the office and not in Elgin....I actually miss that place and everyone too. Well I had to get into the swing of things asap as life does go on. Good news was in order as two of the plans I had done had been approved @ council while I had been away in Elgin....always good motivation to know that your work is up to standard. While that happiness lasted only just a few hours.....work was on the rise. I needed to complete site drawings, sketch plans, send some emails and get a council submission started. This meant a really hectic week back @ the office but nothing I couldn't handle. After all that hard work in Elgin,  I feel like i can conquer anything:) This weekend I need to complete all my changes for the final re- submission....hopefully I make it in time.

Well I need to get back to work.....Till next time

xoxo

17 Oct - 21 Oct 2011 --Presentation time:)

This week I started doing some presentation drawings for a developement in stellenbosch....How ironic because I am busy doing all my work for CPUT, which needs to be well presented too.Our email was down this week so all the mail we expected from clients and other professionals never came through. After two days of talking to IT technicians it was all sorted!!!We were up and running:)Well after that drama was sorted I completed some amendments for council, done some admin and checked some progress on projects @ council. This week has really flown by and im super excited for BLOCK 3

See you all soon

xoxo 

10 Oct - 14 Oct 2011 - Time is just flying by

This week I completed all my drawings for the sketch plan proposal. I also drew up some site diagrams for a new property we could be doing a job on. Things from council are rolling in as the plans move from one department to the next. I’m learning so much from just doing admin work its amazing. I need to complete my assignments so luckily work is died down a bit so I could do research for my M.I.P work. Since time s flying by so quickly updating my portfolio and all outstanding work is my main priority


Till next time.

xoxo

3 Oct 2011 - 7 Oct 2011 Busy,Busy, Dead................ & Busy again.

This week was filled with lots to do. It continued from last week with the sketch plans for a development. But it didnt stop there clients were calling asking for drawings and that meant breaking away and doing those to keep the clients happy. This meant I needed to complete some site drawings, plumbing drawings and floor layouts. Emailing was definitly high priority on the things to do list. Then when all work starts to pick up again the electricity goes off!!!!The electricity department were doing maintainace on the transformers in the area from 8am - 4pm. So that meant no electricity, no pc, no work......DAY OFF:) happiness for a whole day!!but this meant working super hard to catch up for lost time. All's well that ends well this week has been hectic.

Till next time.

xoxo

26 Sep - 30 Sep 2011 - New challenges

This week i got to work on a developement that we will be doing in stellenbosch

19 Sep - 23 Sep 2011 - Getting through the week

What a week... This week i stated on a new project with two double dwellings. This is still at sketch stage so things will definitely be developing from here on. I've been doing lots of admin, filing & emailing in the office and I have been to council to check on progress on plans. Yesterday was my Boss' birthday and we had a little surprise party:) was awesome!!! So today i will be doing some admin and updating any loose ends.

Till next time

xoxo