When I started
in Feb 2017, I had some general knowledge from school and a bag full of dreams.
Eventually it was worth going through the hard work. Even though because of
external reasons I have to leave the company before the project was completed, I
probably made great friends there.
I like
being challenged and eventually become competitive in whatever I am doing. At my
very first industry job, I got involved in a 14 story parking garage project. I
was responsible for coordination, partial structural calculations and
manufacturing ticket control.
I recently
received a message from one of my co-workers about a link that directly takes
me to the camera which is monitoring the construction 24/7 and daily photos are
added. I am sharing the link here if you’d like to take a look at it.
Here are 5
things I learned from this project;
1. Precast
It was my
first project working with precast concrete. I was involved in structural
design, structural calculations, drawing coordination and ticket controlling
and external communication phases.
2. Tall structure
design
Most of the
assumptions for low-rise and mid-rise structures cannot be used for a 14 story
structure.
3. Internal and
external communication
If you ask
me what is most important factor for successful project, I would say it is
communication. If you do not have solid proof of information you passed
forward, you’ll end up being blamed. Timings on projects fail due to
miscommunication.
4. Importance of
codes
You have to
use specific codes for every single line of calculation. My gain from this was learning
to use PCI design and connection manual.
5. The confidence
After designing
14 story parking garage, I will never be afraid of any tall structure. Even though
I couldn’t find a solid information, number of parking garages such high are
very limited.
