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The Plaza In Clayton Week 1 part 1

For the first few days into my senior project it has been what I had expected. I have been shadowing my boss (Steve Krueger) around seeing what he does in his field of Building Engineer. Steve makes sure that throughout the day the residents…

Week 7- Tri-Co Inc. Continued

This week was spent at Tri-Co again shadowing Ryan Smith (superintendent) and Micah Roufa (project manager). I sat in on more meetings and helped with various projects around the site. It had been really interesting to see the types of issues that come up…

Meramec state park week 2 and 3

Week 2 I only worked 1 day at the front desk, since I drove to boulder on Tuesday and got back Sunday. Week 3 – For week 3 I have been dealing with fielding a lot of questions about the flooding. When the state…

Meramec state park working the front desk. week 1

I have been working the front desk for a while at Meramec state park. I spent the last 2 days of my first week at Meramec state working the front desk at the visitors center. What I have to do at the visitors center…

Week 6- Tri-Co Inc.

This week was spent shadowing Micah Roufa again. I did most of the same things as last week but now that I know more stuff about the site I am able help out more. I also drove a Bobcat this week which was pretty…

Week Six

I was able to set something up where I could go out to Phoenix and meet the people from my first four weeks, so I was in Phoenix with them for a few days this week. I was able to sit down with them…

What I’ve been doing at Craftsmen

I’ve had a good amount of rotations in craftsmen the last serval weeks. I spent a week at Craftsmen’s family-owned sister company, Craftsmen Industries. That week I spent with the engineers who create the specially made trailers for the customer. I spend a week…

The Inner Workings of a Training Cafe-Bread Co

I spent week 5 shadowing management at my job. My location is a training cafe, meaning we get managers in training (MITs) and they’re with us for 2-8 weeks learning how to do their job. We currently have an MIT, which gives us another…

Week 5: Tri-Co Inc.

This past week was my first week with Micah Roufa at Tri-Co inc. Tri-Co is a general contractor that renovates and builds schools. The current project is a $22 million renovation and addition to Maplewood High School. Micah is the Project Manager so I…