Spring '12 Internship Journal

HGA Architects and Engineers internship journal | spring 2012 cal poly san luis obispo | CAED san francisco urban design program

stephanie cooper

table of contents 1

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firm overview

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1.1 contact information

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1.2 other locations

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1.3 employees

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1.4 awards + publications

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firm methods

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2.1 organization

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2.2 focus + philosophy

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2.3 delivery procedure

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personal interviews

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3.1 questionaire

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3.2 interviews

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internship experience

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4.1 journal

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4.2 summary

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firm overview

1.1

contact information The San Francisco office of HGA was established in 2000 to better pursue and complete higher education and cultural projects in the northern California area.

Also, a few years later the office acquired an established healthcare design firm within the bay area, which allowed the office to pursue healthcare projects as well. address: 445 Bush Street, Suite 400 San Francisco, California, USA 94108 phone: 415.814.6910 fax: 415.962.2598

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SACRAMENTO

MINNEAPOLIS

MILWAUKEE

1410 Rocky Ridge Dr, Suite 250 Roseville, California, 95661

420 5th Street North, Suite 100 Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55401

333 East Erie Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53202

LOS ANGELES

ROCHESTER

WASHINGTON DC

1918 Main Street, Third Floor Santa Monica, California, 90405

202 1st Avenue SW, Suite 200 Rochester, Minnesota, 55902

WBA, an HGA Company 44 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 100 Alexandria, Virginia, 22314

SAN FRANCISCO

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other locations

1.2

1.3

employees

b u s h s tr e e t o f fice : Dave Alpert: registered architect, vice president, principal Fred Sherman: registered architect, vice president, design principal Andy Adams: registered architect, senior associate, project manager,

project architect Demetrios Kanakis: registered architect, senior associate, project

manager, project designer Gabrielle Saponara: registered architect, project architect Esther Gonzalez: project manager, medical planner Nilpa Jhaveri: associate, project designer Mike Villaluna: associate, project coordinator Wonson Shortes: project designer Katie Walsh: project coordinator Kelly Cardella: associate vice president, director of business development Leslie Lyons: marketing coordinator Erica Lane: receptionist

l u c i l e p a cka rd ch ild re n ’s ho s p ita l p ro j ec t o ffic e: Ken Bishop: registered architect, associate vice president, project arch,

project construction administration Mark Tiscornia: registered architect, associate vice president, senior

project architect, senior project manager.

Micheal Robbins: registered architect, senior associate, senior project

manager, senior project architect

Anthony Tan: registered architect, associate, project architect Linda Jay: associate, project designer, medical planner, AIA associate Melvin Toddy: production team member Ryan Combies: project designer April Fame: project designer

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CABRILLO COLLEGE Visual & Performing Arts Village Aptos, CA

Awards 2012 United States Institute for Theatre Technology Architecture Merit Award 2011 SCUP Excellence in Campus Planning Merit Award 2010 AIA Minnesota Honor Award HGA is continuing work with Cabrillo College, and is designing a new student activities center for the campus as well.

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HERCULES PUBLIC LIBRARY Hercules, California

Awards 2007 AIA East Bay Honor Award 2007 AIA San Francisco Honor Award 2007 IIDA Wisconsin First Place Award Publications “HGA and Will Bruder Strengthen the Public Heart of a Suburban Community with a Library Whose Facade Boldly Meets a Busy Street” Architectural Record 02.01.08

awards+publications

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NAPA VALLEY COLLEGE

Performing Arts Center Napa Valley, CA Awards 2011 AIA Minnesota Honor Award

ROSEGARDEN LIBRARY

San Jose, California Awards 2006 IIDA Wisconsin Best of Competition

The items listed here represent awards and publications that the San Francisco office of HGA has received for their recent work. Throughout its seven offices nationwide, HGA is featured in several publications and recieves many awards such as the SCUP Excellence in Campus Planning Merit Award, the IIDA MidAtlantic Chapter Silver Award, and the AIA Los Angeles Design Award, for various projects every year.

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firm methods

2.1

organization

HGA Architects and Engineers works both locally and nationally.

Individual offices are required to find their own work, which is usually done on a local scale. However, if a large or significant project emerges, one office may call on the expertise of an employee at a neighboring office in order to secure the project.

This way, each office remains independent, but still maintaining a support network.

Within each office, there are idividuals that specialize in different areas of design, and are usually assigned to projects of that nature. Yet there is still a great amount of flexibility within this system, as an employees role may vary greatly from project to project.

During the course of this internship period, the San Francisco office of HGA is split into two locations. The first is the original office, located on bush street, which handles almost all of the projects that are secured by the office. The other location is dedicated to working on the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, a very large and ambitious project.

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fo cu s: The San Francisco office of HGA Architects and Engineers specializes in healthcare, higher education, and cultural arts projects. However, HGA offices nationwide provide a wide range of building expertise, including corporate, laboratories, sports & recreation, and worhip, just to name a few.

p h ilo so phy: HGA approaches their projects with a Corbusian approach to design, since the founders of the company followed this design strategy closely. In addition, HGA feels that an attention to detail and a high quality of design are the most important elements that projects must deliver on. These strategies please both the client, and provide a successful finished product that the company will always be proud of.

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focus+philosophy

2.2

1.3

delivery procedure The method of development for a design is decided by each individual project architect, and varies greatly from project to project. Some architect’s may favor model making, while others use digital tools such as sketchup and revit as a platform. Sometimes, a combination of several methods is used. The office also uses AutoCAD on most projects in order to produce construction drawings.

However, they are attempting to transfer to a BIM platform on recent projects, and have started using Revit Architecture.

After the design phases, often the team will follow the project to completion. The San Francisco office of HGA does have employees that can provide construction administration services, so the office can work with a client from start to finish if they choose.

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personal interviews

3.1

questionnaire

1.

What is your official title at HGA?

2.

Are you licensed? If not, is that a goal of yours?

3.

Do you have any special affiliations or awards?

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What got you interested in your field?

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Did you start your education in this field, or in something else?

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What is your educational background?

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What steps did you take earlier in your career to develop your skills?

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How did you first become involved with HGA?

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How long have you worked at HGA?

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Have you changed positions while working at HGA, and if so, what positions have you held?

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Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

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St eve Fiskum

Chief Operating Officer of HGA Architects and Engineers

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Steve Fiskum first became interested in architecture due to a love of music, math and science. For his college education, he decided to err on the technical side of his abilities, and applied to the University of Minnesota as an engineering student. However, once he started this program, he found he didn’t enjoy the prerequisite classes. He knew he needed to switch, and noticed that the courses he had already fit architecture, and decided to transfer majors in the middle of the semester. After graduating, he was hired at a small firm nearby, but when a reccession hit, he was laid off. Through connections and suggestions, he was given a job in Fairbanks, Alaska, where the pipeline boom made the construction market much more desireable. He grew significantly during his time in Alaska, since there was a lot of opportunities to take on responsibility. During his time in Alaska, he also took a break to receive his master’s degree from Harvard University. After moving back to Anchorage to resume work again, the economy in Alaska crashed, and he moved back to Minneapolis to work with another architecture firm, Ellerbe Becket. He worked at Ellerbe Becket for some time, until political changes began taking place within the firm. It was at this time that he was hired at HGA, who wanted him to start a branch of HGA in Wisconsin. The branch was successful, and he worked there for 11 years before working at the national office as the Chief Operating Officer, the position he now holds.

Throughout his career, he knew the value of interpersonal relationships, and kept in contact with as many associates as possible in order to advance his career. He stresses the value in teamwork, and learning how to help others.

interviews

3.2

*The interview with Steve Fiskum was completed without use of the questionnaire

1. Vice President, also works as a Healthcare Principal.

2. Yes

4. As a child growing up in San Francisco, he was always fascinated by buildings and their artistic design. He would also read home design magazines that he found as a child, curious about the floor plans and design details of houses.

6. Received a Bachelor’s of Arts in Architecture from the University of California Berkeley, where he also received his Master’s in Architecture and MBA. 7. To develop his business skills, he decided to pursue an MBA degree. In the field of Architecture, he sought out all opportunities, completed a lot of hard work, and was very active with the AIA. He also switched jobs in order to gain more contacts and experience, and also worked at firms with a variety of different project types, so he could become accustomed to working at several different scales.

8. Before he was involved with HGA and while working at SOM, he attended an AIA conference where he attended a lecture by a recruiter. After the lecture, he spoke with her and they became acquainted. Ten years later and after almost no contact, she called him to interview at HGA, after which he was hired to lead the San Francisco office.

9. Has worked at HGA for 5 years 10. For the first four years he worked as the Office Director for the San Francisco office. However, after four years he was pulling in a lot of work, and graciously gave up his Office Director role in order to lighten his very large burden.

11. In 10 years, he sees himself winning and leading much larger projects, and hopefully on an international level.

Dave Al pert

3. LEED AP, recipient of an MBA degree, received 2 design awards during his education at the University of California Berkeley, where he also worked as a teaching assistant.

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1. Senior Associate, works as a Project Architect or Project Manager depending on the project at hand.

2. Yes 3. LEED AP 4. Was interested in physics but was also very interested in art.

Architecture was the perfect collaboration between these two concentrations.

5. No, he started his education in physics. After two years of studying physics and realizing that it was not a perfect fit, he decided to transfer schools and join the Architecture program, which incorporated a more artistic viewpoint.

And y A dams

6. Educated through high school in England, started college education at the University of Colorado Boulder in Physics, transferred schools within University of Colorado at Boulder to receive a Bachelors of Architecture.

10. Was origninally hired to work on the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, where he fulfilled a more project management-based role. Since then he has expanded more into other aspects of projects.

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11. In 10 years he still sees himself working within the healthcare field, because of the constant technology changes that are a staple of the healthcare industry. However, he is open to broader ideas and experiences.

7. To develop his skills, he decided to remain curious and inquisitive about everything, and look beyond the limits of just Architecture. He continued to explore physics, history, and many other fields with a curious eye.

8. First became involved with HGA because friends of his worked at the firm.

9. Has worked at HGA for one year.

1. Associate Vice President, also works as the Director of Business

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Development

architecture after working in the public relations department for a 300 bed hospital. The hospital then underwent construction, and she became aquainted with the architect that worked on the hospital, who offered her work within the architecture firm.

She worked with that company for 20 years, until they were bought by HGA, and continues her work with HGA. 6. Received a Bachelors degree in Public Relations, with a minor in English, from San Jose State University.

7. Early in her career she pursued internships for career development, along with strengthening her communication skills. She also kept in touch with the professional contacts she made, and never burned bridges.

10. At first with HGA she worked only with healthcare projects, but over time expanded her expertise into other areas, such as education, corporate, and public works projects.

11. In 10 years, she sees herself working for a company or cause that makes a difference.

Kel l y Cardella

4. Got interested in the collaboration between public relations and

1. Senior Associate, alternating between Project Manager and Project Architect roles.

2. Yes, licensed with AIA in California and New York.

Demet rios Kanaki s

4. LEED Accredited, and also a member of NCARB. 5. He helped his dad paint houses as a child, which got him interested in art and also exposed him to residential architecture at an early age. He is also very interested in history. During visits to Greece as both a child and adult, the monumental nature of the architecture was very inspiring for him.

6. Went to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and received a Bachelors of Architecture. Also participated in the San Francisco, Florence, and Prague study abroad programs.

7. Building a network of contacts, being humble, and keeping track of all important lessons learned, both in and out of the office.

8. First became involved with HGA after working as a temporary employee for 6 months, which was arranged by an agency.

9. Five years.

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11. Potentially becoming a principal at an architecture firm in order to have more flexibility, and more control over his own destiny.

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1. Associate, role is Project Manager, but often changes from project to project.

time.

5. He loved to draw as a child, but wanted to use art in a more concrete and useful way. Architecture was the perfect hybrid.

6. Went to the University of Arizona and received a Bachelors of Architecture.

7. Took speech classes in order to learn how to communicate better, which helped a lot with business and forming a career.

8. Was working at TAG when HGA and TAG merged in 2007, so then started work with HGA. 9. Five years.

10. His main role hasn’t changed, but has risen up by assuming different and more demanding roles from project to project.

11. Working in a place where he can be faced with new and exciting challenges, wherever that may be.

M i ke Vi llaluna

2. No, but plans on becoming licensed during a more focused

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internship experience

I started off the day by arriving at 8:30, where I was greeted by the receptionist, Erica. The

4.1

journal

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firm scheduled a revit training on a project for Kaiser Permanente in San Ramon. Both Dave and Erica thought it would be a good idea for me to sit in on the session, since I would be working on the same project. I was then introduced to Blaine Grantham, the revit specialist who works with several firms nationwide. The first few hours of the session focused on the collaborative aspects of Revit, and HGA standards for setting up a project file and collaboration. The second half of the training session, which continued after lunch, was focused on actually constructing a model in Revit, something I was more familiar with.

After the training session ended, I talked to Dave, we started to figure out what exactly my tasks would be to work on the San Ramon project. We decided that I would start by looking through the existing templates for rooms in Kaiser Permanente buildings, and find and copy the ones that are used in the San Ramon project.

Mr. Grantham’s Business Card

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session for two architects, Andy and Gabrielle, who are working

San Ramon Project Site

On May 1st, I continued the room template search that I had left the day before. After I was done searching through all the hardcopies, I was then asked to go online and check the hardcopy versions against the digital files on the Kaiser Permanente website,

may 1

and notify the team of any differences, and tell them which rooms did not have templates available. This took me all the way till lunch, and afterwards Adrian met up with Dave and I at the office, and we left for a value engineering meeting for an oncology pharmacy in Walnut Creek. After the short drive, we sat down in the meeting with several different professionals involved to talk about how to make this project more affordable, but there was very little that could be cut out or modified. After the meeting, we then drove out to San Ramon to view the project that I would be 24

working on, and inspected the inside, and thought about where the signage should be placed.

In the morning, I continued the Kaiser Permanete room template search for the San Ramon medical office building project and

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copied off the relevant files. I then wrote up a draft of the minutes to adhere to HGA’s standard format. The rest of the day was spent listening to video conferences from builders for multiple projects, as I was still waiting to be authorized to work directly on projects.

Hopefully that authorization would come soon, both Adrian and I were waiting for an answer from the National office.

Room Template Eample

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from the value engineering meeting the day before, making sure

When I arrived in the morning, I received news that Adrian and I received our authorization from the national office, and was instructed to fill out all of the necessary paperwork, which took some time. Because Dave was out of the office most of the day, Erica sent me to work doing more clerical tasks, such as organizing the files and notes from conferences until Dave returned to give me design work. I was also absent for part of the day due to a case study interview at 11am with Gensler. At night, Adrian and I attended an office party hosted by DPR Construction, where we were introduced to people from several different architecture and

may 3

construction firms.

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The day before, Adrian was given the task of arranging Andy’s business cards, and decided to digitalize them to make contacts

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easier to seach and locate. I finished that task in the morning, and once I was done, Demetrios gave me another task. He wanted

may 4

me to modify some terrain in a sketchup file for an assisted living home that is still in the conceptual and schematic stages of design in order to make the digital file easier to use. This task would be ongoing, as the design is constantly changing. At the end of the day, he also asked me to help edit some of the presentation boards for the project in inDesign, since the current presentation boards did not look as polished as he

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Dharma Realm Buddhist Association

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wanted.

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Church of All Russian Saints

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LEGEND: Peninsula Temple Sholom

Mercy Center

1. Saint Catherines Roman Catholic Church, Burlingame 2. Victory International Church, Burlingame 3. Unity Church, Burlingame 4. Burlingame Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Temple, Burlingame 5. Burlingame United Methodist Church, Burlingame 6. Rodan Institute Metaphysical Church, Burlingame 7. Saint Pauls Episcopal Church, Burlingame 8. First Church of Christ Scientist, Burlingame 9. Seventh Day Adventists Church, Hillsborough 10. Church of All Russian Saints, Burlingame 11. New Life Community Church, Burlingame 12. First Baptist Church, Burlingame 13. Sisters of the Holy Family Convent, Burlingame 14. American Gnostic Church, Burlingame 15. Trinity Lutheran Church, Burlingame 16. Shinnyo-En California Buddhist Temple, Burlingame 17. First Presbytarian Church, Burlingame 18. International Outreach Church, Burlingame 19. Brazilian Church, Burlingame 20. Our Lady of Angels Roman Catholic Church, Burlingame 21. Mercy Center, Burlingame 22. Peninsula Temple Sholom, Burlingame 23. Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses, Burlingame 24. Dharma Realm Buddhist Association, Burlingame 25. Millbrae Bible Church, Millbrae 26. New Vision United Methodist Church, Millbrae 27. Our Lady of Lebanon Eastern Catholic Church, Millbrae 28. Saint Dunstans Roman Catholic Church, Millbrae 29. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Millbrae 30. Saint Andrews Episcopal Church, San Bruno 31. Calvary Lutheran Church, Millbrae

Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church

Presentation Board Example

PLACES OF WORSHIP

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Today, I continued the terrain project that Demetrios assigned to me the Friday before. This time, I was asked to make the model more detailed, and create contour lines at every foot instead of 5’. This meant I had to modify the original AutoCAD file, which took some time. After working on that for some time, he asked me to model the surrounding buildings, since this model would be used not only for conceptual design, but also for presentations to clients. At the end of the day, Demetrios showed me around the office, and explained the office culture and how it might differ from other firms, and also explained the legal structures of different

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projects HGA is working on.

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Sketchup Model - Creating 1’ Contour Lines

Sketchup Model - Topography

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may 8 Today was a hectic day, since the Chief Operating Officer from the national board of HGA came to visit for staff appreciation month.

He treated all of the staff involved with the San Francisco office to a luncheon, which took up half of the day. During the times I could work, however, I continued to develop the SketchUp terrain project for Demetrios. At the end of the day, I had the opportunity to sit down with the C.O.O. of HGA, Steve Fiskum, for an interview & advice session, which was very rewarding and informative.

9'-6 3/4"

RECEIVING HAZ MAT 363 206 SF

RECYCLE

COFFEE VENUE 300 174 SF

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OFF 373 100 SF

  

WORK AREA 372 104 SF



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CAFE 595 315 SF

4'-6 3/4" FACIL 364 172 SF

TEMPLATE PHARMACY 370 2107 SF

PHARMACY WAIT 371 825 SF

HEALTHY LIVING 374 353 SF

18'-6"

MATERIAL STR 366 118 SF 8'-4"

San Ramon Project Simplified Program Diagram Floor 2 of 3

19'-6 3/4" 4'-0" EQ EQ

6'-4" RETAIL LOBBY 576 746 SF

4 2'53 " '-"0 526 /2

ELEVATOR LOBBY 577 200 SF

6'-0"

2'-6"

10'-0"

PANTRY 361 133 SF

7'-6" TLT 340 64 SF



TER 337 423 SF

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2

3

4

5 5'-0"

4'-1 3/4"

WORK ROOM 338 207 SF

11'-10 5/8"

4

12'-0 3/8" TLT 321 96 SF

S.U. 332 122 SF

17'-4 1/2" CONF 334 591 SF

LAB 314 153 SF

CU ALCOVE 319 15 SF 5'-0"

BLOOD DRAW 354 480 SF

RAD 345 294 SF

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BUS. SERV. 335 227 SF

19'-6 3/4"

21'-1 3/4"

3'-6 1/2" 4'-0 7/8"

1

4'-0"

5'-0"

2'-6"

WORK AREA 355 237 SF

2

WAIT 333 121 SF

7'-0"



1'-0" PO 303 107 SF

As of May 9th, I was still

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technician so that I could gain access to more of the

9'-0"

EX 320 108 SF

EX 316 113 SF

PO 304 100 SF

8'-11 1/2"

EX 302 104 SF

5'-0"

11'-0"

EX 313 113 SF

11'-0"

22'-0"

CONF 331 582 SF

PO 305 100 SF

12'-0"

9'-7"

W 317 60 SF

5'-0"

OFF 306 100 SF 5'-0"

STOR 330 161 SF

15'-2 1/8"

9'-0"

6'-3"

OFF 322 143 SF

OFF 324 101 SF

7'-10 3/4"

 2

STR 508 87 SF

HC EX 315 153 SF 12'-3"

11'-0"

1

1 ADMIN 326 337 SF

19'-6 3/4"

OFF 325 120 SF

ADMIN WAIT 327 48 SF

(E) STAIR #2

STR 360 26 SF



WORK 2 AREA 308 214 SF 3

TLT 375 48 SF 4

RECP 312 54 SF

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REI WAIT 311 279 SF

CONF 328 173 SF BOILER 358 195 SF

OFF 307 100 SF

12'-6"

9'-3"

5'-0" OFF 323 101 SF

18'-0"

working with the computer

TLT 318 52 SF

10'-1 1/2"

9'-3"

spent a good deal of time

EQUIP 319 43 SF

12'-3"

9'-2 7/8"

problems at the office, and

CU / MEDS 329 71 SF

6'-6"

8'-7 3/4"

8'-0"

experiencing technical

10'-0 1/4"

DR 346 25 SF

10'-2 7/8"

DR 347 35 SF

CONF 336 352 SF

9'-6 3/4"

5'-0"

8'-6"

9'-8 5/8"

8'-1 1/4"

5'-4"

1'-0"

9'-0"

1'-6"

9'-5 3/4"

BLOOD DRAW 350 102 SF

CASH 351 65 SF

3'-6"

11'-0" 6'-0" MAIL 359 92 SF

DR 341 28 SF

SECURITY 578 178 SF



9'-6 3/4"

SUB WAIT 344 24 SF



9'-6 3/4"

8'-4"

TLT 353 69 SF

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(E) ELEV. #1

9'-6 3/4"

2 RECP 348 200 SF

(E) ELEV. #2

7'-9 1/4"

8'-0"

TLT 352 67 SF

 

5'-0"

1 8'-4" LOUNGE 506 218 SF

HC DR 342 35 SF

 

4'-0"

TLT 368 67 SF

WAITING 349 Redundant Room MAMMO 343 130 SF

8'-6"

8'-0"

(E) FREIGHT ELEV. #3

OFF 356 93 SF

WHEEL CHAIRS

UP

CONF 301 360 SF

TLT 367 67 SF

8'-0"

(E) STAIR #3

LAB STR 357 93 SF

ENTRY LOBBY 575 287 SF

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9'-0"

CORRIDOR 590 725 SF

UP

(E) STAIR #4

8'-0"

5'-4"

21'-0 3/4"

21'-0 3/4"

CLIN TECH 365 190 SF

6'4"

84'-0" EVS STR 369 296 SF

CONSULT 310 98 SF

12'-8 3/8"

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projects by using Revit.

Throughout the rest of the day, however, I continued to work on the sketchup model for Demetrios. At the end of the day, I was also asked to begin work on some diagrams for the Kaiser Permanente project in San Ramon, since I could not yet directly access the Revit files on the server. Andy, the who is assigned to the project, wanted me to

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color-code the plans in InDesign based on the most basic program and function of the spaces for all 3 floors.

Today was a short day due to a case study meeting that I had at

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Gensler, meaning I was absent from HGA from 10:30 until 1:30.

The rest of the time at the firm I spent compiling the diagram

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project for Andy, which would be used in an upcoming presentation to the client. Once completed I continued to polish the sketchup model for Demetrios, and also completed some tasks around the

PO 613 98 SF

PO 614 93 SF

PO 620 97 SF

OFFICE 621 95 SF

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OFFICE 622 95 SF

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MA 805 217 SF

CONSULT 801 91 SF

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MA 653 216 SF

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HC EX 640 147 SF

5'-11 3/4"

TLT 627 53 SF

TLT 639 54 SF

4'-4 1/8"

8'-0"

FAMILY WAIT 654 870 SF

5'-11" TLT 642 53 SF

14'-9 3/4" CU 655 29 SF

RN 656 73 SF

INJ 809 87 SF

EX 643 112 SF

9'-6 3/4"

EX 644 112 SF

9'-6 3/4"

EX 631 111 SF

EX 645 112 SF

9'-6 3/4"

EX 646 112 SF

11'-8 1/4"

9'-6 3/4"

EX 629 111 SF

(E) SKYLIGHT BELOW

7'-4 1/2"

10'-0" EX 628 111 SF

1 REGISTRATION 659 142 SF

11'-0"

EX 618 107 SF

OFF / EX 616 139 SF

(E) STAIR #1

11'-9 3/8"

9'-0"

5'-10 3/4"

W 641 26 SF

9'-0"

HC EX 625 147 SF

5'-11" TLT 624 53 SF

W 638 26 SF 13'-4 1/8"

W 626 26 SF 13'-4 1/8"

4'-4 1/8"

W 623 26 SF

11'-0"

2

NEG EXAM 657 117 SF

QUEUE 660 218 SF

CASH 658 71 SF

DN

SU 617 82 SF 11'-0 1/8"

(E) TERRACE EX 630 111 SF

(E) STAIR #3

EX 633 111 SF

DN

9'-6 3/4"

7'-5 1/4"

14'-0 3/8"

EX 619 107 SF

PO 615 100 SF

9'-9"

10'-1 1/2"

9'-9"

9'-0"

RN 612 89 SF

9'-10 7/8"

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3

1

EX 632 111 SF

EX 647 112 SF

ELEV LOBBY 560 160 SF

(E) HVAC SHAFT #2

CU 807 42 SF EX 648 112 SF

 

 

ELEC. 579 210 SF

EX 649 112 SF

EX 650 112 SF

5'-0"

EX 636 111 SF

11'-7 1/2"

11'-7 1/2"

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PO 601 93 SF

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PO 443 98 SF

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STOR 113 48 SF

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TLT 561 56 SF

PROC 465 190 SF

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IT 599 72 SF

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PO 609 95 SF

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PO 608 102 SF

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office, such as copies and looking for files.

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Today was another short day, as most of the firm was either out of the office or left early for the day. We also had an office meeting to discuss the design of the new workspace that the firm would move to in August. The other parts of the day were spent researching the specs for Kaiser Permanente furniture and equipment for the San Ramon project so that they could be uploaded into the Revit

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model, and continuing to polish the sketchup model for Demitrios.

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Sketchup Model - Final Product

During the morning, I was finally able to solve the IT issues surrounding my access to Revit. During the download process

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I assisted Erica by assembling and binding several letterhead notebooks for the firm. Once the download was complete, Andy San Ramon project, and taking the program document that Kaiser Permanente had given to HGA and comparing it to what was actually modeled in the Revit model.

Room Schedule Made in Revit

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then asked me to start organizing a room schedule in Revit for the

May 15th was spent continuing the room schedule that was assigned the day before. To streamline the process later in design development and beyond, I added several parameters, such as programmed area, area ratio, and department codes, into the Revit model to further link the Kaiser Permanente program document and the BIM model itself. Due to the scale and detail of the building and Kaiser Permanente’s programs, this was a very

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large task and would take some time.

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The majority of the day focused on inputing more data into the room schedule from the existing revit model and syncing the

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Kaiser Permanente planned areas, department codes, and room codes into the revit model for every room. Later in the day, I in inDesign that were colorcoded by department.

These would give the room schedule and revit model a more graphic representation, and would also keep track of what rooms were represented from the original Kaiser Permanente program document.

Floorplans Color-Coded by Department

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began work on floorplans

In the morning, I continued work on the colored departmental floorplans. After returning from a case study interview in the middle of the day, I assisted demetrios with taking pictures of the assisted living hospital. For the San Ramon project, we were provided with laser scans of the existing structure by XL construction. At the end of the day, I began to open up these scans floor by floor, and convert them into an autoCAD format and geometry that could be read

by Revit, and then overlaid onto the current Revit

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model.

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XL Building Scan - 3rd Floor

Today I finished modifying and converting the XL laser scans

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in AutoCAD into a revit-friendly format and geometry, and integrated into the original model. Because of the complexity, this meant all 3 levels had to be broken up, and 2 versions of the scans were imported into each floor – elements that could be seen in a plan view (columns, windows, doors, mullions, etc.) and a version that consisted of all the services in the ceiling (hvac, plumbing, electrical, etc.) Upon the completion of this task, we discovered that the original scans from XL construction were either not accurate and done correctly, so communication was sent on how to proceed next.

Close Up Iso View Showing Building Scan Errors

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then created new revit families for them so that they could be

Today I continued to clean up the colored department diagrams and room schedule. The Sacramento office contacted me and informed me of the programs of different rooms within the San Ramon project, since people in the San Francisco office were unsure of what some room labels specifically meant. I also started a set of traffic flow diagrams for the project, representing public and staff access, which would be used in an upcoming project meeting. Throughout the day I also continued to work with the building scans from XL construction, to make sure that they had transferred correctly from autoCAD to Revit.

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Dave Alpert was back in the office today after being at the AIA convention in Washington D.C., so in the morning there was San

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Ramon team meeting to get everyone back on the same page before the much larger project meeting on Thursday. Afterwards, present a more complete packet for Thursday’s meeting, Andy asked me to include isometric views of the 

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contained. Finally, I also produced reflected ceiling plans of the scans, so that the detail of the scans could also be shown in 

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I edited the traffic flow diagrams as per Dave’s suggestions. To

To complete the packet that would be presented at a meeting the next day, I designed a new coversheet for the submittal. I then modified the department diagrams to show the complete extent of the departments, and not just the rooms that were specifically known from the Kaiser Permanente program document. This would provide clearer conceptual information to everyone in the meeting.

Later in the day, I also input floorplan changes into the revit model from a previous meeting concerning the physical therapy department.

Lastly, I printed those changes, because the

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previous diagrams did not show these alterations, yet they would have to be represented in the meeting for people to provide feedback.

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Early in the day I continued to input the Revit model changes assigned to me the day before, mostly assigning new room tags

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and numbers and making sure that they were in accordance with the rest of the rooms and departments. After leaving for a case of the day, I continued to input even more Kaiser Permanente information into the Revit model.

Lastly, I helped compile paperwork for Demetrios for a presentation the next day.

Physical Therapy Department Changes

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study meeting for much

In the morning, I searched for green design guidelines (also known as GGHC) on the Kaiser Permanete website, since these guidelines would be used to evaluate the project in San Ramon.

After this, I compiled the meeting minutes from the large San Ramon meeting the day before, using notes that Andy provided.

Also to update the San Ramon project, I input additional changes to the first floor as per a previous meeting and discussion into the revit model. Later in the day, I modified the room schedule to reflect the new changes to the first floor, and then used the data I had put into the model over time to change the existing HGA room labels into Kaiser Permanente’s

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room program codes.

This way the room schedule would make more sense, and the project participants on the Kaiser side would be able to better understand the design.

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To compliment the green design

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guidelines for San Ramon, I located interiors. Since, for the time being, there was little more I could assist with the San Ramon project, I was then briefed on a VA campus masterplan project in Palo Alto, that would be worked on in collaboration with Jensen + Partners. For a conceptual decisionmaking meeting that would happen in the next few weeks, I drafted up a template for a “design decision matrix� that would help evaluate the strength of different designs. There was a conference call later in the day with Jensen + Partners to go over how to best graphically represent the concepts that had been developed so far, and they sent over sketches to start. At the end of the day, I began to digitalize these, and also enhance them to better represent the overall ideas.

Original Diagram Drafts from Jensen + Partners

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the LEED specifications for commercial

Today was spent mostly on the diagrams that I began the day before for the VA project in Palo Alto. Andy and I decided to make four to five “parent” diagrams in InDesign that would represent the most critical and basic concepts, and then make “child” diagrams under those, which would represent aspects of the design that influenced the parent diagrams. Since the

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used the changes and notes from this meeting to polish off the rest of the conceptual diagrams to display the information more about CBE, also

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VEHICLE ACCESS & ORIENTATION

known as the Center for the Built Environment, located

PRIMARY VEHICLE TRAFFIC SECONDARY VEHICLE TRAFFIC

in Berkeley. Lastly, Dave asked if I could calculate the Departmental Gross Square Footage for the San Ramon project, so I worked on that task until the

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end of the day.

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VA Palo Alto Parent Diagrams

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accurately. At lunch, Ryan and Demetrios gave a presentation

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program), the Vice President and a Principal Architect, Andy Adams, a Senior Associate and Project Manager/Architect, and also completed some work for Demetrios Kanakis, also a Senior Associate and Project Manager/Architect. The projects I was assigned to were all healthcare based, yet were still very different, and were at different scales and stages of design. Because I was not assigned to specifically one project or task, my duties changed day-to-day. For these projects, I assisted in several ways, including creating diagrams in InDesign or topography in Sketchup to present to clients and construction managers, creating room schedules and other number-based spreadsheets in Excel, and modifying the existing digital models in Revit Architecture 2011.

I was very happy with what I was assigned to work on. However, it would be very beneficial to have some construction documentation experience during the duration of this internship, but the projects I worked on were simply not in that stage. Also, I did not expect to have as many IT issues as I did when I started the first week. Yet, my experience with HGA Architects and Engineers either met or exceeded all of my other expectations. Everyone in the office was incredibly helpful and inviting, and they were very open to giving advice. I was allowed to sit in on meetings that provided me with real-world experiences, attend industry functions with employees, and even meet with people from the national headquarters of the firm. All of these things I did not expect to participate in, but were available to me almost on a daily basis. HGA did a wonderful job of providing a fulfilling internship experience.

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