MIP Diary


Project diary: Day 1
Tuesday 25 September

What are my expectations of today?
Today we will find out exactly what is expected of us for this project. 

How did I experience the CTD/on site exercise?
We measured up today, and did some sketches

What did I learn today?
I learnt what materials we will be working with and that we will be designing a screen for the container which will be transformed into a library. We also took note of the junctions connecting the primary structure to the secondary structure and so on.

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Project diary: Day 2
Wednesday 26 September

What are my expectations of today?
I expect that today we will have to come up with a design for the screen that is simple yet aesthetically pleasing for the children

How did I experience the CTD/on site exercise?
We were given a task to come up with a design for the screen and after we finished our individual designs we were put into groups and had to combine our designs.

What did I learn today?
I learnt about health and safety regulations, something which is needed for when one works on site, we also had a speaker who did some container transformations and gave us some inspiration.

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Project diary: Day 3
Thursday 27 September

What are my expectations of today?
We need to sort out the materials we have and the machinery, and need to figure out what needs to be fixed up. Also the design needs to be finalized.

How did I experience the CTD/on site exercise?
Since the weather wasn't all that great I was in the hall painting the apple crates for the existing screens.

What did I learn today?
Well today I just had fun painting the crates

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Project diary: Day 4
Friday 28 September

What are my expectations of today?
Drawing up sections and details on house Infanta, and to understand the detailing; which would then entail you to understand the structure itself.

How did I experience the CTD/on site exercise?
It was a bit tough since we weren't given much information and we had to come up with the details from scratch.

What did I learn today?
Learnt more about detailing with regards to housing.

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Project diary: Day 5
Monday 01 October

What are my expectations of today?
Continue with work on site with fixing up existing structures and working on the new structure

How did I experience the CTD/on site exercise?
Today I did quite a bit of drilling and was busy with the hammer fixing up the deck, removing the unstable pieces of the deck and replacing them with new ones. We also had to oil the deck and wipe it down afterwards.


What did I learn today?
Today I learnt how to use a drillJ, working on site is quite enjoyable. 

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Project diary: Day 6
Tuesday 02 October

What are my expectations of today?
Draw sections and details on steel framed structure based on house Sue, after which to understand the structure 

How did I experience the CTD/on site exercise?
Today we had less time to do the details and sections, but learnt quite a lot

What did I learn today?
Learnt about detailing steel framed structures, especially with concerns to how cladding is incorporated into steel portal frames.

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Project diary: Day 7
Wednesday 03 October

What are my expectations of today?
Finish up the steps leading to the playground and the new deck; also continue with the new screen.

How did I experience the CTD/on site exercise?
Did some sanding of the planks for the steps with the heavy duty sander and was busy with the electrical drill; fixing up the existing screens.

What did I learn today?
Learnt about reinforcing a seat which wasn't very sturdy and how to use an electric drill.

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Project diary: Day 8
Thursday 04 October

What are my expectations of today?
Draw up sections and details of last year’s structure on site as well as this year’s structure. As this would show our understanding of the structure. 

How did I experience the CTD/on site exercise?
Today was quite long trying to fit in as many drawings of our understanding of the structure that is of the old and the new.

What did I learn today?
Learnt more about the structure and the detailing that is being built by us.

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Project diary: Day 9
Friday 05 October

What are my expectations of today?
Need to clean up the site and finish small things here and there

How did I experience the CTD/on site exercise?
The site was a bit crammed today with too many people as it was the first day both groups was on site together also leaving less jobs to do. I also helped with cleaning up the site

What did I learn today?
 Well today was more of just help out where you could.

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