History Maker Home Internship

History Maker Homes and I checked off tasks on an individual agreement that will be completed over the length of the internship. Four of the agreed upon task are procurement and expediting, project planning and scheduling, cost controls, and project administration. During my internship each task is to be worked on to learn the process of residential construction which will build my experience for a future career.

Procurement and expediting is the process of gathering materials from an external service to be used on sites by calling or emailing the company. I am currently still working on completing this task and will continue to use it until the end of my internship because this is a vital task when building homes in the residential field. During the construction of every home I accomplish this task by contacting contractors to have materials delivered to the jobsite. I contact companies by email and calling by phone making sure that the materials for each job will be on time so the schedule …show more content…
I meet with new home owners to go over which home layout they chose along with each upgrade they chose. During the meeting my supervisor and I plan out the beginning date for the home as well as a goal for the end result for their house. Scheduling during construction is critical and makes the job run smooth. I update schedules through centralized scheduling which is view by our contractors to keep up with what is happening on each home under construction. Scheduling is accomplished every day when I call contractors and material suppliers to complete a job on a home. I obtain a date of when the task will be accomplished and write it down to form a reminder system to keep track of completions. A lesson I have learned from project planning and scheduling would be by staying one step ahead I can avoid a problem and if one happens to come up I will have the time to fix it without lengthening the finishing