Transient Housing Building Project Essay

Sometime ago say 27 years ago, I had the privilege of being a part of a huge group of people who needed to get a huge project done by a certain date. This was a Navy project, for a new transient housing building. Just some back ground of what this was. In the military the men and women are always being sent to places for a short time for training, while at these different bases as they are called the men and women have to have a place to stay. Most of the time they will stay in what is called transient housing. This type of housing is much like hotels but on the military property.
This project was a brand new building. It was somewhat of a circle of sorts you could say as these building were set in a circle and not a square like most large hotels. There were 4 buildings each having three decks as they are called in the military, but to civilians it would be called floors. On each floor there were approximately 40 rooms with a joining bathrooms in 3 of the 4 buildings. One building having a private bathroom in each room which were for E6 to E10, which are the rankings of the men and women of the higher enlisted personal, E6 being a first class and E7 starting of the chief ranking. Rankings start with E1 to E9 and only 1 E10 in the whole Navy. …show more content…
I was in fact head of a group who worked on one of the upper decks, although I had no problems with my team, I mainly directed my group. Each morning when we came in I would have all of my people take notes of what I had in store for each one. Who would work together that day, as after all the furniture was in, dusted and vacuumed again, next was to make all the beds and add all the towels and rugs to each bathroom. When I was finished giving direction I would ask for questions so everyone was clear. Again after lunch we would have a short meeting to discuss on how the day was going so far and if there needed any