My Internship Experience At Related Midwest - 1297 Words

This report mainly focuses on my internship experience at Related Midwest. Related Midwest, the Chicago office of the Related companies, is a pre-eminent developer of luxury condominiums and rental homes, master-planned communities, mixed-use, and affordable housing in the Midwest recognized for innovation and market-defining developments for more than 25 years. Related Midwest has reshaped luxury living in Chicago through a deep-rooted history of excellence. The projects at Related are mainly divided into Affordable and Market rate. The market rate sector of Related Midwest is mainly concentrating on the ongoing projects, 451 E. Grand and 1035 W. Van Buren. As the owner of the project, Related Midwest tracks the progress of†¦show more content†¦On its completion, the building will be among the tallest buildings of Chicago, with a height of 840ft. The project is presently in its developmental phase with the construction phase scheduled to start in the month of December of 2015. Currently, the project is mainly concentrating on the pre-construction activities such as finalizing the designs and drawings, preparing the estimate of the project, planning the logistics of the site during the construction, preparing contract documents, hold bidding for the various subcontractor works, interviewing the potential bidders and reviewing their submittals. As the summer associate in construction, I attend the weekly progress meetings, which involves all the stakeholders updating everyone the progress of their work, discuss any issues faced and resolving those issues. Additionally, the plan of action for the next week is discussed. These meetings also include finalizing of designs with the Architects of finalizing the method of construction with the GC and the concerned Subcontractor. The company also maintains a separate schedule and budget for the project which not only involves the construction phase of the project, but also the developmental phase which involves the marketing and acquisition. Part of my responsibility includes, updating the construction phase of the schedule corresponding the schedule given by the General Noorien Bhaidani