Reflection Of A Report On The Overall Internship Experience

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Introduction
The purpose of this report is to discuss the overall internship experience. Topics I will be covering are the four task areas that were checked off by my supervisor on the internship agreement forms. Those task areas were: Estimating, Safety, Project Administration and Management, and Field Layout and Surveying. Also, I will discuss different activities, experiences and lessons I learned throughout the whole internship.
Internship Orientation and Preparation
There was not much to the orientation process for myself. Kimball Construction Services, Inc. is a small company so not much was required. Orientation entailed having the office secretary make photo copies of my drivers’ license, meeting everyone that works for the company, and then giving me a binder to read with company policies and procedures. Within the binder also contained a safety section that I was told to be very familiar with because safety is very important. After that my supervisor drove me around for the day and showed me where some of the places are that I would be visiting frequently and introduced me to some of the people that work there. Preparation that is needed is to make …show more content…

My supervisor did most of the dealing with contracts. Other than learning that building management/owner will draft it and we sign it and deliver it to them. I did end up going and delivering a couple of contracts for my supervisor though. Risk management starts in the contract stage and continues throughout the rest of the project. Ethical issues exist everywhere you look in the construction industry. One of the most common issues is bid shopping. Another issue that exists is companies following what the contract says. Along with that there is the issue of the contract language. There are times when the language of the contract can be interpreted in multiple ways. The General Contractor can interpret it in one way and management can interpret it in another

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