Practicum in construction management and execution Traçat Gabinet d'Arquitectura

Abstract

This work is a requirement for the Final Course Assignment over the practicum I have been doing for the period corresponding to my practice experience at the Traçat architecture firm. First, I will give a brief introduction putting emphasis on my motivations. Secondly, I believe it is necessary to begin this assignment with an evolutionary review of the Traçat firm from its foundation to the present times from the point of view of its physical as well as functional structure as seen through its organigram. I will also develop the functions of the different departments involved, the services offered, the work environment and the type of clientele. In third place, logically, I will give a description of my experience as a Construction Supervisor at Traçat, discussing the functions I carried out, contrasting the work done in the office with the work done at the construction site and the peculiarities I encountered in the execution of my functions in facultative direction and Project management. I will provide a detailed discussion over the different construction projects where I gained experience during the practicum and the tasks I carried out there under the direction of various technical architects on staff at the firm. Finally, I will give my conclusions where I will discuss the results of a continued reflexion, the daily implications, an analysis which came from the practice, what we will call on-the-spot experience, so necessary for theoretical knowledge to take shape as something more than just potential.