Who did you meet with today?
Today I met with Cyrus Amani-Taleshi, who is an architect that does planning and designing. I also met with Keivan Abidi, who is a project director and makes sure everything is going well.
Where do they work? What does the company do?
Keivan Abidi works for Blueprint. He is a project director at Blueprint. The company helps schools improve their learning environment.
Cyrus Amani-Taleshi works at LCA. He is an architect who helps do all of the planning for what to build or how to improve things and make sure that things are how they should be.
What did you learn today? What were some highlights?
Something that I learned today that was very interesting was how they usually run into problems when having to rehab a building. Because you never know what can be on the other side of the wall. Some highlights that I took from today were simply going and walking around the building and seeing what they built, and how the plan looked before it was built.
What insights did you gain into the field of real estate development?
An insight that I took away from today was that there are a lot of little things that you need in order to build something, and it can go wrong. That’s why they plan everything so that it can go as smoothly as possible. They also need to be approved by the state or local municipality to build before starting construction.
What did you find the most interesting about the field after today?
What I found most interesting about the field was all of the planning and how it needs to be planned in order to come out as what they want it to be. I found this interesting because the designing is very specific on what a school needs.
