Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Wednesday 18 March: Annelize

Vocational Day #2:

Anna visited Danville Community College's Draughting and Engineering Department, there she toured the new Medical Facility - designed by Dewberry Architects. She found it inspiring to see the amount of new technology being applied in new buildings - all the buildings (especially educational institutions) have high level technology. A huge drive is being made to educate and retrain a population that was previously a labour force. Grants are being made available to people so that they can take time off and study (paid for by the scholarships) and Anna met many draughting students on these programs.

After a good Southern meal of fried chicken, corn, creamed potatoes and biscuits, Anna visted Dewberry & Davis Inc. A company of land surveyors, architects, landscape architects and civil and structural engineers, all working together under one roof. Dewberry & Davis focuses on economic, industrial and commercial development. Anna sat in on a technical meeting where plans were being overviewed for a tender process. Thereafter she was shown around historical Danville -Anna met her match- someone else more passionate about oohing and aahing and photographing beams, windows, buildings and bricks...

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