WHAT DOES AN ARCHITECT/ARCHITECTURAL TECHNICIAN DOES ON A DAILY BASIS?
In this latest blog, we are going to explain what is involved in a typical day of working as a self-employed Architect/Architectural Technician (Okay, maybe not every Architect, however from my experience this is the case).
A typical day starts at 5am…make a coffee and get to work for an hour or two before the kids wake.
Sometimes…. I will do some sketching; however, this is when I can get caught up with emails and even do some invoicing until 7:30am.
Time to go to the office for 9am, where we will have a coffee while going over the projects with the staff and set priorities for that day.
9:30-10am, its either time to visit a client’s property for a measured survey or a consultation.
Back to the office to file the survey and in to the to do list before lunch time, which is normally on-the-go so anything messy is not a great idea.
After lunch…. a few quotations from the enquiries/consultations from today/yesterday.
1pm, it's time to do some further information requests from the local building standards departments, which can range from additional sections, details, more information to specification or just chasing up information from 3rd parties such as structural engineers.
Between 4-5pm we will upload the additional information to the portal (where all plans get sent to Local Authority) of the various jobs and answer some emails/any missed telephone calls.
7pm and its time to start again until about 10pm, which on occasion I will find myself doing work on the floor of a basketball court while one of my children are training, in a hotel room or at home.
If you are thinking about being an Architect/Architectural Technician, then remember it’s not all just drawing, however there is nothing better than seeing something built that you have drawn on paper and worked so hard to obtain the permissions.
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