Yen Lai

Project Engineer

I spend most of my time coordinating and resolving façade interfacing details – this is a special project with 3 different contractors each doing specialist trades.

It is a non-RDO day so time to go to Geelong.

5.15 AM

wake up and I am on the road by 6 am.

I have a coffee in hand to keep me awake for the 1hour drive to Geelong.

By the time I park the car, I check my emails on the 10min walk to the office.

I say my hellos and good mornings, and catch up with everyone at the coffee machine.

I go through my to-do list and emails for an hour, before heading out to the site for a progress walk and status the current works. After logging some Enablon observations, it is back to the desk to resolve outstanding steel design queries with the contractor and consultants.

I spend most of my time coordinating and resolving façade interfacing details – this is a special project with 3 different contractors each doing specialist trades. Glazing, façade cladding, and glass-reinforced concrete.

Between meetings, replying to emails and reviewing details with shop drawings, it is the end of the day and back on the road (anywhere between 6-7 pm)

7.00 AM

I arrive at the office any time between 7-to-7:30 am and catch up on emails for an hour followed by a site walk.

The rest of the day, on either side of lunch, I will be in meetings or taking phone calls from contractors asking questions, details, or the status of shop drawings for consultant review.

The project is coming along nicely.

Given the amount of detail and work in the façade design, coordination across the trades takes up most of my time to ensure the deliverable outcomes match the design intent.

Dinner with the family is my ongoing relaxation and unwinding method.

Because I get home so late, I refuse to take my laptop home to do anymore.

With the little time I have left, I either read a book, have a crack at learning 1 thing with a crotchet or watch a bit of tv before bed.

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