How can designers improve by staying on site?
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It’s said that one should learn as much as possible on-site when doing design work, but after spending a month there, I didn’t feel like I had gained much (I’m ashamed; please don’t throw bricks at me). Every day involves answering questions for the construction team, providing guidance on the construction process, and issuing changes when necessary. Then there’s the daily checking of their prefabrication and construction work (there’s not much to see, really), and after a month like that, it seems like no progress has been made. Maybe I’m not very smart, but I truly want to improve my skills. I would like to ask my more experienced colleagues: what should I do to improve myself? Thank you!
Can’t identifying and solving problems be considered improvement? ! Hehe
In fact, by doing these things, the person in question is inadvertently improving their skills. At the construction site, there is much to observe – for example, the methods used to position equipment, the sizes of various pipes and fittings, especially the dimensions of valves, the design of valve stems, their weight, and other issues that may arise during pipe installation. At the site, it might seem like many of these things aren’t important, but once back at the office and working on designs, it becomes clear that many of these issues can be avoided during the design phase. Also, it’s important to learn as much as possible about whatever field one is working in; the field of piping is particularly complex. These are just my personal opinions for reference only.