{"id":199,"date":"2014-01-17T16:05:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T16:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ksa\/?p=199"},"modified":"2014-01-17T16:05:01","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T16:05:01","slug":"riba-south-east-student-mentoring-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ksa\/2014\/01\/17\/riba-south-east-student-mentoring-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"RIBA South-East student mentoring scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Third\u00a0 year Part 1 students at\u00a0KSA have the\u00a0 opportunity to be mentored by architects, usually based in the Canterbury area,\u00a0 under the scheme run by the Royal Institute of British Architects\u2019 (RIBA)\u00a0 regional office. The scheme involves the mentored student \u00a0meeting with\u00a0 their mentor near the beginning of the academic year; a visit to the mentor\u2019s\u00a0 practice; and two further meetings, one of which is a visit to a \u2018live\u2019\u00a0 project. More\u00a0 about student mentoring [1]<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Emma Hilton-Grange – BA (Hons) Stage 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"emmehiltongrange\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Session\u00a0 2:<\/p>\n

Today we\u00a0 travelled to the office in London to meet our mentor. It was good to see the\u00a0 environment that the practice was working in and the facilities they had as\u00a0 well as briefly meeting the team. Whilst at the office our mentor explained to\u00a0 us the process of obtaining jobs, as well as the financial process of how these\u00a0 are invoiced and at what points. Clients tend to pay much of the money before\u00a0 the project has actually started being built, however as explained to us this\u00a0 is due to the nature of an architect\u2019s work, as much of it is undertaken prior\u00a0 to any construction work. We were told how the contractor goes about invoicing\u00a0 the client and the client- architect- contractor relationship, as the architect\u00a0 is to work in the best interests of the client and to check the work invoiced\u00a0 is done. I learnt a lot today about the actual workings of a job as well as\u00a0 examples of projects that don\u2019t always go to plan.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Site visit – before refurbishment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

We then\u00a0 travelled to Bassett Road in Notting Hill, the site of the residential project\u00a0 we were told about in our previous meeting. Our mentor informed us that\u00a0 although the site is now in its later stages of more finishing work, sites are\u00a0 still generally dangerous places and gave us an insight into the workings of\u00a0 building sites. We looked around the project and met the client where we got a\u00a0 feel for the kind of relationship between the parties as she was specifying\u00a0 changes, asking for clarification and reassurance. This particular site is no\u00a0 longer being managed by our mentor as the client is project managing herself.\u00a0 However, the practice still has a solid relationship with her and helps out\u00a0 where possible: our mentor explained to us that this is important for future\u00a0 contracts and recommendations. The project also showed us things are not always\u00a0 built exactly how they are planned and that the role of the architect is to\u00a0 check on this throughout the process.<\/p>\n

Today was a\u00a0 really interesting experience and I look forward to seeing the project when\u00a0 finished as our mentor said he would keep us updated.<\/p>\n

To read more, please visit our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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