The Daily Grind

So we were all sitting around yesterday and we realized we tend to talk more about the weekends than what we do at work!  And the whole reason we are here are for the week not the weekend.  So i figured i would dedicate this blogpost to the 9 to 5 the daily grind.  Update you guys on what engineering i have done and the ministries i have helped, and in turn, you have helped in three short months. 

What I have worked on so far:
Structural Design
     Wooden and Steel Trusses
      Columns, Beams, Footings, Shear Walls
      Rainwater Tank Tower
AutoCAD Detailing
     Structural Templates
     Rainwater Reservior
     Survey plotting
Excel Worksheets
     Square Footing Design
     Continuous Footing Design
     Rainwater Reservoir Slab Design
     Allowable Rebar in a Reinf Concrete Beam/Column

Ministries

   **Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF)
           -They serve missionaries who travel the the unreached peoples of Uganda by flying them to remote    areas of Africa.
           -EMI is creating a masterplan of their airfield and surrounding property
    **Child and World Agape Outreach
             -There mission is to house and educate orphans and destitue children and show them the love of Christ, to help them become responsible adults
             - EMI is providing a masterplan, and design of several multipurpose buildings for the Agape Education Center
    **African International University
            -A univeristy that educates Christian centerd leaders in Africa so they can go out and tranform God's people and the world
           - EMI is creating a masterplan, the school is looking to grow immensely.
    **Calvery Chapel Entebbe
             -On a plot of land located on the shore of Lake Victoria where they hope to help the children and peoples of entebbe, by having schooling and a market for people to sell things at. 
              -EMI designed the masterplan several years ago.  Now were are coming back and designing a building that will serve as classrooms for schooling of children and adults.

I have worked on something for each of these ministries.  EMI East Africa has probably about a dozen more projects going on right now also. 

These mission statements and what EMI is doing are not exact, but hopefully it will give you a better idea of what i have been working on all semester.