Today was our second to last day of site visits; Team 1 went to the Saddiqi & Sons Headquarters, hosted by Mr. Jihad, and team 2 went to a private Villa, hosted by Mr. Abdallah. Team 2 initially went to the wrong site, and was late to meet Rami and Mr. Abdallah- The late arrival was not received well! Team 2 participated in snagging exercises in the almost complete villa while team 1 had an in-depth tour of the Saddiqi & Sons offices and facilities of the building. Afterwards, both teams reconvened at the office for lunch and a quiz, then headed off to the Al Bonian office for a tour and lecture on MEP services.
The MEP lecture was given by Mr. Jameel Kanafani, the senior mechanical engineer at Al Bonian; which went into great detail about his role in the construction process and the different types of systems that accommodate our living needs and keep us safe. A variety of examples, variations, and questions were brought up and discussed, which served to everyone's benefit- Since we as students are Civil Engineers by training, and MEP works are somewhat out of our scope of knowledgve. During our office tour we were fortunate to meet the CEO of the company, before heading off to rest up for another night of basketball. Even though the tournament is officially over, great pick up games were played and Mishel was sinking BUCKETS. There was also pick up yoga on the sidelines, Sarah got hit in the head by a basketball, we could not yell "heads up!" fast enough.
The Basketball was followed up with a trip to SALT Burgers on the beach, right by the Burj Al Arab. Everybody went, we took up almost the entire pavilion with boxes of burgers and fries, enjoying each others company and chowing down after a big work out. Zack had to leave after basketball because his wife is about to give birth in New York, good luck Zack! Brian and Haley played a wild game of Jenga, Haley won and the two attracted a crowd of onlookers as the next leaning tower of Pisa formed. After everybody finished their dinners and Will and Ghadi finished dancing with the waiters, it was time to depart. At this point in the trip the handshakes and high fives are getting more intimate and less formal, but there is still some confusion on executing the perfect departing high five hand shake sometimes hug or something in between. Hopefully by the time we leave next week we will all have perfected our high fives.
The MEP lecture was given by Mr. Jameel Kanafani, the senior mechanical engineer at Al Bonian; which went into great detail about his role in the construction process and the different types of systems that accommodate our living needs and keep us safe. A variety of examples, variations, and questions were brought up and discussed, which served to everyone's benefit- Since we as students are Civil Engineers by training, and MEP works are somewhat out of our scope of knowledgve. During our office tour we were fortunate to meet the CEO of the company, before heading off to rest up for another night of basketball. Even though the tournament is officially over, great pick up games were played and Mishel was sinking BUCKETS. There was also pick up yoga on the sidelines, Sarah got hit in the head by a basketball, we could not yell "heads up!" fast enough.
The Basketball was followed up with a trip to SALT Burgers on the beach, right by the Burj Al Arab. Everybody went, we took up almost the entire pavilion with boxes of burgers and fries, enjoying each others company and chowing down after a big work out. Zack had to leave after basketball because his wife is about to give birth in New York, good luck Zack! Brian and Haley played a wild game of Jenga, Haley won and the two attracted a crowd of onlookers as the next leaning tower of Pisa formed. After everybody finished their dinners and Will and Ghadi finished dancing with the waiters, it was time to depart. At this point in the trip the handshakes and high fives are getting more intimate and less formal, but there is still some confusion on executing the perfect departing high five hand shake sometimes hug or something in between. Hopefully by the time we leave next week we will all have perfected our high fives.
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