Abira Bey

I started my career in architecture and facilities management as an intern with the facilities department at my university, working from the end of May to the end of July for about two and a half months. From there, I was recruited by Chief Solutions and started in mid-August, where I've now been working for about seven to eight months as an architectural design and construction coordinator. I work part-time because I'm still a full-time college student in my fourth year of a five-year bachelor's program in architecture. My responsibilities include managing the university floor plans, providing PDFs to anyone who needs plans for upcoming projects, making flyers for the university, and creating floor plans. I'm currently working on a really cool project where we're creating a 3D canvas map that will allow people to navigate throughout the university digitally. For a while, up until about two to three weeks ago, I was the only employee working on these tasks like making floor plans and 3D models, but now I've gotten help. One of my biggest challenges has been managing my time and making sure I prioritize my classes, often having to work weekends for my job so I can keep up with my classes during the week. This summer, I'm taking a hiatus from this job to intern with an architecture firm in Cincinnati, Ohio, where I'll be doing similar work but in more of a creative design role. I'm interested in working in civic, medical, and sports facilities, designing government buildings, hospitals, and sports facilities.