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Sample Daily Activity Schedule
Below are examples of daily activity schedules that a host
contractor might consider creating for the intern's experience
and education. Host contractors should feel free to create their
own daily activity schedules based on their availability and the
surety underwriter intern's interest.
SAMPLE A
5-Day Schedule (Detailed)
Day 1
Attire: blue jeans and boots for site visit, business casual for
dinner
Flight Arrives
9:00 AM
Arrival and Introduction
9:30 AM
Meeting with Chairman
10:00 AM
Meeting with Sr. Executive/Sr. Vice President
10:30 AM to 12:00 NOON
Spend rest of day with Estimating staff discussing Estimating
and Preconstruction and doing a site visit to Site A
12:00 NOON to 1:00 PM
Lunch with Estimating Staff
1:00 to 4:00 PM
Continue site visit of Site A
4:00 to 4:30 PM
Return to main office
6:00 PM
Dinner at Restaurant A with Chairman, Sr. Executive/Sr. Vice
President and Sr. Vice President of Administration
Day 2
Attire: blue jeans and boots for site visit, business casual for
dinner
8:00 AM to 8:30 AM
Meet Risk Analyst
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Meet with Vice President of Energy and conduct site visit of
Site B
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Attend site meeting
11:00 AM to 12:00 NOON
Lunch with Vice President of Energy
12:00 Noon to 1:30 AM
Drive back to main office
2:00 PM to 2:10 PM
Introduction to Vice President of Estimating
2:10 PM to 3:30 PM
Meeting with Sr. Director of Estimating
3:30 PM to 4:45 PM
Intern will then spend rest of day in Estimating Department
shadowing Estimator I
4:45 PM to 5:30 PM
Return to Sr. Executive/Sr. Vice President's office
6:00 PM
Dinner at Restaurant 2 with Vice President of Healthcare
Markets, Vice President of Water/Wastewater Markets, and Vice
President of Estimating
Day 3
Attire: blue jeans and boots for site visit (outdoor sites may
be muddy)
7:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Site C visit
Site D visit
11:00 AM to 12:00 NOON
Lunch
12:00 NOON to 12:30 PM
Travel to site
12:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Site E visit
Day 4
Attire: blue jeans and boots for site visit (outdoor site
may be muddy)
8:30 to 10:30 AM
Site G visit conducted by Project Manager and Engineer I
10:30 to 11:00 AM
Return to Main Office
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Lunch
12:30 to 1:15 PM
Meet with Financial Manager
1:15 to 2:00 PM
Meet with Safety Director
2:15 to 3:30 PM
Meeting at Steel Fabricator Facility with Project Manager of
Steel Fabricator Facility
3:30 to 5:00 PM
Meet with project accounting and cost control
6:00 to 8:00 PM
Dinner at Restaurant C
Day 5
Attire: business casual
7:30 to 8:30 AM
Preconstruction Meeting
9:30 AM to 12 NOON
Meet with Senior Vice President of Business Acquisitions to
discuss Business Development
12:00 to 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 to 1:30 PM
Closeout meeting with Sr. Executive/Sr. Vice President
1:30 PM
Travel to airport
4:00 PM
Flight departs
SAMPLE B
5-Day Schedule (Detailed)
Day 1
8:30 to 9:30 AM
Staff Meeting
9:30 to 10:30 AM
Discuss objectives and goals of intern's upcoming week, meet
staff of various departments, and review company structure
10:30 AM to 12:00 NOON
Pay roll, certified pay rolls.
1:30 to 5:00 PM
Builders Exchange, Dodge, Marketing, Proposals
Day 2
8:00-11:00 AM
Pricing, preconstruction services and estimating (take-off and
pricing)
11:00 AM to 12:00 NOON
Branch Meeting
12:00 NOON to 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Start-up files, job scheduling, cost codes, budget, files,
subcontracts, purchase orders
2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Estimating and Job Cost
3:00 to 4:00 PM
Job cost and projections
5:00 PM
Dinner
Day 3
8:00 to 2:00 PM
Seminar
2:00 to 5:00 PM
Accounts payable, accounting, accounts receivable and accounting
software, insurance, workers comp, W9's
Day 4
8:00 to 12:00 NOON
Safety committee meeting, job site visits
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Lunch
Day 5
8:30 to 9:30 AM
Meeting with Company X's bonding agent
9:30 to 10:30 AM
General & Accounting budgets, projections with upper management
10:30 to 11:30 AM
Wrap-up questions and answers, etc.
11:30 to 12:30 PM
Lunch
12:30 PM
Depart |
