Internship Blog 1: Job and GIS User Groups
For my internship credit this semester, I will be counting the GIS work I do as part of my new job as an Engineering Technician in the Sidewalks division of the City of Richmond Department of Public Works. A major part of my job is conducting site visits of sidewalks that need repair and evaluating what degree of repair is needed and the level of priority given its condition and external factors such as surrounding land use and pedestrian volume. I will be designing plans for full-block sidewalk repair projects and identifying project specifications based on the existing sidewalk, landscaping, utilities, and environmental constraints, and the desired improvements based on citizen safety, ADA and city standards, historical preservation, and project feasibility. I will be drawing up these designs in ArcGIS Pro overlaid on city parcel maps so the contractors have a visual guideline to go along with the cost estimates I will create. I'm excited about this job because I am a big fan of ...