Intership at CB Richard Ellis

Yesterday, I went to CBRE's head office at Standard Chartered Building to meet with with the director regarding the intership. The director, Marianne Ang, was a nice lady who told me what to do and tell me more about the job scope.

Today, i arrived at 78 Shenton Way, where i will be working for the next 10 weeks. Bus 700 was crowded with so many people; plus the jam was quite bad that i though i would be late on the first day of my work. However, things saw an abouturn when i reach Orchard area thanks to the provision of bus lanes. In the end, i was 25 minutes early.

Formerly Apollo Centre, now know as Shenton Building, it is undergoing construction to build an extension Tower 2. I was to work in the management office alongside 5 colleagues; The Complex Manager, Asst Complex Manager, M&E Manager, Pty Executive and an admin assistant.

The Complex Manager decided not to assign me any work on the first day and here i am blogging and surfing the net.

Shenton Building, supposedly a Grade A office building, looks rather old although the artist's impression of the revamped and renovated office looks excellent in the brochures. The systems in the building are non-intelligent at all as you can only monitor the components of the building but not control them. The only thing that can be monitored and controlled is the air-con. I went to check the web and found an article that state that Grade A buildings are generally those in prime locations, have column free floor plates, high ceilings and are well maintained. I guess Shenton Building does meet those criteria. The Assistant Complex Manager termed the systems in the BAS room "dinosaur".

This marks the first day of my intern job. Oh ya, i ate muslim food. The rice was quite appetizing and i finished everything as i was famished.