I'm -38 and I've just finished a two-year Construction and the Built Environment course in Northern Ireland. I've now moved to Austin, Texas, and I'm looking for an internship where I can keep drawing, modelling and learning on site.
Certified in Revit and AutoCAD, with a week of site experience and two years of construction technology behind me.
Paid commission. I modelled both units in Revit and produced the renders for the client.
A commission for Aaron Henderson: portable office units built out of shipping containers with solar panels mounted on the roof. One version has a pitched panel array over the container, the other keeps a low single-slope array on a flat roof.
Paid commission. I was given photographs of the kit and asked to build a 3D model of it. I modelled the box, the tray and the contents, produced the renders, and also made a physical version.
A 3D model of the MyGevity at-home collection kit for GeneMetrics: the printed outer box with its branding, and an open version showing the tray with the tubes, swabs, instruction card and leaflets sitting in their compartments.
I did all of it myself, from taking the photos to writing up the submission.
This was the project that carried most of my grade. I recorded a build as it went up, photographing each stage and writing up what was happening and why.
My full GCSE Technology & Design coursework at Dalriada School. I did every stage myself, from the research through to making the product. It was awarded an A.
A freestanding charity collection box for the Ukraine Appeal, designed for a client and built in the school workshop. It holds over 200 coins across five labelled sections, has a translucent acrylic front so people can see the money going in, and a locked trapdoor underneath so only one person can take the coins out.
Modelled the whole building myself, from the brief through to the presentation drawings.
A school modelled in Revit: classroom wings, corridors and stairs sitting on a regular structural grid. Getting the grid to work with the classroom sizes took a few attempts.
Designed the unit layouts, worked out the build-ups and produced the drawings.
A multi-storey residential block. The interesting part was repetition: designing one flat properly and then stacking it, and keeping the core in a position that worked on every floor.
Carried out the survey on site and drew the whole package up afterwards.
I surveyed a park, took the levels and existing features, and turned the readings into a full set of AutoCAD drawings with a proposed layout on top.
Northern Regional College (NRC), Northern Ireland
2024 - 2026
Two years, full time. The course covered construction technology, building design, regulations, health and safety, graphical communication and quantity surveying. Most of my work was drawing and modelling, which is the part I want to keep doing.
Northern Ireland
A week on a live site with Henry Brothers. I followed the site team around, watched how the build was sequenced and how trades were kept out of each other's way, and sat in on the safety briefings. It was the first time I saw drawings I recognised being used to actually put a building up.
I've moved to Austin and I'm looking for an internship or entry level role in design, drawing or site work. I'm happy to send over full drawing sets, talk through any of the projects above, or come in for an interview.
thomasedwardtaylor@icloud.com