WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:03.320 My name is Stewart Godfrey and I am an architect. 2 00:00:03.320 --> 00:00:06.480 line:15% We work in public education, primarily, 3 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:09.980 line:15% we do a lot of K12 projects, public schools, 4 00:00:09.980 --> 00:00:12.820 line:15% we do a lot of work with higher ed facilities, 5 00:00:12.820 --> 00:00:15.930 line:15% and a lot of work in the public library sector. 6 00:00:15.930 --> 00:00:17.090 There's a lot of different ways 7 00:00:17.090 --> 00:00:19.460 that we get brought into projects. 8 00:00:19.460 --> 00:00:22.820 line:15% We like to be involved very early, when we're thinking about 9 00:00:22.820 --> 00:00:26.240 line:15% the "what-ifs" and how do we do something big 10 00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:28.530 line:15% or something new, or think about a problem from 11 00:00:28.530 --> 00:00:32.268 a little bit different angle, so sometimes that looks like, 12 00:00:32.268 --> 00:00:34.540 simple things, like, oh we got a roof leak, 13 00:00:34.540 --> 00:00:37.330 or we need some pavement work done, 14 00:00:37.330 --> 00:00:39.570 or something sort of mundane and maintenance, 15 00:00:39.570 --> 00:00:43.370 and then other times we're working with teachers and 16 00:00:43.370 --> 00:00:47.291 educators and people involved in the organization that 17 00:00:47.291 --> 00:00:48.990 might be wanting to think about something different, 18 00:00:48.990 --> 00:00:50.960 how do we make a shift from 19 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:52.720 an old technology to a new technology, 20 00:00:52.720 --> 00:00:55.370 how do we make a shift to in-service from 21 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:58.570 the way things used to be done to now, 22 00:00:58.570 --> 00:00:59.950 line:15% where they may be going in the future. 23 00:00:59.950 --> 00:01:01.770 line:15% So we like to be brought in early, 24 00:01:01.770 --> 00:01:06.030 line:15% we like to talk and plan and think and strategize 25 00:01:06.030 --> 00:01:08.542 line:15% on ways that the built environment can support 26 00:01:08.542 --> 00:01:12.810 the work that the various organizations are doing. 27 00:01:12.810 --> 00:01:15.680 And then we just stay with a project all the way through, 28 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:18.880 sometimes we start with a study, 29 00:01:18.880 --> 00:01:20.550 and we look at the "what-ifs", 30 00:01:20.550 --> 00:01:21.710 and we think about the costs, 31 00:01:21.710 --> 00:01:24.830 and we develop different solutions and strategies 32 00:01:24.830 --> 00:01:26.720 for solving those problems, 33 00:01:26.720 --> 00:01:28.470 and then we see projects all the way through. 34 00:01:28.470 --> 00:01:31.360 We do the design process, we help the client through 35 00:01:31.360 --> 00:01:35.070 construction, and then even in the year and years after. 36 00:01:35.070 --> 00:01:38.210 Many of our clients are repeat clients, 37 00:01:38.210 --> 00:01:42.570 so we say we build friendships over time, that's the goal. 38 00:01:42.570 --> 00:01:44.140 We work on both types of projects, 39 00:01:44.140 --> 00:01:46.840 line:15% we work on interior renovation projects, 40 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:49.010 line:15% we work on restoration projects, 41 00:01:49.010 --> 00:01:52.470 line:15% we work on new construction projects. 42 00:01:52.470 --> 00:01:57.270 line:15% We like to think that our practice is built on being nimble 43 00:01:57.270 --> 00:02:01.551 and we're able to take really complicated projects 44 00:02:01.551 --> 00:02:03.483 and solve them. 45 00:02:04.520 --> 00:02:07.410 One of the first projects I worked on was a library project, 46 00:02:07.410 --> 00:02:09.410 where, it was an existing building, 47 00:02:09.410 --> 00:02:12.000 we were building additions on both sides, 48 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:14.780 and the building sat on sloping property, 49 00:02:14.780 --> 00:02:18.020 and so part of the building was, part of the second floor 50 00:02:18.020 --> 00:02:19.570 of the building was a slab on grade, 51 00:02:19.570 --> 00:02:21.920 line:15% so elevated slab on grade, and we actually 52 00:02:21.920 --> 00:02:25.666 line:15% held up the building and carved out the bottom of it 53 00:02:25.666 --> 00:02:27.870 line:15% and put space underneath it 54 00:02:27.870 --> 00:02:29.310 line:15% while the whole building was occupied. 55 00:02:29.310 --> 00:02:31.730 So, once we did that, I kinda realized, 56 00:02:31.730 --> 00:02:34.493 you can really do just about anything in architecture.