It's a wonderful thing to see, something you've designed coming into being. After so much speculative work at university, this is the icing on the cake, it's the closure that's been missing. Initially what I felt was that this was a great thing and instinctively it made me think of the project as having come to a close, but I soon realised that, in fact, it's never that simple. There are just so many things that can yet go wrong and surprisingly, it's the small jobs that you'd think were the easiest, that in fact stand the greatest risk of going drastically wrong. This appears to be because larger jobs have more money in the balance and so a greater investment is made into their running. A role that deals with the running of the projects is the Clerk of Works, something I came across this year which basically means the person who acts as the Landscape Architect's eyes and ears on site, maintaining a high level of work and reporting back to the office, thereby ensuring an efficient process. This is a great role for a student to have, as it enables them to better appreciate the practicalities of their own designs and the difficulties that can ensue from them.
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