Barbara da Costa

Internship at a military base in the Amazon region, Brazil • Project: Construction of a sewage/drainage system for better regulation of local rainfall • Environmentally friendly design of the wastewater system to prevent the mixing of oil from tanks with rainwater during operation • Budget Planning

Internship at a military project center in Salvador, Brazil • Projects: Repurposing of a building; expansion of an existing building; electrical installation works; installation of sanitary facilities on site • Supervision of executed works, budget control, conducting measurements on construction projects in compliance with legal regulations

• Monitoring infrastructure works and landscaping • Analysis of testing results to verify compliance with quality standards, based on applicable norms (creating prototypes to build sewer systems, foundations more cost-effectively) • Analysis of laboratory results in compliance with regulations (quality control of materials upon delivery by the supplier) • Control and logging of costs of services provided in the project (constant comparison of initial budget to current budget required throughout the project)