Luke Walker 

My name is Luke Walker, and I have been working as an estimating intern under Rob Selin and Christopher Madden in division 760. This summer has been an amazing experience as I have worked on various jobs throughout multiple departments including EHRM infrastructure upgrades, drilling jobs, some tollway work and street lighting projects. I have been primarily focused on doing takeoffs for these jobs using Bluebeam, whether that being finding lengths of cable running through buildings, or calculating pounds of rebar that is going to be needed for tollway work. Some of my other responsibilities include, creating pricing sheets, price quoting, and contacting subcontractors. I have also participated in some pre-bid walkthroughs where estimators get a better understanding of the scope of work and can see where the actual work will be taking place. As well as sitting in on executive bid reviews as we finalized bid packages to be approved before they are sent out. While working in the estimating department I have learned how much work goes into jobs way before construction even begins.