A good reminder of why EMI exists...

People often notice that when I walk into a house or building, I look around and consider how the building was designed and constructed. I don't think I'm doing anything special, really. The flaws seem to jump out at me without me even looking for them. Sometimes a room will feel too big for the six people eating there, or a wall that should be smooth has ripples, or a window that should open will be obstructed by a piece of steel.



During the course of the Westminster project trip (see below), our team visited a church EMI had designed to see some interesting features put into practice. Next to the church was this school, which is almost completed. At first I thought the poles were temporary supports, maybe for scaffolding. What we found out was that they were actually permenant columns supporting the roof trusses. And on the other side of the building, you literally could not open a window because of where the steel was placed. Yikes.

There are a lot of reasons why eMi exists and why I believe that our work is valuable to the work of the kingdom. Ensuring that errors like this don't happen in other places is one of the more obvious reminders.