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Spring Intern
- Savills
- Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
We had introductions to the various teams at Savills as well as calls with directors and senior team members to ask more about roles and the company Mentors also set up coffee chats with other teams in the office Work included day to day tasks such as
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Insight Programme
- Savills
- Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
Each day I was given tasks to complete by my allocated mentor to go directly towards projects that were taking place in my chosen field Teams meetings were arranged daily to get an insight on different sectors within the business
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Student Quantity Surveyor
- John Sisk and Son Ltd
- Placement (10 Months+)
My day to day roles included checking the previous days engineer diaries and records that had been submitted and chase any that may have been missed Filtering through invoices for the monthly application to the clients and sorting orderly systems for fil

Summer Scheme Student
- Savills
- Internship (1 Month+)
For the duration of the Summer Scheme I was placed in the Recoveries and Receiverships team This included the management and administration of properties going into receivership collating information about the property and supporting the team in prepar
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Summer Scheme Student
- Savills
- Internship (1 Month+)
I was involved with helping each team with reports site visits and any general due diligence that needed to be done In each team I was shadowing multiple professionals whilst also learning and developing my knowledge about the industry at the same time
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Infrastructure-Summer Placement
- Fisher German
- Internship (1 Month+)
I spent 10 weeks experiencing the infrastructure department on a day to day basis this job involved me liaising with our clients eg National Grid Severn Trent Cadent Gas and their contractors via emailphone about projects contacting landowners to a

Summer Scheme Student
- Savills
- Internship (1 Month+)
I was assigned in the Recoveries and Receivership team and my day consisted of looking through our appointed properties researching why and how they had ended in receivership collating data about the borrower and the overall situation I would look thr
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Summer Scheme Student
- Savills
- Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)
Once a week would be a morning meeting on what everyone has got on for the week progress on current work as well as the goals and objectives Once the day begins if you don039t already have work to do your line manger will give you work to do or a s
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Assistant Building Surveyor
- Michael Dyson Associates Ltd
- Placement (10 Months+)
My role in the contract administration team was to help in the contracts and procurement of projects This would include various roles from employers agent project manager and CDM Principal Designer in both precontract and postcontract elements of a pr

In Town Retail Placement
- Savills
- Placement (10 Months+)
My role involves negotiating lease terms with tenants and landlords Marketing new properties and finding properties to suit our clients Adding new requirements to our schedule to ensure we target specific occupiers on specific properties Conducting vie
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Assistant Building Surveyor
- Michael Dyson Associates Ltd
- Placement (10 Months+)
My role primarily involved undertaking stock condition surveys as well as structural surveys for housing associations and councils up and down the country Quality checking freelance surveyors surveys to ensure company wide accuracy Administrative work s

Summer SchemeStudent
- Savills
- Internship (1 Month+)
My internship was based in the Planning department Tasks range from drafting planning statements writing appraisals and researching sites and also checking if specific sites require planning permission I have further been involved in Planning projects
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Summer Scheme Student
- Savills
- Internship (1 Month+)
I was a rotational summer scheme student and I was in a new department each week The tasks are quite similar across all the departments which I still found to be interesting I would do things like reading leases building surveying reports and plannin
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Summer Intern on Rotation
- Savills
- Internship (1 Month+)
A typical day involves completing tasks and pieces of work set by my mentor in each team such as writing letters spreadsheets presentations etc Intertwined with joining Zoom Calls with other summer interns in different offices and listening to departm
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Summer Scheme Student
- Savills
- Internship (1 Month+)
over the month i have been at Savills i have been able to work with the estate management Valuations and food and farming teams gaining an insight into their roles I have been able to join on estate farm and property visits and spent time in the office
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Summer Scheme Student
- Savills
- Internship (1 Month+)
Carry out inspections Collect comparable evidence Prepare a report Use databases such as Landstack Promap HM Land Registry Rightmove Plus Assist in valuation reports by preparing valuation schedules Attend meetings with the landownersdevelopers
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Project Assistant/Surveyor
- Michael Dyson Associates Ltd
- Placement (10 Months+)
Assisting in a multitude of projects Preparing Tender Documents Completing Valuations on site amp Off site Producing Payment Certificates General Site Visit Producing Minutes on the back off meetings Clerk of Works Procedures Reviewing Variations on a p