Interns show off their impressive photography skills during DPR’s annual Intern Photo Contest. In 2019, nearly 100 entries gave insight into the breadth of experiences they had on projects across the country. The company voted. Following are the top “pics” and a little bit about what the winners did during their summer internship at DPR:

Sydney Buck takes home three wins with photos from a coastal project in San Diego, California.

Buck: Oceanside Beach Resort (OBR) is a two-hotel project right off the beautiful beach of Oceanside, CA. This summer I was able to conduct pricing exercises, write RFIs, manage the model rooms, and help facilitate MEP coordination for the project. I am so thankful for the opportunity to work with an amazing team on a dream beach project! The crane photo was taken atop the South Block tower crane which soars 120 feet in the air over OBR. Kyle Christy, the safety manager at OBR, took the photo using a UAV while I was in the trolley car at the end of the boom.

Nabeel Shahid wins second place with a photo called "Man of the Fire's Watch!" taken at a project in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

Shahid: It was summer time and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience with DPR. I had an opportunity to work for one of our great clients, United Therapeutics, to renovate and upfit lab space. The renovation of 14,000-sq.-ft. space included the addition of a loading dock and freight elevator, various facade repairs, and impressive internal structural reinforcements. The picture captioned ‘Man of the Fire’s Watch!’ is a moment where we are shooting shear studs through the second floor above to reinforce the soon to be clean room floor. Once set and mortared, the studs will transfer force between the steel section and the concrete slab that can hold up to 60 pounds per square foot.

Jasmin Ocampo is the third place winner with a photo from a concrete pour in Sacramento, California.

Ocampo: My name is Jasmin Ocampo, and I am going into my senior year of college at CSU Long Beach as a construction management major. This summer I have been working at the Mira Loma High School Science Building project in Sacramento. I have been working on anything and everything, from As-Builts to BIM coordination to Primavera. There is a great team here in Sacramento and I am glad to have been a part of it.

Congratulations to the winners, and thank you for spending your summers with DPR!