Design Build has been my favorite class while I've been at Auburn. During the first class, students were broken into groups of eight-nine and given a project to either renovate or demolish and rebuild. Our class got the opportunity to do a renovation on the building that we walk into every single day, Harbert Civil Engineering Center. For the renovation, our team was given a $7.5 million dollar budget with a 25% contingency. We were also asked to meet other requirements such as minimum office spaces, classrooms, computer labs, etc.. Throughout the first part of the semester, each group was required to turn in nine submittals which lasted through the week after spring break.  After that, the project and time management was completely left up to each group. Each group was also required to make their design with LEED accreditation in mind. The class itself is actually based around the idea that each student should be able to pass the LEED green associate exam after the semester ends. Our design was able to achieve LEED platinum, come in under budget, and within the two year max time period for scheduling. I loved this project because it was the most real world experience I have had while attending college. My title on our team, LEED DB & Associates, was the team co-leader. My responsibilities for this project included working with and providing support to the LEED/Proposal Team Leaders to help ensure discussions and decisions that would help in leading toward closure and a group consensus. I also worked in helping provide the team with a vision for each project objective, and acting as a facilitator during team discussions. My separate duties throughout the project included keeping documentation of project responsibilities, beginning meeting discussions, delegating workloads fairly amongst the group, and assisting with any proposal-related decisions. I also performed the cost estimation for the project as well, and achieved five LEED credits on my own behalf.