{"id":26887,"date":"2025-08-08T15:32:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T19:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/rinker\/?p=26887"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T19:34:14","slug":"josie-blohm-comes-home-to-miami-for-dream-summer-internship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/rinker\/josie-blohm-comes-home-to-miami-for-dream-summer-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"Josie Blohm&#8217;s Summer with BRV Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Friday, August 8, 2025<br>By: Kyle Niblett<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/18-1-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-188385\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As someone who aspires to be a project manager for a major US company, <a href=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/rinker\/\">M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management<\/a> student<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/josie-blohm-b58b81223\/\"> Josie Blohm<\/a> is on track to reach her goals, interning this summer at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brvconstruction.com\/\">BRV Construction<\/a> in Miami. As a Miami native, it is special to return to her hometown as a project management intern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of her responsibilities include, but are not limited to, making \u201cpitch deck\u201d presentations for clients, assisting the project managers in their daily tasks, reviewing plans for errors and inconsistencies, going to client meetings, and doing punch walks with the project managers. For someone whose goal is to build buildings that help people, she could not have asked for a better internship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe people in the office, especially my project manager Stephanie Rodriguez, and her willingness to teach, have made this the most rewarding summer for me,\u201d said Blohm, who is scheduled to graduate this fall with her master\u2019s in construction management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_0189-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-188387\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite Blohm juggling several tasks with tight deadlines, Rodriguez echoed the positive sentiments, saying Blohm has \u201cbeen doing a fantastic job so far and we\u2019re thrilled to have her as a part of the BRV team this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blohm credits the College of Design, Construction and Planning with preparing her for this internship, saying it set her up with industry connections and the tools and resources needed to succeed. As a result, she has taken her in-class learning out in the field and translated it over into the real world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI wish I would have known that I was going to end up at Rinker in grad school, because I probably would have taken more DCP\/Rinker courses in my undergrad as electives to better prepare for grad school,\u201d said Blohm, who is an active member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uf_nawic\/?hl=en\">UF Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction<\/a> (NAWIC) and the grad director for Sigma Lamba Chi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her favorite course so far has been Safety Risk Management with Dr. Andrew Wehle because Dr. Wehle taught the class \u201cin more of a Socratic Forum style and fostered divergent thinking in every assignment and activity we worked on.\u201d Knowing that construction is not a solitary industry, most of her assignments and activities were group projects, and there is a lot of room for discussion with other groups and help from faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All in all, the connections she has made through BRV and Rinker continue to remind her how important the DCP network of graduates across the globe is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe DCP network of graduates is unlike any of the other colleges at the University of Florida, in that I have never seen as many alumni so enthusiastic about helping recent graduates in their career growth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/All-girls-Shooting-team-at-Spring-CFL-BCN-Clay-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-188389\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-subtitle stk-block-subtitle stk-block stk-8dab64e\" data-block-id=\"8dab64e\"><p class=\"stk-block-subtitle__text stk-subtitle has-text-align-center\">All-Girls 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