We met with Chris Calhoun who recently joined the engineering and testing team in ourLa Porte，德克萨斯州办事处to discuss his expertise in deep foundations and how he started his career path in geotechnical engineering.
How did your start on your engineering career path?
我第一次去学校不一定知道我想做什么。我与我的顾问说过，最终决定了土木工程道路。起初，我在结构工程方面集中了，但是当我离开学校时，我开始在岩土工程中的工作，其余的是历史！雷竞技的电竞比分网
你对拉特特的印象是什么？engineering &testing team?
My first impression of the group was that they are focused and easy to work with. Texas has a great leadership team, too. Kim Macy, Ryan Venable, and Bryan Landers have all been awesome to work with. I am still new but this has already been a great experience.
What can you tell us about your expertise indeep foundations?
我拥有深层基础的设计和施工方面的经验，并在钻井，从动桩，螺旋钻铸造桩上工作，并观察到的负载测试 - 我已经看到了这一切。多年来我学到的一件事是你可以把设计放在一起，但一旦你在这个领域，你需要在飞行中进行调整。当我们设计某些东西并发送报告时，我们希望确保它不仅消失。客户希望查看正确完成的项目。所以，是的，我们设计它，但我们也希望完成项目到完成。
What experience do you have in the labs?
I consider myself a bit of a soil classification expert. I’m good at that, which is important if you’re a geotechnical engineer. Soil classification is especially important for younger engineers to learn. Very early in my career, I also spent a lot of time back in the lab working with concrete which also was a great learning experience as a young engineer.
作为有这么多知识的人分享，您如何在工作中接近队友的指导？
I believe that you have two ears and just one mouth for a reason. We all need to listen more! I have learned that if you go out and listen, even to the people you are mentoring, you will learn something you didn’t know before. Oftentimes you have a preconceived notion of what you think you want to do, but then after listening to someone else, you end up adjusting your plans and still accomplish your goal. With younger engineers, you especially need to listen. Be helpful, listen, then teach.
安全系数如何进入您的日常工作？
Safety is extremely important to me and has been throughout my career. I was excited that Braun Intertec was focused on safety because you can never be too safe. I’m the person that’s always making sure people have Personal Protective Equipment and are hydrated. We all want to go home to our families the same way we came to work.
What does it mean to you to be an employee-owner?
I love the idea of being an employee-owner. I think it feels more like a family when you all work for an ESOP. The fact that you have some skin in the game with the company makes people more excited to go to work.