This spring we met with Thomas Dunnam, Materials Lab Manager for our德克萨斯州La Porte位置关于他的新角色，他如何建立他的实验室，包括特种硫酸盐和氯化物土壤测试以及它意味着他成为员工所有者。
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自2019年5月以来，我一直在这里。在此之前，我在La Porte地区的材料实验室工作了近五年。
What is your background?
I got a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Texas Tech University in 2011 and then I went on to get a master’s degree in chemistry from Baylor University in 2013. My focus was on inorganic chemistry—most of what I studied was what we call “main group chemistry”.
是什么吸引了你在拉波特的Braun Inte雷竞技好Newbee赞助商rtec？
当我开始与之交谈时凯文威廉姆斯about joining Braun Intertec, he offered me a lot of freedom to build up the La Porte lab and add specialty soil testing capabilities which are uncommon to not only other Braun Intertec labs across the company but to Texas in general.
Specifically, they wanted me to build their chemical testing ability in the materials lab for sulfates and chlorides in soils, concrete, pozzolans like fly ash, and water. It was really exciting to get this level of freedom. Kevin was offering to let me take this opportunity and run with it and to develop sulfate and chloride testing right out of La Porte.
What do you like about Braun Intertec culture?
我喜欢一切感觉就像一个协作effort. When I started at Braun Intertec I went to the Beaumont office, which already has a fully functioning materials lab, to learn about the Braun Intertec way of doing things because we hold ourselves to very high standards. Elaine DuBray, our Kansas City Materials Lab Operations Manager came down here to help as I was setting up, too. Even though we’re spread out across the country, the materials lab team has a meeting every week. It feels like a tightknit community within our materials lab testing group and I really like that.
安全发挥如何进入实验室的日常运营？
安全是我们实验室的巨大交易。如果你不小心，我们还可以在我们的实验室中处理一些设备，所以我们非常认真对待安全。
I don’t want to say safety is routine because that makes it seem like you’re not consciously thinking about it—safety is something you must be cognizant of all the time. We want to make sure nothing goes wrong in the lab and if anything ever were to happen, we want the team to be familiar with the safety procedures posted so they understand how to address the situation.
What type of projects are your favorite?
我真的很喜欢我们在这里下降的环境处理。在休斯顿和海湾沿岸，我们有很多受污染的土壤，我们有很多客户与污染的土壤互动。
有很多样本我们可以进入常规的实验室。这就是说，分析这些样本的过程通常具有相同的步骤 - 结果可能变化，但过程是相同的。但是，当您收到环境可处理性样本时，这取决于我，客户和凯文坐下来坐下来，在我们面前展开所有拼图并决定：我们想做什么？我们必须稳定这种材料的工具是什么？什么是稳定标准？这取决于我们将那些置于原位。坐下来坐下来，把碎片放回拼图上，是我最喜欢的工作之一。
成为员工所有者这意味着什么？
对我而言，作为员工所有者意味着您在工作中享有额外的骄傲。这不仅仅是在工作中出去的布朗inte雷竞技好Newbee赞助商rtec名称，因为作为员工所有者，您是公司的一部分，您觉得您提供客户的服务的所有权。当事情都在一起时，它还给了你一个共同的成功感。
What do you think our clients should know about your materials lab team in La Porte?
I would want a client to know that our pride at Braun Intertec is that we offer top-of-the-line technicians, scientists and engineers. The people I work with here are day in, day out a truly excellent group of professionals. This goes back to being an employee-owner but these people—whether they’re out in the field or in the office—take an extra level of pride in their work.
Our team wants to be sure we get it done right. I think we do.