Today’s morning started out slow as most of the company was out packing their gear for a site visit in Virginia tomorrow through Thursday. About 30 minutes into the day, however, Ms. Allen showed up to stop by and say hi. It was nice getting to see some CA people for once ;). We talked about what I was doing and how things have been. After that, she head out and I began my work with Ripkin and a new mentor, Tom. He is the specialists for piping and valves and gave us the initial task of researching key terms and phrases involving this small but important area. The distinctions between each item was so small that the studying took Ripkin and I about 2-3 hours!
After this tedious, yet helpful assignment, Ripkin and I went out into “the junk field” that contains all of the old parts used to demonstrate the works of their materials to EVERY COMPANY they interact with. Despite the awful rust and perfectly placed piles of wood that magically break on every step, it was fun seeing what actually gets put into projects.
