Today I worked at EIG Electrical Systems, an electrical subcontractor owned by DPR Construction. My day began with an hour long meeting about workplace safety with Sean (TL;DR: always follow the procedures, lest you be boiled to death by a jet of steam). We then went to a couple of active construction sites, where I saw the types of electrical work that EIG does. After a quick lunch break, we went back to the EIG shop, where we played ping-pong for about 20 minutes. After spending a few minutes rearranging some of the office, Sean and another employee began to show me how to measure and bend conduit when making runs for electrical cable. It takes a surprising amount of thought and planning to run the conduit, and bending the conduit well takes an enormous amount of effort and skill. Tomorrow (and Friday) I’ll be back at EIG for more conduit bending and shop work.
