Drilling at Triad
Looking back on my time at Triad, it’s hard to believe how much has changed since I started in 1990. I joined the company as a 17-year-old kid who was washing sample jars. Over the years, I moved around through various departments—QC, surveying, the lab—before I officially became a staff engineer in 1996, following my graduation with a BSME. In 1998, at Triad’s request, I returned to school part-time to pursue a BSCE. By 2006, I earned my degree and was promoted to project-level engineer. And by 2013, I was managing all the drilling departments across Triad, overseeing the entire…
50 Years in Site Design and Development – A Brief Recap, and Look Ahead
By: Corey Armstrong / Landscape Architect Many things change over 50 years. This is most certainly true as professionals in site design and land development. Practitioners like civil engineers and landscape architects are bombarded with new construction innovations, building materials, software, equipment and tooling, terminology and catchy buzz words that flow out of the green industry, and concepts that blur or cross-over into other disciplines. Social and cultural landscapes are also complex and evolving networks, and are indeed inspired by, engrained in, or adaptive to the “landscapes” and “environments” we design and create. So… all things change over time then.…