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… My conversation at the coffee shop with the young technician who drove a Datsun Z-280 was fascinating. His name was John. He graduated from Fordson High School and Henry Ford Community College. He was an electrical apprentice for the General Electric Corporation and he would be installing all of their telemetry equipment at theContinue reading “The Drive”

…The blue print was very detailed for the renovation of the fourth floor of the Brush Building. What my boss wanted me to see was the protocol of this project. What contractors were coming in to do what, the time frames, what order they were being completed in and the companies they represented. It lookedContinue reading “Technology”

…She couldn’t help to comment again on how beautiful the starburst patterns looked in the terrazzo. I agreed with her, and felt I wasn’t making any progress getting her back to her unit. At that moment the best I could do was introduce myself by telling her my name, and what I did for theContinue reading “Renewal”

…I looked at the number on my beeper and I could tell it was from our receiving dock. With the new construction, our receiving dock was even smaller than before and I knew something must have come in for the Brush Building renovation project on the fourth floor. When I arrived I was greeted byContinue reading “Expansion”

…After the old hospital debris was removed completely, the site was secured with fencing, the exposed facade of the Hudson building, and exposed entrances were secured as well. The site was now being prepared for what would be a new parking structure. That structure would have employee entrances to the center corridors of the HudsonContinue reading “Projects”

…Once the old hospital was vacated and the clinics, offices relocated, the demolition was scheduled. I had to make sure to be there. I wanted to see it and be part of the history. I got to watch with other team members from the parking lot across the street. The crane was in place andContinue reading “An Emerging Career”

…The meeting was everything I thought it would be. I was going to start with one of the hospitals first major projects and that was the removal of the old civil war hospital. I would be part of a team of both skilled trades personnel, managers, and administrators over seeing this endeavor. I would reportContinue reading “The Way Forward”

… It wasn’t long before I was called to a meeting with the Director of Hospital Facilities, the Hospital Project Administrator, and the General Manager who worked for a private contractor responsible for all medical center renovation and new construction. Gwen was not kidding. After they formally introduced themselves, the Director of Hospital Facilities openedContinue reading “My New Home”

…The summer celebrations were over and I was able to finish my Liberal Arts Degree from Macomb Community College in the Fall semester of 1976. I was accepted and enrolled at Walsh College of Business in 1977. I did well at the College taking classes in Marketing, Communications, Statistics, and Economics, but after a yearContinue reading “An Offer”

… I like to fish. I began as a very young boy with my father, through my teen years with friends, their families, my college days, right up until the present. You can say fishing is an obsession for me. A real addiction. The tug on my fishing line the narcotic. My adrenalin rushes whenContinue reading “The Captain”