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LIVING IN THE WEEDS
Why Sweating the Details Makes Gwinnett Great
What do you see when you glance across Gwinnett County?
Do you see the shopping centers businesses or hotels? Perhaps
you see the homes, parks, schools or restaurants. When most
of us look around Gwinnett, we only see the buildings, places
and people that are in plain sight; however, when an engineer
looks at the same places, he or she sees the months or years of
planning and hard work, long hours and the imagining (then
reimagining...and reimagining again) that it took to develop
the infrastructure and establishments that make Gwinnett a
truly dynamic community.
Imagine engineers as a Broadway production with composers,
a director, producers, actors, lighting technicians, set designers
and all the individuals that must fulfill each of their roles perfectly in order
to accomplish a magnificent end production. Most of us would see only the
actors and may not notice the director behind the scenes, the composer
standing in the back corner, or the lighting technician above the stage; but
if even one of these other roles was missing, the entire production would
fall apart. So it is with engineering; overlooking even a small detail can
hinder the entire project. Living in the weeds or sweating the details of
every project is a necessary skill for engineers, allowing for an end product
that is beautiful and admired by us all.
Sincerely,
Vince DeSilva
Sr. VP, Membership Services
EDITORS
Stephanie Hannum
Traci Strom
ART DIRECTORS
Meredith Bailey
Ken Rutherford
STAFF CONTACT
Vince DeSilva,
Sr. VP, Membership Services
678-474-1703
GwinnettChairmansClub.com
On the cover:
Bill Sloan, Pond