We always say about graduates that “they’re good at being new”. They try many different roles in a short time. Sometimes that means that the colleagues play a trick on them. That was exactly what the concrete work gang did to Thomas recently.
The ganger sent me a text. It said that someone from the work gang had dropped a hammer in the mould for the in-situ concrete which was going to be a visible trademark for the building. He sent a picture, and it looked terrible. So, I had to gather the project management and inform them, and we all went too take a look at the concrete. There was no hammer to be seen when we got there. All we saw was a good-looking mould and the entire concrete work gang bursting out laughing. At that point, I knew they fooled me. At first, I thought it was terribly embarrassing. But the project management had a good laugh as well, and the mood was really good afterwards. I guess the prank is forgiven today.
Thomas is about to finish the graduate program, and along the way he figured out exactly what he wants to do from now on.
I’ve tried a lot of things on many different projects, and now I know for sure that I want to work with contract management on construction projects. I like in-house production so I would like to work with shell construction again. I’ve also figured out that the construction site is where I belong. No day is the same here, and it’s where I can really make a difference.
