b'CAREER PROFILEDEPARTMENTQ:What do you find most challenging in your work? work in the industry came after I graduated, as I took an available Looking for opportunities to help the company identify quality/ opportunity to set up a quality control department while I was job efficiency/costreductionandotherimprovementprojectsaresearching for something in the chemical field.challenges that over the years weve become used to looking for.Q:Detail your past or ongoing education and how it is relevant Creating change can be difficult sometimes. The nature of theto your job. industryissuchthatinvestmentsintechnologyarelargeand making improvements in procedure may require people to changeI have always been interested in the sciences. I followed an educa-the way they have been used to doing something or adding tech- tionalrouteintochemicalengineering/chemistryandenviron-nologyorboth.Ioftenfindqualityimprovementscanrequiremental science at the University of Toronto first. I also took miner-people to do extra steps or will cost in added tech. People tend toalogy there and examined the chemical composition of dolomite be resistant to change, especially when they personally may not seein a project using neutron activation in one course, so I guess I the end results. Having said that, it is a worthy endeavour whenhad the industry in mind. The mathematical background I received you can help bring about a positive change. helps in many ways in my line of work as well. I also found that if you want to progress you never stop learning. I continued to take Q:Describe your typical day on the job and how the work you docollege and university courses as I worked full time, in aggregate contributes to your company.and asphalt technology, quality control management and statistics, A typical day takes place in the field and in the office. It involvesas well as managerial courses etc. I found there is a lot to learn on interacting with quality control and operations staff to see whatthe job in this industry, but you should try to keep expanding your is going on that day, looking at the data and providing any feed- skills and abilities as you see fit. back I can. I may assist sales staff or a customer with a reportQ:Where do you see the industry going in the next few years?or product knowledge and also, I would be engaged in the lands duties,whetherthroughmeetingswithconsultantsoragenciesTherearemanywaystolookatthatquestion.Ihavealways or working in the office on moving projects forward. There arethought this industry is slow to change in some ways, but we have usually many projects on the go at the same time and they all needpeople on the leading edge who help keep us thriving. We have some attention to try to keep things going. Like anything else, ifsmartphones and computer-controlled plants, but we are not too you leave something alone it will likely stop moving or stop doingfar from the Flintstones in some waysand having a contrast makes what you have tried to get it to do. So you have to keep checking in,things interesting. and that applies to quality as well as any other project. I think we need to really try to keep educating the public about Q:How did you get interested in this this work? our industry and try to garner some favour wherever we can if we want to keep close-to-market sourcing of the best new resources While I was growing up my family had made a number of movespossible. Sometimes even our own industry and the government as my father was a manager in construction/asphalt/aggregates,agencies that are involved dont seem to fully understand the critical so I had had a chance to see inside pits and quarries and got mynature of protecting/licensing the best quality materials and then start in this industry early. A couple of experiences include runningallowing specifications for aggregate and concrete to evolve so that a scale house for a quarry and asphalt plant as a first job before Iwe can innovate and make the most of the resource. Those are a had my drivers licence, and my brother and I helped out at thefew of the challenges we need to keep working on.Manitoulin Dolomite quarry with preblast and blasting day prepa-rations while in high school. So as a result of those experiencesAs our society evolves our laws evolve, and this ever-changing and the ongoing home education one gets by listening in or beingenvironment often results in a shifting landscape for our industry to dragged out somewhere, I had some preparation. My choice tooperate and even just exist. We try to get people to think of where Our road solutions make animpact everywhere you lookLafarge offers aggregates, lightweight cellular concrete, engineered soil, roller compacted concrete, fill management services and solutions. Our technical expertise and state-of-the-art plants, and commitment to innovation allow us to produce a wide range of performance materials.Lafarge is committed to sustainable construction and delivers environmentally responsible solutions for your needs.CONTACT YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVEFor more information visit Lafarge.caWINTER 2021AVENUES 35'