Siteengineer

Out here in Katpadi, specifically in the Earanthangal area, we’ve been running Siteengineer for a while. Our address is No.1/153, and if you know Vellore, you know it gets pretty dusty and hot during the summer months. Most of our work happens right there on the ground where the actual construction is going on. We don’t spend much time sitting in an office with the fan on. We are usually out at the various sites around Tamilnadu, checking on the progress and making sure the measurements match the papers. It’s a straightforward kind of life. We wake up early to beat the heat, head out to the site, and stay there until the sun starts to go down. Sometimes the labor doesn’t show up, or the cement is late, and you just have to deal with those things as they come. There is no point in getting stressed about it. We’ve learned that over the years. We just take it one day at a time. The local people know us as the folks who are always walking around with rolls of blueprints and measuring tapes. It’s not a glamorous job, but it is necessary if you want a building to stand up straight. We don’t have any fancy mission statements or anything like that. We just do the engineering work that needs doing in our little corner of Vellore and hope for clear skies.