#37 – Larry Bridge: Sustainability is good business

Built the pedestrian bridge over Sycamore St in Cincinnati.
Bert wants to use nitinol someday. It is super-elastic and has shape memory.
Larry’s dad was called Mr. Steel and his uncle worked on submarine propellors.
Thought about being an actuary
Quickly moved into project management – lots of capital products
HVAC in an R&D building is huge expense
Kosher surfactants are a thing
A big problem with waste is transporting it.
Cincinnati is building an anaerobic digester, P&G is a big “supplier”
Kentucky’s water is key to horses and bourbon.
Does burning plastic count as recycling it?
Bio-char is becoming a thing.
Larry collects guitars instead of cars.
His favorites hacks are in Excel.
Engineers need to take a finance class or two.
Decided he was an engineer, not a mechanical engineer.

Bert’s Company – www.dexterityeng.com

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