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Going beyond: Ken Randall COO at Baird, Hampton and Brown, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX), a firm that is passionate about improving the landscape of its community with the utmost quality and integrity.
By LIISA ANDREASSEN Correspondent
R andall is also a solutions-oriented electrical engineer which has enabled him to evaluate and design some of the most sophisticated commercial and industrial electrical engineering systems in North Texas. His projects range from small remodels to new 1 million-square-foot buildings. As COO, Randall oversees the daily operations of BHB’s three office locations and also serves as the electrical team leader. His approach to projects and client service is to continually strive to meet the owner’s vision and to design with new concepts and technologies with better buildings in mind. “We are fortunate that 25 percent of our staff has been with BHB for 10 years or more,” Randall says. “We attribute this to our mentorship program and to providing paths for growth within the company.” A CONVERSATION WITH KEN RANDALL. The Zweig Letter: I see on your bio that you were a Court
Appointed Special Advocate of Tarrant County, and nominated as Rookie of the Year for the organization in 2014. Please tell me a little about that overall experience, why you got involved and what do you feel led to the nomination? Ken Randall: The Texas Society of Professional Engineers Fort Worth Chapter has a charitable or community involvement presentation annually during our December meeting. I was introduced to CASA of Tarrant County during our meeting in 2013 and the idea of being able to help children in the Child Protective Services system struck a chord with me. These children are displaced from their homes, often through no fault of their own, and then placed in foster care. My first case was a young man, who despite living for many years in the foster care system, maintained a positive attitude. He earned good grades in school and we enjoyed meeting and having lunch together to talk about his future. He was very excited to learn of his eligibility to attend college with tuition paid by the state. Being named one of the 2014 rookies of the
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