Sam Drumm, III sam@bandbwelding.com Been with B&B Since Oct 1981 wenty years ago, Sam Drumm showed up at B&B Welding without a clue how to weld. So they gave him a can of spray paint. And he's been hard at work ever since. He's worked his way through the ranks-taking on just about every job in the shop. "When I started here, we had six trucks in a bay. You'd jump in a truck and go weld for other people." But things sure have changed. "We used to have competition," Sam says, "now we do work for the competition-a lot of the local fabricators come to us." Sam's rise coincides with B&B's transformation from small job shop to the most fully automated shop in the Baltimore area. "The bigger we got, the more machines we got. The more we had to learn to keep up with the trends. We took computer courses, from DOS, to Windows, to basic instructions just to learn how to run these machines." Today, Sam specializes in CNC work ("It's my little niche," he says) and Auto Cad design. What motivates Sam to show up for work each day? "I just like working with my hands," he says. "I like to stand back when we're done and say, "Yeah, I built this." The Twenty-year veteran is stock owner in the company. And no one speaks more boldly about B&B's competitive edge: "Why should you choose B&B? We work to a standard. And it's the highest standard. We have a good quality control program and nothing leaves unless half a dozen check it before it leaves. We have machines that do it right the first time. And we have a bunch of guys who are good at what they do." And does Sam fish? "Yeah I fish." he says. "You can't work here unless you fish."   © 2001 B&B Welding Company, Inc. company | projects | facilities | contact