Brendan McCartney Been with B&B Since 1998 rendan McCartney figures he started working at B&B Welding in the seventh grade. B&B Welding is in his blood. His grandfather started the company and his mother and father run it today. Needless to say, Brendan has a feel for the business. As a kid he spent time hanging around the shop "bugging the guys, asking 'How do you do this?' 'Show me how to do that.'" Since 1998, Brendan's been another one of the full time employees at B&B. Out there in the shop Brendan gets no special treatment from mom and dad. "Here, they don't look at me as their son," Brendan says. "If anything, they expect more out of me." Brendan specializes in the CNC machinery, working on the angle master, the beam line and the new plate machine. "CNC machines make you think. It's challenging. It's math and reasoning and being able to read drawings. It's knowing what the machine can and can't do. And even knowing how to make the machine do stuff it can't do." Brendan's studied engineering at Widener University in Pennsylvania and at UMBC. He also does layout work and "anything else that needs to be done." "Around here," he says, "you have to be flexible; you have to know how to do a little bit of everything. One day you might be running the machines, the next you're burning or driving the truck making deliveries." He's as proud as anyone of the work that comes out of B&B: "We have guys that are dedicated to not only the company but to the work they do. They take pride in what they do. They don't let a substandard product go out the door. Because they know that their name, their mark is on that."   © 2001 B&B Welding Company, Inc. company | projects | facilities | contact