Sangsoo Bae recently joined Sundt as a Senior Virtual Construction Engineer. He has been in the construction industry in San Diego for 16 years and holds a bachelor’s degree in construction management from Colorado State University.
The South Korea native recently took a few minutes to talk about his life at and away from work.
What was it about working at Sundt that interested you?
The employee-ownership plan. I’m finally an owner.
If you had to describe your job in just a few sentences, what would you say?
I develop site logistics and material take-off during preconstruction, develop project Building Information Modeling execution plans as they relate to procedures, operations and procurement, am responsible for virtual coordination (all MEP trades, structure and architecture) for construction phase and research, test and integrate new technologies related to BIM into business workflow.
What do you do away from work?
I follow my son’s hockey practice and games, and play golf.
Where is the most interesting place you’ve traveled?
Mongolia and the United Arab Emirates. Mongolia was very different in culture, weather, people and religion from where I am from. When I went there for a project at Ulaanbaatar International Airport during winter 2012, it was between minus-22 and minus-40 degrees. I came to understand why they enjoy vodka a lot.
I went the United Arab Emirates for a lecture regarding BIM for the one of universities in 2013. I met many students and professors who were very good and kind people. It was very impressive and memorable. The food was very tasty.
Read any good books lately?
“Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls. I borrowed it from my son. Even though I am not from the same generation as they are in the book, the book made me look back to when I was a kid. It reminded me of people I met when I was a kid. The family in the book faced a lot of hardships, circumstances and environments.