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I had never been a part of field construction.

So I decided to call up my local habitat and say,

hey, I'd like to learn construction on site with you guys as a volunteer.

And they took me in and said, we'd gladly teach you.

Welcome to the fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast, our regular discussion with building industry professionals.

This is Senior Editor Patrick McComb.

Today I'm joined by former engineer and professional deck builder Max Hegadis.

You can find the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast and the original Fine Home Building podcast at finehomebuilding.com slash podcast. You can ask

questions and leave feedback there too. Max, it is a pleasure to have you on the show. Thanks so much

for being here. Thank you. So we were introduced by construction media legend. I'm going to call him

Mike Gerton. Thanks very much, Mike. You have had what I would describe as a very interesting career

path. You went to the University of Pittsburgh for engineering. What did you study and how did you

decide to become an engineer?

Yeah, so thanks for having me on the show, and thanks Mike for introducing us.

Right?

Yeah, so my career actually started with an interest in architecture before college.

I liked buildings and designing building.

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