Patrick Long

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Stretching Outside of Your Comfort Zone and Learning from Unexpected Places

May 12, 2017

Energy consultant Patrick Long sees opportunies for construction and other fields to adapt ideas and technologies from other industries.

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Stretching Outside of Your Comfort Zone and Learning from Unexpected Places

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