Interview 38268 – Caption Index: 514
You know, in the old days we say, oh god, stainless steel and tile, well it’s expensive, you know, you gotta have a heli arc welder. It’s not just a regular welder. Read More
You know, in the old days we say, oh god, stainless steel and tile, well it’s expensive, you know, you gotta have a heli arc welder. It’s not just a regular welder. Read More
And only those people can help you. You, you wanna come in with new technology, you better make sure your plant facility people either know it or can learn it or be able to say, yeah, I’ll, I’ll, I’ll pick up that technology, I’ll be able to do that. You… Read More
And then as you begin to design it, you need to go, what’s my day-to-day operation?… Read More
Are you gonna become a part of a national program?… Read More
Are you going to breed animals?… Read More
SSP safe, whatever it is, that all has to be brought into the table. Read More
And so to me, and it’s the project manager, I, what I like to do is, and there’s some great companies out there, I, I’d mentioned Pat and some, there’s some others I said, but I, what I really like to do as a part of who I bring into… Read More
Are you going to just exhibit animals?… Read More
There’s a feasibility study going on and what’s that feasibility for raising money for your exhibit?… Read More
Well, how are they gonna do that if you don’t incorporate them and the development department to help sell that project to raise money for?… Read More
Well, they need to sell it. Read More
Why does the education department and PR people need to know about it?… Read More
Do you have the mechanical expertise within the zoo right now to handle any new technology?… Read More
Do you have staff trained to work with that species?… Read More
What’s your philosophy?… Read More
Well, and, and, and I do a course for, we do a crocodile course every year. St. Augustine Alligator Farm started out a ZA support. Now we cover our, well St. Augustine Alligator Farm covers it. And I do a whole chapter on exhibit design. And the way I approach… Read More
You need all those people to come together to talk about how this exhibit’s gonna get built. Read More
Do I recruit? What?… Read More
Yeah, what, who do you have Oh, on your staff when you’re putting together a new exhibit?… Read More
It’s, it’s a big metal shell that has just huge beams and it’s hollow inside. A lot of horse industries use it for riding arenas and things like that. They said, let’s build that. And then inside we’ll create walkways, we’ll create exhibits and when you wanna change ’em, we… Read More