Troy Niese: “I’m in the market for a nickname… every time someone talks about the City of Troy, I answer.” Design engineer Troy Niese joined the Choice One crew in June 2017. Since that time, we’ve been confusing him (probably hourly, prompting him to pop over his...
Kaye Borchers: "I think this guy is asking for an autograph. Craig’s an ODOT legend." When he attends the Ohio Transportation Engineering Conference (OTEC), Choice One traffic engineer Craig Eley is quite the celebrity. With 25+ years’ traffic engineering experience with ODOT and now at Choice One,...
Employment Application: “Owen enjoys the outdoors, red tractors, and dressing like daddy. He is very productive, with the exception of nap time, and would like to get out of the house more with two new siblings* coming soon.” Choice One is looking for a new survey crew member,**...
Nick Selhorst: "Jason Brown insists on calling me 'Seahorse' when he calls the office. He is determined to make that my official name when people talk to me." Lately, when Jason Brown with Ryan Homes calls into the office he has been asking for one "Nick Seahorse."...
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Craig Eley: “We’re engineers. Our laughter is on the inside.” If it’s not completely obvious, we caught a rare photo (above) of engineers laughing hysterically at a joke. Not convinced? Think about it: they’re actually looking at the camera and not their shoes. Engineers are often stereotyped as...
Kaye Borchers: “Nothing says ‘important meeting’ like a blue slushy.” We don’t blame you, Matt, for sipping on that cup of vibrant raspberry goodness regardless of your meeting’s significance. Indeed, when there’s an “Alligator Ice” machine running just outside your office door, it would be a crime...
Joan Schroeder (Tony's wife): "Good thing they didn't have a 'Tony's Green' or we would have to buy all of Choice One one of those!" Tony and his wife Joan have hit the pavement on two wheels again and are currently bicycling around the Finger Lakes of...
Kaye Borchers: “Craig, you better reschedule your family vacation. Else you’re going to miss registering for OTEC at the first moment possible." 25-year traffic engineering veteran Craig Eley has been faced with an incredibly anxiety-ridden decision: go camping in Michigan with his family OR register (yes, just...
Brian Schmidt: “I make a lot of engineering decisions in the course of a day. This is not one of them.” For a water distribution engineer like Brian Schmidt, weighing options like ductile iron pipe and PVC pipe comes easily. But bathroom fragrances? Not so much. While perfumes...