Nick Sanders: “Kinda think it makes sense to go out for Japanese food since we’re Team Japan.”

The 2024 Choice One Office Olympics have concluded, and after fierce competition and some creative self-scoring, the team from Ireland was declared the winner. Regardless of placement, each team enjoyed a celebratory lunch together to honor a successful competition, minimal injuries, and admirable team spirit. To keep the international theme alive, a portion of the team representing Japan (l-r: Nick Sanders, Wes Wolters, Kaye Borchers, and Matt Lefeld; not pictured Caray Schmiesing and Mike Francis) headed to a local Japanese restaurant for their lunch.

While Team Japan somehow excelled more at toothpick javelin and cotton-ball shot-put than at eating with chopsticks, the lunch was still quite enjoyable. Cheers to the conclusion of the Office Olympics, and back to the everyday routine of swimming through field surveys and relaying projects from concept and utility modeling to design and construction. Let’s hear it for the potential of Choice One Office Winter Olympics in 2026… Office chair curling, ice cube hockey, and freestyle snow angel-ing, anyone?