CONTRACTOR SUCCESS STORY : YOUMAN WELDING
Veronica Youman , welding 2-inch pipe at Gilead Sciences in La Verne , California .
Youman Welding is a certified woman-owned business enterprise ( WBE ), small business enterprise ( SBE ) and disadvantaged business enterprise ( DBE ), with a class C-50 license . Veronica typically welds pipes ranging from 2 to 52 inches in diameter and does a lot of mechanical , gas and water pipelines . Some of her favorite projects have been the most complex , requiring both mathematical and technical precision . “ The most recent one I did as a sub for the Los Angeles Unified School District ( LAUSD ),” she notes . “ I had to get it done before all the kids got back from winter break . The pipe had to go through the building and the measurements had to be just right . I pulled it all off and everything lined up perfectly and we got the job done . Pipe welding is very challenging , so it ’ s very satisfying when everything fits together just right .”
On another project at Cal Tech a few years ago , Veronica had to bring a 12-inch pipe close to a wall through a tunnel , which was particularly difficult . “ I grew so much on that project because I was taking measurements ,
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