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eddie bass Partner, Moore Bass Consulting, Inc., a civil engineering, land planning, surveying and landscape architecture firm dad to kinleigh, 10 and E.N., 8
As a divorced father of two, Eddie Bass doesn’t always get to spend as much time with his children as he would like. But when he does, he is sure to leave his hectic work life behind and focus on being the best father he can to his two children. Whether that means taking E.N. to practice, Kinleigh to a performance or just spending time with the two of them on his boat, Eddie always makes sure that the time he gets with his children is spent together. What does your typical workday look like? The night prior to the next workday I review my calendar to see how hectic of a day I have ahead of me. Early in the week the workday is typically much faster paced than the end of the week, due to the submittal deadlines of the various regulatory agencies we work with. Most days I am in the office, however sometimes meetings within the field at the construction sites are required. My job requires a good bit of coordination and working together as a design team to ensure we are providing our clients with the best professional services possible. The folks I work with on a daily basis at Moore Bass make my workday much less hectic than it could be. We truly do have the best of the best. How do you balance work life and family life? It is oftentimes very difficult to do. What I have learned to do is simply block out the known “family” times, whether it be Petite Player lessons and performances for Kinleigh, or sports practices for E.N., so that those times simply are not available to administrative staff PHOTOS BY ASHLEY DANIELL PHOTOGRAPHY