Although it wasn’t an official take-your-child-to-work day, Randy Sullivan got an opportunity to see first-hand what his dad, Senior Project Manager Tom Sullivan, was working on. As it turned out, it was probably one of the most interesting construction sites for an eight-year-old to visit.
Tom is working on projects at Rochester’s Seneca Park Zoo, including a four-acre expansion of A Step Into Africa, which will feature an outdoor habitat for giraffes, zebras, ostriches and rhinos, as well as a building with day rooms for those and other animals native to the Savanna. The area is expected to open later this year.
Randy, who is the youngest of Tom’s four children, had a day off from school and decided to go and help out his dad.
Photo at left: New ‘field engineer’ Randy with dad Tom. Behind them is the new rhino yard and main barn that will house the rhinos, giraffes and zebra along with other great exhibits.
Photo at right: Randy is up on the handler’s or keeper’s mezzanine walkway that will be used to tend to the giraffes below. The space behind him will be an inside day room for the giraffes and zebra.
