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BullDog Awards
The Semper Tek Bulldog Award is given to employees whose work exhibits levels of professionalism that exceed our already high standards for performance.
These coveted awards are difficult to earn and are a mark of exceptional performance, which our team members strive to achieve on every project.
The Bulldog Award is an excellent motivational tool within our firm, and is an outstanding service to our client.
Look for these hard hat stickers on our jobs sites and in our offices.
Recipients
2024 Bulldog Awards
Ron Harley
Over the summer, Ron Harley completed the Fort Moore Stowers ES Playgrounds project. School projects always present unique opportunities and challenges. This summer the Playgrounds project at Stowers ES on Fort Moore had many obstacles to overcome. The work on multiple playground replacements was not allowed to start until after the school was out for the Summer. Work then had to be finished before students returned for the next year. Additionally, the project was 100% civil/exterior work. Between the constant weather delays and many other unforseen delays, there were many opportunities to overcome! On 9/17/24, Ron was presented with a bulldog award for his outstanding work to complete the project on schedule. Ron served as the project Superintendent/QC Manager/SSHO. He went over and above to help with project submittals and closeout. The final delivered project was a major upgrade for the school and all inspections passed with very high marks. USACE was very pleased with schedule and quality of the work, with the USACE Administrative Contracting Officer remarking “Thanks for a great project Ron! I appreciate all of your hard work and outstanding coordination with the customer.”
Joe Guffey
As often happens in Construction there was a last-minute change in Manpower Coverage. This time it was for a Crane Lift on a Saturday 6/29/24. A call was placed to Joe Guffey to see if he could help and without hesitation he accepted. He did have plans for that Saturday, but he canceled them knowing how important it was to get the elevator machines/equipment hoisted up into the penthouse of the VAMC. Those who have experienced Crane Lifts on a weekend and know the scheduling and safety pressure it puts on the field team. The day got off to a slow start the Crane’s arrival time was delayed due to traffic so this added to the length of time everyone spent getting the Elevator Machinery to the penthouse. Joe’s main role was to be supervision and make sure the machinery entered the louver opening without anyone placing themselves in a pinch point. Joe took the initiative and helped the Subcontractors safely get the materials/equipment in the louver opening by leading by example. Joe’s experience in construction and knowledge of the campus at Cooper Drive helped make the day a success.
Andy Sharp
Andy Sharp is our latest recipient of a Bulldog Award! Like our other Semper Tek team members, Andy is a team player and is always willing to do whatever is needed to protect Semper Tek and keep jobs moving forward.
In construction proper scheduling mitigates as many variables as possible. However, there is always that unforeseen challenge that comes up. One of those challenges recently came up at the Memphis VA, when the security system and server crashed, resulting in the VA losing the security camera feeds campus wide. Unfortunately, this incident happened going into the weekend. When Andy reached out to the responsible vendor, they stated that they were not available to be onsite until the following Monday. Andy immediately communicated to them that this timeline was not acceptable to our client and got the vendor on site. Andy also coordinated with an additional outside vendor to resolve this critical issue. This coordination resulted in both vendors showing up on Saturday and bringing the crashed system back online by transferring the system to the back-up server. With the issue being a serious security matter for the VA, the station chief worked with Andy through the weekend and took the time to recognize his efforts and complimented the results of his hard work and dedication to the VA’s mission.
In addition, Andy has worked tirelessly over the last several months to get projects that have been delayed by issues beyond our control moving in the right direction. His efforts and hard work have been instrumental in overcoming numerous challenges at the Memphis VA.GREAT JOB ANDY!