“Semper Tek is committed to providing our clients with excellent customer service, on-time project delivery, and most importantly a safe construction environment”
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
2022 Bulldog Awards
Elizabeth Becknell
Elizabeth received a Bulldog Award for exemplary work implementing formal AAP and EEO programs for Semper Tek. This endeavor required extensive research and work outside of normal business hours to meet goals and deadlines. Most firms have to hire outside consultants to develop these plans, but she was able to research and compile the information completely in house. We were recently notified that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP) recommended certificate of compliance for Semper Tek. Congratulations to Elizabeth and everyone who was involved!
Steven Dunlevy
On Project 2121, Steven not only covered night shift for the project but was also instrumental in resolving conflicts with the CT machines Isocenter and existing structural steel. Steven’s ability to layout the Isocenter of the CT machine from Owner’s provided shop drawings onto the existing floor slab and in the pharmacy below to illustrate the conflict with existing structural steel, new structural steel and electrical raceways was instrumental in illustrating the conflict to our client.
Steven also took the lead on installing the STARC panels for ICRA containment for the active pharmacy area. Steven has continued to “volunteer” to cover nights, days or weekend shifts for the active projects in Murfreesboro VAMC.
We would like to thank Steven for his dedication and positive attitude in stepping up to cover our jobsites, his proactive problem solving contributions, and his understanding of the importance of ICRA containment.
Suzie Brown
The Fort Moore Hangar Door Repair project was our first project at Moore. As we all know, new clients and locations can present new and unexpected challenges. Because of the hard work and dedication of our team this Moore project was a tremendous success. Cole Copeland (PM for the first 2/3 of the project), Shawn James (Super/QCM/SSHO for the first 2/3 of the project and PM for the last 1/3), and Suzie Brown (Super/QCM/SSHO for the last 1/3) worked together with the client and the end users to achieve an amazing CPARS rating form the GOV with Exceptional Ratings on Quality, Schedule, Safety, and Management!! The CPARS report is issued by GOV for each one of our projects and the GOV evaluation rating of our performance is incredibly important for Semper Tek to procure more work with our GOV clients. Having high ratings on these reports directly correlates to more project awards for Semper Tek. On 2 November 2022 Suzie, Shawn, and Cole were each presented with a Bulldog award for their Exceptional work on the Hangar Doors Project.
Jerry Schiffbauer
Jerry was instrumental in the successful completion of Bldg 229 South Annex, Room 321. This project was completed in compliance with the ICD 705 requirements and with a user that was constantly present inspecting the ongoing work. Throughout the project, Jerry’s continuous communication with the Gov’t and the end user prevented small issues from becoming bigger problems inside the highly secure facility. His daily progress notifications enabled the coordination of GOV escorts to keep the work moving forward in multiple locations throughout Bldg 229.
When an issue was recognized during a security review of the construction of the interior walls, Jerry jumped to action to bring all the necessary personnel in to prevent the issue from spiraling out of control and develop a favorable resolution. His great work supervising the project was recognized by the individuals directly supporting the work and also by several personnel within the User’s Group. During the pre-final inspection it was stated by one of the main Facility Engineers that “Jerry was great to work with throughout the whole process” and others stated that they hope to work with Jerry again on a future renovation project.
Cole Copeland
The Fort Moore Hangar Door Repair project was our first project at Moore. As we all know, new clients and locations can present new and unexpected challenges. Because of the hard work and dedication of our team this Moore project was a tremendous success. Cole Copeland (PM for the first 2/3 of the project), Shawn James (Super/QCM/SSHO for the first 2/3 of the project and PM for the last 1/3), and Suzie Brown (Super/QCM/SSHO for the last 1/3) worked together with the client and the end users to achieve an amazing CPARS rating form the GOV with Exceptional Ratings on Quality, Schedule, Safety, and Management!! The CPARS report is issued by GOV for each one of our projects and the GOV evaluation rating of our performance is incredibly important for Semper Tek to procure more work with our GOV clients. Having high ratings on these reports directly correlates to more project awards for Semper Tek. On 2 November 2022 Suzie, Shawn, and Cole were each presented with a Bulldog award for their Exceptional work on the Hangar Doors Project.
Deborah Guffey
Deborah took initiative and went above and beyond her call-of-duty when she saw our files needed to be cleaned, organized, and packed from our warehouse and office storage. This was much needed and will create a more seamless transition for our move in the next coming weeks. Debi spent many hours in our cold unheated warehouse sitting on the concrete floor going through numerous boxes of hard copy project data as she worked though this project. Thank you and we appreciate all your hard work!
Steven Suggs
Steven’s willingness to sacrifice multiple days worth of personal time while already working 40 hours during the week directly contributed to project 2116, Tow-way, phase 1 staying on schedule. Multiple days were lost due to inclement weather preventing our subcontractor from being able to stabilize and compact the base course so that 25 airfield concrete 12” thick slabs (25’ x 25’) were able to be replaced. The concrete placement was critical to Base Airfield Operations and completion required several late-night pours and weekend work.
Shawn James
The Fort Moore Hangar Door Repair project was our first project at Moore. As we all know, new clients and locations can present new and unexpected challenges. Because of the hard work and dedication of our team, this Moore project was a tremendous success. Cole Copeland (PM for the first 2/3 of the project), Shawn James (Super/QCM/SSHO for the first 2/3 of the project and PM for the last 1/3), and Suzie Brown (Super/QCM/SSHO for the last 1/3) worked together with the client and the end users to achieve an amazing CPARS rating from the GOV with Exceptional Ratings on Quality, Schedule, Safety, and Management!! The CPARS report is issued by GOV for each one of our projects and the GOV evaluation rating of our performance is incredibly important for Semper Tek to procure more work with our GOV clients. Having high ratings on these reports directly correlates to more project awards for Semper Tek. On 2 November 2022 Suzie, Shawn, and Cole were each presented with a Bulldog award for their Exceptional work on the Hangar Doors Project.