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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
2023 Bulldog Awards
Rick Luna
While working on the Fort Moore Airfield Signage and Lighting project, Rick Luna, Suzie Brown, and Chase West did an outstanding job going above and beyond to complete replacement of the airfield runway edge lights (including underground conduit and concrete bases) during a Runway shutdown from August 4th to August 24th. Just days before the shutdown, GOV required our team to work nights from 7PM to 7AM, and because of the critical nature of the work, we were already working 7 days a week. Upon completion of our scope during the shutdown, GOV required additional sections of the runway to be completed ahead of schedule to make room for potential visits from AirForce 1 and 2. The pressure from GOV to have everything operational to accommodate potential visitors from that level was intense. This unplanned change in the schedule forced our team to immediately go back (without a break) to 12-hour day shifts 7 days a week until the remaining section was completed. Rick, Suzie, and Chase worked together with our subcontractors and USACE to complete this work despite the schedule challenges and the difficult working environment on the airfield at night. Due to their hard work, dedication, and great attitudes Rick, Suzie, and Chase were presented with Bulldog awards on 19 SEP 2023!!
Ranse Jenkins
Ranse received a Bulldog award for learning how to juggle multiple projects in different states each with their unique set of challenges. Ranse has learned to deal with various difficulties that arise while still making the time to support the Superintendents in the field. Ranse has gone as far as volunteering to be the the General Superintendent to cover projects when Superintendent manpower was stretched thin this past summer. On projects 2203 & 2204, Restroom renovations in Murfreesboro, Ranse had to work overtime to insure we had both the materials and sibcontractor manpower needed to complete the project. The nature of a multiple restroom project (that is phased in an existing building) presented opportunities to discuss and resolve with the COR on a regular basis. In addition to being the Project Manager for jobs he has been assigned to, Ranse is also helping out on other projects in Kentucky and Tennessee by doing the schedule updates and narrative in P6. Ranse is always up for a new challenge and learning something new. The art of plaster repair appears to be his latest learning experience!
Joe Eisenhauer
As one of our primary estimators, Joe has completed several highly complex and large dollar magnitude estimates this year. His attention to detail and time spent coordinating scopes with vendors and subcontractors has resulted in competitive price proposals with very good risk mitigation. In fact, Joe’s attention to detail was evident on a large OR renovation bid where he correctly identified that an apparent government furnished item valued at more than $1M was actually to be furnished by the contractor even though the RFP was conflicting and vague in this regard. Joe had thoroughly researched the bid documents as it related to this issue and laid out his rational for carrying this money in our estimate during final bid review. This item could have been easily missed if not for his efforts and thorough attention to detail. In addition to his regular duties this year, Joe has been instrumental in the implementation and configuration of Sage Estimating software and the creation of a Semper Tek custom cost database consisting of hundreds of pre-priced line items.
Suzie Brown
While working on the Fort Moore Airfield Signage and Lighting project, Rick Luna, Suzie Brown, and Chase West did an outstanding job going above and beyond to complete replacement of the airfield runway edge lights (including underground conduit and concrete bases) during a Runway shutdown from August 4th to August 24th. Just days before the shutdown, GOV required our team to work nights from 7PM to 7AM, and because of the critical nature of the work, we were already working 7 days a week. Upon completion of our scope during the shutdown, GOV required additional sections of the runway to be completed ahead of schedule to make room for potential visits from AirForce 1 and 2. The pressure from GOV to have everything operational to accommodate potential visitors from that level was intense. This unplanned change in the schedule forced our team to immediately go back (without a break) to 12-hour day shifts 7 days a week until the remaining section was completed. Rick, Suzie, and Chase worked together with our subcontractors and USACE to complete this work despite the schedule challenges and the difficult working environment on the airfield at night. Due to their hard work, dedication, and great attitudes Rick, Suzie, and Chase were presented with Bulldog awards on 19 SEP 2023!!
Steven Dunlevy
Steven received a Bulldog Award for 2203/2204 Restroom renovations in Murfreesboro. The project consisted of renovating single use and multiple use restrooms in several locations in various buildings at the Murfreesboro VAMC. During the course of the project, Semper Tek found itself with more active jobs than Superintendents. Steven stepped up and volunteered to be the Superintendent on 2204. This was not an easy task. Steven had the unique opportunity to learn how to do Daily Logs in Procore, safety checklists, toolbox talks, emails etc. during an active project. Steven also had to overcome some opportunities that supply chains and subcontractors brought with them. The best example is using a translator app on his phone to communicate with a Tile subcontractor.
Tyler Sermons
Everything we do as a construction company is reliant on the contract awards that are received from our clients. Maintaining a solid backlog of good awards provides stability in expectations and performance. Over the last GOV fiscal year, Tyler was instrumental in developing response proposals that led to multiple important, high quality awards for the company. Tyler’s growth and leadership in the usage of RSMeans was exceptional and vital to the Company’s preconstruction success this year when there was a much higher demand than normal.
Tony Anderson
Tony Anderson is receiving a Bulldog Award for his efforts on 2110 Repair Roofing Buildings 1 & 1A VAMC Lexington. This was the third roofing season and thankfully the last season for this project. Tony was able to get a hard reset at the start of this season with the Roofing Subcontractor, Roofing Inspectors and VAMC personnel. This hard reset was to start on the south tower and correct the deficiencies created by the previous roofing crews before moving to the north tower. Due to the nature of the coating process and weather impacts extended hours and weekend work was required to ensure the project was completed during this season. While also completing the contract work the Government added to the scope of the work with several change orders. The most significant was an area where another contractor installed an AHU causing water to pond on the roof thus resulting in water intrusion into the facility. To correct this issue not only the roofing needed to be removed but also the lightweight concrete. The noise of the demolition of the lightweight concrete resulted in additional night work and double crews working the weekend. Understanding not only the need to get the project completed during this season but also the importance of Semper Tek’s reputation and relationship with the VAMC personnel on a campus very close to Semper Tek’s Corporate office helped Tony to Achieve another Bulldog Award.
Chase West
While working on the Fort Moore Airfield Signage and Lighting project, Rick Luna, Suzie Brown, and Chase West did an outstanding job going above and beyond to complete replacement of the airfield runway edge lights (including underground conduit and concrete bases) during a Runway shutdown from August 4th to August 24th. Just days before the shutdown, GOV required our team to work nights from 7PM to 7AM, and because of the critical nature of the work, we were already working 7 days a week. Upon completion of our scope during the shutdown, GOV required additional sections of the runway to be completed ahead of schedule to make room for potential visits from AirForce 1 and 2. The pressure from GOV to have everything operational to accommodate potential visitors from that level was intense. This unplanned change in the schedule forced our team to immediately go back (without a break) to 12-hour day shifts 7 days a week until the remaining section was completed. Rick, Suzie, and Chase worked together with our subcontractors and USACE to complete this work despite the schedule challenges and the difficult working environment on the airfield at night. Due to their hard work, dedication, and great attitudes Rick, Suzie, and Chase were presented with Bulldog awards on 19 SEP 2023!!
Ed Greer
Ed received a Bulldog Award for 2203 Restroom project and 2217 Replace AHU’s B118. When 2217 Replace AHU’s B118 came off stop work suspension due to procurement, the timeline of the AHU’s 2203/2204 Restroom Renovations were still in progress. 2217 Replaced AHUs consisted of changing out 3 separate AHU’s in a fully occupied and functioning building. To achieve this, Ed met with the Mechanical Subcontractor and scheduled three separate weekend outages. Each weekend they worked extended hours this past summer to ensure that the VAMC would have conditioned air in their building Monday morning. To make the weekends more interesting, Ed also provided Supervision to 2203/2204 Bathroom project to help complete that project. Ed continued to work long weekend hours with the Mechanical Subcontractor installing new steam/condensate lines prior to cooler weather setting in. Ed decided to take the opportunity while working the weekends on B118 installing steam lines to have the Elevator subcontract for 2230 Upgrade Building 5 Elevator stock the Penthouse/Attic space with the new Elevator Equipment. The time and effort expended on the weekends for 2217 not only enabled that project to finish early but helped close out 2203/2204.
Jerry Schiffbauer
It is always exciting when our Semper Tek team is able to take on new challenges with project types that are new to us. The Robins AFB Industrial Waste Treatment Plant project has been a new type of project scope with its own special challenges. Jerry Schiffbauer has been the onsite rock throughout the project. By working with the client and subcontractor trade partners, Jerry has overcome many obstacles from an aging Treatment Plant to deliver a completed project. Every project has safety challenges, but not every project has sulfuric acid, cyanide, and working at heights over chemical tanks. Jerry has navigated these obstacles and many more to complete a complicated project safely, and at a very high quality!!