Bulldog Award Archive
| Tony Anderson | VA Medical Center, Mt. Home TN | The Safety Specialist at James H. Quillen VA Medical Center (Mt Home, TN) has communicated his appreciation towards Semper Tek’s Safety program for the project. Tony’s proactive approach, communication, and follow up on safety related items warranted an official “atta boy” message from Joshua Culver. |
| Cameron Collier | Memphis VA | Cameron was recognized for his continued dedication to the Memphis VA program. As a carpenter, Cameron works under numerous superintendents but due to recent needs, Cameron has been able to assist in supervisory related tasks. Cameron’s assistance was critical on having 3 projects running concurrently (2111 Hall & Walls, 2114 Remove Pavers and 2119 Flooring RmG109) where the demand required to work long hours and weekends. |
| Shawn James | Ft. Benning Hangar Doors | Shawn was awarded a Bulldog sticker for his outstanding work on the Ft Benning Hangar Doors project. Shawn finished the project two months ahead of schedule and received exceptional comments from USACE for his work on the project. He filled the triple-hat role of Superintendent, Quality Control Manager, and Site Safety & Health Officer on the project, all at a new Base we had not worked at before. His outstanding leadership and organization helped us to exceed contract requirements and the expectations of a new client. |
| James Ruley | Continuing Care Facility | James Ruley was given a bulldog award last week for his hard work and dedication on projects at the Lexington VA Medical Center. James has worked many extra days and long hours during construction of the Continuing Care Facility (CCF). This project is the largest project that Semper Tek has constructed to date and he has done a great job maintaining schedule and quality on the project. He has been instrumental in working along side the rest of the management team to resolve design issues and other hurdles throughout the project. James agreed to work this past weekend in order to complete a parking lot striping project that could only be done on Saturday/Sunday so that the parking areas could be closed. James’ willingness to work the weekend despite the extensive hours he is already working on CCF went above and beyond the call of duty and was much appreciated by our team. |
| Steven Dunlevy | Dishwasher Replacement | For working very long hours on the Dishwasher replacement project in Murfreesboro in order to meet a very tight deadline on completion of that work. |
| Cameron Collier | Superintendent Fill in | For his outstanding initiative to step-up and assume the duties of Superintendent while other field management was off due to COVID protocol. His coordination of work and communication efforts helped to keep the work progressing as planned. He also did an excellent job during an OSHA inspection during this time while he was filling in for the assigned Superintendent |
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Tony Anderson Eric Boursaw Jason Brinkomeller Santiago Iturralde Shawn James Butch Merritt Will Murray Wanda Ortiz James Ruley |
Ft. Knox Outpatient Clinic | For their dedication, work ethic, professionalism, and outstanding execution of the Fort Knox Community-Based Outpatient Clinic project. |
| Bill Daugherty | SE Division Leadership | Leadership of the SE Office during the CBOC project |
| Carol Corcoran | Pre Con Leadership | Outstanding leadership of pre-construction processes, including coordinating calls for subcontractor coverage and management of amendments. |
| Lisa Miller | COVID-19 Assistance | Exceptional work performed beyond her daily assigned duties throughout COVID-19 Pandemic months |
| Mary Fawns | COVID-19 Assistance | Consistently performs with excellence, but was instrumental during COVID-19 to ensure our firm was up-to-date with accounting and paycheck protections |
| Emily Jenkins | COVID-19 Assistance | Conducted significant research on programs provided to small businesses during COVID-19 pandemic and prepared applications so that we were sufficiently awarded. She spent countless hours ensuring our employees and the firm was in compliance and taken care of during the uncertain times. |
| Adam DeRossett | ASHE CHC Certification | Exhibited incredible initiative to pursue the ASHE CHC certification on his own time, and passed the test to obtain the certification for the company. |
| Tyler Sermons | SE Division Estimating Initiative | As the primary estimator in the SE Division office, Tyler successfully added $10M of new work backlog for the SE region. He continues to grow in his role and shows incredible initiative for his work |
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Cameron Collier Dillon Dowling Steven Dunlevy Chris Rowell Steven Wright |
TN VA work | This team in Memphis went above and beyond to accommodate a required last-minute schedule change requested by the VA to complete critical crane work, including expedited demobilization of the crane. |
| Wayne Nicely | Job site work | Exceptional performance on the job site |
| Joe Guffey | Outstanding Service | Outstanding service, going above expectations on all duties assigned |
| Shawn James | CBOC Project work | Exceptional Dedication to the CBOC Project |
| Bill Daugherty | SE Division Leadership | Exceptional effort is project control and mentorship of the newer assistant PM, but primarily for his efforts and leadership in taking the reins of the SGa office while Santiago has been pulled to Knox. |
| Chad Smith | B554 Conf Annex | Managed the B554 Conf Annex project with great success. Chad has shown a great ability to build relationships with subs and other team members to build successful projects. His coordination of the lodging needs in Warner Robins alone is worthy of an award, from dealing with Southland to arranging a new/better location for the field personnel he has done a great job. |
| Camille Lewis | SE Divison IT Duties | We keep moving her responsibilities around from project management to standard operating procedures to IT. No matter what we throw at her, she excels and shows extreme dedication to make sure things get done. The SOPs she has already generated and the IT issues she has resolved have had massive impact with helping the full team successfully perform their jobs. |
| Tyler Sermons | SE Division Estimating Initiative | Stepped up and handled the year end estimating push. In less than a year, Tyler has built out relationship with subs and shown that he can handle the communication and coordination necessary to put together multiple large bids at the same time. Under massive time restraints, Tyler was able to piece together bids for the B125 project with basically no plans and very little specific information from GOV. |
| Melissa England | SE Division Organization | Organization. Without any doubt Melissa’s efforts on organization and documentation have helped stabilize SE Division work. Whether it was the tireless efforts she put in to help with estimating at year end or the great job she is doing tracking subcontract documents from subs, she has keep the SE Division precon and Operation teams moving forward continuously. We would not have had a successful year end bidding cycle without her organization and coordination of IQSFT/Bid Invites and cold calling potential subs/vendors. |
| Wayne Suggs | B323 | Has overcome repeated challenges to complete the first 9 Phases of the B323 project. Renovating an occupied building, while maintaining strict temperature requirements to meet GOV equipment requirements has been a great challenge that Wayne has excelled at.To say that he has built a successful relationship with the client is an understatement. Wayne has built such trust with the COR for B323 that he has literally sent another Prime to ask for Wayne’s expertise. As awkward as it might have been when they walked into our office trailer, there are few greater signs that GOV trusts you than for the GOV inspector to instruct a Superintendent from another GC to talk to you about how to fix an issue. |
| Butch Merritt | Static Pipe Bursting | Was needed to supervise projects as a superintendent and he stepped out of his normal SSHO role to great success.He handled the subcontractor and GOV relationships perfectly and proved that he is a great superintendent in addition to being a great SSHO. |
| Steve Hale | B20128 Fire Protection | In the past year, Steve has worked long hours on critical projects. Ranging from working nights to complete the B20128 Fire Protection project to working many long weekends to finish out the NAVAIDs project. |
| Ron Harley | B554 Conf Annex | Completed B554 Conf Annex ahead of schedule and below budget.Has repeatedly filled in on other projects and consistently gone above and beyond to make sure that everything was handled perfectly.Has repeatedly filled in on other projects and consistently gone above and beyond to make sure that everything was handled perfectly.Currently doing an excellent job on the Circuit 9-04 project. There have been many challenges including a sub that has made things difficult at times, however Ron has done an excellent job coordinating the job and getting the sub back in line. |
| Ronnie Suggs | NAVAIDS | Has worked many weekends on the NAVAIDs project, shown amazing restraint when dealing with out of line subs, and has been doing an amazing job on the Vestibules job dealing with a sub that doesn’t want to cooperate in the most secure building on base. |
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Steven Wright Chris Rowell Steven Dunlevy Cameron Collier Greg Adkins David Goff Dillon Dowling Abbner Fryson |
Memphis VA | For continually executing multiple projects simultaneously with excellence at the Memphis VAMC |
| Mary Fawns | Incredible Service | For incredible service in areas of accounting, and areas outside of her normal role. |
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Jeff Means Tony Anderson Steven Dunlevy Greg Adkins Cameron Collier Abbner Fryson |
SPS at Nashville VA | For outstanding and exemplary work on the Emergency Demolition project for SPS in Nashville for the VA. This project had an extremely aggressive schedule which this team worked diligently to complete ahead of the contract requirements. |
| Bill Daugherty | SE Division Proj Management | For excellence in project management of SE Division work, as well as leadership in Procore/Sage program transitions. |
| Darren Schmidt | Oustanding Management | For outstanding management of multiple, diverse projects concurrently |
| Joe Eisenhauer | Excellent work in Project Manager, Pre-Con and Estimating | For continuing to provide excellent work in multiple areas including Project Manager, Pre-Construction, and Estimating. |
| George Schmidt | Refrigeration Reno at Lexington VA | For their outstanding work completing the Walk-In Refrigeration Renovation project at the Lexington VAMC. These individuals received multiple compliments from VA staff for their professionalism and outstanding performance of this project. |
| Joe Guffey | Refrigeration Reno at Lexington VA | For their outstanding work completing the Walk-In Refrigeration Renovation project at the Lexington VAMC. These individuals received multiple compliments from VA staff for their professionalism and outstanding performance of this project. |
| Scott Matheny | Incredible Leadership over past 10 years | Given by the Semper Tek Team in recognition of his incredible leadership and success in the company’s first 10-years. |
| Recipients: | 10 Year Anniversary | In honor of our company’s 10-Year Business Anniversary, each team member was awarded a Bulldog Award sticker for their contributions to the success of our firm in our first decade in operation. |
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Santiago Iturralde Tyler Sermons Joe Eisenhauer Randall Talley Van Jenkins III Beth Boursaw Debi Guffey Mary Fawns Emily Jenkins Chad Smith Camille Lewis |
Bill Daugherty Scott Wharton Jason Brikmoeller Ronnie Suggs Jeff Skeele George Schmidt James Ruley Robbie M Butch Merritt Jeff Means Steve Hale Terry B Wayne Suggs |
Brad Gray Kevin Atchley Eric Boursaw Chaston G Greg Adkins Steven Dunlevy Johnny Talley David Goff Larry Nicely Tony Anderson Joe Guffey Rob Crouch Chad Howard Darren Schmidt |
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George Schmidt Scott Wharton |
Water Fountains | For the early completion and excellent administration of the Water Fountains project |
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Steve Hale Rob Crouch |
Abatement in Murfreesboro | For the early completion and excellent administration of the Abatement project in Murfreesboro, TN. |
| Brad Gray | 4 North Project | 4 North Project for the great completion of this complicated emergency project |
| Randall Talley | 5 North Project | 4 North Project for the great completion of this complicated emergency project |
| Johnny Talley | 6 North Project | 4 North Project for the great completion of this complicated emergency project |
| Santiago Iturralde | Design Build CBOC | For outstanding work in dedication during the pursuit and contract award of Design-Build VA CBOC, Ft. Knox KY. |
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Jason Brikmoeller Darren Schmidt Jeff Skeele |
Charles Young Veterans Memorial | For fast track and high quality construction execution of the Charles Young Veterans Memorial. |
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Kevin Atchley Van Jenkins III Joe Eisenhauer Tara Brinkmoeller |
TN VAMC | For outstanding work and recognized achievements from VA engineering staff at the Murfreesboro, TN VAMC. |
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Emily Jenkins Mary Fawns Debi Guffey |
Exemplary work in office management | For exemplary work in accounting, contract administration, and general office management. |
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Scott Wharton James Ruley |
Ft. Knox Contingency Operating Location | For work on the Ft. Knox Contingency Operating Location, USACE Louisville |
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Bill Daugherty Butch Meritt Wayne Suggs |
SCIFS | For work on the Repair SCIFs project, Moody AFB, Georgia |
| Joe Eisenhauer | Numerous Projects awarded | For extraordinary accomplishments in preparing for numerous projects awarded at the same time |
| Jeff Means | work on Veterans Day | For working additional hours on a time-sensitive project over Veterans Day |
| George Schmidt | Dialysis at Leestown | For working both day and night shifts simultaneously on the Dialysis Project at the Leestown VAMC |