THE BOGNET WAY BUZZ May 2022
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Month in Review
Remembering Glenn Roberson As many of you know, Glenn had worked as our CFO, since 2012. He supported the company’s growth over the years and worked on many financial acquisitions. We will miss his witty banter, his creativity, his quiet strength, and his awesome brain trust. Our hearts go out to Glenn’s family at this difficult time. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. Glenn’s Celebration of Life event scheduled on June 11th from 1-4. Rest in Peace, Glenn.
IN CASE YO U M I SSE D I T
Step Challenge! Our week 6 Step Challenge winner was Tim French! Please contact Aimee for your prize. Our OVERALL GRAND PRIZE winner was BOB PICKETT! And he crushed the rest of the team in steps. Congratulations Bob!
Welcome Baby Cece! We are excited to announce the birth of Cecilia Joy French! Tim French and his wife Liz, welcomed baby Cecilia or Cece (for short) this past Thursday. Cece weighed 7 lbs, 7 oz. and was 20 inches long. Mom and baby are doing great!
WBJ Lists! Bognet Construction Associates Inc. ranked #13 on the Largest Interior Construction Firms in Greater D.C
Remembering Rick Walker Rick worked with Bognet since March of 2016. He was highly respected by both clients and colleagues and will be missed immensely by all those who had the pleasure of knowing him. Please keep Rick’s family in your prayers during this difficult time. We will pass on additional information as we receive it. Rest in Peace, Rick. Covid Protocols Reminder Masks are required in the following scenarios: • • •
If you are working in a county with a high COVID-19 Community Level. If the client or building requires masks to be worn. If you are vaccinated but been exposed to COVID-19 through “close contact”, you must wear a mask for 10 days. Unvaccinated workers who are exposed through close contact will be required to quarantine for at least 5 days and wear a mask for five additional days.
All employees must continue following the daily health screening protocols. If you have COVID symptoms, we ask that you stay at home and get tested for COVID. Please notify your immediate manager and HR.
Job Wins
EN GI N E E R W IN-W IN S O L U T I O N S - J O B W I NS FCPS Herndon, VA | $3,123,353 .00
Jemsek Washington, DC | $672,288.00
5th Floor Modifications Washington, DC | $364,272
Hirschler McLean, VA | $1,524,877.00
2001 K St. 11th Floor Work Washington, DC | $541,586.00
DCRS McLean, VA | $269,351.00
2101 L Street Spec Suites 250 & 925 Washington, DC | $977,562
6th & 7th Floor Demo and Whitebox Washington, DC | $379,833.00
Suite 250 Modifications Washington, DC | $61,751.00
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OPERATE AS O NE TE AM Puzzle Me This! We have set up a puzzle station when you need a quick de-stress break.
Stair Protection at Storyblocks (below) Tony Jagen did a great job installing stair protection and safety railing for the stair cut between occupied floor 10 and full floor buildout on 9.
CREBA Cake Celebrated our CREBA Award win with a cake DLR Happy Hour Trevor Hirst, Tracey Gardiner, David Piraino, Alex Narrow and Rosalie Gibbons hosted a Happy Hour for DLR Group.
Icecream social As a summer kickoff, Scoops2U came to our office for an icecream sundae party.
Nava Won CoreNet Award The Nava project won a CoreNet award for Workplace Solutions, Best User Experiene.
CREBA Golf Outing Will Colclough, Carlo Stalteri and Tracey Gardiner golfed with Brian Kaplan (ORR).
CUSTO ME R FE E D B AC K - B U I L D L O N G- T ER M R E L AT I ON SH I PS Pansophic Learning - Josh Mason “Just wanted to send a note on Josh for Pansophic. He has really gone above and beyond these last few weeks (including easter weekend) to personally go to their space and address items that were not necessarily his responsibility. I really appreciate the work he has put into this project and the help he has offered as we try to please a difficult client. We wouldn’t be where we are today without him taking the lead on these issues – some related to user error. We all want to get them in and settled and move on and he has helped expedite that process.” Carly K. Aasen, LEED ®AP | Senior Project Manager | Cushman & Wakefield
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All Hands
It was great to see everyone at the All Hands Meeting to celebrate accomplishments and milestones! Congratulations team! #neverstopimproving
PATRI CK BALL T HE B OGNE T WAY AWA R D
JA ME S DAVI S T H E B OGN E T WAY AWA R D
JA M E S L OV E T T T H E BOG N E T WAY AWA R D
K A R L M O RGAN T H E BOG N ET WAY AWARD
WI L L COL C L OU GH T H E B OGN E T WAY AWA R D
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KEY TAKEAWAYS KEY TAKEAWAYS
How to Gain & Retain Clients: Establishing Trust, Respect & Likability Fast
ONON THE OF LIKEABILITY THE IMPORTANCE IMPORTANCE OF LIKEABILITY
Hilary Fordwich presented on the importance of being likeable and gaining trust and respect from your clients. Her purpose was to show that with likeability, trust and respect, a client will want to work with you.
courtesy of Hilary Fordwich
courtesy of Hilary Fordwich
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A key point Hilary made at the beginning of her speech was that 15% of the success of professional services is due to technical knowledge and 85% is due to the skill in human engineering. She followed this up with the definition of likeability, trust and respect, and provided valuable tips on how a client respect should be treated. Hilary then shared her proven method of success of following the 5 Cs of Relationship Truth:
trust likeability
trust
competence
candor
likeability
• be straight, be honest, no exaggeration • if you don’t know it, admit it • your client and their needs • empathize, really empathize
concern
• know to tailor your services • demonstrate solutions
• “buy in your language, sell in theirs” • Visual versus Internal (hands, eye contact, etc)
candor communication
• be straight, be honest, MON TH IN RE V I E Wno exaggeration
- Concern respect - Candor
• find common ground • neutralize differences
- Communication -Competence Connection
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MIS S IO N: FORWA RD If you are personally involved in anything to do with giving back, we would love to hear about it! Send Rosalie a quick email with a sentence or two description and photo if you have one. JDRF Games! The Games are coming up, June 9th. thank you to those who volunteered to participate. More details to come on logistics.
ONGOING - Ronald McDonald House Soda Tab Collection We have started collecting pull tabs in the office! These can come from ANY can — soda, beer, cat food, colored aluminum too! These tabs are recycled and 100% of the money we earn is used to offset the cost of the families are stay at Ronald McDonald house.
Donate your Old American Flags! We will be collecting old flags so the boy scouts can properly retire them. James Lovett’s fire department has made a box so he is willing to collect.
Looking Forward
FUN CO MMITT E E / E V E N T S FUN Committee Meetings The FUN Committee meets every 3 weeks on Friday afternoons to plan events and company-wide initiatives. Everyone is welcome to join. Reach out to Aimee if you would like to attend!
Book Club Book Club is reading NEVER SAW ME COMING. Email Jeanie if you would like to join book club. June is Pride Month 6/3 National Doughnut Day 6/5 World Environment Day
Now Hiring! If you know anyone who is qualified that would be a great fit for our Bognet culture please encourage them to apply for the open PM, Superintendent, Summer Intern, and Marketing Coordinator positions.
6/8 Best Friend Day
Mindful Mondays & Wellbeing Wednesdays Aimee sent information for April, May, and June. You must register on your own. These webinars are brought to you by Kaiser Permanente and will all run from 12-1pm:
6/17 National Flip Flop day
6/9 JDRF Games 6/14 American Flag Day
6/19 Father’s Day / Juneteenth 6/21 International Yoga Day / First Day of Summer
EMPL OY EE M I L ES TO N ES June Birthdays Robert Tranmer 6/6 Greg Johnson 6/9 Will Colclough 6/19 David Piraino 6/21 Teddy Harvey 6/24 Jerry Browning 6/26
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