Executive-Winter-Spring-2019

By Design LED Kaushik Desai President www.bydesignled.com Centurion Advisory Group Randy Brunson President www.centurionag.com DataPath, Inc. Carter Johnson CFO www.datapath.com Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen - Lawrenceville www.pappadeaux.com Pieper O’Brien Herr Architects Todd Evans VP of Business Development www.poharchitects.com NEW CHAIRMAN’S CLUB MEMBERS For more information about these companies, visit www.gwinnettchairmansclub.com . A Super-sized Solution to Cleaning Up After the Super Bowl The 2019 Super Bowl posed one of the most unique cleaning challenges yet for Level Seven Facilities Services. Level Seven has prepared for and cleaned up after major league sporting events, concerts, college championships and monster truck rallies. But the Super Bowl is an uncommon event with a full house of NFL fans ready to celebrate, NFL officials, television network staffers and more. “We anticipate a very big mess,” said Steven Tomlinson, managing partner of Level Seven when we spoke to him before the big game. Level Seven cleaning crews are used to a stadium turn-over time that can last as little as 15 hours between events. And, pressure washing seats is just a part of the detailed process. First, the trash will be picked up, triple sorted and bagged for recycling or compost, then blowers and sweepers will make their pass through the large venue, then come the pressure washers, dryers and detailers. The confetti in the after-game celebration also presents a challenge. The material can stick to some of the paint used on the concrete floors and is difficult to sweep up, said Tomlinson. “Sometimes it can be stubborn to get up and a good bit of it has to be picked up individually by hand.” “The clean-up process can take up to 250-300 people after a regular stadium event. We’ve had a few fastturn situations where we had a very short window to get large venues ready for the next event. In those scenarios, we’ve had close to 500 people a couple of times,” Hollister said. “That being said, we’ve gotten a good bit more efficient at what we do, so we’re now doing more with fewer people.” the EXECUTIVE 5