Congratulations! Long-time inspector and fishing enthusiast Mike Scott was awarded the President’s Award in July. 

His long history in the industry has been an asset to BPC for several years.

“I retired from the state of Washington after 30 years and joined BPC a few years ago in the Washington, Alaska and Oregon region,” Mike said. “I inspect everything from high pressure boilers to low pressure boilers, hot water heating boilers, air compressor tanks, hot water heaters, CO2 bulk oxygen, nitrogen — a myriad of all the jurisdictional pressure vessels.”

BPC President Venus Newton had some input regarding Mike’s work ethic and determination.

“Mike has been on a roll, starting back in June when he made a trip to Alaska that resulted in getting stuck on an island in the Aleutian Island Chain for three days with no internet, cell phone or TV due to heavy winds,” Venus said. “This threw his schedule into chaos, but Mike still managed to knock out 55 site visits across the state. 

“Then in July, back in his regular territory, Mike worked with the Chief Boiler Inspector for the City of Seattle. They worked together to create a plan to address the overdue external inspections for a large school system that had all their high-pressure boilers open and due for internals. As a result, Mike completed 117 site visits in July. By working with the jurisdiction, he found a solution to a difficult dilemma and displayed flexibility and creativity in meeting our customer’s jurisdictional inspection needs.”

As such a hard-working and creative problem solver, it’s easy to see why Mike was selected for the month’s $1,000 award. 

“It’s an honor to be recognized. Among all the other inspectors within the company, it’s kind of cool to be singled out,” Mike said. “I really couldn’t have done it without the other inspectors in our region, like Robert, Aaron and Greg who filled in when I was up in Alaska. They kept my territory in check and helped out there. It was kind of a team effort, and without them, I think I would’ve been behind and just playing catch up.”

“This type of attention to detail, dedication and execution is what sets us apart from our competition and why Mike has been awarded the $1,000 President’s Award for July,” Venus said. “Fantastic job, Mike!”