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Bennett Holds a Super Symposium Super Bowl Weekend
March 3, 2016
Wine Tasting, networking, tailgating, Dale Carnegie Sales Training, and the annual awards banquet were among the highlights at Bennett International Group’s 36th Annual Symposium held Feb. 4 through 7 at the Chậteau Élan Winery and Resort. More than 400 Bennett agents and employees participated in the three-day event.
Marcia Taylor, chief executive officer, said in her remarks during general session that 2016 will be a year of change and growth.
“…I’m excited about 2016 as we begin to see some of the new projects we started last year grow and mature,” she said.
Those projects include a 524,000 square foot warehouse in Grovetown, Georgia, Bennett On-Site Services, a new crane and rigging venture started early 2015, up and running, a new program for the company’s DriveAway division that is reducing claims and adding to the bottom line, and several other projects and personnel changes.
David Pittman, chief operations officer and chief financial officer at Bennett was the host for an exclusive Bennett Today News Network presentation that included a roundtable discussion, and the leaders of each division took part in that discussion.
Author and speaker, Dan Clark, was the keynote speaker for the event. In his message during general session, Clark talked about the significance of the company’s culture.
“One of the things that hits me so hard with your Bennett culture, your culture of excellence, is how driven you are by family, by core values, by your commitment to God,” he said.
He reminded the audience that to be disciplined, healthy, and significant, we need to associate with those who are disciplined, healthy and significant, and in an effort to be better today than we were yesterday, he encouraged those in the audience to do more – to stretch and change proactively. And as agents and employees go back home to their daily lives after symposium, he encouraged the crowd to keep the stretch alive.
Among the awards presented Saturday evening at the Awards Banquet, Taylor announced the 2015 winner of the prestigious and top award, the J. D. Garrison Commemorative Award. This year it went to all the employees of Bennett’s DriveAway division. This year marks the first year the honor has been awarded to an entire division.
“Each year when I start to think about the J.D. Garrison award and who should receive it – some years it’s very easy, and others, with so many names that come to mind, it’s a lot harder,” she said. “But this year, as I read what the award stands for, it became clear to me that this year this award is bigger than one individual.”
Other awards included the 2015 Driver of the Year awards. Winners were Jeff Duke, owner operator for Bennett’s DriveAway Division, Bruce Hook, owner operator for Bennett Truck Transport, Jerry Mahaffey, owner operator for Bennett Motor Express General Freight, Theodore Horvath, for Bennett Motor Express Heavy Haul, and John Mogielski for Ace Doran Hauling & Rigging.
The 36th Annual Symposium concluded on Sunday with a worship service and a round of polar bear golf.
Learn the benefits of being a driveaway contractor with Bennett Motor Express.
We’re pretty sure you can name a time or two when you needed a vehicle to be transported somewhere in a timely fashion. Bennett’s DriveAway division takes pride in being the industry leader in safe and dependable vehicle transport services for manufacturers, dealers, municipalities, utility companies and government agencies. If there’s a vehicle you need transported, there’s a good chance we’re able to get it where you need it to go.
(MCDONOUGH, GA., March 8, 2018) –Violet Helferich of Bennett Motor Express/Ace Doran Hauling & Rigging has received the Driver of the Year Award from the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) at the 2018 Specialized Transportation Symposium, Feb. 27-March 2 in St. Louis, MO. SC&RA is an international organization comprised of more than 1,350 members from 46 nations.
Bennett’s Heavy Haul and Specialized Division consistently ranks as one of the top specialized carriers in the country. One reason owner-operators continue to stay with Bennett is because of the diversity of our freight portfolio. With everything from military hauling to wind and energy hauling, this is not your cookie cutter freight and it’s certainly no easy job. We talked to some of the folks here at Bennett to gain insight into how drivers can be successful in the heavy haul division. Here’s what they had to say.
In today’s increasingly regulated transportation environment, carriers moving specialized and heavy haul loads across state lines face challenges from multiple fronts. They must comply with varying sets of requirements in each state, ensure safety for their drivers and the motoring public, and contend with opportunistic local, state and federal agencies seeking to cash in on permit violations.
After 32 years Len Johnson, president of Bennett Motor Express, is hanging up his cowboy hat and retiring. On Dec. 15 a reception was held in his honor at the Hilton Garden Inn in McDonough.
The American Trucking Association designates one week per year as National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. Bennett International Group, LLC celebrated along with the rest of the country by holding Drivers Appreciation Week festivities throughout the third week of September. Staff and leaders at the company spent the days celebrating those who sacrifice so much to keep freight moving on the open road.
On July 13, approximately 65 children of Bennett employees, boarded a bus at the Bennett home office in McDonough, Georgia – their destination – Old Town, Florida where Camp Anderson was transformed into Camp Bennett for the week.
As a professional driver, have you ever had an officer of the Motor Carrier Compliance Division share with you firsthand what to expect during a level one, roadside inspection? On July 10, Joseph Teet, an officer with the Motor Carrier Compliance Division, paid a visit to Bennett International Group’s corporate office in McDonough, Georgia and did just that.
The week of September 14 -20 is National Truck Driver Appreciation Week and drivers at Bennett will celebrate all week long at various Bennett locations.
Bennett International Group was invited to attend Locust Grove Elementary career day May 7th, 2015. Hundreds of kindergarten, first graders and second graders toured one of our step-deck trailers and learned some valuable information about trucking from our Owner Operator, Carl Nelson and Dispatcher, J.R. Rushing. Check out the exciting video below and take some time to read the “thank you” notes from all of the amazing kids. The future of trucking looks bright!
According to Transport Topics, truck drivers are becoming social media influencers. There are several drivers among the Bennett Family of Companies that are on various social media platforms as social media influencers in the transportation industry. In addition, Bennett is a sponsor of Tony Justice, all-American country music artist and truck driver, who also has a considerable social media presence. Learn more about why our drivers and Tony use social media to expand their career.
Aug. 31, 2014 was a hot, steamy day in South Georgia and the loud hum of the motors reached a deafening crescendo as the cars raced around the 1.54 mile quad oval track. Edgar Strader and his wife, Linda, sat in the stands mesmerized as the drivers whizzed by. Just seeing the cars and knowing that inside at the wheel sat some of the best and well-known drivers of our time only added to their excitement. The Straders watched as Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Danica Patrick, and Linda’s favorite driver, Kevin Harvick, took to the track, and they felt the exhilarating rush from the speed of the cars and the noise of the crowd around them.
Harold (Griff) Griffith served in the U.S. Army for nine years, from 1980 to 1989. Stationed in Germany. A portion of his time was spent serving as a combat engineer building bridges and using explosives to tear them down, and his secondary job was in transportation where he spent time as a 64Charlie, now called an 88M (88Mike).
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