A bright blue toilet seat has taken pride of place outside the new Building, Engineering and Maintenance Services (BEMS) workshop, honouring the 'godfather' of BEMS and everyone's favourite plumber, Kenny Beaver (like the animal!).
As one of three remaining original hospital BEMS workers, Kenny is described as a wonderful employee, friend, old-school tradie and a terrific human being.
Just two years from retirement, Kenny's health has taken a turn, but nothing could stop him from joining the rest of the chambray-clad crew in unveiling the new workshop.
On a day pass from the palliative care unit, and in the company of his wife Meagan, Kenny learned that the workshop was named in his honour; his legacy to live on at Logan.
Maintenance Manager Murray Pocock said in the 10 years he had known Kenny, there had never been a more engaged team player.
"We introduced modern technology work flows to better track compliance and planned maintenance, operation and administration of tasks at the start of my term and while a lot of the older tradesmen were looking for reasons they could not function in a keyboard environment rather than pencil and paper, Ken not only trained and educated himself, he made sure he took his team mates along for the ride and by leading from within, he allowed this important transformation for the maintenance team to be embraced and embedded within our work practices," Murray said.
"When the opportunity came to open the new workshop under Building 3 it was a given that it be named in honour of Ken's contribution to the Logan maintenance team."
Often referred to as the 'Mayor of Logan' for his influence and connections, Kenny is held in high regard by all who know him.
From organising the traditional ‘BEMS Christmas’ for as long as anyone can remember, making his special Kenny rissoles, to the footy tipping competition and safety glasses testing, Kenny put his hand up for it all.
Murray said the BEMS team hoped the small gesture of naming the new workshop in his honour not only gave him a lift in his current fight, but also showed to his many friends and family, including his 33 grandchildren, the high regard Kenny was held in by all who know him.