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y Steve Pecar The Ontario Asphalt Pavement Council (OAPC) recognized outstanding service to the association and industry at its 43 rd annual general meeting and awards luncheon at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto on March 30. “The association, its members and the industry have greatly benefited from the contributions of these individuals,” says OAPC Executive Director Vince Aurilio. “OAPC’s awards program recognizes and celebrates individuals who make a positive difference in the asphalt industry, one road at a time.” Joe Bunting MENTORSHIP AWARD Mike McLean and Bert Hendriks Bruce Armstrong and Marianne O’Shaughnessy Bert Hendriks has gathered a lot of knowledge during his 42 years in this industry, knowledge that will not be lost to those who follow in his footsteps. Hendriks believes it’s incumbent on those with experience to share and teach newcomers, and his dedication to this task has earned him the 2016 Joe Bunting Mentorship Award. The award was established to recognize the importance of mentorship to our community and honour those people in our industry who take the time to teach, inspire and encourage tomorrow’s leaders. The Executive Vice President of the Municipal Division at R.W. Tomlinson Limited, Hendriks King Beamish EXCELLENCE AWARD Marianne O’Shaughnessy has done a lot of things in her 31 year career with IKO Industries Ltd. in Hamilton. Starting off as an asphalt tester, her duties expanded to include marketing stone to hot Steve Pecar is a Mississauga-based writer, editor and designer. Donn Bernal and Steve Manolis Earl Kee VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD The Earl Kee Volunteer of the Year Award appears to have been tailor made for Steve Manolis. The award recognizes an OHMPA (now OAPC) member who has made an exemplary voluntary 24 OAPC | ASPHALTOPICS
was selected because of his ongoing passion, dedication and commitment to the advancement of the hot mix asphalt industry and the positive effect of his mentorship. Mike McLean of McAsphalt Industries Limited met Hendriks in 2002: “Coming from a small family-owned paving company, I was inspired by the time Bert took to teach me the ways of big paving business. He encouraged and mentored me both personally, and professionally, and I credit him for playing an instrumental and tremendously positive role in my career.” Hendriks cares about this industry, and his passion becomes clear when he talks about his career. “I believe in excellence, I believe in integrity, I believe in innovation and I believe in commitment,” he says. “That’s what I wanted to bring to the job.” These traits are what he encourages younger workers to embrace. He also understands the value of knowledge gained through experience, and sharing that knowledge can help build on the ideas that newcomers bring to the industry. “There are a lot of bright young people out there, but they don’t have the experience,” Hendriks says. “The other day I was talking to a colleague who said how important mentorship is because otherwise, ‘everything is just locked into your own head and when you leave, all the things you know will be lost.’” Hendriks also marvels at all of the changes that have happened during his career, but believes it is the natural evolutionary course of things. “Is this the only industry that’s changing?” he asks rhetorically. “Everything is changing. It wasn’t that long ago when there were no cell phones or computers. All industries are evolving and adapting.” As he contemplates retirement, Hendriks says it won’t curb his desire to pass along his knowledge and believes that will be his legacy, as one of teacher and mentor. He says he will continue be “a doer”, and hopes to share that mentality. “You can retire and not train and mentor, but consistency matters,” he says. “Yes, the industry is evolving and changing, but it only works if you build on experience and what went before.” mix producers, and purchasing paper and cardboard for the company’s felt mill before she was put in charge of purchasing and managing IKO’s fleet of vehicles. Today she is the Asphalt Terminal Manager for the company that supplies manufactured sand to the paving industry. While she is dedicated to her job, she has always felt the need to contribute beyond her regular duties. “We’ve been members of OHMPA since 1992,” she says. “While I don’t contribute much on the technical side anymore, I thought I could help the association by doing other things.” Those “other things” have been the hours of volunteer time she has contributed over the years at industry events and through OHMPA’s Marketing Committee. Because of her efforts, O’Shaughnessy is the recipient of the 2016 King Beamish Excellence Award in recognition of her exemplary voluntary contribution to the works of the association over a long period of time. The winner also demonstrates qualities that exemplify leadership, motivation and inspiration related to participation in the association. In presenting her the award, Bruce Armstrong of Canadian Asphalt Industries says O’Shaugnessy is always ready to help. “Marianne is always quick to volunteer at the Marketing Committee,” he said. “She has consistently helped out at many trade shows and the golf tournament. She has even gone the extra mile by recruiting a friend to come help out at the tournament when we needed people.” O’Shaughnessy says she feels great to be honoured within her industry and didn’t expect to receive the award. “I’ve been in the industry a number of years and seen a lot of changes,” she says. “But I have always felt accepted and have been impressed with the way everyone helps out. I just wanted to do my part.” contribution to the works of the association in the past year and has made a significant contribution to the development or progress of the association’s objectives. The General Manager of Coco Asphalt Engineering received the award for his work as chair of the Environment Committee and his role in establishing a Benzo(a)Pyrene technical standard with the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change. His contributions also played a key part in the 2015 publishing of the fifth edition of the OAPC’s Environmental Practices Guide, and the publishing of several Quality of Asphalt Pavement Task Force bulletins, including a white paper on Asphalt Cement Quality and Specifications. “Early on in my career I was taught that it was important to get involved, to know the industry,” Manolis says. “People told me I would get more than what I put in. Now, as I am in the midst of my career, I can confirm that it is true.” Donn Bernal of Yellowline Asphalt Products Ltd. says the passion Manolis has for asphalt and the asphalt cement industry in general is something to look up to. “Steve Manolis joined the Board in 2016, and much of the thought of bringing him onto the Board were the contributions he had made to various committees and subcommittees prior to that,” says Bernal who presented the award. “He was the go-to person as we went through OPSS revisions for Performance Graded Asphalt Cement (PGAC) and he was our representative on the OPSS committees to finalize the revisions. Manolis says he was surprised, yet honoured, to receive the award, and looks forward to continuing the important work with the environmental and technical committees that he sits on with OAPC. SUMMER 2017 25
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