ASPHALTopcs | Summer 2017 | VOL 30 | NO 2

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.
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