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"It’s not just about the destination, it’s also about the journey.”
American Public Works Association
City of Chicago Bureau of Bridges and Transit
City of Chicago Bureau of Inspections
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Highway Administration,
Idaho DivisionIdaho Associated General Contractors
Illinois Asphalt Pavement Association
Illinois Department of Transportation
National Asphalt Pavement Association
North Central Superpave Center
U.S. Department of Transportation
“Your help and dedication in seeing this program through is commendable. It is always great to work with someone who goes above and beyond what is asked of them.”
Carrie Merker
Education Program Producer
American Public Works Association“In December 2007, the Asphalt Institute published the 7th edition of the MS-4 The Asphalt Handbook. The manual was a collaborative effort of many people and we sincerely thank you for your contribution.”
Brian Clark
Director of Marketing
Asphalt Institute"You have made a very significant contribution to the Institute as a field engineer. The changes you have made in your district in mix design and specifications technology will impact.“
M.J. Hensley, R.E.
Asphalt Institute
“On behalf of the City of Chicago and the Department of Transportation, I would like to thank you for your assistance with our first ever Asphalt Seminar…All agree that the seminar was a resounding success…We hope that these types of seminars will become a regular part of the education process for our people…”
S.L. Kaderbeck, S.E., P.E.
Deputy Commissioner/Chief Engineer
Bureau of Bridges and Transit
City of Chicago
“I would like to thank you for the excellent seminar you presented…the topics covered in the seminar were comprehensive and allowed our staff, primarily Resident Engineers and City Material Inspectors, a better understanding of quality assurance and quality control of asphalt paving materials and procedures. We will look forward to joining you in the future seminars you may conduct.”
Carmen Iacullo, Deputy Commission
City of Chicago Bureau of Inspections
“Your presentation on the development of Job Mix Formula was outstanding and well received by the audience. Your detailed explanation of each one of the testing requirements and characteristics of the materials gave the audience a better picture of the performance of bituminous pavement.”
Guillermo N. Felix, P.E.
Civil Engineer/Paving Engineer
Federal Aviation Administration
U. S. Department of Transportation
“Idaho has gone from opposing Superpave to full implementation in 4 years. I think much of the credit goes to you. So I will in return thank you for all of the assistance you have provided ITD and FHWA in this regard."
Paul C. Ziman
Operations, Pavement and Materials Engineer
Federal Highway Administration, Idaho Division"I took a look at Carper Road last week and was pleasantly surprised to find it in such good condition. I pulled the file and determined we paved the road in 1998. It looks like it could have been paved last year. Thanks for enlightening us on the use of this mix."
Craig Cassem, P.E.
Grundy County
County Engineer.
…A facilitated discussion by ITD Superpave Consultant Tim Murphy resulted in several key action items. “This was one of the best meetings in all my years with AGC,” stated Terry McEntee, Central Paving.
--AGC Newsletter, reporting on the Annual Meeting and Convention
“I know all the members share my feelings about having you as part of the IAPA family. Your views on rethinking how we do things here in Illinois have a lot of merit. You were a great addition to our program.”
Marvin L. Traylor
Director of Engineering & Research
Illinois Asphalt Pavement Association
“The department appreciates the effort you and your firm put toward the recent district Local QC/QA Orientation Meetings. The course development and presentations were well developed. Feedback from the districts and local agencies has been very positive.”
Eric E. Harm, P.E.
Engineer of Material and Physical Research
Illinois Department of Transportation
Business Partnership Award
“The Lake Land [College] Board of Trustees awarded the third annual Business Partnership Award to…Tim Murphy…for providing Illinois Department of Transportation Quality Control/Quality Assurance (IDOT QC/QA) training for students in the Chicago area…Because of his leadership, Lake Land was able to expand the program and offer more than 30 classes to the Chicago area.”
Lake Land College
Mattoon, Illinois
“During the training we each felt things were going as planned and the feedback I’ve received from field construction personnel continues to be very positive. To quote a Project Manager with 30+ years experience in asphalt…
The instructor was excellent. His knowledge of the subject was at a level above anyone I know of. I gained a better `feeling’ for what should be happening to our mixes.
I echo those comments…”
Laire E. Weishahn, P.E.
Materials and Research Division
Nebraska Department of Roads
“I would like to thank you for assisting with the Superpave Asphalt Mix Design course at Lake Land College…I appreciate the effort and time you took to come down to Lake Land to help out. The course was very well received, judging from the comment sheets returned by the students. Your assistance really helped to make the course a success.”
Rebecca S. McDaniel
Technical Director
North Central Superpave Center
“…I would like to express our gratitude and appreciation to you for being a speaker at our Twelfth Annual Airport Conference. We have received many positive comments from the 365 attendees. Thanks to your participation, we can view this conference as the best one ever.”
Henry A. Lamberts
Manager, Safety/Standards Branch
Federal Aviation Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
“Once again, you members of the planning committee have done a great job in developing the Bituminous Paving Conference. First, you came up with six great subjects for the talks. Then you obtained very good, knowledgeable speakers for each topic. Another indication of the excellent work [of the committee] is the number of persons who came to the conference.”
Samuel H. Carpenter
Professor of Civil Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignMoreland Herrin
Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“On behalf of the Planning Committee for the Utah Asphalt Conference, I want to thank you for your participation…Your presentation was a keynote in the discussion.”
R.E. Campbell, Chairman
Utah Asphalt Conference Planning Committee
