Hear what previous attendees have to say!

Robert Murfin, Northern Ohio Asphalt Paving, 15 years experience, in answer to the question, would you come back and why? "Yes, always new things to learn."
"Know where to start looking for your problems."
Gerald Lorenz, Manitowoc County, WI., on same "[to] Learn even more about the ever changing asphalt industry."
Shawn Campbell, Asphalt Products, 10 years experience, on the same "Very enjoyable learning atmosphere."
David Gohn, Ace Asphalt, 6 years experience, on what he liked "[The workshop was] hands-on. You could talk about problems with other operators."
Dave Jensen, Morse Bros., OR, on the same "[Liked] Electronics, Burners and Exhaust. Liked troubleshooting exercises - good hands on practice."
Al Pietz, Elcor, MN., on same "Everything."
Jim Crocker, Sloan Construction, SC., 23 years experience, on same "...sessions on improving plant efficiency."
Rick Will, Asphalt Products, MI., 10 years experience, on improving plant production "I’m going to start taking temperatures at the end of [our] drum to see about [optimizing] flight position."
Steve McCafferty, McCafferty/Whittle Construction, WA., 13 years experience "I learnt some things I can do to our scrubber to improve plant pollution."
On the instructor: "Yes, lets class discuss problems and solutions."
Mike Anderson, Morse Bros., OR, 29 years experience "Yes, he kept group thinking and got everyone involved."
Jack Mendoza, Wilder Construction, WA., 10 years experience, on efficiency "...changing dryer flightings for a better air flow into the baghouse [can improve the plant efficiency]."
"new types of thermocouple."
Ted Ranck, MB. OR. "Learned that I should be able to increase my production 15-20%!"
Pat Budlong, Morse Bros., OR, on important things learnt about maintaining his plant "Checking the ratios between air flows and fuel consumption."
Dana Anderson, Mark Sand & Gravel, MN., learnt a lot about maintenance & fixing plant "Knowledge on greasing and main useful...[good] ideas for increasing baghouse temperature...trouble-shooting skills should speed repairs."
James Fitzgerald, Hills Materials, SD., on Do you feel you learned any important things about maintaining your plant? "Yes much more about electricity, with better understanding of starters and circuits."
Terry Reeves, Reeves Construction, GA., 13 years experience On Maintenance: "I now have a better understanding of what things I need to be looking for, even the smaller things we tend to overlook."

On operation: "What to watch for on some of our gauges and understanding why they are acting like they are."

On mix quality: "...better understanding of why we are making the changes [that we make]."

On improving plant production: "Again the smaller things that are overlooked and understanding their importance to the rest of the operation."

On recommending this school to others: "Hell yeah."
J. Scott Alston, Reeves Construction, 8 years exp., "I have a better understanding about what I should look for if something is wrong. On fixing the plant I learnt much about short cuts in troubleshooting electrical circuits. On operation, I have a better understanding about my control systems and how they should react to my commands."
On improving plant pollution "...much about temperatures and that damper controls have a lot to do with that."
Gene Sumner, Reeves Construction On pollution: "Learning about the baghouse specifications and when it is or is not operating effectively."

On production: "Learnt much about understanding the way the plant works, checks that can be made and changes that can be made to increase production."
Grady Williams, Reeves, 3 years exp. On maintenance: "Learnt much about checking for leaks and pressure points."

On operation: "Much on cutting down on cost and improving production and the quality of product."
Guy McLamb, Reeves, on the fact that he would like to... "Explain to management staff that if I put my dust in the hot elev. on the up side instead of the down side, it would help stop dusting at the bottom of my elevator and help to stop bearing failure."
Melvin Newell, Reeves, 11 years exp., on comparison to other schools "100% more comprehensive. [It was] on a level that was understandable."
Sylvester White, Barber Bros., LA., 25 years experience, on maintaining his plant "Learnt much on the basic steps of checking your air flow system, and different techniques of troubleshooting that I wasn’t aware of."
Clint Johnson, Barber Bros., 3 years exp., "Learned some helpful ways of daily maintenance on plant; to keep burners working in the automatic position, feel more advanced in the troubleshooting of the electrical system, learned a lot about keeping segregation out of our mix, learned about how important the flighting in the dryers is, and finding easier ways to prevent dust from passing on through the exhaust stack."
Joe McElhaney, T.L. James, 4.5 years exp., on maintenance "I have learnt much about air flow - to know before your plant breaks how it runs and when it is not running let the plant tell you what is wrong by air flow temperature and your electronics. [The instructor was] very intelligent and brought electronics into English."
Bernie Heimericks, API, MO., 3 years exp., on important thing learnt on maintenance "...much about trunnion gear boxes, oil changes and levels, drag conveyor, flights, burners, etc. I learnt much about electrical troubleshooting, on exhaust leaks and on excessive temperatures."

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