Crawfordsville Street Department employees Troy Payne and Chris Moore have been awarded the title of Road Builder through the Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program. The LTAP was established and designed to help street departments, highway departments and local elected officials improve transportation through training, technical assistance and finding the latest new developments in technology and materials.
Payne joined Crawfordsville Street Department in 2008 and Moore joined in 2009. Both of them have worked their way up to their current positions of street foreman and MS4 coordinator, respectively. Moore was appointed MS4 coordinator in 2019 and Payne was appointed as foreman this year.
Both Payne and Moore started LTAP in 2011 and have since been working through the requirements of the program which includes 12 core courses, elective conferences and workshops for credit hours. To be awarded the title of Road Builder, like Payne and Moore, participants must complete all 12 core courses as well as 300 credit hours from conferences and workshops such as Road School, County Bridge Conferences and civil engineering seminars.
The City of Crawfordsville values and appreciates the hard work, time and dedication Moore and Payne have put into furthering their education and career. Both Moore and Payne have showed their dedication to improving their skills to continue bettering the work of the Crawfordsville Street Department.
“These two employees have worked hard and put in a lot of extra personal time to obtain these certifications as Road Builders,” said City of Crawfordsville Street Commissioner Mark Cox. “This education will benefit both departments substantially. I have no doubt they will continue their education and obtain their Master Road Builders. We are very proud of both of them.”
Payne took a Pavement Surface Evaluation and Rating class in 2014 and was certified in Asset Management/PASER in 2018. Payne shared that from 2011 to 2023 he spent time working on earning the title of Road Builder and he is now continuing his education and working towards earning the title Master Road Builder. To earn this, Payne must complete 600 credit hours in continued education through conferences and workshops.
Moore shares that since 2011 when starting the LTAP, he has been able to expand his knowledge and improved skills in roadway management techniques. Moore says that the LTAP offers many resources such as training, safety knowledge, research, asset management and conferences.
