Tim Conner, PE

Project Manager

Brookings

What do you find most rewarding about working with our clients? I’ve worked with some of our clients for over 20 years. I have established long-term relationships with clients, contractors, and agency personnel over that time. In some cases, I know our clients’ kids and families. It’s been very rewarding.

What would be the most amazing adventure to go on? I would like to take a cruise around the world, including Antarctica. I enjoy new cultures and seeing something different. I also enjoy being rooted to something familiar, back to the cruise boat.

What could you give a 40-minute presentation on with absolutely no preparation? Making beer.

Where is the most interesting place you’ve been? Berlin, only a few years after Germany’s reunification. Most of the wall had been removed by that time. I got to go to an office building that was on the allied side of the wall near Checkpoint Charlie – the other side of the street was on the “east.” The path of the wall was marked by white bricks. There were bollards along the street that indicated someone died trying to cross over from the east to the west. There is so much history in such a small area. Some history was great; other parts were grisly and not so great.