Bot Construction Group Recognized for Achievements in Environmental Leadership
The Ontario Road Builders' Association (ORBA), in partnership with the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) and the Ontario Good Roads Association (OGRA), is pleased to announce that Bot Construction Groups is the winner of the 2012 ORBA Green Leadership and Sustainability Award. <Read more>

 

OSSGA's Newest Issue of Avenues!
Click here to download the current issue of OSSGA's industry magazine, Avenues.

The next issue is slated for summer 2012. Please contact Marta Blocki to submit comments, questions and/or story ideas for the upcoming issue.

For advertising inquiries, please contact Michael Bell at Media Edge.

 

IHSA Spring Blitz Training
Don't forget to sign up for Spring Blitz training with the IHSA today. Registration is available on their website at: www.ihsa.ca/training/course_descriptions.cfm?TrainingID=243.

 

Remembering OSSGA Veteran James McEwan 'Mac' Duff
Original OSSGA Board of Directors member (then known as APAO - Aggregate Producers Association of Ontario), James McEwen Duff died peacefully on January 3 in Georgetown, ON. He was 91 years old. <Read more ...>

 

Asphaltopics - "The Last Word"
Summer 2011 (Volume 24 #2)
"Walking in Other People's Shoes" by Moreen Miller

 

Best Practices Guide for Recycling Aggregate
To download a copy of TARBA Best Practices Guide for Recycling Aggregate, please click here.

 

AFO Collaborates on Industry-wide Standards & Certification Program
TORONTO (June 1, 2011) – Ontario’s environmental NGO community and aggregate producers, collectively known as The Aggregate Forum, today announced that they have retained Deloitte, one of Canada’s leading management companies, to develop a certification program that will enhance standards of environmental stewardship and community engagement across Ontario’s aggregate industry. <read more>

 

Remembering Will 'The Tiller' Creighton of Creighton Rock Drill
It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Will 'The Tiller' Creighton at the age of 55 of (OSSGA member company) Creighton Rock Drill Limited.

Will leaves behind his partner Edwina Livingstone, sons Michael and Robert Creighton and step-son Peter McMaster, as well as a very large extended family, including his many nieces and nephews.

Will attended the University of Waterloo, graduating with a Bachelor of Science, which he applied to the growth of Creighton Rock Drill. <read more>

 

McGuinty Proposal Engages Ontario Farmers to Protect Bobolink Ontario is proposing to work with farmers to help continue farming while protecting the Bobolink, a threatened bird that nests in grasslands and hay fields. <read more>
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ABCs of Recycled Aggregates Info Sheet
To download a copy of The ABCs of Recycled Aggregates, please click here.

 

MSDS Updates Now Available (OSSGA members only)
Please click here to access the files.

Please contact Eva Da Silva to obtain your company login and password.

 

OSSGA Plugs You In!
Cision's industry news clippings (wire service) are now available to all OSSGA members. Click here to get started (password required).

Please contact Eva Da Silva to retrieve your password.

 

Avenues Towards Success: OSSGA's 1st Industry Magazine Now Available!
Click here to download the current issue of OSSGA's inaugural industry magazine, Avenues.

The next issue is slated for late August. Please contact Marta Blocki to submit comments, questions and/or story ideas.

For advertising inquiries, please contact Sharon Komoski at Media Edge.

 

Moving Notice
OSSGA has moved offices to serve you better. We are now located at:

5720 Timberlea Blvd., #103, Mississauga, ON L4W 4W2

Click here for a map.

Phone and fax numbers will remain the same.

Please change your records accordingly.

 

Capital Paving Named One of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies
Capital Paving Inc. has been recognized from a field of thousands of other applicants, as a winner of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies award for 2010.

<To read more, please click here>

 

CBC's METRO MORNING Podcast:
"The Costs and Necessity of Gravel"
"Gravel is a gift from the Ice Age - it turns out, though, there's only so much of it. Toronto no longer has a single gravel pit to call its own and, as the city continues to grow, gravel operators move further afield to supply the city's building boom. ..."

<To listen to the entire podcast, please click here>

 

Amending O. Reg. 413/05
Vehicle Weights and Dimensions - For Safe, Productive and Infrastructure-Friendly Vehicles

 

Rock Talk Goes Digital!
OSSGA's industry newsletter, Rock Talk, is now available to OSSGA members online under Seminar Presentations (please scroll down to bottom of page).

To retrieve your company password, please contact Eva Da Silva. For comments/questions pertaining to Rock Talk, please contact Marta Blocki.

 

Detroit Diesel - Safety Recall 10C3
OSSGA has received a notice from Detroit Diesel regarding a defect in certain certified Series EPA07 and EPA10 HDEP engines. To read more, please click here.

 

MINISTRY OF LABOUR UPDATE:
Safe At Work Ontario Today/New Interactive Web Tools
The November issue of Safe at Work Ontario TODAY is now available online in html and PDF formats. The links are posted below and it is available in both English and French.

English:
www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/sawo/pubs/issue5.php

French:
www.labour.gov.on.ca/french/hs/sawo/pubs/issue5.php

Also, MOL has launched four new Health and Safety Tools to help educate employers and employees on preventing slips, trips and falls at the workplace.

English:
www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/hs/tools/index.php

French:
www.labour.gov.on.ca/french/hs/tools/index.php

 

OSSGA: OMB TAKES STEP BACKWARD WITH DECISION ON ROCKFORT HEARING
The Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (OSSGA) is both surprised and disappointed with the recent Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) decision regarding James Dick Construction Limited’s Rockfort Quarry application. <Read more>

 

ATTENTION: ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (ESA) AGREEMENT HOLDERS
If your company has entered into one of the 94 agreements signed in June 2010 regarding endangered species on your licenced or permitted sites, please click here (OSSGA members only) to access a letter OSSGA received from the Ministry of Natural Resources regarding ongoing ESA training.

For more information, please contact OSSGA President Moreen Miller.

 

COCA - Construction Newsletter Now Available for OSSGA Members!
COCA newsletters can now be downloaded by OSSGA members in the Members Only section of the OSSGA website under Industry Issues, or click here. To retain your company password, please contact Eva Da Silva.

 

Free info sessions on OHSAS 18001 implementation
Want to improve your health and safety management system? Want an edge on your competitors? The Infrastructure Health & Safety Association wants to help you. Join us for a free session to learn how to implement OHSAS 18001 in your company. OHSAS 18001 is the internationally recognized assessment standard for occupational health and safety management systems. It can help you develop a safer workplace and take the next step for injury and illness prevention. For more information on the free info sessions, click here.

 

Health & Safety News
Hazards leading to musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) will be the focus of a two-month enforcement blitz at provincially-regulated construction, industrial, health care and mining workplaces this fall. ...
<OSSGA members read more>
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Ontario will focus on hazards involving musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) during a two-month workplace safety blitz starting September 15, 2010. ...
<OSSGA members read more>
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OSSGA Delivers More Industry Updates to Members
In addition to the weekly Queen's Park bulletins (now under Members Only - Industry Issues), OSSGA will also be posting regular health and safety updates for members only - "The IHSA Construction Industry Health & Safety News" and "Safe at Work Ontario" (under Members Only - Safety Initiatives).

To obtain your company-assigned password, please contact Eva Da Silva, or call (905) 507-0711 ext. 0.

 

Canadian Red Cross for Haiti Update
As you know, proceeds from this year's charity drive during OSSGA events have been going to the Red Cross for Haiti and United Way (Toronto). OSSGA would like to thank membership for its generous ongoing support.
<Click here for update>

 

Press Release
Recent MMAH Ruling Puts Ontario Aggregate Supply in Further Jeopardy
<Read more>

 

OSSGA Unveils Perks for New Members
A series of membership perks were recently unveiled by The Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association's (OSSGA) Membership Committee to bring added value to prospective members by engaging them in association events.

OSSGA is now offering a 25-percent discount to all new members on registrations to any two OSSGA events - including the much-anticipated OSSGA Annual General Meeting - in the first calendar year following membership approval by the Board.

Associate (supplier) members have the added option of choosing a complimentary booth space (with the purchase of a delegate registration) in lieu of the above offer (subject to availability).

For more information on becoming an OSSGA member, please click here.

For general enquiries, please contact OSSGA President Moreen Miller.

 

Calling All Industry Experts!
Think you know your aggregates? If so, we'd like to hear from you! As part of its ongoing Public Perception initiative, the Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (OSSGA) is calling on all experts in the industry interested in being featured on the Ask An Expert Page of our new interactive consumer website, www.theholestory.ca. We are looking for a variety of experts in the field - from hydrogeologists, to planners, to environmental consultants, to quarry operators, etc. - to sit on a virtual panel addressing occasional questions from the general public about aggregates. The more diverse the panel, the better! We are planning to install a permanent panel of rotating experts on a quarterly basis. Once officially approved as an expert, you will be asked to submit a current photo and short bio to be featured on the site.