OSSGA News

A private members bill that would prohibit restricting the use of recycled aggregate in all construction contracts by public sector bodies is receiving praise from the head of Aggregate Recycling Ontario (ARO).

The new issue of Rock Talk is now available online to OSSGA members. Please click "read more" below to download the current issue (password required). To obtain your new login and password information, please e-mail edasilva@ossga.com

(Canada) -- The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) is pleased to announce Holcim Canada is its first Gold National Sponsor.

CALGARY — Lafarge, a major supplier of construction materials, has relocated its Western Canadian headquarters to the redeveloped Quarry Park neighbourhood — the site of the company’s former gravel pit.

Thanks to the generous support of Lafarge Canada, Earth Rangers will visit schools in Atlantic Canada this Spring to inspire children to help Bring Back the Wild.

TORONTO, April 22, 2013 /CNW/ - 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 the Miller Group as the winner of the 2013 ORBA Green Leadership and Sustainability Award.

TORONTO, April 22, 2013 /CNW/ - In addition to participating in the many conservation and stewardship activities the company has organized in communities close to their operations, Holcim Canada employees will have the opportunity to learn about how the sum of changing behaviours and habits can contribute to making a big difference.

Muskoka, February 28, 2013 — The OSSGA (Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association) raised a total $17,150 for the Children’s Foundation of Muskoka during its annual industry conference in February at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, ON.

BRACEBRIDGE, ON, March 1, 2013 /CNW/ - Fowler Construction is pleased to announce it has received the Ontario Stone, Sand and Gravel Association’s (OSSGA) prestigious Environmental Achievement Award for their Sage Creek valley plan adjacent to their Child’s Pit location in Bracebridge, Ontario.

OSSGA is pleased to release the findings of two studies which conclude that aggregate extraction operations have no adverse effects on municipal drinking water supplies.