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IDENTIFY, AIM, EXECUTE<br />
DRIVEN TO BE THE BEST<br />
Georgian Bay Operations<br />
Large Scale MTO & Grey County Paving Projects<br />
Keep E.C. King Contracting Moving This Season<br />
Summer tourist traffic required an early completion on sections<br />
of Hwy 21. Paving at the Port Elgin end of the project needed to<br />
be complete before summer started.<br />
With the addition of a new and larger CAT Paver for EC King this<br />
year, at our annual pre-season operations meeting we were able<br />
to gain valuable input from Herb Villneff from Miller Northern<br />
and Murray Ritchie from the Murray Group on the challenges<br />
we would face on the 50,000t plus paving project. We discussed<br />
utilizing such features as joint heaters which was a first for our<br />
paving crew. Ken Fromager and Ben Hatt led the asphalt crew<br />
through these challenges and we were able to call on help from<br />
time to time. Our sister companies Lavis and then the Murray<br />
Group provided much needed support.<br />
Georgian Bay Operations<br />
Other projects in the Blue Mountain area include the Woodlands subdivision which was started late last season. Work is nearing<br />
completion and will be the last project paved this year. Doug McMahon has been busy overseeing the many projects this year in<br />
the Collingwood area.<br />
Wntrance Construction to new CBM Quarry west of Duntroon<br />
- pictured right<br />
Another large project undertaken by E.C. King in the Collingwood<br />
area was the construction of an entrance to the new<br />
CBM quarry on the Grey / Simcoe County Line. Overseen by<br />
Steve Loomis and Doug Mcmahon, the work included rock<br />
excavation, tree clearing, pulverizing and repaving <strong>with</strong><br />
Superpave Mix.<br />
In the Owen Sound area E.C. King was successful in obtaining<br />
all the site work and supply of concrete and aggregate<br />
for the Owen Sound Wastewater Treatment Plant. Work<br />
includes excavation and backfill and underground piping.<br />
The project will take two years to complete and has a very<br />
small footprint to work in. Project Manager Randi Belrose has<br />
to work very closely <strong>with</strong> Steve Loomis who acts as Site Superintendent, to time deliveries, manage earth stockpiles, and maintain<br />
access on this confined space.<br />
Of interest, the general contract was bid by six major General Contractors <strong>with</strong> the low bid tied to the penny between two Generals.<br />
The decision was made <strong>with</strong> the flip of a coin to select the successful bidder.<br />
Sean Murray assists <strong>with</strong> new paver controls Right - Joint Heater used on<br />
Binder & Surface Lifts)<br />
E.C. King once again this year placed over 25,000t of hot mix on various<br />
Grey County roads which also required Pulverizing and Tack Coat<br />
support from Miller Paving. Rocky Major organized the work ahead<br />
of the paving which required large quantities of gravel supplied by<br />
Wayne Schwartz Construction and Sadler Haulage.<br />
Biosolids storage tank and<br />
pumping station at Owen<br />
Sound Wastewater Plant<br />
A separate project for Grey County was also completed in the fall to<br />
stabilize the slope and replace guiderail on a busy section of Road 19<br />
in the Blue Mountain Area.<br />
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