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IDENTIFY, AIM, EXECUTE<br />
DRIVEN TO BE THE BEST<br />
Cement & Ready-Mix Concrete Operations<br />
Miller Cement - Adapt & Let’s Grow<br />
Miller Cement, as <strong>with</strong> any growing company, must continuously monitor, adapt and accept changes <strong>with</strong>in the industry. These<br />
fluctuations present several different challenges affecting many diverse components of the operation.<br />
The slightest changes, however small, in our daily routines can and will compromise success. As an example: competition, abrupt<br />
demands, administration processing and traffic to name a few. Market knowledge and industry affiliations, uniting partnerships<br />
<strong>with</strong> third party brokerage firms and the constant development advances in technology in administrative software & GPS tracking<br />
are a few illustrations contributing to the pace for another record breaking year.<br />
Miller Concrete Aurora<br />
Cement & Ready-Mix Concrete Operations<br />
After a long cold winter and late spring the Aurora plant continued to stay busy <strong>with</strong> some large carry over projects from 2013.<br />
These projects included VIVA NEXT H3 (Pave-Al Limited/Brennan Paving) and VIVA NEXT D1 (Brennan Paving). 2014 also saw<br />
the completion of several projects including the Hwy 404 Extension (Brennan Paving), St. Andrews College Arena (Bolt Developments),<br />
Holland Landing Pumping Station (Toronto Zenith/ Con Drain), Queensville West Pumping Station (Mettko) and 2nd<br />
Concession Pumping Station (HiTech Structures/Con Drain).<br />
Some notable new condominium projects started in 2014 include Tao Boutique Condos (Signature Communities/Synrg Group),<br />
The 6th Angus Glen (Kylemore Communities/Saddlebrook Management), The Essential (Emery Condominiums), Centro Condos on<br />
Yonge (Kaitlin Corp), Greenlife Condominiums (Delridge Homes) and Glengrove on The Park (LCL Builds).<br />
The Centro Condos Aurora project is 6 story building. Due to ground conditions this project required a raft slab to be poured.<br />
Pouring this slab was split into 2 pours. Both pours were completed over a 10 hour span and required 20 trucks each. That is a lot<br />
of concrete very fast!<br />
In August Miller Concrete hosted the 2014 RMCAO Truck Rodeo at our Pickering Waste Facility. Representing Miller Concrete were<br />
drivers Bryan Houston, John Lefebvre and James Formica. Congratulations to Bryan Houston for his 1st place finish and John Lefebvre<br />
for his 3rd place finish. Great job by all participants!<br />
With the increasingly demand on our equipment and tanker fleet mandating further and longer obligations, evident changes to<br />
increased scheduled maintenance is critical. Going further and expanding our boarders also means adapting to change in road<br />
conditions and harsh settings. The daily sequence of loading and transferring of cement powder exists in an inevitable dusty environment<br />
that also requires adaptation. Although it has its challenges, in order to uphold standards and the polished aluminum<br />
shine, we have recently restructured our wash program adapting new practices <strong>with</strong> a new company.<br />
Congratulations to all Miller Concrete employees for winning the 2013 CARE program award. We would like to thank all participants<br />
and encourage all employees to continue <strong>with</strong> the great innovative suggestions helping us be ONLY THE BEST!<br />
Miller Concrete Milton Ontario<br />
Early 2014 saw the completion of several large projects after a record year for volume in 2013. High profile and demanding commercial<br />
and public jobs included a ICF condo for Leedwall Const. in Milton, an New Public Health Office for Wellington County in<br />
Guelph by Buttcon Ltd., and a expansion of an Alcon<br />
Warehouse in Mississauga by Giffels Westpro.<br />
With the challenges to service these jobs we still<br />
managed to take on and look after our day to day<br />
customers <strong>with</strong> the service and quality they had<br />
come to expect from Miller Concrete. This was<br />
accomplished by team work of all involved from<br />
batcher to drivers to QC and sales.<br />
For 2014 we are also focused on local jobs close<br />
to our plant including a No Frills Store in Acton<br />
<strong>with</strong> Stu-Cor Construction, a Retirement Home in<br />
Georgetown <strong>with</strong> Nith Valley Construction, a first<br />
time customer of Miller Concrete who has been<br />
very pleased <strong>with</strong> service and quality, and the<br />
Rockwood Library addition <strong>with</strong> KMA Contracting.<br />
Fun Fact - We are on pace to have sold enough cement to manufacture enough concrete to<br />
approximately build the CN Tower……stacked one on top of the other…. 20 Towers high!<br />
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