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IDENTIFY, AIM, EXECUTE
DRIVEN TO BE THE BEST
Achievements & Awards
ARRA Elects Ryan Essex 2015-2016
President
During its recent 39th Annual Meeting in Paris, France, during
the first Pavement Preservation & Recycling (World) Summit
held February 22 – 25, 2015, the membership of the Asphalt
Recycling & Reclaiming
Association
(ARRA) elected Ryan
Essex, of Miller Paving
Limited, to the
office of President
for the 2015-2016
term.
Miller - The Leader in Industry
Steve Smith President of the Ontario Hot
Mix Producers Association for 2015
Steve is honoured and excited to take on the important and
challenging role as President of the Ontario Hot Mix Producers
Association for 2015. The industry is continually facing numerous
challenges with regard to hot
mix asphalt and he looks forward to
leading this association to analysis
and solutions for these challenges.
He also looks forward to continuing
to develop our relationship with the
Ministry of Transportation, Municipalities
and other stakeholders as
well as working with the industry
leaders that help make this association
so great.
2014 Miller Waste Truck Rodeo Results
I would like to thank all of the competitors who attended the truck competition in Pickering on Sunday June 1, 2014. There were
close to 30 participants this year representing all of our divisions from across Ontario. It was a great day had by all and the weather
could not have been nicer. The winners of each class were:
Association Representation
Miller Transit Bus Roadeo Awards
Achievements & Awards
Blair McArthur Named President of ORBA
Congratulations to Blair McArthur for being named the President
of the Ontario Road Builders’ Association (ORBA). Blair
became the 88th President of ORBA on February 10, 2015 at
ORBA’s annual convention held at the Royal York Hotel.
Twenty five years earlier, in 1990, Leo McArthur was named
ORBA’s President. Leo and Blair represent the fourth father/son
President team in ORBA’s 88 year history. I guess the saying “the
fruit does not fall far from the tree” may be applicable in this
instance!
Matt Kellar – Markham - Front End
Darrell McLeod –North Bay - Roll Off
Perry Wall – Durham - Top Loader
Brad Zandbergen- Ottawa - Real Loader
Other winners include:
Top-Load Recycle - 2nd Place – Tim London –Durham District, Rear Loader – 2nd Place – Ryan Morrison – Markham District, Front End – 2nd
Place – Mahadeo Chulu – Markham District, Roll-Off –2nd Place – Dale Carmichael – North Bay District, Top Rookie of the competition went to
Luke Proctor – Kawartha Lakes District, Grand Champion - was awarded to Perry Wall – Durham District
2014 Ontario Waste Management Association Truck Rodeo
Congratulations go out to five of our Collection Service Representatives, Ryan Morrison and Matt Keller from our Markham operation,
Perry Wall and Tim London from our Durham operation and Darrell McLeod from our North Bay operation. Ryan finished 3rd
overall in the Rear Load class, Matt finished 2nd in the Front-End, Perry and Tim finished 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Top Load
Recycle class while Darrell finished 3rd in the Roll-Off class. All five drivers represented Miller Waste at the Provincial Championships
held in Barrie on July 12, 2014. This competition is an opportunity for the best drivers in Ontario to compete for the “hardware”,
prize money and a chance to represent Ontario at the Nationals. All five will have competed in the Straight Truck – 2-axle
class.
Congratulations Dorell Atkinson
Grand Champion 2014 YRT/Viva Bus Roadeo!
The Region presented Dorell Atkinson his YRT BUS Roadeo
Championship Ring and to Dan Sguigna, a VP ring for his
support of the annual roadeo and the operators. It is the
first ring awarded since the competition started seven
years ago.
Amma wins Norman W. McLeod Award
In the fall of 2014 in Winnipeg, Amma Wakefield won the prestigious
Norman W. McLeod Award for the Best Technical Presentation at the 2013
Canadian Technical Asphalt Association conference on “Characterizing
Warm and Hot Mix Asphalt Strength through Internal Aggregate Structure
Analysis”. The Norman W. McLeod Award is given to a presenter for
their excellence in oral presentation. The award winner is selected by participants
at the annual CTAA Conference by a confidential voting process.
Amma’s co-authors for the paper were Ryan Essex and Trevor Moore.
Congratulations to Bentley Ehgoetz, Director of
Operations, for his appointment as President of the
Ontario Hotmix Producers for 2014.
In order from left to right, Ryan Morrison, Matt Keller, Tim London, Darrel McLeod, and Perry Wall.
This is Amma’s second time being recognized for this award.
Congratulations!
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