Fall 2005 - Ontario Sewer and Watermain Construction Association
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Undergrounder<br />
SUMMER SUMMER <strong>2005</strong> 2004<br />
TheFALL<br />
ONTARIO SEWER AND WATERMAIN CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION<br />
The<br />
INSIDE<br />
Membership in the ORCGA<br />
“Struck-By” Accidents<br />
One Call Legislation Update<br />
Member Profile: Kovacs S<strong>and</strong> & Gravel<br />
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Undergrounder<br />
ONTARIO SEWER AND WATERMAIN CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION<br />
MESSAGES<br />
The<br />
TheFALL <strong>2005</strong><br />
Undergrounder<br />
SUMMER <strong>2005</strong> 2004<br />
TheFALL<br />
ONTARIO SEWER AND WATERMAIN CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION<br />
The<br />
The <strong>Ontario</strong><br />
Infrastructure<br />
Projects<br />
Corporation<br />
INSIDE<br />
Membership in the ORCGA<br />
“Struck-By” Accidents - Superintendents <strong>and</strong> company owners need to ‘walk the walk’<br />
One Call Legislation Update<br />
Member Profile: Kovacs S<strong>and</strong> & Gravel<br />
On the cover: Public Infrastructure Renewal<br />
Minister David Caplan announced the<br />
formation of the <strong>Ontario</strong> Infrastructure<br />
Projects Corporation (OIPC) on May 9, <strong>2005</strong>.<br />
Senior Managing Publisher: David Long<br />
Publisher: Robert Phillips<br />
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Editor: Jonah O’Neil<br />
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7 President’s<br />
9 Executive<br />
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Message<br />
Kathleen Grimes<br />
Director’s Message<br />
Sam Morra<br />
ANNOUNCEMENTS & BULLETINS<br />
New Claims Management Course<br />
New Gold Seal Certificate Recipients<br />
FEATURES<br />
The <strong>Ontario</strong> Infrastructure Projects Corporation<br />
Membership in the ORCGA<br />
“Struck-By” Accidents<br />
One Call Legislation<br />
Facing challenges<br />
The Civil <strong>Construction</strong><br />
Management Education Series<br />
Water Strategy Expert Panel<br />
Stakeholders eagerly awaiting report<br />
MEMBER PROFILE<br />
Kovacs S<strong>and</strong> & Gravel<br />
Buyers’ Guide <strong>and</strong> Trade List<br />
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Message from Kathleen Grimes, President, OSWCA<br />
When I first<br />
assumed the<br />
role of President<br />
of the<br />
OSWCA in February<br />
of <strong>2005</strong>, I anticipated a challenge,<br />
however I never expected<br />
that our Executive Director, Sam<br />
Morra, would resign from his position<br />
during my Presidency. It was<br />
over six years ago that Sam encouraged<br />
me to participate as a Board<br />
Member of the OSWCA <strong>and</strong> that, in<br />
itself, clearly demonstrates the progressive<br />
<strong>and</strong> dynamic approach that<br />
he has brought to the <strong>Association</strong>.<br />
Sam’s departure certainly adds a<br />
new dimension to the challenges<br />
that we, as an association, will face<br />
over the next few months. As an<br />
individual, Sam has made a very significant<br />
contribution to the<br />
OSWCA, not only in terms of his<br />
day to day tasks, but also in terms of<br />
the <strong>Association</strong>’s growth <strong>and</strong> expan-<br />
sion as a well-respected <strong>and</strong> powerful<br />
organization in <strong>Ontario</strong>. Sam is,<br />
underst<strong>and</strong>ably, returning to his<br />
roots as a contractor <strong>and</strong> as an <strong>Association</strong><br />
we wish him the best <strong>and</strong><br />
look forward to his participation in<br />
the <strong>Association</strong> as a contractor<br />
member.<br />
The OSWCA, in conjunction<br />
with the Greater Toronto <strong>Sewer</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>Watermain</strong> Contractors <strong>Association</strong>,<br />
has begun the search for a new<br />
Executive Director <strong>and</strong>, until such<br />
time as a new Executive Director has<br />
joined the <strong>Association</strong>, the OSWCA<br />
Board of Directors has established a<br />
system that will provide the basis<br />
for transition to a new Executive<br />
Director. More specifically, the<br />
Board of Directors has appointed a<br />
transition team comprised of four<br />
board members who, along with<br />
myself, will oversee the operation of<br />
the <strong>Association</strong> <strong>and</strong> provide guidance<br />
<strong>and</strong> assistance to the new Executive<br />
Director. In addition, Board<br />
Members have committed to more<br />
active roles during this transition<br />
period <strong>and</strong> correspondingly will be<br />
relied upon for their experience <strong>and</strong><br />
expertise as required.<br />
At any given point in time there is an issue<br />
that dominates the day <strong>and</strong>, at this particular<br />
point in time, that would be the Expert Water<br />
Panel Report which was released on Friday,<br />
July 22, <strong>2005</strong>.<br />
At any given point in time there<br />
is an issue that dominates the day<br />
<strong>and</strong>, at this particular point in time,<br />
that would be the Expert Water<br />
Panel Report which was released on<br />
Friday, July 22, <strong>2005</strong>. The Expert<br />
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dilemma, the Panel has made a series<br />
of detailed recommendations that<br />
focus on the following: increasing<br />
the scale <strong>and</strong> capacity of water <strong>and</strong><br />
wastewater systems; implementation<br />
of financial sustainability through<br />
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through municipal corporations;<br />
moving towards a resultsbased<br />
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an <strong>Ontario</strong> Water Board; facilitating<br />
innovations in new technology <strong>and</strong><br />
training by ensuring that MOE<br />
devotes additional resources in this<br />
regard; <strong>and</strong> finally, revising the m<strong>and</strong>ate<br />
of the <strong>Ontario</strong> Clean Water<br />
Agency to provide an arm’s length<br />
from the government by reorganizing<br />
it under the <strong>Ontario</strong> Business<br />
Corporations Act.<br />
Over the next few months the<br />
OSWCA will be concentrating its<br />
efforts on assessing <strong>and</strong> evaluating<br />
the impact that the many detailed<br />
recommendations may have on our<br />
industry. I believe that as an association<br />
we have the foresight to envision<br />
how the recommendations will eventually<br />
translate into reality. Not only<br />
will the <strong>Association</strong> ensure that our<br />
vision is both understood <strong>and</strong> considered<br />
by the government, but we will<br />
continue to provide valuable detailed<br />
input to the government that will<br />
benefit the industry as a whole. ■
From Lloyd Ferguson’s<br />
bulldog approach to<br />
Mike Turek’s desire to<br />
have local meetings<br />
to Doug Woods’<br />
safety-first culture to<br />
Rene Doornekamp’s<br />
“friendly giant”<br />
demeanour to<br />
Chris McNally’s<br />
pragmaticality to<br />
Tony DiPede’s practicality<br />
to Ted Cooper’s vision to<br />
Dave Pagnan’s deceiving<br />
intelligence to<br />
Ron Robinson’s quiet<br />
shrewdness to<br />
John Weber’s seeming<br />
crustiness to<br />
Kathleen Grimes’<br />
toughness, I have<br />
learned from them all.<br />
Message from Sam Morra, Executive Director OSWCA<br />
What a great 14-plus years it has<br />
been at the OSWCA<br />
By now you no doubt<br />
have heard that I am<br />
moving on. What a<br />
great 14-plus years it<br />
has been at the<br />
OSWCA. I really do feel privileged<br />
to have worked with such a great<br />
group of people in the sewer <strong>and</strong><br />
watermain construction industry.<br />
In particular, each of the Presidents<br />
I have served with has made a<br />
positive <strong>and</strong> lasting impression on<br />
me. From Lloyd Ferguson’s bulldog<br />
approach to Mike Turek’s desire to<br />
have local meetings to Doug Woods’<br />
safety-first culture to Rene<br />
Doornekamp’s “friendly giant”<br />
demeanour to Chris McNally’s pragmaticality<br />
to Tony DiPede’s practicality<br />
to Ted Cooper’s vision to Dave<br />
Pagnan’s deceiving intelligence to<br />
Ron Robinson’s quiet shrewdness to<br />
John Weber’s seeming crustiness to<br />
Kathleen Grimes’ toughness, I have<br />
learned from them all. I most<br />
enjoyed the times of strategic thinking<br />
<strong>and</strong> positioning on the multitude<br />
of issues facing the industry on<br />
a daily basis.<br />
I feel it is necessary to clarify that<br />
it is only a mere coincidence that I<br />
am resigning within six months of<br />
the OSWCA appointing its first<br />
female president! I am not leaving<br />
due to Kathleen Grimes! In fact, I’ve<br />
had a lot of fun these past few<br />
months discussing the issues with<br />
our newest leader.<br />
The saddest part of my departure<br />
will be saying goodbye to my staff.<br />
Gus Morelli has been a rock for me.<br />
Mr. Dependable who came from the<br />
field like me. Few know that Gus<br />
was an injured pipe layer that went<br />
to college in his thirties to get<br />
retrained as a Certified Engineering<br />
Technologist. Not an easy thing to<br />
do. Meredith Karosas has kept me<br />
on the straight <strong>and</strong> narrow for the<br />
last seven years. She’s balanced my<br />
schedule when it seemed like it<br />
couldn’t be done. So many of you<br />
have come to know her pleasing<br />
demeanor. Margaret Malagowski is<br />
another seven-year employee who<br />
has done double duty on a couple of<br />
occasions as Meredith created her<br />
family. Margaret is special because<br />
she came straight out of college to<br />
work with me <strong>and</strong> hasn’t left since.<br />
The person I will miss most of all<br />
will be Mary Reuse. Mary <strong>and</strong> I started<br />
together at the <strong>Association</strong> mere<br />
weeks apart in 1991. Through thick<br />
<strong>and</strong> thin she has supported my<br />
progress through the <strong>Association</strong>’s<br />
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Gus Morelli has been<br />
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Meredith Karosas has<br />
kept me on the straight<br />
<strong>and</strong> narrow…<br />
Margaret Malagowski is<br />
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left since… Mary Reuse,<br />
through thick <strong>and</strong> thin,<br />
has supported my<br />
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ranks when others thought I might<br />
not be able to do the job.<br />
I remember looking at financial<br />
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come a long way! The OSWCA is<br />
now Canada’s strongest advocate for<br />
clean water <strong>and</strong> safe sewage infrastructure<br />
construction. We have laid<br />
the foundation for <strong>Ontario</strong>’s sewers<br />
<strong>and</strong> watermains to be financially<br />
sustainable forever.<br />
Although we have done much,<br />
there is always more to do. By working<br />
together <strong>and</strong> building on our<br />
strength at the grassroots level, we<br />
can attain any goals we set. I wish all<br />
of you the very best in the future - a<br />
future in which the OSWCA continues<br />
to prosper while looking after<br />
the best interests of its members.<br />
Again, it has truly been a pleasure<br />
to serve the industry.<br />
God bless <strong>and</strong> thank you. ■
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Minister Caplan<br />
making the OIPC<br />
announcement<br />
at the Toronto<br />
Board of Trade.<br />
The <strong>Ontario</strong><br />
Infrastructure<br />
Projects<br />
Corporation<br />
By Cheryl Rego<br />
The <strong>Ontario</strong> government<br />
has announced it will<br />
create a new provincial<br />
agency to manage<br />
major public infrastructure<br />
projects. Public Infrastructure<br />
Renewal Minister David Caplan<br />
announced the formation of the<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> Infrastructure Projects Corporation<br />
(OIPC) on May 9, <strong>2005</strong>.<br />
The government said OIPC will<br />
be an independent agency reporting<br />
to the Minister of Public Infrastructure<br />
Renewal. It will have a<br />
focus on Alternative Financing <strong>and</strong><br />
Procurement Projects (AFP), <strong>and</strong> will<br />
also have a m<strong>and</strong>ate to provide<br />
expertise <strong>and</strong> best business practices<br />
for all areas of infrastructure planning.<br />
“To truly tackle <strong>Ontario</strong>’s infrastructure<br />
deficit, we need more<br />
capital on the table. Our government<br />
will be pursuing AFP projects<br />
vigorously,” Caplan said, adding that<br />
the OIPC will play a key role in making<br />
that happen.<br />
The Urban Development Institute<br />
of <strong>Ontario</strong> says OIPC is the<br />
government’s investment tool to<br />
address the public infrastructure<br />
deficit. “Lack of government facilitation<br />
<strong>and</strong> investment has stymied<br />
the construction of critical infrastructure<br />
for too long <strong>and</strong> if the<br />
Provincial government does not<br />
take decisive action today, <strong>Ontario</strong><br />
runs the risk of squ<strong>and</strong>ering the<br />
opportunity to enhance the Province’s<br />
economic competitiveness,”<br />
said Neil Rodgers, the Institute’s<br />
president, in a press release. The<br />
Urban Development Institute of<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> supports the Province<br />
leveraging private sector monies to<br />
help deliver infrastructure projects<br />
in an accelerated fashion within a<br />
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The government’s decision to<br />
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In July 2004, the government<br />
released a document called “Building<br />
a Better Tomorrow - Infrastructure<br />
Planning, Financing <strong>and</strong><br />
Procurement Framework for<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong>’s Public Sector”. This document<br />
was billed as the government’s<br />
10-year framework on<br />
renewing <strong>Ontario</strong>’s infrastructure.<br />
The document said the reasons for<br />
this framework was to ensure<br />
“…that <strong>Ontario</strong> has the financial<br />
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capacity to deliver the infrastructure<br />
the province needs.”<br />
This document clearly hinted at<br />
the government’s intent to explore<br />
public-private partnerships. Under<br />
the principle of “Value for Money<br />
must be demonstrable”, the document<br />
says, “Where private financing<br />
is involved in the delivery of<br />
public infrastructure initiatives,<br />
there must be safeguards against<br />
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Under the principle of “Appropriate<br />
Public control/owner must be preserved”<br />
the government states that<br />
“…water, sewer, hospital <strong>and</strong> publicly-funded<br />
school assets will<br />
remain publicly owned <strong>and</strong> controlled”,<br />
leaving the reader to<br />
assume that all other infrastructure<br />
is open to private investment.<br />
Stakeholders in the sewer <strong>and</strong><br />
watermain industry are well aware<br />
that the infrastructure spending lags<br />
well behind the requirements. A<br />
study done by TD Bank Financial<br />
Group in May 2004 estimated Canada’s<br />
infrastructure gap to be between<br />
$50 billion <strong>and</strong> $125 billion, which<br />
is 6-10 times the level of all current<br />
annual government infrastructure<br />
budgets combined. TD Bank’s Chief<br />
Economist, Donald Drummond, said<br />
the municipal infrastructure gap as a<br />
percentage of national GDP grew<br />
from 2.7% in 1984 to 5.0% in 2002.<br />
The Urban Development Institute<br />
said that industry is urging the<br />
government to act quickly <strong>and</strong><br />
launch the corporation in order to<br />
unlock the required capital <strong>and</strong><br />
begin construction of critical infrastructure.<br />
Wilson Lee, a spokesperson<br />
for Minister Caplan said the<br />
government is presently reviewing<br />
the staffing options <strong>and</strong> the other<br />
requirements to set up the agency.<br />
He said the government hopes to<br />
have the agency up <strong>and</strong> running in<br />
the next few months.<br />
“We are taking a bold step<br />
towards renewing our infrastructure,”<br />
Caplan said at a Toronto<br />
Board of Trade luncheon. “By supporting<br />
provincial government ministries,<br />
local municipalities <strong>and</strong><br />
agencies in the broader public sector<br />
in their dealings with the private<br />
sector, while also directly overseeing<br />
new, large alternatively financed<br />
infrastructure projects, we are taking<br />
action now to secure our infrastructure<br />
for future generations.” ■
ORCGA<br />
Founded just two years ago,<br />
the <strong>Ontario</strong> Regional Common<br />
Ground Alliance has<br />
seen a rapid increase in its<br />
membership – particularly<br />
over the last few months. Jim Douglas,<br />
Executive Director of the<br />
ORCGA says, “In the past six<br />
months the ORCGA has grown in<br />
membership to 104, more than triple<br />
from this time last year. We have<br />
also added six new sponsors.”<br />
Douglas said that the key factor<br />
for this exceptional membership<br />
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growth is that the ORCGA represents<br />
all the industry stakeholders. “When<br />
people are looking at value, they<br />
want to ensure not only their specific<br />
needs are met but that any blocks<br />
in dealing with other sectors of the<br />
industry are cleared,” he said.<br />
“ORCGA members can bring forward<br />
an exhaustive list of pros <strong>and</strong> cons<br />
of any particular issue since all sectors<br />
of the industry are represented.<br />
The group develops Best Practices<br />
<strong>and</strong> agreement is on consensus only.<br />
This means that everyone at the<br />
“In the past six months the ORCGA has grown in<br />
membership to 104, more than triple from this time last<br />
year. We have also added six new sponsors.”<br />
table has to agree on any change for<br />
any Best Practice before it moves forward.<br />
This is a key factor that<br />
encourages membership.”<br />
There are three levels of sponsorship<br />
at ORCGA – Bronze, Silver <strong>and</strong><br />
Gold. Each level has its own value<br />
proposition which can be found on<br />
the organization’s website at<br />
www.orcga.com. The annual membership<br />
fee for Bronze sponsors is<br />
$5,000, Silver sponsors pay $10,000<br />
<strong>and</strong> gold sponsors pay $20,000.<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> 1 Call, Toronto Hydro Electric<br />
System <strong>and</strong> Super Sucker<br />
Vacuum Excavation are all new<br />
Bronze sponsors. Hydro One,<br />
Avertex <strong>and</strong> Badger Daylighting<br />
Inc. are new Gold level<br />
sponsors.<br />
Although the benefits of<br />
membership in the ORCGA<br />
are self-evident, the organization<br />
has also been engaging in<br />
various events from awareness<br />
sessions to trade show participation<br />
in order to boost membership.<br />
ORCGA hosted ten awareness<br />
sessions in cities <strong>and</strong><br />
regions around the province<br />
including Niagara, Hamilton,<br />
Waterloo, London, Windsor,<br />
Sarnia, Toronto, North Bay,<br />
Ottawa, <strong>and</strong> Cornwall. Douglas<br />
said that at the awareness<br />
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to communicate early successes <strong>and</strong><br />
continuing benefits to the excavating<br />
community. He said the awareness<br />
sessions procured many new<br />
members.<br />
The organization’s second annual<br />
symposium was held this March at<br />
the Delta Meadowvale Hotel in Mississauga.<br />
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indicated that they felt the symposium<br />
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interesting workshops <strong>and</strong> speakers.<br />
The 2006 symposium will be held at<br />
the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, while<br />
the 2007 symposium will be held in<br />
the city of London.<br />
ORCGA also participated <strong>and</strong><br />
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<strong>Ontario</strong> in Minden <strong>and</strong> the Canadian<br />
Gas <strong>Association</strong> Workshop held<br />
in Calgary.<br />
On February 28th, the ORCGA<br />
hosted a Canadian Common<br />
Ground Alliance Forum to discuss<br />
coordination of efforts for other<br />
Canadian Provincial CGAs. The purpose<br />
of the forum was to communicate<br />
the progress of the ORCGA <strong>and</strong><br />
to help others who are planning on<br />
implementing a CGA in their<br />
respective province. Both Quebec<br />
<strong>and</strong> Alberta have regional CGA<br />
chapters <strong>and</strong> preliminary plans are<br />
underway to develop chapters in<br />
other western provinces.<br />
While new members are being<br />
recruited, the work of current members<br />
continues with the Best Practice<br />
committees. At the May 13th functional<br />
committee meeting, three Best<br />
Practices were revised <strong>and</strong> one new<br />
Best Practice was approved. A number<br />
of new Best Practices are expected to<br />
be approved at the functional committee<br />
meeting in September. The<br />
ORCGA has planned to release a second<br />
volume of its Best Practice Book<br />
in the fall. All the committees are<br />
planning on coordinating their meeting<br />
dates throughout the year to<br />
make if easier for committee members<br />
to attend meetings <strong>and</strong> attract<br />
new members. Once complete, all the<br />
dates will be listed on the website.<br />
Even with this very full schedule,<br />
in addition to all the work that has<br />
gone into this early success with<br />
membership <strong>and</strong> deliverables, Jim<br />
Douglas has no intention of resting<br />
on his laurels. “I think the work has<br />
just begun. There are many more<br />
people to whom we need to communicate.<br />
We have had very early success<br />
but the potential for any<br />
organization to get involved is<br />
huge,” he said. ■
“Struck-By”<br />
Accidents<br />
Superintendents <strong>and</strong> company owners<br />
need to ‘walk the walk’<br />
“<br />
You need to look into how many times vehicles<br />
<strong>and</strong> machines have bumped into objects<br />
– because that could have been a worker. You<br />
only get one chance with an accident like<br />
this <strong>and</strong> generally it is fatal. This is very<br />
unforgiving equipment to be around. It doesn’t respect<br />
you, doesn’t care about you, weighs 20 tonnes more than<br />
you <strong>and</strong> does not stop when you are in its path.” Jim<br />
LaFontaine is serious <strong>and</strong> wants workers to listen well. He<br />
is in charge of health <strong>and</strong> safety at Dufferin <strong>Construction</strong>,<br />
<strong>and</strong> does not want to see any more “struck-by” accidents.<br />
“Struck-by” accidents occur when workers are struck by<br />
moving equipment. By<br />
April this year, the industry<br />
already had two fatal<br />
struck-by accidents.<br />
Struck-by accidents have<br />
now replaced electrocution<br />
as the second leading<br />
cause of death in construction.<br />
Even worse,<br />
every struck-by accident is<br />
preventable, <strong>and</strong> safety<br />
proponents want to make<br />
sure workers <strong>and</strong> supervisors<br />
are taking the extra<br />
precautions necessary.<br />
LaFontaine said that<br />
his company is always<br />
looking at areas where<br />
safety can be improved<br />
to prevent struck-by<br />
accidents. “We’ve installed back up detection devices<br />
that have sonar units that send out a signal that an<br />
object is behind. That technology is now available for<br />
large off-road equipment <strong>and</strong> we are in the process of<br />
testing it,” he said.<br />
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“Secondly, we’re looking at the camera system. We’ve<br />
installed cameras on the back of our three fuel trucks <strong>and</strong><br />
they are equipped with an audible microphone. As soon<br />
as the transmission is engaged the camera is turned on<br />
inside the cab <strong>and</strong> the driver cannot just see, but also hear<br />
what is going on behind him. It has a140-degree visibility<br />
with a fish eye lens,” LaFontaine explained.<br />
However, even with the best technology, LaFontaine<br />
stressed that the primary safety tool is the operator. “The<br />
operator must always check over the shoulder for the<br />
blind spot. These [new technology] devices are an added<br />
secondary safety feature,” he said, “One of the big prob-<br />
lems is that the equipment travels as fast in reverse as it<br />
does in driving forward.”<br />
LaFontaine is adamant that adequate awareness training<br />
is essential to accident prevention. “The biggest problem<br />
is that the workers on the ground assume the<br />
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“We m<strong>and</strong>ated a condition of employment that the<br />
foreman does a five-minute safety talk once a week<br />
with his crew. That shows commitment from the foreman.<br />
He goes over safety topics that are relevant. We<br />
reinforce the formal training through the foreman’s<br />
safety talks,” LaFontaine said. Tailgate topics are also<br />
available from CSAO. Furthermore, he said that every<br />
time any safety training is done, the employees receive<br />
awareness training on backup procedures.<br />
Struck-by accidents have now replaced electrocution as the second<br />
leading cause of death in construction. Even worse, every struck-by accident<br />
is preventable, <strong>and</strong> safety proponents want to make sure workers <strong>and</strong><br />
supervisors are taking the extra precautions necessary.<br />
operator can see them, <strong>and</strong> in big machines <strong>and</strong> in trucks<br />
there are blind spots. It is a real priority for us to train our<br />
people to be aware of the blind spot, to make sure they<br />
catch the operator’s attention <strong>and</strong> let him/her know<br />
where they are,” he said.<br />
One of the biggest issues in preventing struck-by accidents<br />
is complacency. LaFontaine said that workers are<br />
wearing their safety vests all the time <strong>and</strong> this gives them<br />
a false sense of security because they assume the equipment<br />
operator should see them. Legally, all dump trucks<br />
must have backup beepers, <strong>and</strong> LaFontaine said that Dufferin<br />
<strong>Construction</strong> uses them on all their equipment.<br />
However, with equipment backing up often, he said the<br />
backup beepers become white noise – people tend to tune<br />
them out because they hear them all day long.<br />
The solution, LaFontaine said, is to have drive<br />
throughs so that trucks don’t have to reverse, <strong>and</strong> to separate<br />
workers from the machinery whenever possible. In<br />
fact, Enzo Garritano, the Manager of Technical Service<br />
<strong>and</strong> Quality Assurance for the <strong>Construction</strong> Safety <strong>Association</strong><br />
of <strong>Ontario</strong> (CSAO), said that having drive-throughs<br />
whenever possible is the law. “The requirements are all<br />
outlined in the Regulations for <strong>Construction</strong> Projects,” he<br />
said, “If all parties are following the requirements, we<br />
lower the risk of accidents greatly.”<br />
Dufferin <strong>Construction</strong> has now gone beyond the minimum<br />
requirements <strong>and</strong> has also developed a backup permit<br />
system. “It is a checklist for a supervisor to make sure<br />
that all the elements of the back up program are in place.<br />
They have to ensure backup beepers are working, that the<br />
signal person is in place <strong>and</strong> is trained, <strong>and</strong> ensure we<br />
have a drive-through operation wherever possible,”<br />
LaFontaine said. Depending on the scope of the work the<br />
permit could be good for a day or for a week.<br />
As well, Dufferin promotes continuous formal training<br />
<strong>and</strong> informal training through tailgate meetings.<br />
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Having the safety features in good working order is<br />
important <strong>and</strong> LaFontaine said companies should be<br />
reminded to have a program to make sure the backup<br />
beepers are working. “There are just two thin wires making<br />
the backup beeper work <strong>and</strong> especially with the heavy<br />
work these machine perform, the wires can corrode <strong>and</strong><br />
break off,” he explained.<br />
For those organizations that do not have enough inhouse<br />
resources, the CSAO provides an excellent training<br />
program called Traffic Control <strong>and</strong> Backing Up.<br />
LaFontaine recommends all workers receive this training.<br />
The training is available in picture form so it can transcend<br />
any language barriers. Nonetheless, CSAO has also<br />
translated it into Portuguese <strong>and</strong> Italian. LaFontaine said a<br />
foreman can be used as an interpreter to make sure there<br />
are no language issues.<br />
LaFontaine said that safety programs are the most<br />
effective when they have support at all levels of the organization.<br />
“Superintendents <strong>and</strong> company owners need to<br />
‘walk the walk’. When you get out of your vehicle, the<br />
hard hat <strong>and</strong> safety vest should go on immediately. They<br />
need to dem<strong>and</strong> excellence in health <strong>and</strong> safety as a condition<br />
of employment. The workers will see that <strong>and</strong> there<br />
will be a better safety culture out in the field,” he said.<br />
“Our goal as an association <strong>and</strong> an industry has to be<br />
zero injuries, zero accidents <strong>and</strong> it is attainable but not<br />
through good luck, it has to be through good management,”<br />
LaFontaine said. ■
One Call Legislation<br />
Using legislation to<br />
back-up the One-<br />
Call procedures only<br />
makes sense <strong>and</strong> the<br />
OSWCA is working<br />
hard to make this happen. While<br />
pushing through any form of legislation<br />
is a difficult task, One-Call<br />
legislation has its own challenges –<br />
including the separation of provincial<br />
<strong>and</strong> federal jurisdictions.<br />
Last year, the <strong>Ontario</strong> Regional<br />
Common Ground Alliance (ORCGA)<br />
developed a Best Practices Guide<br />
modelled on a similar document<br />
developed by the Common Ground<br />
Alliance in the US. However, when<br />
comparing the two guides, one major<br />
difference is that every state in the US<br />
has some form of One-Call legisla-<br />
tion, whereas that is absent in Canadian<br />
jurisdictions. US legislation<br />
covers all underground infrastructure.<br />
In Canada, we run into difficulties<br />
because telecoms are federally regu-<br />
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Zechner said that after a certain point, the task<br />
force has to give the issue up to provincial<br />
legislators <strong>and</strong> urge them to move it through.<br />
“One of the optimistic elements is that we are<br />
trying to approach the <strong>Ontario</strong> government on a<br />
consensus basis by having a broad representation<br />
of stakeholders who agree to the proposed<br />
legislation <strong>and</strong> thereby reduce the likelihood of<br />
opposition,” he said.<br />
lated through the CRTC <strong>and</strong> the rest<br />
of the underground utilities are<br />
provincially regulated.<br />
Frank Zechner, an independent<br />
legal practitioner who assists OSWCA<br />
on various matters, said that One-Call<br />
legislation would promote public<br />
safety <strong>and</strong> worker safety, protect<br />
underground plant <strong>and</strong> reduce overall<br />
costs to the province. He said<br />
provincial laws first need to be put in<br />
order <strong>and</strong> then we can deal with federal-provincial<br />
jurisdiction issues.<br />
“In <strong>Ontario</strong> we have a regulatory<br />
gap,” he said. “We have legislation<br />
through the Energy Act <strong>and</strong> now<br />
under TSSA [Technical St<strong>and</strong>ards<br />
Safety Authority] for people to<br />
require a locate <strong>and</strong> for gas companies<br />
to respond to locate. In November<br />
2004, we finally got a similar<br />
regulation in place for the electrical<br />
distributors. The Occupational<br />
Health <strong>and</strong> Safety Act requires excavators<br />
to obtain locates <strong>and</strong><br />
arguably requires utilities to respond<br />
but there is not one st<strong>and</strong>ard legislation<br />
that we feel is adequate to regulate<br />
One Call procedures.”<br />
Zechner said that one stumbling<br />
block is that telecoms are federally<br />
regulated through the CRTC <strong>and</strong> are<br />
immune to certain provincial legislation.<br />
“The hope is that once we<br />
develop a bill in <strong>Ontario</strong>, we might<br />
initiate a dialogue with the CRTC<br />
<strong>and</strong> other federal bodies <strong>and</strong> have<br />
them adopt our law as one of their<br />
requirements or to pass parallel legislation,”<br />
he said.<br />
In 2002, the National Telecommunications<br />
Damage Prevention<br />
Council (NTDPC) in the US developed<br />
a model One Call bill for US<br />
state legislation. The ORCGA One-<br />
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Call Legislation Task Force decided<br />
this model bill would be a good<br />
starting point, especially as it was<br />
developed by the telecom industry,<br />
which is one of the more reluctant<br />
sectors regarding One-Call issues. In<br />
addition, certain NTDPC members<br />
also operate in Canada.<br />
The ORCGA One-Call Legislation<br />
Task Force, of which Zechner is a<br />
member, is an intra-industry task<br />
force looking at developing One-Call<br />
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legislation. The task force includes<br />
representatives from most affected<br />
sectors including representatives from<br />
Bell Canada, Hydro One, Enbridge,<br />
Union Gas, OSWCA, TSSA, ORBA (the<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> Road Builders <strong>Association</strong>),<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> One Call. The task force<br />
has also had representation from<br />
municipal engineers associations.<br />
“We started with that US model<br />
bill <strong>and</strong> made changes to reflect the<br />
Canadian <strong>and</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> framework.<br />
We determined that we would carve<br />
out anything that amounted to a best<br />
practice, because we wanted best<br />
practices to become an objective for<br />
the industry. What’s left is a five-tosix<br />
page document that has some key<br />
fundamental requirements,” Zechner<br />
said. The key requirements are that<br />
anyone who has an underground<br />
plant in the public right of way or<br />
roadway allowance must participate<br />
in a provincial One-Call system; anyone<br />
proposing to excavate in the public<br />
right of way must request a locate<br />
through the One-Call system, <strong>and</strong>;<br />
the utilities who are members must<br />
respond to those locate requests.<br />
In order to move the legislation<br />
through the required channels,<br />
ORCGA has retained a well-respected<br />
consulting agency, Informetrica, to<br />
prepare a comprehensive study on<br />
the cost of utility damage in <strong>Ontario</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> to provide recommendations.<br />
ORCGA is also developing information<br />
comparison documents that<br />
could be provided to stakeholders<br />
<strong>and</strong> legislators for comments. However,<br />
Zechner said that after a certain<br />
point, the task force has to give the<br />
issue up to provincial legislators <strong>and</strong><br />
urge them to move it through. “One<br />
of the optimistic elements is that we<br />
are trying to approach the <strong>Ontario</strong><br />
government on a consensus basis by<br />
having a broad representation of<br />
stakeholders who agree to the proposed<br />
legislation <strong>and</strong> thereby reduce<br />
the likelihood of opposition,” he said.<br />
The task force <strong>and</strong> the industry are<br />
moving quickly on getting the One-<br />
Call legislation developed. It has only<br />
been two years since ORCGA came<br />
into existence <strong>and</strong> it was only after<br />
the initial best practices were finalized<br />
last spring that the stakeholders<br />
began to consider legislation to complement<br />
the best practices. Zechner is<br />
one of many people who hope the<br />
momentum can keep going <strong>and</strong> that<br />
One-Call legislation in <strong>Ontario</strong> will<br />
soon be a reality. ■
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OSWCA members will<br />
soon be able to enrol<br />
in a new course on<br />
claims that can be<br />
used towards their<br />
Gold Seal Certification. The course<br />
is part of the series on Civil <strong>Construction</strong><br />
Management Education<br />
offered by the Joint Committee on<br />
Education in conjunction with<br />
Ryerson University. The Committee<br />
is composed of members from<br />
OSWCA <strong>and</strong> the <strong>Ontario</strong> Road<br />
Builders <strong>Association</strong> (ORBA).<br />
The Joint Committee on Education<br />
was struck about eight years<br />
ago. The committee started out by<br />
offering four courses, <strong>and</strong> in 2006<br />
will offer seven courses to OSWCA<br />
<strong>and</strong> ORBA members. The courses<br />
are usually offered during the slow<br />
construction months of January<br />
<strong>and</strong> February <strong>and</strong> the main thrust<br />
of all the courses is for Gold Seal<br />
certification. Students must pass<br />
each course for the certification.<br />
Neil Toner has been sitting on<br />
the committee since its inception,<br />
<strong>and</strong> is also its chairman. “When we<br />
first sat down eight years ago we<br />
brainstormed on what kind of<br />
courses we needed. We kicked this<br />
one on claims around for about a<br />
year <strong>and</strong> decided to go ahead with<br />
it,” he explained. Toner said that<br />
22 • The Undergrounder /<strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2005</strong><br />
The<br />
Civil <strong>Construction</strong><br />
Management<br />
Education Series<br />
By Cheryl Rego<br />
typically once the committee<br />
decides to move ahead with a<br />
course, they first choose an instructor<br />
for the course <strong>and</strong> then begin to<br />
develop the course material with<br />
the instructor. The committee has<br />
almost finalized the choice of<br />
instructor for the claims course.<br />
For January <strong>2005</strong>, there were six<br />
courses that made up the Civil <strong>Construction</strong><br />
Management Education<br />
Series. Financial Management for<br />
the Non-Financial Manager is<br />
taught by Deirdre Taylor, who<br />
began her career in the construction<br />
industry <strong>and</strong> is now a Professor of<br />
Accounting at Ryerson University.<br />
The course has been specially<br />
designed for the civil construction<br />
industry <strong>and</strong> makes allowance for<br />
non-financial supervisors. The<br />
objective is to instil an underst<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
of how profit is derived in the<br />
construction industry <strong>and</strong> the<br />
importance of tracking cash flows.<br />
The course on Health & Safety –<br />
Risk, Responsibility <strong>and</strong> Liability is<br />
billed as “the most comprehensive<br />
health <strong>and</strong> safety program available<br />
to civil contractors”. The course takes<br />
supervisors <strong>and</strong> managers through<br />
the rules <strong>and</strong> regulations of interacting<br />
with the Ministry of Labour, the<br />
prosecution process <strong>and</strong> defence, due<br />
diligence <strong>and</strong> loss control. For mem-<br />
bers of the Civil <strong>Construction</strong> Safety<br />
Group, this course is m<strong>and</strong>atory for<br />
at least one representative from each<br />
company.<br />
The most popular course of the<br />
series is Effective Communication<br />
<strong>and</strong> Negotiating Skills. This course is<br />
designed to improve the written, oral<br />
<strong>and</strong> negotiating skills of supervisors<br />
<strong>and</strong> managers. It teaches the skills of<br />
successful debate from listening skills<br />
to determine the needs of the other<br />
party, <strong>and</strong> resulting in a win-win situation.<br />
The course has two instructors.<br />
Peter Wilson has over 20 years’<br />
management experience with companies<br />
such as IBM, General Foods<br />
<strong>and</strong> ATCO. He is a professor at Ryerson<br />
University <strong>and</strong> teaches the negotiating<br />
part of the course. Colleen<br />
Marlin is an accomplished broadcaster<br />
<strong>and</strong> radio <strong>and</strong> television scriptwriter.<br />
She has been teaching<br />
business communications for over 20<br />
years at the post secondary level. She<br />
teaches the written communications<br />
portion of the course.<br />
The Pre-Bid Risk Management<br />
course was completely redesigned<br />
with a new instructor for <strong>2005</strong>. The<br />
instructor, Eric Lewis, has spent his<br />
entire 40-year career working in the<br />
civil construction industry. He has<br />
h<strong>and</strong>led all kinds of civil projects<br />
from supervision of the bid to man-
aging the work. The course itself<br />
provides comprehensive identification<br />
<strong>and</strong> analysis of the elements of<br />
risk leading up to the civil contractor’s<br />
bid.<br />
Peter Wilson also teaches the<br />
course on Management Skills: What<br />
Makes a Good Manager. Over five<br />
days, Wilson works with students to<br />
give them the skills required to<br />
effectively plan, organize, direct,<br />
control, solve problems <strong>and</strong> learn<br />
from experience. This course is<br />
filled with interactive activity <strong>and</strong> is<br />
a favourite with OSWCA members.<br />
The <strong>Construction</strong> Law course is<br />
only in its second year. It provides an<br />
introduction to basic legal concepts<br />
<strong>and</strong> principles of Canadian law as<br />
they relate to the development of<br />
l<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> the construction process.<br />
The course instructor is lawyer Glen<br />
W. Ackerley, a partner with Weir-<br />
Foulds Law Firm. His primary area of<br />
practice is construction law. Ackerley<br />
also teaches the <strong>Construction</strong> Law<br />
course at the Department of Architectural<br />
Science <strong>and</strong> L<strong>and</strong>scape Architecture<br />
at Ryerson University.<br />
Toner said that OSWCA <strong>and</strong><br />
ORBA members appreciate the<br />
courses offered <strong>and</strong> the education<br />
committee makes sure the courses<br />
give students what they need.<br />
“Attendance has been excellent, it<br />
has been quite impressive,” he said.<br />
The Education Committee takes<br />
steps to ensure the courses give students<br />
what they need to know. “We<br />
give every student an evaluation to<br />
complete on the instructor <strong>and</strong> contents<br />
of the course. On the whole it<br />
has been positive. Any negative<br />
comments are reviewed <strong>and</strong> if it is<br />
justified we review the course <strong>and</strong><br />
interview the instructor.”<br />
Any members looking for more<br />
information should contact the<br />
OSWCA office. As well, The Canadian<br />
<strong>Construction</strong> <strong>Association</strong> is<br />
working with the committee to take<br />
the courses online. ■<br />
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24 • The Undergrounder /<strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2005</strong><br />
Across the<br />
province,<br />
stakeholders<br />
as diverse as<br />
taxpayer<br />
associations <strong>and</strong> government<br />
organizations are<br />
eagerly awaiting the<br />
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The Panel was struck by<br />
the <strong>Ontario</strong> government<br />
to advise on how to make<br />
the investment needed to<br />
improve <strong>Ontario</strong>’s water<br />
<strong>and</strong> wastewater infrastructure<br />
<strong>and</strong> on how to<br />
best organize <strong>and</strong> deliver<br />
water <strong>and</strong> wastewater services.<br />
At press time, the<br />
report had reached the<br />
publication stage <strong>and</strong> was<br />
expected to be released<br />
within two to three<br />
weeks.<br />
The Water Strategy<br />
Expert Panel is meant to<br />
provide the government<br />
with advice on all<br />
aspects of organization,<br />
governance, investment,<br />
financing <strong>and</strong> pricing<br />
related to <strong>Ontario</strong>’s<br />
water <strong>and</strong> wastewater<br />
systems. The government<br />
said the panel is tasked with<br />
“…developing a solution that<br />
maintains public ownership, while<br />
ensuring that the investment needed<br />
to improve our water <strong>and</strong> wastewater<br />
infrastructure takes place,<br />
that water <strong>and</strong> wastewater systems<br />
are financially sustainable <strong>and</strong> that<br />
water rates are affordable.” The<br />
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to water quality st<strong>and</strong>ards, operator<br />
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From August to November 2004,<br />
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municipal <strong>and</strong> environmental organizations,<br />
plant operators, engineering<br />
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economic <strong>and</strong> financial experts,<br />
business <strong>and</strong> industry groups, <strong>and</strong><br />
consumer <strong>and</strong> user groups.<br />
The members of the expert panel<br />
were Harry Swain, Jim Pine <strong>and</strong><br />
Fred Lazar. Harry Swain was the<br />
Chair of the Walkerton Research<br />
Advisory Panel <strong>and</strong> is a frequent<br />
speaker on water provision <strong>and</strong> governance<br />
policy issues. Jim Pine is<br />
the Chief Administrative Officer of<br />
the County of Hastings <strong>and</strong> a member<br />
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Kovacs S<strong>and</strong> & Gravel<br />
By Cheryl Rego<br />
Few Ontarians realize how<br />
essential the aggregate<br />
industry is to their quality<br />
of living. The Aggregate<br />
Producers’ <strong>Association</strong> of<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> says that <strong>Ontario</strong> consumes<br />
an average of 155 million tonnes of<br />
aggregate annually. Every person in<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> consumes about 15 tonnes<br />
of gravel per year on roads, sidewalks,<br />
asphalt or even roofing shingles.<br />
Aggregate is used in everything<br />
from houses <strong>and</strong> schools to roads<br />
<strong>and</strong> even products inside homes.<br />
One person that is acutely aware<br />
of the many uses of aggregate is<br />
Greg White, General Manager for<br />
Kovacs S<strong>and</strong> & Gravel. The company<br />
has been supplying aggregate since<br />
2003. Kovacs S<strong>and</strong> & Gravel owns a<br />
gravel pit from which they produce<br />
s<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> gravel for construction<br />
projects mostly in the Durham<br />
region. At the time the company<br />
purchased the gravel pit, it was lying<br />
dormant. Previously this same pit<br />
was operated on a levy basis, where<br />
operators would pay a fee to produce<br />
their own gravel. Kovacs brought the<br />
pit back into operation <strong>and</strong> now<br />
hires trucks to move the s<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
gravel out of the pit. “We produce<br />
material all year round, <strong>and</strong> we’re<br />
constantly pricing work,” White<br />
said. “We have gone from a wayside<br />
pit to a 12-month operation.”<br />
Kovacs has four full-time employees,<br />
in addition to managing the trucks.<br />
“We don’t own any trucks, but we<br />
employ people to run trucks <strong>and</strong><br />
that can vary from seven trucks a<br />
day to thirty trucks a day. We try to<br />
keep it down to a decent flow,”<br />
White said. The company supplies<br />
all types of granular material.<br />
Kovacs S<strong>and</strong> & Gravel has quickly<br />
made a name for themselves in this<br />
competitive business. The company<br />
is currently supplying a big job on<br />
Highway 12 in Durham that is being<br />
done by the Miller Group. “We have<br />
done quite a few large subdivisions.<br />
We just finished a big sub-division<br />
in Brooklyn. Our jobs typically<br />
range from 5000 tonnes to 60,000 –<br />
70,000 tonnes,” White said. He said<br />
the company also has a contract<br />
with the <strong>Ontario</strong> Power’s two<br />
nuclear plants. “The jobs at these<br />
plants are challenging because it is<br />
hard to get material in <strong>and</strong> out<br />
because of security <strong>and</strong> the trucks<br />
get tied up for a few days,” White<br />
explained.<br />
The aggregate business naturally<br />
follows the construction cycle with<br />
the usual ebbs <strong>and</strong> flows. This brings<br />
its own set of challenges. “Some jobs<br />
are very large <strong>and</strong> the customer<br />
wants the material out at once. In<br />
this business, we have to manage the<br />
trucks well. Sometimes there just<br />
doesn’t seem to be enough trucks to<br />
go around. It is hard for someone<br />
who owns six trucks to get six more<br />
because they’ll be sitting idle from<br />
Christmas until spring,” White said.<br />
“We produce product all year around<br />
<strong>and</strong> it is very hard to get consistency.<br />
If we don’t manage the trucks properly,<br />
jobs can get delayed.”<br />
White said that the high cost of<br />
fuel also plays havoc with the business<br />
plan. “It is an extremely competitive<br />
business. The fuel increases<br />
are absolutely paralyzing for us. One<br />
third of the trucks’ daily intake gets<br />
consumed in fuel costs <strong>and</strong> there is<br />
no recourse. We have to price work<br />
in the dead of winter that isn’t going<br />
to start until June the following year.<br />
So for instance, we priced jobs with<br />
fuel at 78 cents per litre <strong>and</strong> it is now<br />
at 98,” White said. He said that dealing<br />
with the price of fuel <strong>and</strong> trucking<br />
is the hardest part of the<br />
business. “If the cost of fuel was fixed<br />
- doesn’t matter what it was fixed at -<br />
it would be easier because then we<br />
can budget it. However, now with<br />
pricing we can’t anticipate it being a<br />
dollar per litre, although we know<br />
The Undergrounder / <strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2005</strong> • 27
that is the direction of the price,<br />
because of competitors. This is one of<br />
the biggest challenges,” he<br />
explained.<br />
Despite the challenges of the<br />
industry, White said he enjoys working<br />
in it. “I like the sales end of it. I<br />
enjoy the people in the industry. The<br />
contractors in Durham regions are an<br />
excellent group of people,” he said.<br />
Although Kovacs competes against<br />
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right away; there is no chain of comm<strong>and</strong><br />
to go through. If there is an<br />
issue, it can be resolved on the spot,”<br />
he said. “I deal with individual small<br />
contractors <strong>and</strong> we give them the<br />
the right pipe, the right choice, the right supplier<br />
High Density Polyethylene Sclairpipe®<br />
Proven Performance<br />
Diameters 3/4”<br />
to 63”<br />
Full range of Fittings<br />
AWWA C901/C906, ASTM F-714<br />
ISO 9002<br />
Fusion Service Centre<br />
On-site Fusion Services 3/4”<br />
to 63”<br />
Fusion Machine Sales / Rentals<br />
Electrofusion Processors<br />
Extrusion Welding (Custom Fab.)<br />
Training (On-site or In-shop)<br />
154 Crown Court, Whitby, <strong>Ontario</strong> L1N 7B1<br />
Toll Free (877) 261-5293 Fax: (905) 579-4755<br />
info@scarboroughsupply.com www.scarboroughsupply.com<br />
Distributor of:<br />
<strong>Construction</strong> INSURANCE<br />
AND SURETY SPECIALISTS<br />
T o r o nto<br />
Frank DiIlio<br />
11 Cidermill Avenue<br />
Concord, ON L4K 4B6<br />
905.760.5569<br />
866.755.0655<br />
same attention <strong>and</strong> courtesy as we do<br />
to people who own 50 pieces of<br />
equipment. I think it is good that<br />
someone can walk in here <strong>and</strong> see<br />
the guy who runs the place. The contractors<br />
can phone me right up <strong>and</strong><br />
get an answer ASAP. The truckers<br />
know they can just walk in here <strong>and</strong><br />
talk to me.” From the proven success<br />
in the past few years, it seems that<br />
customers have already recognized<br />
the benefits of choosing Kovacs. ■<br />
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS<br />
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Auditors for the <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Sewer</strong> &<br />
<strong>Watermain</strong> <strong>Construction</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
2000 STEELES AVE. W., SUITE 200<br />
CONCORD, ON L4K 3E9<br />
PHONE (416) 798-4997<br />
FAX (905) 660-3064<br />
E-MAIL rsp@rsp.ca<br />
www.rsp.ca
Easy to install,<br />
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maintenance-free<br />
safety equipment,<br />
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your most exacting<br />
requirements <strong>and</strong><br />
fabricated to the highest<br />
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Voice: 905 823-4340<br />
Fax: 905 823-4947<br />
Toll Free:1-800-268-5336<br />
Browse our Website:<br />
www.msumississauga.com<br />
e-mail: msumiss@globalserve.net<br />
AGGREGATES<br />
LARRY PRESTON<br />
President/Owner<br />
BUS.: (905) 473-1921<br />
FAX: (905) 473-5754<br />
E-MAIL: larry@floydprestonlimited.ca<br />
SERVICES LTD.<br />
SEWERS • DRAINS<br />
310 DINGLE COURT<br />
BOLTON, ON<br />
L7E 4T1<br />
www.eyeviewdrains.com<br />
CONSTRUCTION LIMITED<br />
R.R.#1 N0B 2K0<br />
GENERAL CONTRACTORS<br />
EXCAVATING<br />
SEWER, WATERMAIN<br />
& UNDERGROUND<br />
UTILITY INSTALLATIONS<br />
Tel. (519) 856-9526<br />
Fax (519) 856-9182<br />
R.R. #1<br />
Rockwood, <strong>Ontario</strong><br />
N0B 2K0<br />
FLOYD PRESTON LIMITED<br />
AGGREGATES - TRANSPORTATION - TOPSOIL<br />
LANDSCAPING ROCKS - TRIPLE MIX<br />
Infrastructure<br />
Video Inspection<br />
Cleaning - Locating<br />
Hydroexcavation<br />
P.O. BOX 548<br />
18444 M C COWAN RD.<br />
MOUNT ALBERT, ON<br />
L0G 1M0<br />
KEN KIVISTO, B.A.<br />
BUS. (905) 857-0729<br />
1 (866) 393-8439<br />
FAX (905) 857-9494<br />
GTSWCA.OSWCA<br />
The Undergrounder / <strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2005</strong> • 29
ACCOUNTANTS/MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS<br />
Rosenberg, Smith & Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />
AGGREGATES<br />
FPL Aggregates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />
Hard-Co S<strong>and</strong> & Gravel/<strong>Construction</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />
BONDING & INSURANCE<br />
Cunningham Lindsey Canada Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />
St. Paul Guarantee Insurance Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />
Stevenson & Hunt Insurance Brokers Ltd.. . . . . . . . . 28<br />
The Guarantee Company of North America . . . . . . . . 30<br />
CONCRETE PIPE & PRODUCTS MANUFACTURERS<br />
Con Cast Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />
CONCRETE PRODUCTS<br />
Anchor Concrete Products Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
Munro Concrete Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT RENTALS & SALES<br />
United Rentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inside front cover<br />
CONSTRUCTION LASERS<br />
Direct Equipment Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> Laser Rentals Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
30 • The Undergrounder /<strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2005</strong><br />
CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS<br />
Armtec Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inside back cover<br />
CONSULTING ENGINEERS<br />
Terraprobe Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />
TSH Engineers Architects & Planners . . . . . . . . . . . . 23<br />
CONTRACTORS<br />
Aecon Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />
Drexler <strong>Construction</strong> Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />
CONTRACTORS - SEWER & WATERMAIN<br />
V. Gibbons Contracting Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />
EXCAVATING<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> Excavac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />
FUELS & LUBRICANTS<br />
Ultramar Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />
GROUNDWATER CONTROL<br />
Atlas Corp. (The) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . outside back cover<br />
HEAVY EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS<br />
Toromont Cat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
Strongco Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23<br />
MARINE CONTRACTORS<br />
McNally <strong>Construction</strong> Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />
Ultramar, premier supplier to industrial,<br />
commercial & construction customers<br />
• Gasolines<br />
• Distillates<br />
• Jet fuel<br />
• Heavy fuel oil<br />
• Heavy marine fuel oil<br />
• Asphalts<br />
• L.P.G.’s (propane, butane)<br />
• Lubricants<br />
For reliable service!<br />
Call: 905.361.2804 or 800.387.6244<br />
Buyers’ Guide & Trade List<br />
METAL FABRICATING<br />
MSU Mississauga Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />
PIPE SUPPLIERS<br />
Hanson Pipe & Products Cda. Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />
Ideal Pipe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />
Royal Pipe Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />
PIPES & FITTINGS<br />
Trenchless Utility Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />
POLYETHYLENE PIPE SYSTEMS<br />
Scarborough Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28<br />
PRECAST CONCRETE PRODUCTS<br />
Anchor Concrete Products Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
M Con Products Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />
PRECAST STRUCTURES<br />
Anchor Concrete Products Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
PUMPS<br />
ITT Flygt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
SEWER & DRAIN INSPECTION<br />
Eye-View Drain Services Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />
SHORING<br />
Direct Equipment Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> Laser Rentals Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
STORAGE TANKS & RESERVOIRS<br />
Anchor Concrete Products Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
SURETY BONDS<br />
St. Paul Guarantee Insurance Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />
Stevenson & Hunt Insurance Brokers Ltd.. . . . . . . . . 28<br />
The Guarantee Company of North America . . . . . . . . 30<br />
TRAFFIC CONTROL PRODUCTS<br />
Anchor Concrete Products Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14<br />
Beacon Lite Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />
TRENCH BOXES<br />
Direct Equipment Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> Laser Rentals Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
TUNNELING CONTRACTORS & ENGINEERS<br />
McNally <strong>Construction</strong> Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />
UTILITY LOCATING & MAPPING SERVICES<br />
MultiVIEW Locates, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />
VACUUM EXCAVATING<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> Excavac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />
WATERJETTING & INDUSTRIAL VACUUMING<br />
Aquablast Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />
WATERWORKS PRODUCTS SUPPLIERS<br />
Crowle Fittings & Supply Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />
EMCO Waterworks Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />
Wamco Supply Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />
Wolseley Waterworks Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />
131 Loretta Avenue North, Ottawa, ON K1Y 2J7<br />
Tel.: (613) 722-7413 • Fax: (613) 722-0876<br />
1-888-740-0142<br />
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CSA G401<br />
BNQ 3311-100<br />
ASTM A929<br />
Galvanized<br />
Corrugated<br />
Steel Pipe<br />
CSA G401<br />
BNQ 3311-100<br />
ASTM A929<br />
Aluminized Type 2<br />
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Corrugated<br />
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CSA B182.6/B182.8*<br />
BNQ 3624-110,<br />
115, 120<br />
High Density<br />
Polyethylene Pipe<br />
* CSA certification available on all diameters<br />
100 mm - 750 mm (water tight coupling system)<br />
900 mm (soil tight coupling system)<br />
Head Office:<br />
Guelph, <strong>Ontario</strong>, Canada (519) 763-2360 Toll Free 1 (800) 265-9391<br />
Visit us at our web site: www.armtec.com<br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> Sales Offices:<br />
Toronto 905-738-3172, Peterborough 800-363-5047, London 519-661-0049,<br />
Thunder Bay 807-939-2601, Sudbury 800-315-2720, Chesterville 613-448-2314,<br />
Comber 519-687-2338, Forest 519-786-5742, Orangeville 800-265-2446
Atlas Bypass Pumping Services<br />
Atlas Bypass Pumping Services<br />
for the <strong>Construction</strong> Industry<br />
Includes:<br />
❚ Over 50 Years’ Experience in the Pumping Business<br />
❚ Reliable Pump Rentals <strong>and</strong> Sales<br />
❚ Large Inventory of Rental Equipment<br />
❚ Complete Turn Key Contracts<br />
❚ Diesel or Electric Pumps<br />
Other Services<br />
Provided Include:<br />
❚ Vacuum Wellpoint Dewatering Systems<br />
❚ Vacuum Eductor Well Dewatering Systems<br />
❚ Gravity <strong>and</strong> Vacuum Well Dewatering Systems<br />
❚ Dual Phase Extraction Systems<br />
❚ Groundwater Treatment Systems<br />
❚ Geotechnical <strong>and</strong> Environmental Drilling Services<br />
❚ Sediment/Weir Tanks<br />
❚ Oil/Water Separators<br />
ATLAS DEWATERING<br />
111 Ortona Court - Concord, <strong>Ontario</strong>, Canada L4K 3M3<br />
Phone: 905-669-6825 • Toll Free Phone: 1-877-669-6825 • Facsimile 905-669-4036<br />
Website: www.atlasdewatering.com • E-mail: info@atlasdewatering.com