Pit & Quarry, November 2017
OPERATIONS Ottawa tour Pit Quarry tagged along with the Ontario Stone Sand Gravel Association for a tour of industry sites in Ottawa STORY AND PHOTOS BY DARREN CONSTANTINO early 90 members of the Ontario Stone Sand Gravel Association OSSGA attended the groups 2017 Operations N Tour this September in Ottawa Ontario Canada The event was hosted by OSSGA staff including Norm Cheesman executive director and Julie Harrington manager of training and development Taking place at the Ottawa Marriott the event kicked off with a networking reception The next morning OSSGA members filled two buses to visit a variety of sites including the Lafarge Bearbrook Quarry R W Tomlinson Moodie Quarry and Thomas Cavanagh Almonte operation In addition Dennis Gratton from the city of Ottawa spoke about the Ottawa Light Rail Transit project The group also toured the Nortrax John Deere dealership where a barbeque lunch was provided Following is a select group of photos from the tour Jacques Beauvais plant manager at the Lafarge Bearbrook Quarry detailed his sites operation for the bus tour of OSSGA members An onsite asphalt plant and ready mix plant are part of the facility Beauvais says the quarry conducts 400 loader cycles per day and an impactor is used as the sites primary crusher owing to the traprock deposit 36 PIT QUARRY November 2017 pitandquarry com
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