MHCA acknowledges it is located on Treaty One land and the homeland of the Metis Nation

Province to follow up with contractors on quarry rehab work

The provincial department responsible for the Quarry Rehabilitation Program says it is making payments as it is able to contractors owed for work they completed on quarry rehabilitation in 2018. The Quarry Rehabilitation Program has been suspended since last year, as the province investigates irregularities.

The Quarry Rehab Program is managed by the Mines Branch, now within the new Agriculture and Resource Development Department. The province, in a letter to the MHCA October 23, said it continues to make payment on invoices for compliant rehabilitation work, as files are reviewed. “As the investigation is still ongoing, we must balance the processing of invoices with our role as stewards of public funds.”

Further, the letter said the department has communicated directly with each of the contractors that have outstanding invoices, and will provide more details specific to each rehabilitation invoice by November 1, 2019.

The department turned over its concerns about the financial irregularities to the Auditor General earlier this year.

“We see this as a glimmer of hope for the full payment to those contractors that have rehabilitated spent quarries and pits,” MHCA President Chris Lorenc said.

“Additionally, we are taking this as an optimistic sign the program itself will be back up and running in 2020.”

Under the program, aggregate producers pay a per-tonne extraction fee to a reserve entirely administered by the Mines Branch, which approves, inspects and signs off on rehab work. While the program has been suspended since early 2018, aggregate producers have continued to pay extraction fees, but payment to contractors that rehabilitated pits stopped for many months and have only recently begun to flow, slowly.

The MHCA will continue to follow the progress of this issue and contact the department for updates as they are available.

Chair’s Gala

November 18, 2022
RBC Convention Centre

Close to 650pp attended from both industry, government and stakeholder partners.  It was the closing of Nicole Chabot’s two year term as Chair.  Dennis Cruise of Bituminex Paving was welcomed as the new Chair.

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2022 Heavy Santa

December 16, 2022
David Livingstone School

This event was made possible through fundraising at the MHCA Chair’s Gala and Spring Mixer.

104 goodie bags and presents were prepared for the grades 1-4 students at David Livingstone School. 

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Awards Breakfast & Annual General Meeting

November 18, 2022
RBC Convention Centre

Manitoba Transportation & Infrastructure (MTI) Award Winner

  • Grading – Strilkiwski Contracting Ltd.: PTH 6 Grahamdale
  • Paving – Coco Paving o/a Russell Redi-Mix: Bituminous Reconstruction PTH 83
  • Urban Works – Coco Paving o/a Russell Redi-Mix: Bituminous Reconstruction PA 634 and Bituminous Pavement PTH 5
  • Special Projects – Mekhana Development Corp/Arnason Industries Ltd: Theresa Point Airport
  • Major Structures – D. Steele Construction: Bridge Replacement over the Red River Floodway on PTH 59N
  • Minor Structures – Moncrief Construction Ltd.: Reinforced concrete box culvert on PTH 5
  • Water Management – Brunet Ltd.: Flood response, Morris ring dike closure

200 members and guests gathered to hear greetings from Premier Heather Stefanson and the newly elected Mayor of Winnipeg, Scott Gillingham. Hon. Doyle Piwniuk, Minister, Manitoba Infrastructure, handed out the MTI Awards.

31 companies were recognized for their milestone membership commitments.

Matthew Neziol, of Bayview Construction, received the Safety Leader Award.

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