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Dufferin Construction Company named Ontario Asphalt Paver of the Year and Concrete Contract of the Year
February 16, 2024 By By Rock To Road Staff
Doug Jones, Ontario’s deputy minister of transportation, presents a representative from Dufferin Construction Company with the Concrete Contract of the Year award at the 97th annual Ontario Road Builders’ Association convention and AGM.
Photo: Ontario Road Builders' Association Dufferin Construction Company has been named Ontario Ministry of Transportation’s Asphalt Paver of the Year and Concrete Contract of the year.
The announcement was made during the Ontario Road Builders’ Association annual conference on Feb. 4 to 6 in Toronto.
Dufferin Construction Company won Asphalt Paver of the Year for its 400-metre work on Highway 7 in Omemee, east of Slanted Road to the west limit of the hamlet.
Doug Jones, Ontario’s deputy minister of transportation, presents a representative from Dufferin Construction Company with the Asphalt Paver of the Year award at the 97th annual Ontario Road Builders’ Association convention and AGM. Photo: Ontario Road Builders’ Association
Dufferin Construction Company was named Concrete Contract of the Year for its work on Highway 400, from south of Dunlop Street to north of St. Vincent Street in Barrie.
The annual awards are judged on the following criteria:
- Quality of the materials supplied
- Workmanship
- Visual appearance of the finished work
- Innovations used
Hall of Fame recipients throughout the years are encouraged to attend the Conference each year. From left to right: Everett McIntyre (2020 inductee), Ted Arscott (2022 inductee), Robert Taylor (2017 inductee), Art Van Camp (2018 inductee) and Claude Villeneuve (2023 inductee). Photo: Ontario Road Builders’ Association
The following finalists for each award were also announced:
Asphalt Paver of the Year
J & P Leveque Bros. 2022-5020
- Highway 118, from 0.3 km East of Highway 35, Easterly to 0.7 km West of Haliburton Road 21, in Haliburton
Pioneer Construction 2022-6017
- Highway 599 from 5.2 km North of the Kenora/Thunder Bay District boundary, Northerly for 27.3 km to Savant Lake CNR crossing, in Savant Lake
Thomas Cavanagh Construction Limited 2023-4008
- Highway 401, from 0.8 km West of Carman Road to 0.7 km East of Upper Canada Road, near Morrisburg
Concrete Contract of the Year Finalist
GIP Inc 2020-3006
- Highway 3, from 2.2km East of Malden Road Easterly to 0.8km West of Ellis Side Road, near the Town of Essex
2023 ORBA Hall of Fame winner, Claude Villeneuve, is flanked by his two sons, Martin Villeneuve (left) and 2023 ORBA president Mario Villeneuve. They are also owners and operators of Villeneuve Construction. Photo: Ontario Road Builders’ Association
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