PARTNERS in QUALITY

by Donn Bernal

Representatives from the OAPC-ORBA Municipal Liaison Committee were present to speak about the 2023 Local Municipal Forecast and review the municipal paving survey that they send out to all municipalities annually. Chris Traini, Deputy CAO/County Engineer, County of Middlesex; Amin Mneima, Coordinator, Technical Programs and Research, OGRA/ MEA; Melanie Knowles, Public Works/United Counties of Leeds and Grenville; and Doubra Ambaiowei, Technical Director, OAPC were the presenters.

Local areas also had a presentation on their asphalt initiatives and paving programs and performance updates. Jennie Dann, Director of Construction & Infrastructure Services Environment & Infrastructure, City of London, spoke on their initiatives at the London PIQ, and David Shelsted, Director of Engineering Services, City of Greater Sudbury, updated Sudbury attendees on the city`s initiatives.

To continue the environment and sustainability theme, Doubra Ambaiowei of OAPC and Dr. Kamal Hossain, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University, presented “ Quantifying GHG emissions in asphalt plants – A Carleton University & OAPC partnership.” This is a project that Dr. Hossain is leading with assistance from OAPC in gathering and analyzing GHG emissions on asphalt plants.

A PIQ wouldn’t be complete without a CCIL update presentation. Thank you to Nabil Kamil, Manager CCIL Certification Programs, and Emily Worden-Kwok, Assistant CCIL Program Manager.

The final presentation was completed by the OAPC Marketing Committee and highlighted various initiatives including an updated OAPC logo and an upcoming revamp of the OAPC website.

Thank you to all those that participated! PIQ is an important event to continue to maintain the strong relationship between OAPC, its members, the various municipalities and Ministry of Transportation.

OAPC continually tries to find new ways to improve and increase the relationship with all stakeholders. If you have any innovative ideas or have seen something new from other seminars or conference, please feel free to share it with us. To view the presentations, please visit www.onasphalt.org.