Municipal Concrete Infrastructure (MCI Manual)

MEA Workshop "Growing Pains" – Nov. 20, 2015. OGRA Concrete Liaison Committee

Eric Saunderson, PMP CET EIT Senior Project Manager Region of Waterloo

Municipal Concrete Liaison Committee

Background • Partnership established in 2012 between: - Ready Mixed Concrete Association of Ontario (RMCAO) or Concrete Ontario - Cement Association of Canada (CAC) - Ontario Good Roads Association (OGRA) • Developed in response to requests from municipalities • Discuss issues related to municipal concrete infrastructure • Committee meets 3 - 4 times / year

Committee Mandate

• Provide / develop educational materials and programs • Recommend updates for concrete-related OPSS & OPSD • Facilitate the development of Best Management Guidelines

Municipal Concrete Liaison Committee

Primary Objective

Best Management Practices Municipal Concrete Infrastructure

(MCI Manual)

Municipal Concrete Liaison Committee

• Members of RMCAO, CAC and OGRA • Municipalities

County of Essex (chair) Region of Waterloo City of Thunder Bay City of Vaughn County of Peterborough and Town of Orillia

• Contractors/Producers Capital, CBM, Danruss, Dufferin, Lafarge and Miller

• Consultants Dillon, Thurber Engineering and exp

• Academic affiliate University of Toronto

Best Management Practices Municipal Concrete

Infrastructure Topics

• Infrastructure planning, evaluation

and inspection

• Pavement selection and techniques

• Structures

• Sustainability

• Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA)

• Architectural / decorative concrete

• Procurement and project management

• Concrete testing and reporting

• Troubleshooting

Best Management Practices Municipal Concrete Infrastructure

(MCI Manual)

• Currently in final stages of editing and formatting

• Anticipated to be available in early 2016

• Notifications to be provided via email and e-newsletter

to OGRA members

• Available for downloading at:

OGRA (www.orga.org)

RMCAO (www.rmcao.ca)

municipalconcrete@ogra.org

Questions?