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NSRBA Chronicle Herald Insert 2014.Pdf THE CHRONICLE HERALD SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 K1 www.nsrba.ca CUSTOM CONTENT FEATURE The George Street roundabout at Exit 8 off Highway 125, shown here July 2, is expected to be completed this summer. STEVE WADDEN Highway 125 upgrade nears completion TOM MASON It may be only 28 kilometres long but Highway 125 is arguably the most important road in Industrial Cape Breton. The Sydney Bi-Pass, as it is sometimes referred to, takes com- muters and travellers from Sydney Mines near the terminus of the Trans-Canada Highway to Grand Lake Road near Glace Bay — serving as the main transportation artery around the outskirts of Sydney as it traces its path around the city. With about 20,000 vehicles trav- elling the road every day it’s one of the busiest in the province, and lately it’s been seeing some signi- ficant improvements. In 2009, the provincial govern- ment announced a $33,550,000 upgrade to Highway 125 — an upgrade that involved twinning the highway for eight kilometres from the four-lane divided portion at Sydney River to the highway’s eastern terminus at Grand Lake Road. The project also included up- grades to access ramps along with new roundabouts at the Highway 125 Grand Lake Road intersection and on George Street at Exit 8. At the time, the federal govern- ment agreed to contribute nearly half the cost of the project — a total of $15,275,000. Officially known as Peacekeeper’s Way since 2008, the highway was built in a location that has lead to a number of engineering chal- Continued on K2 Traffic moves along in Sydney July 2 at the George Street Highway 125 overpass and roundabout. STEVE WADDEN Staff NNSRBASRBA MMembershipembership 22014014 3091592 Nova Scotia Limited Bell and Grant Insurance/Fraser Dexter Construction Company Ltd. Higgins Construction Martin Marietta Materials Canada Ltd Ormac Industrial Supply Inc. www.nsrba.ca Aberdeen Paving Limited & Hoyt Insurance Direct Traffi c Control Inc. Holcim (Canada) Inc. McAsphalt Industries Ltd. OSCO Concrete Absolute Traffi c Services Limited Bell Mobility Inc. Drive Products Inc. Howard E. Little Excavating Ltd. McLennan Sales Div. of EMCO Limited Parts for Trucks, Inc. Acklands-Grainger BERPIC Inc. Dyno Nobel Limited HSBC Bank Canada McLeod Safety Services Ltd. Peterbilt Atlantic Aggregate Equipment (Atlantic) Ltd. Bird-Stairs Earthmover Tire Service Ltd. Industrial Cold Milling McNally Construction Inc. Reinforced Earth Co. Ltd Allnorth Consultants Ltd. Black and McDonald Ltd. East Coast Capital Inc. Inspec-Sol Inc. Metso Minerals Canada Inc. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (Canada) Ltd. Allstar Rebar (Nova Scotia) Ltd. Bluewave Energy East Coast International Trucks, Inc IronPlanet MFE Manufacturing Inc. Roadtec Inc. Strongco Equipment Limited Allterrain Contracting Inc. Bourque Security Services NS Eastern Fence Erectors Irving Oil Commercial GP Miller Tirecraft Ron Chisholm Hydro-Seeding Ltd. The Canadian Salt Company Ltd. ALPA Equipment Company Ltd. Brandt Tractor Ltd Eastern Infrastructure Inc. J. R. Eisener Contracting Ltd. Modern Enterprises Ltd. Roto-Mill Inc. The Cat Rental Store/Hewitt Rentals Alva Construction Limited Brenntag Canada Inc. Elmsdale Landscaping Limited K & M Inspection Consultants Ltd. Multiserve Petroleum Equipment Ltd. RST Industries Ltd. Trans East Trailers Ltd. AMEC Environment & Infrastructure Brycon Construction Limited EXP L.S.W. Wear Parts Limited Municipal Ready-Mix Ltd. S. W. Weeks Construction Ltd. Trout River Industries Inc. Archibald Drilling & Blasting (1986) Limited Canada Culvert Fairley and Stevens Ford Lafarge Canada Inc. Norquip Supply Ltd. Sackville Trenching Ltd. Turf Masters Landscaping Ltd. ARMTEC Ltd. Casey Concrete Ltd. Gary Parker Excavating Ltd. Leica Geosystems Ltd. North East Truck & Trailer Sancton Equipment Inc. Underground Consulting Services Inc. Arrow Construction Products Ltd. CBCL Limited Gateway Insurance Group Lepage Equipment & Parts Ltd. Northeast Equipment Ltd. Seaboard/Harmac Transportation Group United Rentals of Canada Inc. Atlantic Explosives Limited Chapman Bros. Construction Ltd. Gateway Materials Ltd. Liebherr Canada Northern Construction Inc. Shaw Group Limited Urquhart-MacDonald & Associates Atlantic Industries Limited Classic Freight Systems Ltd. GE Canada Equipment Financing GP Lockhart Truck Center Northern Contracting Limited SMS Equipment Inc. V. J. Rice Concrete Ltd. Atlantic Oilfi eld & Industrial Supply Conestoga-Rovers & Associates GEMTEC Limited LVM / Maritime Testing Limited Nova Communications Sojourn Signs WAJAX Equipment Atlantic Road Construction & Paving Ltd. Conrad Bros. Ltd. General Liquids Canada Mac Williams Engineering Limited Nova Construction Company Ltd. Soleno Inc. Weightronic Canada Inc. Atlantic Tractors & Equipment Ltd. Consbec Inc. Drilling & Blasting GEOCON Atlantic Ltd. Maccaferri Canada Ltd. Nova Enterprises Ltd. Source Atlantic Wilcraft Concrete Services Axis Mobility Limited Costin Paving & Contracting Limited Gillis Truckways Inc. (Trailer Sales) MacKays Truck & Trailer Ltd. Nova International Ltd. South Shore Ready-Mix Will-Kare Paving & Contracting Ltd. B. Spicer Construction Ltd. Craig Manufacturing Limited Grant Thornton Maritime Fence Ltd. O’Regan’s National Leasing Stanhope Simpson Insurance Ltd. Wilson Equipment Limited Barrett Enterprises Limited Creighton Rock Drill Ltd. Graymont NB Maritime Hydroseed Ocean Contractors Limited Stantec Consulting Ltd. Wolseley Engineered Pipe Group Basin Contracting Limited Cumberland Paving & Contracting Ltd. Guarantee Company of North America Maritime Road Recycling Inc. Ocean Paving Limited Strescon Ltd. Wolseley Waterworks Beaverbank Resources 2012 Ltd D. W. Matheson & Sons Contracting Ltd. Hertz Equipment Rentals Marsh Canada Limited On-Grade Inc. Strictly Sales & Service Inc. WSP Canada Inc. FForor NNSRBASRBA MMembershipembership aandnd ootherther iinformation,nformation, ppleaselease ccallall 4405-349705-3497 K2 SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 THE CHRONICLE HERALD Honorary Member and NSRBA Past President John Chisholm passes away At press time we learned of the passing of long-time NSRBA member, John ‘Nova’ Chisholm. The following is an excerpt from his obituary which ran in The Chronicle Herald July 7: John ‘Nova’ Chisholm, legendary entrepreneur, philanthropist, and mover of dirt, passed away peace- fully at home on July 4th at the age of 68. Born in Antigonish on January 5th 1946, to Donald and Margaret I. Chisholm, John co-founded with his father Nova Construc- tion, one of the largest road build- ing companies east of Quebec. When it came to the business of moving dirt and building roads, John was a natural from the start. The Chisholm clan, whose cen- turies-old motto was I am fierce John Chisholm 1946 - 2014. with the fierce, was a family of farmers, loggers, and earthmovers. instrumental role in the concep- Mechanical competence was con- tion of the Confederation Bridge. sidered a necessity of life. So, at His son, Donald, succeeded him as age 4, with his father looking on President of Nova Construction in stoically, John Nova learned to 2006, but John remained active in The Sydney Bi-Pass, as Highway 125 is sometimes referred to, takes commuters and travellers from Sydney Mines near drive a tractor. the business until his death. the terminus of the Trans-Canada Highway to Grand Lake Road near Glace Bay – serving as the main transportation He bought his first D4 dozer at 17 John played as hard as he worked. artery around the outskirts of Sydney as it traces its path around the city. CONTRIBUTED/NSRBA and won a contract to dig the A lover of NASCAR racing, he basement of the Angus L. Mac- traveled to Tennessee in the including Cape Breton Island, highway from Balls Creek to Donald Library at St. Francis mid-1960s to scope out the le- The Sydney Bi-Pass Antigonish and Guysborough. Upper North Sydney was com- Xavier University, happily cutting gendary Bristol Motor Speedway He says the build was complic- pleted about 20 years ago. This classes to do so. Later that year, and created a replica, Riverside Continued from K1 ated with a number of design latest project will leave the entire following the assassination of John International Speedway, upon issues cropping up over the last length of the highway twinned F. Kennedy, a watershed event for which his son, Donald, races lenges over the years. At its west- few years, but those issues have when it’s completed, likely by next his generation, John quit school today. ern end, it skirts the municipal been resolved and the completion year, according to Chisholm. for good and founded Nova Con- Quiet and old-fashioned, John water system for the North of the project is in sight. “The tender for the final paving struction. believed that actions spoke louder Sydney area at Pottle Lake — an “The sub grade part is done and will be called in July, and we plan One of the company’s first major than words. While he was well- ecologically-sensitive location that we’re very close to putting the to complete the section from jobs was building a large section of known for substantial gifts made required building an elaborate paving out to tender,” he says. Sydney River to Exit 8 in the highway in Newfoundland. For to a number of organizations system of berms and waterlines to “The biggest challenge for us current construction season.” John, landing in pre-TransCanada including the IWK Children’s protect the lake from the dangers was keeping the road open and The George Street roundabout at Newfoundland was “like getting Hospital and the Coady Interna- of potential highway spillage. maintaining the flow of traffic Exit 8 is expected to be completed dropped on the moon.” tional Institute at Saint Francis Jamie Chisholm is a construction during construction. That’s a busy this summer as well, he says. But he loved the work, the ca- Xavier University, many people manager for the Nova Scotia road and you have to plan ahead “We should see the whole project maraderie of his crews, creating around Antigonish were touched Department of Transportation and to keep interruptions to a minim- finished by the end of the season smooth, straight, well-built roads by his everyday kindness and Infrastructure Renewal (NSTIR), um.” next year, including the round- where there were none before.
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