Thursday, June 2, 2005, 6/3/05 12:00 AM, 9:08:21 AM, 06/03/Provincial_CLS1PH, No color separation The Chronicle Herald Friday, June 3, 2005 H1 NOVA SCOTIA ROAD BUILDERS www.nsrba.ca ASSOCIATION Special Advertising Feature 14469596 Bonnie Bobryk Photography Vehicles travel under the newly constructed overpass at Exit 4 on Highway 103. Started in August, 2003, the $42-million state-of-the-art project to twin 15 km of Highway 103 from Exit 3 at Otter Lake to Exit 5 at Upper Tantallon is nearing completion. A vision for better roads contractors, referred to by the NSRBA’s focus NSRBA as “ordinary” members. Heavy, marine, sewer and water main contractors also come under set on efficient, that classification, while suppliers of vital industry materials and services quality products are also represented by the NSRBA By Scott Higgins through associate membership. The NSRBA now has several Special Features Writer purposes: Contributed /Nova Scotia Road Builders’ Association ■ To build a cooperative working ounded in 1947 at the Lord The Nova Scotia Road Builders’ Association board of directors are shown here at the association’s relationship among private contrac- Nelson Hotel in Halifax, the 57th Annual Meeting at Halifax’s Westin Hotel in January. Board members are: (left to right) Wally tors, engineers, the Department of Caldwell, president; Ron Christian, director; Carl Baillie, vice president; Don Maillet, director; John Nova Scotia Road Builders’ F Transportation and Public Works and Flemming, immediate past president; Ron Legere, Canadian Construction Association representative; Association (NSRBA) today other levels of government; Bob Bernier, director; Barry Hunter, past president; A.G. MacDonald, director; Andrew Lake, director; represents the majority of the provin- Brian Meahan, director; Paul White, director; and Steve Williams, managing director. Missing from ce’s road and bridge construction See BETTER ROADS /H6 photo are: Matt Brunt, Ken Thomas and Fred Benere. NOVA SCOTIA ROAD BUILDERS ASSOCIATION PAST PRESIDENTS * Dr. H.W.L. Doane * W.W. Spicer * L.D. Hopkins Dave MacKenna Fred Benere * D.F. MacIsaac * L.H. Langley * P.W. Ross * Vic Lunn Jack Eisener * W.P. Bickle L.H. Langley J.T. Douglas John Chisholm Greg Burke * G.C. Hault H.W. Doane * F.A. Martell * Dan Arbing D.J. Campbell * O.H. Norman * A.O. Parsons R.E. Bayard Eric Barker Cecil Vance * M.H. McManus D.W. Latimer A.M. Dechman Haluk Alemdar Ron Legere * R.S. Parsons * J.S. Stevens * R.F. Titus Aubrey Martell Gary Rudolph * F.C. Hudson * J.A. Domville R.G. Steed Tim McSorley Ken Thomas * H.H. Latimer C.A. Maier J.G. Flemming * Gerry Holle Barry Hunter * D.R. MacKay * R.K. Chappell * S.W. Weeks Elmer Thomas John Flemming *Deceased For NSRBA Membership and other information, please call 450-1433 www.nsrba.ca 14467669 Thursday, June 2, 2005, 6/3/05 12:00 AM, 9:10:20 AM, 06/03/Special1_H02, No color separation H2 Friday, June 3, 2005 The Chronicle Herald Bonnie Bobryk Photography With the huge number of highway projects that will be launched over the next few years, motorists will have to be especially mindful of safety when approaching construction sites. ““It’s been 16 years since a motorist Work zone safety killed a worker in a construction zone.” Bernie Clancey campaign started N.S. Dept. of Transportation and Public Works when passing a construction zone are severe. When drivers don’t obey the road Program strives to signs, they put highway workers who ATLANTIC EXPLOSIVES LIMITED build and repair roads and bridges at risk e14473914 keep N.S.’s ‘good of serious injury or even death. 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O R I C A 4388722 ith the huge number of high- “It’s been 16 years since a motorist 1 way projects that will be killed a worker in a construction zone, launched over the next few and it’s been more than 10 years since a W years, motorists will have to driver killed another person in a work WILL-KARE PAVING be especially mindful of safety when zone.We want to do everything we can to & CONTRACTING LTD. approaching construction sites. make sure incidents like that will never This is why the provincial Department happen again.” W K of Transportation and Public Works has The Work Zone Safety Campaign is a launched the Work Zone Safety Cam- partnership between the Department of paign, which is aimed at keeping Nova Transportation and Public Works and the Your Paving Specialists serving Scotia’s good road construction safety Nova Scotia Road Builders Association. record intact. It’s a public education campaign which Truro and surrounding areas. The campaign has one simple message: is aimed at informing the public about life in a work zone as well as the need to drivers need to be cautious when ap- P.O. Box 651 PHONE: 897-7283 proaching a work zone. slow down and live. TRURO, N.S. B2N 5E5 FAX: 893-4213 4431354 Firstly, they must condition themselves The good message is being dissemi- 1 [email protected] www.willkarepaving.ns to automatically recognize the colour nated through print, radio, and TV e14473915 orange as their cue to slow down because advertising. all modern construction zone caution Enforcement, of course, is an impor- signs are painted in a deep orange colour. tant part of the initiative. That’s why Many of those diamond-shaped signs RCMP will be paying close attention to are made to capture and reflect head- motorist behaviour in work zones and lights at night, so they’re pretty hard to will be enforcing the rules of the road. miss. “It’s about putting a name to those Secondly, having seen the signs, drivers faces in our construction zones, and should proceed through the work zone letting the public know that workers carefully, keeping their mind on the task shouldn’t have to worry about dying on of operating their vehicle and not on the the job,” says Clancey. construction work that’s underway. “It’s also about protecting motorists, The results of not paying attention because they are equally at risk.” Fabrication Division • Corrugated Steel, Aluminum and Aluminized Pipe Products • Galvanized Steel Super-Cor and Bolt-A- Plate Structures • Aluminum Dur-A-Span Structures • Bolt-A-Bin Retaining Walls • Galvanized and PVC Coated Welded Wire Gabions e14465501 • M.S.E. 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(902)468-2921 4467678 4391236 1 1 14434395 Thursday, June 2, 2005, 6/3/05 12:00 AM, 9:10:10 AM, 06/03/Special1_H03, No color separation The Chronicle Herald Friday, June 3, 2005 H3 Working as one for better roads Strong public, private sector relationship key to ensuring safe roads By Scott Higgins Special Features Writer ince 1948, the Nova Scotia De- partment of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW) and the S members of the Nova Scotia Road Builders’ Association (NSRBA) have continued to develop a professional working relationship. That relationship has resulted in the planning, design and construction of public highways by professional engi- neers using the highest construction standards available. In doing so, the public and private sector are working together to build safe highways. In the end, however, the NSRBA cannot move ahead without the leader- ship of the TPW, and that means it comes File down to a question of allotment of provincial funds. The 103 is born... With a vision of Nova Scotia linked with the rest of the country through the This April 30, 1966 file photo development and improvement of mod- shows early construction work ern highways as its guide, the Nova Scotia being done on Highway 103. A government — after accomplishing its $42-million state-of-the-art goal of balancing its budget in 2002 — is project to twin 15 km of making more money available to meet Highway 103 from Exit 3 at the objective. Bonnie Bobryk Photography Otter Lake to Exit 5 at Upper Even though TPW budgets were tight Hugh Burns is operations supervisor at the Burnside maintenance depot with the Nova Scotia Department of Tantallon is near completion.