Ontario name in their social media for
several years, and the move to the new
name will allow the association to extend
its reach throughout the industry. And the
industry is not a small player, generating
about $3.2 billion in revenue annually and
providing approximately 12,000 jobs.
The long-term vision is to “increase the
awareness of concrete as a product and
get us back in some of the discussions
that are going on within commercial real
estate, within some of the other groups
about the benefits and some of the work
that’s been done,” Conway said. “I think
they’ve done some great work, like the
ECO certification, which is 260+ plants.
It’s quite a bit of work for a small group of
“If you have asphalt getting eight to 12 years now on average before it has to be replaced,
with concrete you can get 40 and 50 in some cases.”
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