Month: July 2023

Brothers (from left to right) Beau Buiting, Korey Poitras, and Brad Brock are working on the demolition of the Bronson Avenue overpass on Highway 417 at Catherine Street. The $170 million project is part of the Kiewit Dufferin Midtown Partnership for the Midtown Bridge Replacement in Ottawa. In 2022, Rochester Street and two Booth Street overpasses were replaced. This year, work is keeping members busy with three Percy Street overpasses and the two Bronson Avenue bridge replacements. Contractors: Demolition Plus

Brothers (from left to right) Beau Buiting, Korey Poitras, and Brad Brock are working on the demolition of the Bronson Avenue overpass on Highway 417 at Catherine Street.

The $170 million project is part of the Kiewit Dufferin Midtown Partnership for the Midtown Bridge Replacement in Ottawa. In 2022, Rochester Street and two Booth Street overpasses were replaced. This year, work is keeping members busy with three Percy Street overpasses and the two Bronson Avenue bridge replacements.

Contractors: Demolition Plus

Since being elected Business Manager in 1996, Mike Gallagher has been determined to raise the standard of living for our membership, with improving the pension benefits a top priority. Now, due to strong contributions and the stable ongoing financial health of the IUOE Local 793 Pension Plan, an increase in pension benefits has been approved by the Pension Board of Trustees. Effective September 1, 2023, all benefits earned up to January 1, 2023, will be increased by 6%. “We know how difficult times have been in recent years with runaway […]

Since being elected Business Manager in 1996, Mike Gallagher has been determined to raise the standard of living for our membership, with improving the pension benefits a top priority.

Now, due to strong contributions and the stable ongoing financial health of the IUOE Local 793 Pension Plan, an increase in pension benefits has been approved by the Pension Board of Trustees.

Effective September 1, 2023, all benefits earned up to January 1, 2023, will be increased by 6%.

“We know how difficult times have been in recent years with runaway inflation and rising interest rates, so on behalf of all the pension trustees, we are delighted to be able to improve your pension by 6%,” said Business Manager Gallagher.

“In the last 26 years, the membership has grown, pension and benefit plans have improved, and wages have been raised. This would not be possible without the solidarity and strength of our membership.”

Plan members who are entitled to benefits from the Local 793 Plan as of September 1, 2023 – whether they’re pensioners, active or inactive members – will benefit from the increase. The 6% increase will be applied and processed for pensions in pay starting with the September 1, 2023, monthly payment.

Local 793 President and OEBAC Executive Director, Joe Redshaw, said, “I am delighted with our Plan’s continued good health and the enhanced value it provides to plan members during these uncertain economic times.”

If you have any questions about this change or how it impacts you, please contact the Operating Engineers Benefits Administration Corporation (OEBAC) Pension Department at info@oebac.org or 1-844-793-1919.

Brother Umberto Pelloni and apprentice Shawn Heath, operating the tower cranes, along with Brother Jordan Audet, work on the new Ottawa Public Library and Library and Archives Canada Joint Facility. The construction of Ottawa’s new central library at Albert Street and Bronson Avenue is named Ādisōke, an indigenous word for storytelling. The over 200,000 square feet combined facility aims to open in 2026. GC: PCL Contractor: Bellai Alliance

Brother Umberto Pelloni and apprentice Shawn Heath, operating the tower cranes, along with Brother Jordan Audet, work on the new Ottawa Public Library and Library and Archives Canada Joint Facility.

The construction of Ottawa’s new central library at Albert Street and Bronson Avenue is named Ādisōke, an indigenous word for storytelling. The over 200,000 square feet combined facility aims to open in 2026.

GC: PCL
Contractor: Bellai Alliance

Sister Melissa Seymour is a heavy equipment operator, a graduate of OETIO’s Heavy Equipment apprentice program at the Morrisburg campus and a Local 793 member since 2017. “I like everything about being an operator; it’s like working with family, and I’m always keeping busy,” Melissa said. “I’m very proud to be a member of Local 793. Especially being a woman in the industry, I’m grateful to be accepted and a part of it.” Melissa is currently working with GIP Construction Ontario East operating a Cat D3 dozer for the Albert […]

Sister Melissa Seymour is a heavy equipment operator, a graduate of OETIO’s Heavy Equipment apprentice program at the Morrisburg campus and a Local 793 member since 2017.

“I like everything about being an operator; it’s like working with family, and I’m always keeping busy,” Melissa said. “I’m very proud to be a member of Local 793. Especially being a woman in the industry, I’m grateful to be accepted and a part of it.”

Melissa is currently working with GIP Construction Ontario East operating a Cat D3 dozer for the Albert Street Rehabilitation project in Ottawa.

The job includes replacing portions of the existing sewers, roads, and watermains and reconstructing the street right-of-way with Slater Street west of Bronson, realigned to merge with Albert Street.

Brother Jacob Gillam operates a Volvo A40G rock truck moving materials on-site at the Ottawa Waste Management Facility (Carp Landfill). Taggart Construction

Brother Jacob Gillam operates a Volvo A40G rock truck moving materials on-site at the Ottawa Waste Management Facility (Carp Landfill).

Taggart Construction

Brother Stefano Boghossian operates a Pecco PC-1600 Tower Crane working with a picturesque view of a golf course on Muskoka Bay Resort. The project is a 7-storey, 88-unit condominium in Gravenhurst on North Muldrew Lake Road. The supposed end date is March 2025. GC: Firstcon Group Ltd. Contractor: JMS Forming Ltd.

Brother Stefano Boghossian operates a Pecco PC-1600 Tower Crane working with a picturesque view of a golf course on Muskoka Bay Resort.

The project is a 7-storey, 88-unit condominium in Gravenhurst on North Muldrew Lake Road. The supposed end date is March 2025.

GC: Firstcon Group Ltd.
Contractor: JMS Forming Ltd.

Brother Billy-Ray Vivarais operates an 8090RT Link-Belt crane on-site at Lincoln Fields station in Ottawa for the Confederation Line Light Rail Transit (LRT) extension project. He is stripping and loading forms onto floating concrete slabs for new rails. Stage 2 of the Confederation Line LRT extensions is expected to take approximately 14,000 cars off the road to help to relieve traffic congestion during peak hours and reduce carbon emissions by 155,000 tonnes over 25 years. Contractor: Bellai Alliance Construction General Contractor: Kiewit/Eurovia/Vinci Lincoln Fields station General Contractor: PCL Construction

Brother Billy-Ray Vivarais operates an 8090RT Link-Belt crane on-site at Lincoln Fields station in Ottawa for the Confederation Line Light Rail Transit (LRT) extension project. He is stripping and loading forms onto floating concrete slabs for new rails.

Stage 2 of the Confederation Line LRT extensions is expected to take approximately 14,000 cars off the road to help to relieve traffic congestion during peak hours and reduce carbon emissions by 155,000 tonnes over 25 years.

Contractor: Bellai Alliance Construction
General Contractor: Kiewit/Eurovia/Vinci
Lincoln Fields station General Contractor: PCL Construction

Brother Bill Neville is deemed one of Ottawa’s best amateur fossil hunters. Read more about this Local 793 member from Finch, Ontario and how excavating for a living fueled an interest in fossil identification below. 🔗 Click here to read the Ottawa Citizen article

Brother Bill Neville is deemed one of Ottawa’s best amateur fossil hunters. Read more about this Local 793 member from Finch, Ontario and how excavating for a living fueled an interest in fossil identification below.

🔗 Click here to read the Ottawa Citizen article

Happy Nunavut Day to our Brothers and Sisters in Canada’s largest territory. ᐅᓪᓗᖃᑦᑎᐊᕆᔅᓯ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓐᓂ! July 9th marks the passing of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act and the Nunavut Act, enabling the Inuit to independently govern this region (formerly part of the Northwest Territories). Today, please join us in celebrating by acknowledging Nunavummiut’s significant cultural, social, and economic contributions to our country.

Happy Nunavut Day to our Brothers and Sisters in Canada’s largest territory. ᐅᓪᓗᖃᑦᑎᐊᕆᔅᓯ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᖓᓐᓂ!

July 9th marks the passing of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act and the Nunavut Act, enabling the Inuit to independently govern this region (formerly part of the Northwest Territories).

Today, please join us in celebrating by acknowledging Nunavummiut’s significant cultural, social, and economic contributions to our country.

Brother Todd Casselman operates a Volvo EC480E excavator, loading rock trucks at the Ottawa Waste Management Facility (Carp Landfill) for a new waste-holding cell on-site in Ottawa. GC: Tomlinson Group

Brother Todd Casselman operates a Volvo EC480E excavator, loading rock trucks at the Ottawa Waste Management Facility (Carp Landfill) for a new waste-holding cell on-site in Ottawa.

GC: Tomlinson Group