On the Move: Local 793 Member Works on Landfill Expansion

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

Local 793 Member Works with a Un-Fore-gettable View

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.

Crane height view overlookiong Muskoka Bay Resort gold course

Member turning around in crane can seat to wave at the camera

Panoramic shot of the site and erected crane.

Local 793 Member On-Site at Confederation Line LRT Extension Project in Ottawa

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 […]

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

Members leans against the back of a line-belt crane on-site

Local 793 Member Excavates Sites and Fossils

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

FINCH, ON. MAY 30, 2023. #139101 Bill Neville, fossil hunter. PHOTO BY JULIE OLIVER /Postmedia

Local 793 wishes Nunavummiut’s a Happy Nunavut Day!

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 […]

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.

Ottawa Landfill Major Expansion is Underway

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

Member sitting inside operating the excavator, pictured from the side view.

Local 793 Members Work on QEW Road Sign Install

Brothers Jeff Owen, mobile crane operator, and Jackson Huibers, apprentice, install an overhead road sign on the eastbound Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW). Three lanes on the QEW, from Dixie Road to West Mall Bridge, were closed for the installation. Equipment: Manitex TC60131 60-ton truck mount crane GC: Toronto Zenith Contractors: Powell Contracting and Vision Equipment […]

Brothers Jeff Owen, mobile crane operator, and Jackson Huibers, apprentice, install an overhead road sign on the eastbound Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW). Three lanes on the QEW, from Dixie Road to West Mall Bridge, were closed for the installation.

Equipment: Manitex TC60131 60-ton truck mount crane
GC: Toronto Zenith
Contractors: Powell Contracting and Vision Equipment

Watch the video below.

Heat Warning in Effect

Heat warnings have been issued, stretching from Windsor and the United States border in the west across into Quebec. The ‘multi-day heat event’ is expected to last until Thursday across Ontario. Local 793 operators and employers should prepare beforehand, recognize symptoms of heat-related illnesses and know how to treat them when problems arise. For more […]

Heat warnings have been issued, stretching from Windsor and the United States border in the west across into Quebec. The ‘multi-day heat event’ is expected to last until Thursday across Ontario.

Local 793 operators and employers should prepare beforehand, recognize symptoms of heat-related illnesses and know how to treat them when problems arise.
For more information, please visit: https://iuoelocal793.org/heat-stress-signs-and-signals-2/

Offices Closed to Mark Canada Day

Please be advised that Local 793 offices across the province will be closed Monday, July 3 to mark the Canada Day holiday. Regular office hours will resume Tuesday, July 4. Please have a safe and enjoyable long weekend.

Please be advised that Local 793 offices across the province will be closed Monday, July 3 to mark the Canada Day holiday.

Regular office hours will resume Tuesday, July 4.

Please have a safe and enjoyable long weekend.