{"id":13908,"date":"2023-03-07T06:33:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T14:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ossga-progressive-rehabilitation-award-presented-to-cambridge-aggregates\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07T06:33:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T14:33:33","slug":"ossga-progressive-rehabilitation-award-presented-to-cambridge-aggregates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ossga-progressive-rehabilitation-award-presented-to-cambridge-aggregates\/","title":{"rendered":"OSSGA Progressive Rehabilitation Award presented to Cambridge Aggregates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MISSISSAUGA, ONT. \u2014 The Judges Choice for the Progressive Rehabilitation Award from the Ontario Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (OSSGA) has been awarded to Cambridge Aggregates\/Heidelberg Materials North Dumfries Pit.<\/p>\n<p>The award recognizes the ongoing efforts of individual operators to progressively rehabilitate their sites per their site plans.<\/p>\n<p>The objective for the North Dumfries Pit rehabilitation was twofold: to rehabilitate the 54-hectare pit floor back to agricultural condition and to rehabilitate the remaining 18.1 hectares of extraction area to a natural environment condition featuring Oak Savannah, Woodland, Prairie and native grassland ecological communities, indicates a release, adding the team has successfully returned 12.5 hectares of the pit floor to a healthy agricultural condition that has since been used to grow soybeans and cash crops.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the team is in Phase 4 of its progressive rehabilitation plan, which began with the rehabilitation of three hectares and the grading of the setback area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have worked closely with the landowner to extract the high-quality aggregate materials from the property and return the area back to a productive agricultural condition as quickly as possible,\u201d said Kevin Hurley, area general manager, Heidelberg Materials, in a statement. \u201cThis project showcases how the aggregate industry can achieve successful agricultural rehabilitation in a very short period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/associations\/2023\/03\/ossga-progressive-rehabilitation-award-presented-to-cambridge-aggregates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MISSISSAUGA, ONT. \u2014 The Judges Choice for the Progressive Rehabilitation Award from the Ontario Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (OSSGA) &#8230; 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