ORBA Webinars

Thank you to attendees, speakers, and sponsors who participated in our fall line-up of cutting-edge webinars. ORBA Webinars featured a diverse range of topics and speakers to help you gain unique insights and perspectives on the transportation infrastructure sector. The series aimed to provide the road building community a virtual space to stay informed and connected in the new normal.

Thursday, August 13, 2020

OVERVIEW

The COVID-19 pandemic, and the hazards associated with this virus, have challenged workplaces across Canada to create and alter processes to ensure the health and safety of employees. The ease and confidence in which hazards have been identified, risks prioritized and controls implemented can be associated to the maturity and efficiency of a company’s occupational health and safety management system (OSHMS). This webinar will focus on how companies can leverage’s an OSHMS during times of crisis. The webinar will also include an overview of office sanitation needs and AEGIS Microbe Shield – how it works and how it is applied within office settings.

SPEAKERS

• Enzo Garritano, President and CEO, Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA)
• Colin Dickey, President, Protect Technologies

Thursday, August 20, 2020

OVERVIEW

From smart helmets and innovative face-shields to disinfecting fleets, this webinar will provide an overview of innovative technologies and services that will help to enhance health and safety measures to keep workers and the public safe as we adapt to the “new normal.”

SPEAKERS

• Marc Brunet, Business Development Representative, Jannatec Technologies
• Bridgette Onucki, Senior Account Representative, Jannatec Technologies
• Michael Romano, CEO, Val Resources
• Travis Saunders, General Manager, PGC Services

Thursday, October 15, 2020
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

PREVIEW

OVERVIEW

This webinar will be a three-part series. Each hour-long segment will focus on a critical aspect of this complex topic and will feature viewpoints and opinions from both inside and outside of the construction materials and road building industries in North America. The webinar will include surveys, live discussions, and handouts.

The series segments will be:

• Part One: Generational Diversity and Inclusion
• Part Two: Gender Diversity and Inclusion
• Part Three: Racial and Cultural Diversity and Inclusion

SPEAKERS

Presented by Bronwyn Weaver and her team at Q4 Impact Group. Bronwyn is President of Q4 Impact Group and has provided instruction and expertise on building a diverse workforce at CONEXPO.

Thank you to supporting webinar sponsors:

Thursday, October 29, 2020

PREVIEW

OVERVIEW

This will be an informative, frank and interactive one-hour webinar, which will provide the latest research and facts about mental health in the construction industry. You will learn to use ORBA’s Mental Health Toolbox, i.e., Observation, Resiliency, Bravery and Adaptability to confront, combat and compassionately deal with mental health issues. Improv will be used as an unconventional, effective way to manage mental health in the work place.

SPEAKERS

Presented by Nancy Watt, President, Nancy Watt Communications. Nancy Watt, Second City Conservatory Alumna, is a sought-after speaker, writer and improviser. She presents dynamic workshops on mental health and communications in unconventional environments. Nancy is also an instructor at ORBA’s Road Building Academy.

Friday, October 30, 2020

PREVIEW

OVERVIEW

This hour-long webinar will provide an opportunity for discussion on the asphalt pavement recycling process using Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) materials combined with new materials, to produce asphalt mixtures that are of equal or better quality to virgin aggregate mixtures. This practice promotes sustainability and creates environmental benefits. Doubra will provide an overview on best practices for achieving more durable asphalt pavements through the responsible use of RAP.

SPEAKERS

Presented by Doubra Ambaiowei, ORBA/OAPC Technical Director. Doubra’s work at ORBA specifically supports all technical requirements to promote the quality use of hot mix asphalt, and all other road building materials and construction best practices in general.

Friday, January 22, 2021

OVERVIEW

In October 2020, The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) published a new Asphalt Mix Industry Standard (AMIS), a technical standard  under O. Reg. 419/05 (Air Pollution – Local Air Quality).

In 2013, the OAPC asked the MECP to develop an industry standard for benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) as an alternative compliance option for asphalt plants under O. Reg. 419/05.  The OAPC, along with ORBA, have spent countless hours in stakeholder consultation with the MECP, advocating on behalf of industry, and the publication of the AMIS is the final milestone in that process. Asphalt plants now have an alternative means of complying with air emissions standards in Ontario if they choose.

This webinar will provide an overview of AMIS including: a) how industry standards work; b) how a facility should decide if they can/should register; and c) a  high-level summary of requirements.

Please click here to download a pdf of the presentation.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This webinar should be attended by those responsible for environmental requirements for asphalt plants.

SPEAKERS

• Christina Wright, M.Env.Sc., EP, Senior Environmental Scientist, BCX Environmental Consulting

Thursday, April 8, 2021

OVERVIEW

With COVID-19 vaccination within reach for most Canadians, many employers want to know if they can require employees and, in some cases, customers to be vaccinated once vaccines are readily available. Employers are also uncertain about the information they can collect about vaccination and whether widespread vaccination in the workplace means fewer health and safety protocols such as distancing, masking, disinfecting, etc.

Join us for an interactive webinar that will address these, and other, COVID-related workplace issues.

SPEAKERS

• Keith Burkhardt, Sherrard Kuzz LLP