TARBA

Who We Are

Founded in 1957, the Toronto and Area Road Builders Association (TARBA) is a leading industry association.

Our members perform majority of new road construction and maintenance in the City of Toronto, municipalities in Halton, Peel, and York Regions, and Simcoe County.  

TARBA is the collective bargaining agent with LiUNA 183, IOUE Local 793, and Teamsters Local 230, negotiating and administering collective agreements on behalf of unionized contractors working in the above municipalities. Members perform work for municipalities, transit agencies, Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation, Metrolinx and other provincial agencies, and private developers. 

Recycled Crushed Aggregate

Asphalt and concrete are 100% recyclable and can be reused as valuable construction materials. Recycled Crushed Aggregate (RCA) is asphalt pavement and/or concrete reclaimed from old roads and structures.

The Ontario Provincial Standard Specifications (OPSS1010), jointly administered by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and the Municipal Engineers Association, sets the standards for road construction and materials use in the province.

RCA is graded during processing and produced to specifications that provide equivalence to primary aggregates. RCA is subject to rigorous quality control and best practice processes and is a sustainable product that offers some of the greatest environmental benefits at a low cost.

Municipalities should consider sustainability as part of the initial project design of their linear infrastructure projects and:

 Include RCA use as part of their tenders.

Mandate a minimum amount of RCA to be used.

Harmonize and standardize municipal specifications through the OPSS1010.MUNI.

Incentivize the use of RCA through provincial funding to municipalities.

Prohibit municipalities from specifying “primary-only” in their tenders.

Harmonize and standardize municipal specifications through the OPSS1010.MUNI.

Mandate minimum 20% RCA of the aggregates used at the municipal, regional, and provincial levels.