Miller Group (construction company)

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Miller Group Markham Office

The Miller Group is a diverse transportation construction company based in Markham, Ontario, Canada where its Corporate Head Office is located. Its U.S. headquarters is located in Morrow, Georgia.

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Miller was founded as AE Jupp Construction Company in Toronto, Ontario in 1917 by Albert Ernest Jupp (1883-1945), a former City of Toronto government civil engineer [1] Jupp previously worked for Routly and Summers and formed his company on the dissolution of his former employer. [2]

Miller has diversified into other areas:

After Jupp's death the company assets were acquired by Don Miller, whom worked for Jupp, [2] to become Miller Paving Limited in 1946. [3] [4] and then acquired by Leo McArthur in 1953. [5] On February 28, 2018, Colas Canada completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares of the Miller McAsphalt Group.

Units

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Miller Waste Systems garbage collection truck
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Miller Waste Systems

Miller Transit

Miller Transit was established in 1984 when it operated buses on behalf of Markham Transit and is now one of the operators of 135 buses for York Region Transit. [6] The transit operator has a staff of 286 operators. [7] Miller Transit operates York Region Transit Division 1 routes in Markham and Stouffville. Buses and service fleet are based at 8050 Woodbine Avenue. The Miller Yard is an outdoor facility and home to 135 buses stored on Miller Avenue or Burncrest Road. The Miller Yard located on Woodbine Avenue was shut down February 4th, 2024 when Miller Transit began operating out of 55 Orlando Avenue, Richmond Hill, York Region Transit facility. There are currently 277 buses operated out of the facility, with Miller Transit running the operating side and TOK Transit running the maintenance side. All buses are parked inside, free of the elements.

Fleet

General

Sanitation

Solid waste management

  • Freightliner M2106 / Fanotech rear loading garbage trucks
  • Freightliner FL112 / EZ Pack rear loader garbage trucks
  • International Workstar / Labrie Top Select side loading garbage trucks
  • International Workstar / Labrie Expert 2000 side loading garbage trucks
  • International Durastar / Walinga side loading garbage trucks
  • Sterling / Universal Handling Equipment rear loading garbage trucks
  • Mack MR / McNeilus front end loading garbage trucks
  • Mack MR / Universal Handling Equipment front end loading garbage trucks

Snow removal

  • Salt spreaders
  • Articulated bucket loaders
  • Road graders
  • Tow Plows
  • Deicing machines

References

  1. ↑ "Albert Ernest Jupp" (PDF). Association of Ontario Land Surveyors. p. 125. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 27, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Pecar, Steve (September 2017). "After 100 years, Miller is just getting started" (PDF). AsphalTopics. p. 26-28. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  3. ↑ Bradford, Robert (2015-05-09). Keeping Ontario Moving: The History of Roads and Road Building in Ontario. Dundurn. ISBN   9781459724112.
  4. ↑ "Corporate Profile".
  5. ↑ "Leo McArthur, Miller Group CEO, mourned by community leaders, family". 15 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Transit". Archived from the original on 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  7. ↑ "Transit". Archived from the original on 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
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