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# BCSSGA

Keeping BC Going & Growing

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://gravelbc.ca/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website.

## Pages

- [HOME](https://gravelbc.ca/) - BCSSGA is committed to affordable, sustainable development of BC’s aggregate resources. Providing information to the public, ongoing input to the province, and maintaining government regulations while fostering positive constructive communications with aggregate industry members and mining related associations across Canada.
- [EVENTS](https://gravelbc.ca/events/) - BC Stone,Sand and Gravel Awards nights, golf tournaments and information sessions are just to name a few that BSSSGA hosts.
- [SCREENINGS](https://gravelbc.ca/screenings/) - Our newsletter is published quarterly. Articles that appear in the newsletter could make a difference in your company’s operations. It is also a valuable advertising tool to promote your company’s goods and services. Members provide articles of interest to the BCSSGA’s wide range of Members. We will also broadcast Email BCSSGA Board meeting minutes, and bulletins. Members have access to weekly industry news and events.
- [DEPUTY MINISTER'S AWARD](https://gravelbc.ca/deputy-ministers-award/) - In 2019 the BCSSGA was pleased to launch the Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Deputy Minister’s Community Service Award honouring the important contributions from the diverse range of people and companies that comprise BC’s aggregate industry. The Deputy Minister’s Community Service Award honours the outstanding contribution the aggregate industry provides to communities across the province, showing that the industry in our province that our companies do impactful work that helps people all across the region in multitudes of ways.
- [WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY AWARD](https://gravelbc.ca/safety-award-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” module_alignment=”left” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”auto” max_width=”none” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”25px|10px|15px|25px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”] Workplace Health & Safety Award 2025 To help ensure the workforce is protected and workers get home safely each day, all employees should actively play a role in upholding an organization’s workplace safety program.A workplace safety program consists of all the processes, protocols, and
- [AWARDS](https://gravelbc.ca/awards/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”none” custom_padding=”0px||0px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” min_height=”530.1px” custom_padding=”27px|40px||45px|false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] EMPR Deputy Minister’s Community Service Award Any aggregate industry member can tell you that aggregate producers in British Columbia play an immense role in our communities, going way beyond
- [JOIN US](https://gravelbc.ca/join-us/) - As a new member, this is your opportunity to help advance the Industry’s interests before the Provincial and Municipal Governments.
- [BOARD OF DIRECTORS](https://gravelbc.ca/156-2/) - BCSSA Association - A COMPLETE MEMBERS LIST That displays contact and industry information.
- [MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS](https://gravelbc.ca/membership-benefits/) - Government Representation, Networking Opportunities, Communications, Annual Awards and a Benefits Package.
- [Form Test](https://gravelbc.ca/form-test/)
- [VIDEO GALLERY](https://gravelbc.ca/video-gallery/) - A full gallery of photos from the golf tournament and the meetings.
- [CONTACT US](https://gravelbc.ca/contact/) - Contact The British Columbia Stone, sand and Gravel Association today for membership information, upcoming meetings, events and provincial industry updates.
- [Code Book Review 2023](https://gravelbc.ca/code-book-review-2023/) - The Health, Safety and Reclamation Code for Mines in British Columbia (Code) is the primary vehicle for regulating the province’s mining industry. It includes regulatory standards that address all stages of a mine’s life: from exploration through to mine development, operation, closure, and reclamation.
- [PAST EVENTS GALLERY](https://gravelbc.ca/gallery/) - A portfolio of images from past events. See companies in action.
- [CODE BOOK](https://gravelbc.ca/codebook/) - Health, Safety & Reclamation Code for Mines in British Columbia. A Subset Specific to BC Gravel Pis and Quarries.
- [AGM 2022 PHOTO GALLERY](https://gravelbc.ca/agm-2022-photo-gallery/) - A full gallery of photos from the golf tournament and the meetings.
- [ABOUT](https://gravelbc.ca/about/) - Formerly the Aggregate Producers Association of BC, the British Columbia Stone, Sand & Gravel Association was founded in 1988, and since that time it has been actively representing the aggregate industry, and Association members, at all levels of government and in the community.
- [AGGREGATE EXPLAINED](https://gravelbc.ca/aggregate/) - Aggregates refer to all types of quarry materials such as sand, gravel and rock. They are used to build and maintain our roads, construct bridges and buildings, provide solid bases for playing fields, water lines and sewer systems. It is the main component in both concrete and asphalt, which all modern heavy construction relies on as their key building ingredients.
- [ARTICLES](https://gravelbc.ca/articles/) - Several articles written to explain the Aggregate process.and applications
- [RECLAIMING EXTRACTION SITES](https://gravelbc.ca/reclaiming/) - Most people are unaware that aggregate extraction is a temporary operation. Each site has a fixed lifespan; part of the planning when a site is open and operating deals with the eventual closing and re-establishment of the site to it’s natural state, or to a different planned end use. Remediation, Reclamation, Restoration, Rehabilitation are necessary steps in the mining cycle
- [TRANSPORTATION](https://gravelbc.ca/transportation/) - Aggregate materials are used in Roads, bridges, railways, boat docks and terminals and airplane runways. BC Stone Sand and Gravel has been recently involved in Highway repairs after the BC floods. Still engaged in the Coquihalla project.
- [Work Health & Safety Award](https://gravelbc.ca/safety-award/)
- [SAFETY TOOL KIT](https://gravelbc.ca/safey-tool-kit/) - A glossary of downloadable Safety .pdf files for use on your job site.
- [TEACHING RESOURCES](https://gravelbc.ca/teaching-resources/) - The BC Stone, Sand, and Gravel Association We are proud to present our Grade 5 Education Modules to parents, teachers and students.
- [TRAINING & RESOURCES](https://gravelbc.ca/training/) - A key goal of the BC Stone Sand and Gravel Association is to promote safety and training within the industry. The manager of each mine is responsible for ensuring appropriate training for all staff and documenting that training. In this section, we provide pathways to general safety and training information.
- [TRUCK WEIGHTS](https://gravelbc.ca/truck-weights/) - Commercial Transport Regulations. Gravel Truck weight capacity.
- [SAFETY](https://gravelbc.ca/safety/) - The BC Stone, Sand, and Gravel Association is providing Training resources, a code book and a safety tool kit full of documents for downloading.
- [FUTURE OF AGG](https://gravelbc.ca/future/) - Aggregates are required during site preparation, construction or completion for the infrastructure that surrounds us in our communities. Aggregates are essential to our daily life from buildings, to less well known applications like water filtration systems. Currently, the aggregate industry is a major contributor to the provincial and regional economies.
- [ENVIRONMENTAL](https://gravelbc.ca/environmental/) - During an aggregate pit’s life span, the contour of the land changes drastically as the product is quarried and removed from the site. There are seams of rock, gravel or sand that determine the depth and breadth of the quarry location.
- [EMPLOYMENT IN BC](https://gravelbc.ca/employment-bc/) - Aggregate companies employ a skilled workforce that helps to drive the BC economy. The majority of operators and owners run their operations close to the communities they supply, drawing most of their employees from those communities.
- [EDUCATION](https://gravelbc.ca/education/) - Grade 5 Education Modules for parents,, teacher's and students. This resource is free to use and was made possible by generous donations from Summit Materials and the time and effort of countless members of the BCSSGA.
- [HISTORY OF AGG](https://gravelbc.ca/history-of-agg/) - Aggregates have been around since before humans walked the earth, formed in the fires of volcanoes and moulded by erosion, time, water and glaciers. The first type of concrete, a mixture of gypsum and lime, was used in ancient Egypt during the building of the pyramids as a mortar between the stones. It was in Roman times that concrete really became a construction material of choice.
- [ECONOMIC BENEFITS](https://gravelbc.ca/economic-benefits/) - Aggregate producers directly and indirectly employ many British Columbians, supporting jobs across the province. Producing, processing and shipping aggregate products from site to customer relies on a diverse range of workers across and beyond the industry.he BCSSGA is proud to have played a significant role in the rebuilding of the Sumas River Dike and major roads in BC in the wake of the devastating flooding last November. It was an unprecedented disaster and a stark reminder of the need for stone, sand and gravel.
- [Privacy Policy](https://gravelbc.ca/privacy-policy/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ hover_enabled=”0″ background_color=”#d6d6d6″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_text=”_hardhat-header” src=”https://gravelbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/hardhat-header.jpg” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ force_fullwidth=”on”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ background_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_padding=”|50px||50px|false|false”] Privacy Policy Last updated: October 1st, 2021 This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You
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## Layouts

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## Scope

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