Miller Group (construction company)

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.

Miller Group Markham Office

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:

  • Waste, Recycling & Compost Services
  • General Contractor and Construction Services
  • Construction Materials Supplier - aggregate, asphalt, concrete, cement, minerals, redi-rock
  • pavement products
  • public transit contractor
  • Road and Highway Maintenance - GTA contractor to Ontario Ministry of Transportation for 400-series highways
  • Golf and Recreation

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
Miller Waste Systems garbage collection truck
Miller Waste Systems
  • Brennan Paving & Construction Limited
  • Miller Transit Limited
  • Miller Paving Limited
  • Huron Construction Co. Limited
  • Smith Construction
  • Miller Waste Systems
  • Miller Composting Corporation
  • PBS Waste Systems
  • Bloomington Downs Golf Club
  • Industrial Cold Milling Limited
  • Miller Cement Limited
  • Mill-AM Corporation
  • Miller Environmental Corporation
  • Miller Maintenance Limited
  • Miller Minerals
  • Miller Northwest Limited
  • Miller Paving Northern
  • Norway Asphalt Limited
  • Pebblestone Multiservices Incorporated
  • Smith's Construction Company
  • Talon Sebeq Incorporated
  • Vicdom Sand and Gravel Limited
  • MSO Construction Limited
  • McAsphalt Industries Ltd
  • MacDonald Paving and Construction Limited
  • Cumberland Paving Ltd
  • The Murray Group Limited
  • Pave-Al Ltd.

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.

Fleet

General
  • GMC C-series flat bed truck
  • International Truck salt trucks
  • International Truck garbage trucks
  • International Truck snowplows
  • Mack Trucks garbage trucks

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. 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. ISBN 9781459724112.
  4. "Corporate Profile".
  5. "Leo McArthur, Miller Group CEO, mourned by community leaders, family".
  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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