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To construct and maintain a highway network of this quality and scale, the ministry works extensively with industry stakeholders. Between 2012 and 2016, we issued more than 1,700 public contracts, ranging from repaving roadways to building new bridges and highways.

Over the past five years, the ministry constructed 58 new bridges and added more than 689 kilometres of new highway lanes across the province. This includes major projects and improvements to Highways 401, 410 and 427 in the GTA. This also includes a whole host of medium- and smaller-sized projects that are no less important and that are critical to the Ontario highway network that we have.

When it comes to procuring contracts for highway engineering, construction and maintenance, the ministry has a robust system of checks and balances in place to ensure that the process remains fair, open and competitive. To ensure the integrity of our transportation system, the ministry monitors market conditions and tracks historical prices for various components of major capital highway construction projects.

To ensure that the ministry only considers bids from contractors capable of completing the work, the ministry has a prequalification process for all major construction contracts. This is typical for contracts of $1 million or more. For smaller contracts typically less than $1 million, contractors may prequalify or provide a bond or a letter of credit demonstrating financial security.

Whenever we have a concern with the work performed, we respond quickly to ensure that the roads in the province are safe and of high quality. An important part of this oversight is the use of contract administrators to ensure that projects are constructed according to contract requirements and all applicable codes, standards, specifications and directives. When taken together, these steps contribute to ensuring that all drivers enjoy a safe and reliable journey.

I would now like to outline a few of the specific measures taken to strengthen the value of our work at the Ministry of Transportation. The Auditor General provided us with seven specific recommendations. These fall into four major categories or themes. The first one is asphalt quality and testing, with the second one is working with industry partners. The third one would be construction safety and inspections, and the fourth one would be contractor oversight.

In relation to the first category, asphalt quality and testing: Quality, long-lasting pavement is always in the best interests of everyone who travels on Ontario roads and bridges. Since 2009, the ministry has been conducting internal and external research and work with university experts to develop new tests for predicting and preventing premature asphalt cracking. As a result of this work, several tests have been incorporated into our system for testing asphalt cement quality.

Within these acceptable ranges for materials, the ministry follows industry standards of adjusting the price it pays to contractors. When contractors use high-quality materials, the ministry adjusts the price upwards. When a contractor uses lower-quality materials, the ministry adjusts the price downwards. Lower-quality materials outside the acceptable range are rejected outright. We will not be compromising on quality and safety for the purpose of money.

To help us further strengthen our system for testing asphalt quality and to guarantee that we only pay for the highest-quality materials and pavements, the Auditor General recommended that we do the following three things: change how we pay for asphalt materials through the end result specification system; use the extended aging, or extended bending beam rheometer test, in evaluating the durability of asphalt pavements; and review the controls and processes in place for the oversight and delivery of asphalt sample tests.

To ensure that the ERS system, which I referred to previously, is consistently applied, we have updated and delivered training for the staff who are administering that system. By the end of 2018, we will complete our in-depth review of the ERS system and continue to look for ways to further enhance our asphalt requirements in pavements and further improve pavement quality.

The ministry has also tightened up how we collect and deliver asphalt samples by assuming responsibility for the care, control and oversight of all contractor samples on a go-forward basis. The products being tested remain in our custody from the time they are selected until they are tested. This practice is now being applied to all new contracts and a number of existing contracts where previously the contractor was responsible.

Finally, we have established a dedicated phone line for reporting any suspected fraud or any other violations or inappropriate activities related to MTO construction contracts. It is available to everyone involved in the construction and oversight process of our highway projects. All information will be independently reviewed and referred to our corporate audit team and any other authorities as appropriate.

The second category of recommendations that I mentioned earlier was working with industry stakeholders. The success of the highway network depends on maintaining a good working relationship with the industry. The Auditor General would like us to ensure that these relationships are taking place with the best interests of Ontarians in mind. We fully agree and are continuing to develop and enforce our policies that reflect best practices. To make sure that all dialogue and consultation with stakeholders remains open and transparent, we are establishing an expert panel to provide independent advice regarding administrative best practices and contract revisions.

When disagreements do arise occasionally between the ministry and its contractors, we have a clearly defined and objective dispute resolution process currently in place. We will monitor and review this process to identify opportunities for further improvements. This will help us ensure that differences of opinion continue to be resolved as swiftly and as fairly as possible.

In her report, the Auditor General asked us to evaluate industry best practices on the collection of liquidated damages. These are included in all our contracts to help ensure that projects are delivered on time. The contract defines the amount of money that the ministry will collect in the unfortunate event that a project is delivered late. It is based on the estimated cost of administering the contract.

The overall success of our system for overseeing the safety of our infrastructure is demonstrated every day as our highways successfully meet the travelling needs of millions of Ontarians and thousands of businesses to reach their destinations in a timely fashion. We are considered a leader in road safety in no small part because we will not sacrifice safety and quality. At the same time, we recognize that there is always room to improve how we do things, especially when it comes to ensuring the safety of our staff, contractors and the travelling public.

With regard to how we deal with poorly performing contractors, we are reviewing our current qualification process and considering instituting new safeguards and sanctions. This will include changes to our current contractor performance rating system to ensure contractors have the financial capacity to meet our high standards for safety and quality when constructing projects.

The other thing that blew me away was the bonusing. You let out a contract on a regular basis. There are specifications. The job is completed to those specs and you still give bonuses on top of the job. If I hire a painter to paint my house and he does it on time and on budget, then why do I give him a bonus?

Then, as well, prior to submitting a bid on any particular contract, in the weeks leading up to that contract, the contractor again has to submit what we call a tender registration form, again updating all their financial information and their work on hand to make sure they still have remaining capacity to do the work. We also review it on a project-by-project basis prior to each tender. It is a very robust qualification system, both from a financial and a resource capability perspective.

Then we also have what we call the qualification committee. In that, we look at things that you mentioned: inappropriate behaviour, or potentially supplying inappropriate financial information. Contractors in that process can be subject to what we call bid sanctions, which restrict the amount of bids, which basically reduces their bid rating. Those sanctions have been placed on contractors for inappropriate activity.

One thing that stood out for me, I guess, or one of the many things that stood out for me was the collaboration between you and the industry partners. I understand you have to have that; no doubt about it. But it seems to me, from my first read of this, that they have a great deal of influence on ministry decisions.

Going back to the late 1990s, we have a series of different grades of asphalt cement that we use, where we set a low temperature and a high temperature. Depending on where you are in Ontario, we use different grades of asphalt cement. But starting in 2000, and going back to 2004, we started recognizing that we were having these issues of relatively new pavements that were cracking, as the Auditor General termed it, prematurely.

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