The Monitoring Committee

The Heritage Project Monitoring Committee is Graymont’s favoured channel for establishing and maintaining a respectful and open dialogue with the community during the project’s development period.

The Committee’s Mandate

Ensure that the development work complies with current regulations, environmental requirements and industry best practices;
Make proposals that aim to improve work practices, reduce the project’s impacts and facilitate dialogue if and when issues are raised;
Relay information to the community to foster a good understanding of the project and a smooth development period.

Committee members are to be nominated for two-year terms, except during the initial selection process, when half of the members will be appointed for three-year terms.

Who Sits on the Monitoring Committee?

The committee consists of citizens neighbouring the work site as well as representatives from local organizations, municipalities and Graymont. Coordination is ensured by independent professionals who are responsible for facilitating meetings and providing secretarial support.

From left to right, the members of the Heritage Project’s Monitoring Committee : Marie-Pier Tougas, representative, City of Bedford ; Vincent Cloutier, Project Director – Graymont ; Mélanie Lachance, representative, Municipality of Stanbridge Station ; Kevin Craft, representative, Regroupement des gens d’affaires de Bedford & Région ; Julie Muzzi, citizen member (substitute) ; Guylaine Forget, citizen member (substitute) ; Gilles St-Jean, representative, County of Bedford ; Isabelle Bernard, citizen member ; Urbain Swennen, citizen member ; Claudia Houde, Director of the Bedford plant (Graymont) ; Sébastien Paris, citizen member ; Pierre Gervais, citizen member (substitute). Unavailable for the picture: Josée Pinault, HSE Coordinator, Bedford plant (Graymont) and Érik Simard, Heritage Project Coordinator, Bedford plant (Graymont).

Member Selection Process

The citizen members of the Monitoring Committee are chosen through self-determination according to the following criteria:

Proximity
Interest
Independance
Availability

Committee Scope and Activities

The Monitoring Committee will meet regularly to review the Heritage Project’s progress and any issues raised. Topics discussed could range from technical challenges to impact management, grievances and their handling, in addition to information requests from community members. Once approved, minutes of committee meetings are to be made available in the Documentation section.

Meeting with Bedford's residents
July 6, 2019

The Monitoring Committee of the Heritage Project was part of Bedford’s summer festival, held on Saturday, July 6, 2019. Members had the opportunity to discuss the ongoing construction with the visitors, as well as the work done by the committee. Visitors were thrilled to “walk” in the future park, thanks to an Augmented Reality (AR) animation. The festive event was an opportunity for many to get to know the citizens and Graymont staff involved in the Monitoring Committee.

July 2019 marks the one-year anniversary of the start of the construction work.

Les visiteurs pouvaient faire une viste virtuelle aérienne du chantier