What's New

 

May 2023

• New Contract Preparation System (CPS) Information Update Memo for May 25, 2023 has been added and associated documents have been updated.

• Legal Survey Manual, Volume 3, Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) Road Closings has been updated.

• New Standard Form PH-CC-886, Cross Slope Acceptance has been added.

• New Cost Estimating Guide for Designers has been added.

• New Contract Management System (CMS) Submittals App How To guide has been added.

• New Contract Management System (CMS) User Guide for Non-Conformance Report has been added.

• New Contract Management System (CMS) Weekly Information Updates for May 1, 8, 15, and 29, 2023 have been added.

• New Ontario Provincial Standards (OPS) Information, Membership, and Committees page has been added to feature information housed on the www.opss.ca website which is no longer being maintained and will eventually be taken offline.

• The French home page has been updated.

 

April 2023

• Ontario Provincial Standards (OPS) publishing for April 30, 2023 has been completed and associated documents have been updated.

• Ontario Provincial Standards (OPS) User Guide has been updated.

• New Contract Preparation System (CPS) Information Update Memo for April 27, 2023 has been added and associated documents have been updated.

• New Contract Management System (CMS) Weekly Information Updates for April 4, 10, 17, and 24, 2023 have been added.

• New Standard Forms PH-CC 260-HIR, 868-EDGE, 868-HIR, and 868-REGR have been added.

• Standard Forms PH-CC 245, 248, 260, 835, 836, 866, 868-D, 869, 870, 874, and 885 have been updated. 

• List of Approved Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) Testing Service Providers has been updated.

• List of Qualified Laboratories for Testing of Tensile and Bond Strength by Pull-Off has been updated.

• Concrete Aggregate Sources Lists (CASLs) for Structural and for Concrete Base/Pavement Coarse Aggregate have been updated.

• Legal Survey Manual, Volume 3, OMB Road Closings has been updated and the title has been revised to OLT Road Closings.

• Prequalified Engineering Service Providers (ESPs) has been updated.

• New Contract Management System (CMS) WBCMS to CMS Data Migration Cheat Sheet has been added.

• Designated Sources for Materials (DSM) Manual Revision No. 124 has been issued and associated documents have been updated.

 

March 2023

• New Contract Management System (CMS) User Guide - Diary has been added.

• Construction Administration and Inspection Specifications (CAIS) Manual Revision No. 3 has been issued and associated documents have been updated.

• New Contract Management System (CMS) Weekly Information Update for March 27, 2023 has been added.

• New MTO Railway Guidelines has been added.

• Contract Management System (CMS) External User Quick Start Guide has been updated.

• New Construction Administration and Inspection Specifications (CAIS) Training Video and Speaking Notes for Pre-Fabrication Precast Concrete Elements Meetings have been added.

• List of Approved High-Speed Inertial Profilers and Qualified Operators for Smoothness Measurements of Concrete Pavements According to LS-296 has been updated.

• List of Qualified Labs for LS-620 Testing of Accelerated Detection of Potentially Deleterious Alkali-Silica Reactive Aggregate by Expansion of Mortar Bars has been updated.

• List of Qualified Labs for Testing of Compressive Strength of Concrete has been updated.

• List of Qualified Labs for Testing of Concrete Linear Shrinkage has been updated.

• List of Qualified Labs for Testing of Rapid Chloride Permeability has been updated.

• The home page has been updated, and a "What's New" page has been added.

 

February 2023

• Standard form PH-CC-181, Site Selection Notification for Temporary Stockpiling Excess Materials Managed Through Re-Use has been updated.

• Standard form PH-CC-182, Site Selection Notification for Excess Material Managed as Disposable Fill and Excess Soil has been updated.

• Standard form PH-CC-183, Property Owner’s Release has been updated.

• Standard form PH-CC-185, Excess Soil Quantity and Quality Report for Excess Soil Managed by Stockpiling, Re-Use, and as Disposable Fill has been updated.

• Construction Administration and Inspection Specifications (CAIS) Manual Revision No. 2 has been issued and associated documents have been updated.

• Standard form PH-CC-840, Regional Construction Road Report has been updated.

• New Contract Management System (CMS) User Guides have been added.

• New Contract Management System (CMS) Training documents have been added.

• Construction Administration and Inspection Specifications (CAIS) Manual Revision No. 1 has been issued and associated documents have been updated.

• Traffic Volume Data has been updated.

• Designated Sources for Materials (DSM) Custodial Offices Contact List has been updated.

• Designated Sources for Materials (DSM) Manual Revision No. 123 has been issued and associated documents have been updated.

 

January 2023

• New Contract Preparation System (CPS) Information Update memo for January 30, 2023 has been added for changes to Major Capital Tender Document templates in CPS.

• New Contract Preparation System (CPS) Information Update Memo for January 19, 2023 has been added and associated documents have been updated.

• Prequalified Engineering Service Providers (ESPs) document has been revised.

• Information documents about the implementation of MTO's new Contract Management System (CMS) have been added.

• The Project Management Best Practices (PMBP) website has been decommissioned and all documents are now available on this website.