Miller Group (construction company)

Miller Group Markham Office

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 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.

  1. ^ "Albert Ernest Jupp" (PDF). Association of Ontario Land Surveyors. p. 125. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 27, 2016.
  2. ^ a b 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. Dundurn. ISBN 9781459724112.
  4. ^ "Corporate Profile".
  5. ^ "Leo McArthur, Miller Group CEO, mourned by community leaders, family". 15 January 2016.