Durawhisper

Western Canada Asphalt Laboratories

As one of Western Canada's largest roadbuilders, Lafarge Canada operates two full-scope asphalt laboratories in BC and AB. To the east of the Regional laboratory building, an asphalt producing plant. The facilities conduct the testing on asphalt samples and binder ingredients collected from various sites, as well as design labs, where we formulate asphalt mix designs for use in our asphalt plants. Lafarge Canada's quality control teams are recognized across our industry as experts, and have contributed to the development of North American specifications and accreditations currently in use across Canada.

Our facilities are highly specialized and process full-scope testing on Asphalt Pavement Thickness, Viscosity Testing, Hot Mix Asphalt Testing, Performance Grade Evaluation, Asphalt Binder Testing and AASHTO Testing.

Lafarge est engagé à être le plus important concepteur et fournisseur de produits bitumineux innovants conçus pour optimiser la qualité, les performances, la résistance et la durabilité en Amérique du Nord.

Durawhisper^MD est un enrobé chaud contenant du caoutchouc granulé ce qui permet de modifier le liant bitumineux pour obtenir un produit mince conçu spécialement pour la réduction du bruit.

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