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Lafarge Aggregates Support the Greater Vancouver Zoo … and the Weight of Hippos !!

The Greater Vancouver Zoo’s mission is to inspire appreciation of various ecosystems and support conservation efforts by engaging communities throughout the Lower Mainland. In alignment with this mission, the GVA zoo sought out the help of Lafarge to aid in the restoration of their hippo enclosure after years of erosion and degradation from their 4000-pound […]

LafargeHolcim Proud to Support the Abbotsford 2016 BC Summer Games

The BC Summer Games are British Columbia’s biennial celebration of sport and community.  Since 1978, the BC Games have taken place in 38 communities and involved over 350,000 participants and volunteers and thousands more as spectators and supporters. The purpose of the BC Games is “To provide an opportunity for the development of athletes, coaches, […]

Official launch of Aggneo™

On May 11, 2016, Lafarge marked the official launch of Aggneo™— a new range of high standard recycled aggregates in the Vancouver market. Aggneo is an end-of-life processing technique that takes concrete and asphalt rubble generated by local construction activities and provides the industry with a high quality, reliable alternative to virgin aggregates. Available at […]

Lafarge Volunteers Lights The House – Canuck Place Children’s Hospice

On December 2nd and 4th our Lafarge volunteers helped out at the Vancouver and Abbotsford Canuck Place Children’s Hospice’s, “Light the House” events. “We had a great team that helped with event set up, tear down and assisted with all aspects of this annual Christmas event for families” – Kim Keevil, Development Coordinator Community and […]

Coastal Painted Turtle Project Rebuilds Burnaby Lake Nesting Beach

Lafarge partners with Project team, GVRD, and Burnaby Lake Park Association Coquitlam, BC – Lafarge Canada Inc. is proud to be working to protect coastal populations of western painted turtles which are listed as endangered federally and red-listed provincially. They are the only remaining native freshwater turtle in British Columbia. This week Lafarge volunteers worked […]