Lafarge Canada and nidus3D have joined forces for one of Canada’s largest 3D-printed housing projects, “Kakatoosoyiists” (Star Lodge), located an hour east of Calgary, Alta. This initiative aims to address housing challenges faced by the Siksika Nation, particularly those escaping domestic violence or homelessness.
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Co-authored by ZGF Architects (ZGF), Fast+Epp, EllisDon, and Lafarge, “Concrete: A Pragmatic Approach to Lowering Embodied Carbon,” is a free and publicly available technical guide that outlines strategies to reduce concrete’s impact in construction, which can be implemented with no or negligible added project cost.
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Sustainable construction materials company, Lafarge Canada (Lafarge), and power company, TransAlta Corporation (TransAlta), have entered an agreement to advance low-carbon concrete projects in Alberta, replacing cement as a concrete constituent with a waste product, fly ash.
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Fraser Valley Conservancy worked with cement manufacturer Lafarge to create an innovative concrete tunnel for amphibian protection. Since 2008, the Fraser Valley Conservancy has been working with local landowners in the Ryder Lake area of Chilliwack, B.C. to study migration patterns of local amphibians. There are six species in the area, including Western toads, Northern Red-legged frogs, Pacific Chorus frogs, Northwestern salamanders, long-toed salamanders, and rough-skinned newts.
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