Partnership and solutions

Accessibility, efficiency, environmental footprint, durability and aesthetics - architects face an increasing number of challenges which make their work more complicated. New, more complex construction projects call for multiple skills. Engineers, architects and specialists in materials are now required to work together at a very early stage in projects.

Lafarge builds real partnerships with architecture firms and engineering offices. The goal is to advise them on the advantages of different materials and furnish them with innovative ideas and solutions. They are also provided with a unique contact point within Lafarge to listen to their needs, understand their expectations and answer their technical questions at every stage in their projects.

The Group offers the world of architecture a catalogue of Efficient Building™ construction systems. These systems are elements of construction based on Lafarge materials, serving one or more objectives:

• a wall;
• a ceiling;
• a floor;
• a façade, etc.

 
The catalogue shows how each system fits into an overall construction project and contributes to its environmental, structural, thermal and economic performance, via a file setting out:

• the solution,
• impact and performance studies,
• its compatibility with standard construction methods,
• its cost.