Lafarge: Photos & videos

Hydromedia: faster draining through concrete

Thu, 12 May 2011 14:51:10 GMT

Lafarge's newest pervious concrete system, Hydromedia, offers an excellent flow rate and allows storm rainwater discharge to make its way back to the natural aquifers. Easy to place, Hydromedia is particularly adapted to large surfaces such as, drives, highways and parking spaces.

Nine challenges for 2011 analysed by Executive Committee

Thu, 12 May 2011 14:28:41 GMT

Staying the best, harnessing the recovery, providing solutions, controlling costs, reducing debt, growing with emerging markets, reaching 0 accidents and promoting diversity, protecting resources, developing research, these are the challenges the members of the Group's Executive Committee want to take up in 2011.

Lafarge and WWF: quarry rehabilitation in Romania

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:11:27 GMT

Within the frame of Lafarge and WWF's partnership in Romania, the local Business Unit is rehabilitating its Matasaru quarry, a sand and gravel extraction site, a part of which is a Natura 2000 protected area. This operation enabled the creation of a dedicated zone to preserve biodiversity.

Lafarge and WWF: ecosystem review and valuation in the USA

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:09:26 GMT

Within the frame of Lafarge and WWF's partnership in the USA, the local Business Unit has initiated an ecosystem analysis and evaluation in the Presque Isle aggregates quarry. It aims to study different analysis models with regard to their effectiveness in the management of biodiversity.

Cement manufacturing process

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:49:16 GMT

Find out more about cement manufacturing in video. From the extraction of raw materials to the firing and the shipment, Lafarge explains this complex manufacturing process step by step.

Lafarge and WWF’s partnership

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:41:34 GMT

Lafarge and WWF have pursued the same objective for 10 years: to construct a sustainable world. This global partnership covers 5 key action areas: climate change, persistent pollutants, water usage, biodiversity and sustainable construction. Watch a video about its principles and operating methods.

Maruti: people development

Fri, 21 May 2010 13:49:28 GMT

People development and evolution inside the Group is one of Lafarge's operational priorities. That is why the Group considers training as a long term investment. Maruti, in India, explains the importance of growing markets and how employees can become fully involved in the Group's successes.

Isabelle: innovation at the heart of the strategy

Fri, 21 May 2010 13:28:42 GMT

Lafarge places innovation at the heart of its strategy. To respond to sustainable construction challenges, the Group relies on developing new technical solutions both aesthetic and environmentally friendly. Isabelle, a researcher in France, tells her story.

John: costs reduction and cash generation

Fri, 21 May 2010 09:53:37 GMT

Reducing costs and generating more cash is one of Lafarge's operational priorities, including for plants. Using alternative fuels, which are more environmentally friendly than traditional fuels, is also a challenge for cement plants. John, in the United States, discusses his experience.

Saïd: safety - the Group’s top priority

Wed, 19 May 2010 15:22:27 GMT

Safety is Lafarge's number 1 priority, whose aim is to reach a number of 0 accidents in a maximum of its plants and sites. Saïd, in Morocco, describes these ongoing challenges of maintaining safety and involving all employees.

Patrice: innovative products to build the future

Wed, 19 May 2010 14:08:29 GMT

Lafarge's innovative products such as Thermedia®, Agilia®, Chronolia®, Extensia® add real value to the Group. They enable it to be a step ahead and to distinguish itself from competitors. Read Patrice's testimony, an employee in France, who takes part in developing new products adapted to tomorrow's construction methods.

Buildings using Lafarge’s materials in China

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:37:02 GMT

Lafarge's participation in the Shanghai World Expo 2010, as partner of the French Pavilion and key supplier of building materials, enables the Group to showcase the use of its materials in China. Here's an overview of the most ingenious architectural achievements.

Concrete, material of the future

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:05:13 GMT

Lafarge, by addressing architectural, technical and social challenges, is placing concrete at the heart of the future.
Thanks to innovations developed by the Group to optimize its durability, its energy costs, its attractiveness and its solidity, concrete is continuing to gain recognition as a benchmark in the construction of homes and finding a new lease of life.

Pushing back the boundaries in concrete construction

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:25:11 GMT

09/15/2009

Collaboration between researchers, engineers, architects and Lafarge are constantly pushing back the structural and aesthetic limitations of new concretes. Collaboration, complementarity, open-mindedness... Find out about the special links between these various players and how these complex achievements give rise to materials which are creating the buildings and structures of tomorrow.

Sensual and aesthetic concrete

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:12:15 GMT

Contemporary concrete has come on a long way from the poor reputation it had in the past as a soulless gray block. The developments produced by the Lafarge research center are now enabling concrete to enjoy new purely artistic and esthetic uses, as a result of new advances in terms of color, shades, textures, etc. Discover architectural creations which really show off concrete's new estheticism!

Today’s concrete is being precast on major construction site

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:38:08 GMT

08/18/2009

As a way of remaining innovative while addressing the challenges of sustainable construction, Lafarge's architects and engineers have chosen prefabrication in concrete. This technique involves molding and preparing sections of concrete in the workshop or close to construction sites.
By further developing techniques and materials, architects are able to imagine works which are increasingly spectacular as well as environmentally-friendly and, above all, very pleasant to live in.

Controlling concrete setting: not so far away

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:51:58 GMT

08/04/2009

This video concentrates on one of the key focuses of Lafarge's research: the setting of concrete. The moment when concrete hardens and becomes more mechanically resistant has always been one of this material's major challenges. Researchers at the Lafarge research center have worked on a molecular scale to obtain almost total control over this setting. The Chronolia® range of concretes demonstrates the possibility of extending or accelerating the process.

Strength and durability of concrete

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:37:55 GMT

Thanks to progress in research, these new concretes are up to 5 times more resistant than materials used in the 1980s. Concrete's strength and durability are at the center of Lafarge's innovations and provide buildings with life cycles of up to several centuries.

Lafarge: corporate video

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:19:38 GMT

Bringing materials to life: Lafarge, the leader in building materials, is committed to supporting a constantly changing world. Find out about the Group's key values in images by watching its corporate video.

Lafarge and the environment

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:11:08 GMT

Regardless of the economic situation, Lafarge is committed to reducing is environmental footprint. Protecting biodiversity, reducing CO2 emissions, improving energy yield from its industrial machinery, etc. Learn about the Group's ambitious objectives through interviews with its local and international partners.