CÔTE-DE-BEAUPRÉ WIND FARM

The final phase, capping off the construction of the largest wind farm site in Canada, the Côte-de-Beaupré wind farm is a joint initiative of the Côte-de-Beaupré regional county municipality (MRC) and Boralex, a renewable energy producer.

This is not Béton Provincial’s first foray into the world of wind power. To become an important player in this industry, there are very high quality standards to contend with, and in the concrete industry, requiring a material that is particularly resistant to freeze-thaw cycles.

The essential condition for this strength is entrained air: by creating a network of air bubbles in the concrete used to pour the wind turbine bases, we can make sure that the bases will withstand the rigorous Quebec winters, for their entire useful life. For the Côte-de-Beaupré wind farm, this meant using 4,000 m3 of 30 MPa concrete, with 5 to 8% air.

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MUSKRAT FALLS HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT

Béton Provincial began working on the first phase of the Muskrat Falls project in 2013, when a contract was granted by IKC-ONE, a consortium of excavation contractors. IKC-ONE was charged with excavating the site, before constructing the powerhouse, spillway, switchyard and converter station. We set up a concrete plant on site and produced approximately 40,000 m3 of roller-compacted concrete, standard concrete and around 300,000 tons of aggregates. In 2014, Astaldi Canada Inc., the civil engineering contractor responsible for building the project’s main structures, also placed its trust in Béton Provincial. The contract from Astaldi Canada requires that over 500,000 m3 of concrete be produced between 2014 and 2018.

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