PRECAST
Euclid Canada Inc. provides environmentally responsible concrete
related products and services including viscosity modifiers
Canadian Design and Construction Report special feature
The Euclid Chemical Company has been a supplier to
the concrete and masonry industries for more than a cen-
tury. Euclid Canada Inc., a division of The Euclid Chemical
Company, provides the company’s full range of specialty
concrete related products and services to the Canadian
QUALITY CONCRETE PRODUCTS
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SOLUTIONS. T hrough innov ative and sustainable technologies , The Euclid
Chemical Company has served as a leading supplier to the
global concrete and masonry mark et. Our product offerings:
Chemical Admixtur es
Fiber s
W ater pr oofing
Decor ative Concr ete
Integr al Color
J oint Filler s & Sealants
Gr outs
Repair & Restor ation
Mining & T unneling
Euclid Canada t T Toronto,
or onto, Ontario
www www.euclidchemical.com
.euclidchemical.com 1-877-210-4442
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marketplace, and continues to adapt its offerings and serv-
ices to meet industry demands.
National business development manager Brian Salazar
says the company works with its clients to provide a wide
range of products and services to meet changing technolo-
gies and increasing demands of the diverse industry.
“Self-consolidating concrete is a growing demand in
many markets,” he says. “We use viscosity modifiers like
Visctrol and Plastol 6400 to make concrete flowable and
cohesive to allow it to flow into small or heavily reinforced
areas to meet the demands of challenging projects.”
He notes this is just one of the workability characteristics
users have demanded. Euclid also works with customers
to create concrete products that will set up and flow faster.
Euclid has met another growing industry demand with
its unique form liners, Salazar says. These decorative con-
crete forms can mimic stone or brick work and use
patented keystone features to break up form lines for a
more natural look. They can be used on everything from
bridge work to walls.
“We have other unique products including shrinkage re-
ducing admixtures and shrinkage compensating admix-
tures that reduce cracking, particularly in flatwork.”
He says the company is also working to respond to an-
other industry demand – the need for Environmental Prod-
uct Declarations (EPDs). “EPDs and HPDs (Health Product
Declarations) for our admixtures will be another growing
demand as the requirement for sustainability in projects
grows. We already have a good sustainability program in
place, including waste and water, and are committed to
meeting this new demand.”
Euclid is a member of several industry associations in-
cluding the Canadian Precast Prestressed Concrete Asso-
ciation (CPCI), the National Ready Mixed Concrete
Association (NRMCA), The American Concrete Institute
(ACI) and the National Precast Concrete Association
(NPCA). For more information, visit www.euclidchemical.com.
Armtec leads in drainage and precast concrete solutions for
infrastructure and building construction markets
Canadian Design and Construction Report special feature
Founded in 1908 as Canada Ingot Iron, Armtec has a long
history of supplying products to the Canadian construction
market. Today, through 40 locations across the country,
Armtec has become one of Canada’s largest suppliers of
drainage and precast concrete solutions for infrastructure,
building construction, natural resource and agricultural seg-
ments. Matt Balfe, precast concrete national sales and market-
ing director, says the company started with a drainage
focus founded as Canada Ingot Iron and then changed its
name to Armco Drainage & Metal Products in 1931. “There
were a series of name and organizational changes after
that, including the change to Armco Drainage & Metal Prod-
ucts to Armtec in the late 90s, but the company remained
in steel and plastic with drainage as its core business.”
In 2004, Armtec became a publicly traded company
through an IPO (initial public offering) and by 2007 the com-
pany began making what would be a total of nine acquisi-
tions of precast concrete businesses stretching from B.C.
to Quebec. “Precast is complimentary to drainage in many
ways. Each of the companies we acquired and brought
under the Armtec umbrella had different core strengths and
different scopes of work and experience.”
In 2015 the company returned to being a private com-
pany, now owned by Brookfield Asset Management.
Balfe says the marriage of the companies Armtec ac-
quired included the retention of key client facing staff, many
of who today still remain from the legacy companies.
“We’re still growing, investing in equipment and talent, but
many of those key people remain, or have just recently re-
tired.” Today the company offers precast solutions in three
main segments: Infrastructure (including bridges, light rail
transit and marine structures); building construction (includ-
ing landscape products, electrical vaults, parking garages,
hollowcore and wall panels) and natural resources and en-
ergy (including trenches, utilidors and custom solutions).
“We have worked on projects ranging from parking
structures to long-term care facilities to providing custom
solutions for the natural resources and energy sectors. We
work with owners, engineers, architects and contractors to
ensure their project’s needs are met.”
Some of those needs include building code require-
ments. Balfe says precast lends itself well to the National
Energy Code of Canada for Buildings for its resilience, sus-
tainability and its inherent thermal properties. “We also
work closely with our external vendors to ensure we are
able to supply non-conductive ties and connectors to fur-
ther improve the thermal properties of our building enve-
lope solutions.”
Precast is also durable and adaptable, meeting other
specific needs, and the growing requirements for sustain-
ability. Armtec is a member of the Precast/Prestressed Con-
crete Institute (PCI), the Canadian Precast/ Prestressed
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