Lafarge North America announced it is making investments in additional ready-mix concrete plants and trucks to support its customers in New Orleans.

Recognizing the potential for increased concrete demand in the New Orleans market, Lafarge is adding three fixed ready-mix plants to its operations and 25 supplemental trucks. In addition, the company has a large number of portable ready-mix plants ready for deployment to the New Orleans market.

“We will be ready to serve the local construction teams in their effort to rebuild these communities,” said Dominique Calabrese, president of Lafarge North America Aggregates, Concrete & Asphalt eastern division. “We know that our products will be an important component of the reconstruction, and we are rapidly securing the necessary materials and resources to provide reliable support to our customers and this region.”

The majority of Lafarge's ready-mix New Orleans plants are operating and supplying standard, as well as specialty, concretes such as Agilia and ArteviaColor, to meet market demand. In addition, two of its three Louisiana cement terminals are operational, and the company expects its New Orleans terminal to fully operational in the near term.