Aggregate gravel- where it comes from and its many purposes

We all use sand and gravel on a daily basis for tasks and products you not be aware of.  A.L Blair Construction specializes in providing construction supplies such as aggregate gravel to various projects and contractors around the Eastern Ontario region. Sand and gravel are apart of virtually everything that we do from filtering the water that we drink, building the homes we live in, products we use inside of our homes, landscaping outside of our homes and so much more. Living in an urban or suburban community, people of all kinds require the use of aggregate gravel and stone quarries. 

Stone quarries play an important role in the production and process of aggregate gravel. A.L Blair has various stone quarries where the aggregate gravel, sand and stone is extracted, managed, organized and then distributed. Without stone quarries there would not be such a plentiful amount of aggregate gravel to go around to many people who need it. A.L Blair Construction is a lead supplier in aggregate gravel in the Ottawa and Eastern Ontario region and is founded on customer and employee satisfaction.  A.L Blair Construction is located in the village of Moose Creek, Ontario but supplies aggregate gravel to the Ottawa including outskirts such as Prescott, Stormount, Glengarry and Dundas.

You may not realize just how important aggregate gravel is, until you examine it further in depth, since you don’t have extra time for that, it will be summarized for you here. Firstly, aggregate gravel and sand is used in urban dwellings such as condominiums or high-rise buildings. Let’s start off with what aggregate gravel is used for on the exterior such as the structure and roofing. For the building structure aggregate gravel is used to make concrete and brick and also the following: building foundation, mortar, columns, underground parking lots, concrete roof, and balconies. Sand and gravel are also used in the primary stages of building the structure for the building bedding which consists of a compacted gravel bed below the building including bedding and fill for water, sewer and storm drain pipes.  In an urban setting, aggregate gravel is also used for subways, and Streetcar systems. It is used to create the under ground tunnels for subways and the gravel around the tracks.

In a suburban setting aggregate gravel is used for some of the same objects as listed above, but there are also more uses for aggregate gravel in order to make concrete in this setting. In a suburban location that is built –up but tucked away from the city, sand and gravel are used for your very own playgrounds and baseball diamonds. The gravel and sand used in playgrounds comes from somewhere, it did not magically appear there. For skate parks and bike trails aggregate gravel is also used and is extremely useful because it would be difficult to find a replacement. Some things that you may not have thought that aggregate gravel is used for is for consumer products that are found inside homes such as sand is used in fiberglass insulation, ceramic tiles, glassware, corning ware, toothpaste and even cosmetics, paint and cleaning agents, who knew!

Check out A.L Blair Construction’s next article to find out the many ways in which aggregate gravel and stone quarries contribute to the lives of those in rural communities.