The long journey home: Our asphalt plant's two new silos have arrived!

After completing a challenging 3,200 km journey from Marquette, Iowa, our two new silos have finally arrived at our asphalt plant yard in Coquitlam. Since each measures a colossal 13' x 13' x 50', it takes granularly detailed planning to transport equipment of this size through one of the longest interstate systems in the world.

All Roads is getting one step closer to offering five different asphalt mixes at any given time.

Five silos means five different types of asphalt mixes will be available at any given time.

Now we are ready to enter the next phase of our asphalt plant expansion project and we can't wait to see these silos all standing tall, bringing their total number to five!

Five silos means five different types of asphalt mixes will be available at any given time. It also increases our storage capacity by 70% - equivalent to 400 tonnes.

"The greater benefit lies in improved efficiency because it allows our production rate to remain consistent while also providing a wider variety of mixes to better serve our range of customers. We are the first to have five silos in the area, and once fully operational, we can theoretically supply five different mixes at a time - spanning from superpave mix for cities and municipalities and driveway mix for our private customers," says Dennis Eby, All Roads Asphalt Plant Manager.

"We are a customer-focused operation, and ours will surely love us more for our additional new mix offerings. We're gonna be like big smorgasbord here", Eby adds with laughter.

We had to re-engineer the ground for our expansion plan. In about four weeks, these new silos will be standing, and then another two weeks after that, all electrical work will be done.

Once everything is in place, we’ll be ready to see how successful we can be in transforming our plant into a "smorgasbord of asphalt mixes."