{"id":9756,"date":"2021-05-13T14:59:27","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T18:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.groupesomavrac.com\/municipality-of-st-valerien\/"},"modified":"2021-05-13T15:05:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T19:05:28","slug":"municipality-of-st-valerien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groupesomavrac.com\/en\/municipality-of-st-valerien\/","title":{"rendered":"Municipality of St-Val\u00e9rien"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9756\" class=\"elementor elementor-9756 elementor-9352\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74ce6c64 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"74ce6c64\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61687ef0\" data-id=\"61687ef0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49eec6d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49eec6d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Municipality: St-Val\u00e9rien (Rimouski County)<\/p><p>Project: determine the optimum mix of de-icing products, given the spreading surface (number of kilometers) and the benefits of available products (road salt, calcium chloride, abrasives, etc.)<\/p><p>Project specifications: optimum performance and road safety<\/p><p>Timeframe: 2011 to 2018<\/p><h2>Main customer challenges<\/h2><ul><li>Improve the general condition of gravel roads (potholes and frost boil from freezing)<\/li><li>Reduce the amount of abrasives spread<\/li><li>Abrasive piles are frozen and hard to handle during snow removal operations<\/li><\/ul><h2>Solutions recommended<\/h2><ul><li>Mix of salt and gravel, ideal for asphalt roads (no gravel): cover large surfaces in harsher weather conditions (Rimouski-Neigette) for safe roads (excellent for traction)<\/li><li>Reduced amounts of abrasive, since it sticks to ice<\/li><\/ul><h2>Results and customer impact<\/h2><ul><li>Significant improvement of road quality<\/li><li>Fewer snow removal operations and less abrasive loss from bouncing through better ground adhesion of the Somavrac C.C. mix<\/li><li>Uniform, malleable piles at lower temperatures<\/li><li>Non-abrasive for the municipality\u2019s salt spreader tank<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Municipality: St-Val\u00e9rien (Rimouski County) Project: determine the optimum mix of de-icing products, given the spreading surface (number of kilometers) and the benefits of available products (road salt, calcium chloride, abrasives, etc.) Project specifications: optimum performance and road safety Timeframe: 2011 to 2018 Main customer challenges Improve the general condition of gravel roads (potholes and frost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[178,180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case-of-realization","category-somavrac-c-c-case"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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