Laboratoire du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics (LBTP)

Cooperation proposal

The company operates in the civil engineering and energy sectors and is looking for commercial cooperation with partners:

• Developers and promoters of electrical, energy, construction, civil engineering, sewerage and drainage projects: Companies, architects, design offices, Ministries in charge of infrastructure.
• Sector of activity: Mining, hydrocarbons (gas & oil), roads, buildings, railways, bridges, ports, airports, electricity and energy (solar energy, hydroelectric dams, biomass, refineries, pipelines, etc.) in Côte d’Ivoire and throughout Africa.
• Role and responsibility expected of the cooperation partner: Soliciting LBTP for its services by providing it with the information and documentation required for technical and financial bids with a view to carrying out studies and tests on the project.
• Manufacturers and suppliers of drilling and geotechnical laboratory equipment, soundings, auscultation, inspection of structures, etc. that wish to sell their products

Offering

Laboratoire du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics (LBTP) operates in the civil engineering, electrical, industrial control and energy sectors. The company was founded in 1954 and is today certified ISO 9001:2015 and accredited ISO/EC 17025:2017.

LBTP operates in the following fields:

• Studies, laboratory and in-situ tests: Providing project owners in the private and public sectors with the technical data required for road, engineering structure, dam, port, airport and industrial construction projects.
• Quality control, expertise, industrial and energy control: Checking that work has been carried out in accordance with regulatory requirements and the rules of the trade; observing the behaviour of structures under the stresses to which they are subjected; checking the conformity of internal electrical installations before they are switched on for the first time.
• Research, training and technical regulation: Adapting existing tests and construction processes to the local context; researching new technologies and solutions to infrastructure problems; informing companies and the general public about the quality of construction materials available on the market.

Portfolio of services:

• Geotechnical studies
• Geophysical and hydraulic studies
• Topographic and bathymetric studies
• Quality control of construction materials
• Works supervision
• Road and structure inspection; Stability studies
• Electrical technical assistance; Expertise in electrical installations
• Inspection of pressurised equipment; Energy audit; Energy saving; Technical training

Markets and customers

The LBTP is active in various African countries such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Chad, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Ghana, Mali, Senegal and Togo.

LBTP has collaborated on several EU-financed projects with local companies and international companies from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Netherlands, Switzerland, UK, USA and Canada.