Laboratoire du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics (LBTP)

Cooperation proposal

The company operates in the civil engineering and energy sectors and is looking for design offices, project owners, investors, Finnish companies and partners interested in collaborating on projects related to construction, infrastructure, buildings, housing, electricity and energy in Côte d’Ivoire and Africa.

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 several countries of the sub-region such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Mali, Senegal, and Togo. LBTP has collaborated in EU-financed projects with local companies and international companies from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Netherlands, Switzerland, and the UK.