Aggregates Demand Study

Lower Mainland Construction Aggregates Demand Study Background

In 1996 the Ministry called for a study to explain and forecast demand for sand, gravel and crushed stone, used as construction aggregates in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. The study was never completed in total, however, in answer to the many requests for information from this study, the following manuscripts are available as PDF files through the web links below.

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Aggregates Study

1. Lower Mainland Aggregates Demand Study - Volume 1 Aggregates Supply and Consumption

• Table of Contents
• Summary
• Introduction
• Objectives of the Study
• Organization of the Study
• Supply
• Demand
• Aggregate Reserves
• Figures     1     2     3     4     5     6     7
• Figure 4.   Flow chart...approval process...on private land.
• Appendix     A     B     C     D     E     F

 2. Lower Mainland Aggregates Demand Study - Forecasting Aggregates Consumption Model

• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Definition of Key Study Parameters
• Approach and Key Assumptions
• Development of Forecasting Models
• Forecasts Based on the Regression Model
• Municipal Residential Capacities
• Summary of Conclusions
• Appendix  A-1   A-2   B-1   B-2   B-3    B-4   B-5   C   D-1   D-2   D-3   E-1   E-2   E-3   E-4

Please note: Figure 4, Lower Mainland Market Areas (Map) referred to on page 6 of Report 2 is the same as Figure 4 of Report 1.

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Last updated May 09, 2007