Pure Pave by Groupe A1. A decade guaranteed.

Premium permeable paving that replaces the cycle of cracks, sealing, and repairs. A natural granite surface designed for Quebec winters and guaranteed for 10 years by Groupe A1.

Asphalt eventually cracks. Pavers eventually shift or settle. Concrete eventually cracks under freeze-thaw cycles. Pure Pave was designed to break this cycle.

Its natural granite surface, bound by a permeable resin, allows water to pass through the material instead of pooling on top. The result: fewer puddles, less runoff, fewer repairs, and an entrance that retains its appearance much longer than a traditional surface.

For a residential owner, it's a more beautiful, more durable, and easier-to-live-with entrance. For a business, multi-family dwelling, or institution, it's a surface that enhances image, safety, and stormwater management.

While traditional surfaces continue to crack, requiring sealant every 2-3 years, and yielding to Quebec's freeze-thaw cycles, a radically different paving technology is transforming residential driveways and commercial parking lots across Canada.

Cities like Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal have adopted it. The federal government, several universities, airports, and high-end car dealerships are already using it. And it's now available at your location, in Laval, Montreal, and on the North Shore.

The Pure Pave system is comprised of four distinct layers, each with a specific role. At the top is a decorative surface made of natural granite (or marble for prestige applications) bonded by a patented polyurethane resin. Beneath this surface is the Pure Pave permeable resin, which ensures mechanical cohesion while allowing water to flow through. Below that, a draining base of crushed stone approximately 30 centimeters thick acts as a natural reservoir. Finally, the natural soil receives the filtered water.

The water never stagnates. It passes through the surface, goes through the resin, seeps into the draining base, and gradually returns to the soil. No runoff into the street. No puddles form. No accumulation near the foundation.

To put this number into perspective, it's nearly 400 times the intensity of the worst storm ever recorded in Quebec. Your drain absorbs rain faster than it can fall.

Where asphalt breaks down under repeated freeze-thaw cycles and interlocking pavers shift over time, Pure Pave stays in place. The polyurethane resin gives the material a flexibility of 249% elongation, combined with a flexural strength of 6.18 MPa. In short, the material is both extremely strong and capable of expanding with temperature changes without cracking.

The University of Ottawa subjected Pure Pave to 40 complete freeze-thaw cycles in its civil engineering laboratory. The result: the world's first paving surface to suffer no loss of strength. A peer-reviewed scientific study published in the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering documents all of the results.