FHWA: Enhancing Performance with Internally Cured Concrete (EPIC2)
Expanded Shale, Clay and Slate Institute
ESCSI is the association for manufacturers of rotary kiln-produced expanded shale, clay and slate lightweight aggregate.
Just released by the Federal Highway Administration (#FHWA): The Enhancing Performance with Internally Cured Concrete (#EPIC2) initiative thanks the attendees of the webinar Implementation of #Internal #Curing by a Local Agency held on October 29, 2024. The webinar featured speakers from the Louisiana Transportation Research Center and the LAFAYETTE CITY PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT. The webinar described the local agency’s positive experience with #IC and the process involved in adding IC to #bridge #deck #construction. If you wish to watch the recording, please click here <https://lnkd.in/gfQKWpRn>, or click here <https://lnkd.in/g_ktQtnM> to download slides. For more information about EPIC2, please visit <https://lnkd.in/gsP7qawD>. #InternalCuring #TysonRupnow #AlisonLognion Timothy Barrett
Technical Committee 213: Lightweight Aggregate and Concrete
Introduction to Sustainability of Structural Lightweight Concrete
Lifecycle Environmental Assessment of Internally-Cured Concrete for Bridge Deck Fariborz M. Tehrani, Expanded Shale, Clay and Slate Institute Fort Pulaski National Monument Entrance Bridge Kenneth Harmon, Stalite Lightweight Aggregate Benefits of Internal Curing for Concrete Pavement Overlays Dan King, National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center) Role of Internal Curing on the Production of Sustainable Concrete Mehdi Khanzadeh Moradllo, Ph.D., PE Temple University Enhancing Performance with Internally Cured Concrete (EPIC2) Timothy Barrett, Federal Highway Administration Case Study: Salesforce Tower Chicago Elliot Wilm, P.E., The Walsh Group Effect of Internal Curing on Performance of Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cement Concrete Royce Floyd, P.E., S.E., University of Oklahoma Eco-Mechanical Analysis of Lightweight Cement-Based Composites Alessandro Fantilli, Politecnico di Torino Decarbonizing Concrete by Using Biochar as LWA Mahdi Mirabrishami, Penn State University The GWP of IC Concrete Bridge Decks – Why Details Matter Jason Weiss, Oregon State University American Concrete Institute
Benefits of Internal Curing for Concrete Pavement Overlays
Role of Internal Curing on the Production of Sustainable Concrete
Enhancing Performance with Internally Cured Concrete (EPIC2)
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Call for Abstracts
Call for Abstracts is open for the MS iib12 at the hashtag#EMI2025 in Anaheim, California: Sustainable Development of Resilient Infrastructure Using High-Performance Lightweight Materials Chairs: Fariborz M. Tehrani, California State University, Fresno Nima Khodadadi, University of Miami and Yuqiu Ye, The University of Kansas Abstract submission closes on December 1, 2024. <https://lnkd.in/gqVhjQ2v> This mini symposium offers a unique platform for integrating diverse perspectives. It approaches from different fields to explore the use of lightweight materials in high-performance engineering systems, core infrastructure, and lifelines. Lightweight materials, such as granular, cementitious, bituminous, and growing media, are crucial in optimizing natural resources, reducing transportation impacts, and minimizing environmental footprints. The presentations will cover case studies, best practices, lifecycle analyses, sustainability ratings, objective resilience processes, and other advancements. The mini symposium welcomes contributions that offer environmental, social, economic, or technical perspectives. Additionally, the development of built infrastructures, incorporating techniques like machine learning, artificial intelligence, and structural health monitoring, is a significant step in evaluating the effectiveness of materials, means, and methods throughout the lifecycle of projects and is, therefore, highly valuable to the engineering mechanics community. hashtag#lightweight; hashtag#highperformance; hashtag#sustainabledevelopment; hashtag#infrastructureresilience; hashtag#machinelearning; hashtag#structuralhealthmonitoring; hashtag#artificialintelligence hashtag#ObjectiveResilienceCommittee hashtag#ORC EMI - Engineering Mechanics Institute American Society of Civil Engineers
John Ries Scholarship
The Expanded Shale, Clay and Slate Institute (#ESCSI) is pleased to announce the John Ries #Scholarship for Academic Year 2024-25 for undergraduate and graduate students in civil engineering or closely related majors. An online application is available at <https://lnkd.in/g8ECyHRM>. Annesh Borthakur, Lamiya Noor, Yuqiu Ye, Jamie Leonard, Nima Khodadadi #CivilEngineering #students #undergradaute #graduate #scholarship
Join ESCSI and Become A Member
ESCSI offers Producer membership to firms or individuals producing and shipping lightweight aggregates consistently conforming to the current version of Specifications C-330 and C-331 of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Such lightweight aggregates shall be produced by expanding and vitrifying suitable shale, clay and slate by the rotary kiln process.
ESCSI offers Associate membership to companies, individuals or organizations that promote or support services to the expanded shale, clay or slate members. Industry associations that support ESCS and whose members include ESCS manufacturers, distributors and suppliers may join as Associate members. Companies or associations that produce or promote alternative products for uses similar to uses of expanded shale, clay or slate are not eligible for Associate membership.