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Facility Executive: Tackling Stormwater With Expanded Shale, Clay, And Slate

by ESCSI | March 5, 2024 | ESCSI News | Tags: , , , ,

ESCSI Member Debbie Stringer authored an article featured in Facility Executive demonstrating how ESCS lightweight aggregates can be a valuable asset when integrated into a low-impact green infrastructure strategy to mitigate the impact of stormwa...

Stormwater Solutions: Fighting Pathogen Growth in Industrial Stormwater with ESCS

by ESCSI | March 5, 2024 | ESCSI News | Tags: , , , ,

ESCSI Member Debbie Stringer authored an article featured in Stormwater Solutions examining how ESCS can be used as an effective preventative measure in biofilters as a first-level treatment for industrial stormwater. Read an excerpt below. As ur...

What is Structural Lightweight Concrete? And Why You Should Use It.

by ESCSI | February 5, 2024 | Articles | Tags: , , , , ,

Why use Structural Lightweight Concrete Made with ESCS? Structural lightweight concrete (SLC) has been a popular building material for over a century, effectively employed to solve weight and durability issues. Industry professionals now recogniz...

What is Internal Curing? (And What it Isn’t)

by ESCSI | February 1, 2024 | Articles | Tags: , , ,

By Clint Chapman Western Region Marketing & Technical Manager, Arcosa Lightweight Internally cured concrete more readily resists early age shrinkage, curling, warping, and cracking by supplying water throughout the concrete mix over time. Int...

Lightweight Concrete Masonry Units 101

by ESCSI | December 19, 2023 | Articles | Tags: ,

By Kevin CavanaughTechical Marketing Consultant & Sales Team Leader – Midwest/Great Lakes Region, Arcosa Lightweight High-performing lightweight aggregates (LWAs) like expanded shales, clays or slates (ESCS),  are key ingredients to pr...