Tag: Lightweight Aggregate Concrete

ESCSI Announces 2024-25 John Ries Scholarship Winner

by ESCSI | June 10, 2025 | ESCSI News | Tags: , ,

ESCSI is proud to announce Mujtaba Ahmadi, a PhD student in structural engineering at the University of Oklahoma, as the recipient of the John Ries Scholarship for the 2024-25 academic year. In 2019, Mr. Ahmadi was awarded a Fulbright scholarship an...

Concrete Products: Why Structural Lightweight Concrete

by ESCSI | April 30, 2025 | ESCSI News | Tags: , , ,

ESCSI Member Darren Medeiros authored an article featured in Concrete Products answering key questions about structural lightweight concrete (SLC) in mix design. Read an excerpt below. When designing concrete mixes for bridges and other structure...

Mitigating Urban Soil Challenges with ESCS Lightweight Aggregates 

by ESCSI | March 4, 2025 | ESCSI News | Tags: , , ,

With 89% of the U.S. population expected to live in urban areas by 2050, soil stabilization is more critical than ever. As cities grow, managing soil compaction and promoting water infiltration become essential to building resilient, sustainable com...

ESCSI Presents Check to John Ries Scholarship Winner in Miami

by ESCSI | September 4, 2024 | ESCSI News | Tags:

Chairman Steve Rowe had the pleasure to present a check to Nima Khodadadi, Ph.D., winner of the ESCSI John Ries Scholarship in Academic Year 2023-24, this summer. Dr. Khodadadi is a Research Assistant in the Department of Civil & Architectural E...

Free Webinar on June 12: Lightweight Concrete Bridge Design Primer

by ESCSI | May 23, 2024 | ESCSI News | Tags: ,

Explore the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Lightweight Concrete Bridge Design Primer during a free webinar—happening Wednesday, June 12, 1-2 p.m. ET—presented by the National Concrete Bridge Council (NCBC). ESCSI’s own Re...