|
In a word - SAVINGS!
|
 |
|
Savings in:
|
|
|
- energy
- maintenance
- transportation costs
|
|
...the list is endless.
|
|
The lightweight aggregate particle itself is a hard, extremely cellular
product of uniform high structural strength, each cell being completely surrounded
by a hard, vitreous, waterproof membrane. Concrete made from either
Solite® or Kenlite® is generally 20 to 30 percent lighter
than conventional concrete, yet just as strong and more durable.
|
| |
Solite® and Kenlite® expanded shale lightweight aggregate is significantly lighter than conventional materials.
|
|
|
 Dulles
Airport Terminal Roof |
Who uses Lightweight Aggregate Concrete? |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
-- use structural lightweight concrete. |
|
| |
STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS |
|
| |
Solite® and Kenlite® open up a broad
range of applications: |
| |
- tall building frames
- long span roof
- thin shell construction
- sculpture
|
- fire resistant floors
- long span bridge structures
- hyperbolic parabolic roof structure
- special design effects in form and texture
|
| |
Structural lightweight concrete is
found in projects such as the graceful inverted arc of the Dulles
Airport Terminal roof; the thin shell "bird in flight" roof of the TWA
Terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport; the roadway of the Brooklyn Bridge. |
| |
MASONRY APPLICATIONS |
| |
High Performance
Concrete Masonry Units |
High Performance
Concrete Masonry Units (HPCMU) made with Solite® and Kenlite® are up to 40% lighter
than traditional masonry units.
This lighter weight results in:
- mason productivity
- lower construction costs
- reduced injuries
|
| |
Lightweight HPCMU's
provide superior strength and insulation by combining high R-values with thermal
mass and low thermal bridging. In addition, they offer superior fire resistance,
enhanced sound absorption, excellent seismic performance, low shrinkage and high
strain capacity.
|
| |
GEOTECHNICAL APPLICATIONS |
| |
Low bulk density of Solite® and
Kenlite® make it the geotechnical professional’s first choice for
solutions to geotechnical problems.
Applications of the solutions provided include:
|
Bridge Abutment Fill |
| |
- load compensation
- sinking slab rehabilitation
- bridge abutment fill
- marine bulkhead fill
|
- slope stability
- buried pipe fill
- MSE wall backfill
- tunnel bedding
|
| |
- underground stormwater
management exfiltration vault
--among many other uses. |
| |
HYDROCURE APPLICATIONS |
| |
 Enhances Concrete Durability |
HydroCure® enhances concrete durability by "internal curing". In high performance concrete, internal curing greatly reduces autogenous shrinkage, cracking and increases early age strength. Autogenous shrinkage and cracking are frequent problems with high performance concrete since these concretes have low water/cement
ratios (w/c). Internal curing greatly reduce these problems. Replacing some of the
natural sand with an absorptive lightweight aggregate sand provides water which
hydrates the cement not otherwise hydrated in low water/cement ratio mixtures. |
| |
| |
LANDSCAPE, HORTICULTURE AND GREEN ROOF APPLICATIONS
|
| |
Solite® and
Kenlite® expanded shale are finding a new and valuable role in today’s
landscape, horticulture and Green Roof markets. Produced by firing a
specially selected shale in rotary kilns at temperatures in excess of 2100°F, this
fully calcined, ceramic material offers superior solutions for these
applications. |
| |
 |
 |
| |
Landscape, Horticulture |
Green Roof |
| |
|
|
