ESCSI Weekly 24

Fariborz M. Tehrani will be presenting at the Mid-year Committee Meeting of the TRB Committee AKG50 on Transportation Earthworks on Friday, September 8, 2023, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM (ET): Linking electrochemical properties and corrosion rates in ESCS backfills.

• Presiding Chair: Jie Han, The University of Kansas
• Transportation Research Board, Expanded Shale, Clay and Slate Institute, California State University, Fresno, Fresno State Transportation Institute #Transportation #Earthworks #electrochemical #corrosion #ESCS #backfills

#ACI announced the Excellence Award Judges for the Ninth ACI Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards. A three-member jury, including Han Ay Lie, Ron Burg , and Roberto Stark, will select the most outstanding project. Expanded Shale, Clay and Slate Institute congratulates judges and is looking forward to the ACI's prestigious Overall Excellence Award.

• #Concrete #Construction #Awards

The August 31, 2023 issue of the #FHWA #EDCNews covers the "Innovation of the Month: Enhancing Performance with Internally Cured Concrete (EPIC2)":

"The search for ways to eliminate or reduce cracking has been a priority for DOTs for a number of years, and the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), among others, have experimented with internally cured concrete (ICC) as a potential remedy."

"The internally cured concrete bridge deck showed significantly less cracking after 1 year of service."

• Timothy Barrett, #FHWA Turner-fairbank Highway Research Center, Mike Praul, #FHWA Office of Infrastructure, Federal Highway Administration, Ohio Department of Transportation