ESCSI Weekly 25

ESCSI members participate in the ASTM International December 2023 Committee Week in Washington, DC, December 3-8, 2023:

• C09 Concrete and Concrete Aggregates December 3-6
• C12 Mortars and Grouts for Unit Masonry December 5-6
• C15 Manufactured Masonry Units December 5-7
• D04 Road and Paving Materials December 5-7

Fariborz M. Tehrani presented at the Mid-year Committee Meeting of the TRB Committee AKG50 on Transportation Earthworks on Linking electrochemical properties and corrosion rates in ESCS backfills. The complete record is available here: <https://kansas.zoom.us/rec/share/MCZ-GQH2Tz8WMyq2For7KdAUiuj9UHKhg4aFRX4k-jXlu-fu9fl5YlX6fHi6uOrb.XrJvrPrL5_UksdV9 >.

• Transportation Research Board, Expanded Shale, Clay and Slate Institute, California State University, Fresno, Fresno State Transportation Institute #Transportation #Earthworks #electrochemical #corrosion #ESCS #backfills

The cover page story of the September/October 2023 Issue of the Innovator (Vol17, Issue 98 here <https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/innovator/issue98/ >) highlighted internal curing. “Internal curing was explicitly designed to solve early-age cracking issues that are inherent to higher-performance concretes,” said Timothy Barrett , co-leader of the Federal Highway Administration Every Day Counts (#EDC )?enhancing performance with internally cured concrete?(#EPIC2 )?team. The complete article titled "Internally Curing Concrete Produces EPIC2 Results" is available here <https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/innovator/issue98/page_01.html >.

• #InternalCuring #concrete