Globally, approximately 75 percent of aggregates are used for cement, roads and railway ballast, while about 25 percent supports drainage, void fills, pipe insulation and protection, hard surfaces, water filtration, and sewage-treatment processes. Aggregates…
Getting Geotechnical: Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge: A Shoreline Stabilization Success Story
More than 20 years ago, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries discovered the Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, which borders the Gulf of…
Creating Certainty: Expanded Shale, Clay and Slate Aggregates Improve Seismic Design
Lightweight aggregate helps address seismic concerns on a highway project. (Acrosa Lightweight) The ground a structure is built on plays an important…
