Industry News

Arcosa Lightweight is pleased to announce the addition of Zachary Von Rosenberg as Account Representative for the Southeastern U.S. region. Zachary will support customers across Louisiana and surrounding markets, focusing on concrete producers, contractors, and design professionals.

Arcosa Lightweight has hired Max Goldstein, EIT, as a sales representative for the Northeast. Goldstein, a civil engineer based in Newtown, PA, will work the territory from Washington, DC, to Maine.

As construction professionals and regulators push for sustainable solutions, the Expanded Shale, Clay, and Slate Institute (ESCSI) is championing ESCS aggregates as a critical material in meeting the industry’s growing environmental demands.

In October 2024, the Enhancing Performance with Internally Cured Concrete (EPIC2) initiative hosted a national webinar titled “Implementation of Internal Curing by a Local Agency,” spotlighting the successful application of internal curing (IC) in bridge projects across Lafayette, Louisiana.

The session featured insights from Alison C. Lognion, M.S., P.E., Engineer III and Manager at the Lafayette Consolidated Government, and Tyson D. Rupnow, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Director of Research at the Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC). Moderated by Tim Barrett of FHWA’s Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, the webinar demonstrated how IC has transformed bridge construction in Lafayette by reducing shrinkage cracking, extending service life, and lowering maintenance costs.