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TXI Expanded Shale & Clay

TXI Expanded Shale & Clay

For nearly a century, expanded shale and clay (ES&C) lightweight aggregate, has been used successfully around the world in more than 50 different applications.

  • concrete masonry – high-rise buildings – soil conditioner
  • precast & prestressed concrete elements – geotechnical fills
  • concrete bridge decks – asphalt road surfaces

Products

GEOTECHNICAL — A lightweight fill used to solve geotechnical engineering problems and convert unstable soil into usable land.

HIGHWAYS AND ROADS — Expanded shale and clay lightweight aggregate when bonded to asphalt creates an advanced, safer and economical road surface.

HORTICULTURE — An environmentally-friendly, natural, non-toxic, odorless material used to improve drainage and aeration and will not compress, degrade, decompose or react with agriculture or horticultural chemicals.

PAVE GROW® is a permeable pavement, growing medium used in special places such as fire lanes, golf course cart path edges and overflow parking areas.

LANDFILL AND LEACHATE — TXI’s expanded shale and clay aggregates have been used in leachate collection systems (LCS) and municipal solid waste (MSW) applications for drainage.

LIGHTWEIGHT ROOF TILE — A dense, durable and non-combustible roof covering used to replace wood shingles without requiring structural retrofitting or additional structural support.

MASONRY — The lightweight aggregate of choice for concrete block manufacturing is expanded shale and clay.

MULTI-USE MAINTENANCE AGGREGATE — ES&C maintains more roadways at reduced cost.

STRUCTURAL LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE — ES&C gives designers greater flexibility at substantial cost savings

Benefits


  • Reduces dead loads
  • Reduces lateral forces
  • Reduces overturning forces
  • Provides a high angle of internal friction
  • Free draining
  • Water and acid insoluble
  • High insulation value
  • Chemically-inert
  • Environmentally-friendly
  • High strength and durability
  • Readily available

TXI Expanded Shale & Clay

esc@txi.com
Dallas 972 647.3806
Houston 713 329.2608
San Francisco 925 746.7163
Los Angeles 951 774.2557
Denver 303 499.1010 x3027

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