A one-day workshop on Uses of Flowable Slurry Containing Coal Ash, Used Foundry Sand, and Other Recyclable Products has been planned at the Smith Brothers Restaurant, Port Washington, WI (25 miles north of Milwaukee). The purpose of the workshop is to present important technical information and review production and construction aspects for a new type of backfill material for trenches and other excavations, as well as for filling abandoned underground pipes and tunnels. Flowable Slurry is a low-strength concrete-like material that is made from one or more of the materials such as coal ash, used foundry sand, crushed glass, wood ash, regular concrete sand, water, and some portland cement. The strength of this material can be adjusted up to 1200 psi. It is being specified increasingly by municipalities, state highway departments, and engineers for many applications.
The workshop will present case histories of successful installations both in the Milwaukee area as well as in other states. It includes a visit to a flowable slurry production facility and demonstration of slurry production, placement, and old slurry excavation. Handout material will be provided. The workshop should be of interest to those associated with building design, engineers, architects, engineering technicians, engineers working in governmental agencies, industry and private practice, engineering faculty and students, as well as ready mixed concrete producers, and contractors.
The program will include
the following speakers:
* Trent A. Kohl, P.E., Project
engineer, Wisconsin Electric Power Company
* Frances A. McNeal, Manager, Governmental Approvals, Master Builders, Inc.
* Michael L. Miller, Environmental Engineer, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
* Tarun R. Naik, Ph.D., P.E., Director, UWM Center for By-Products Utilization, UW-Milwaukee
* Bruce W. Ramme, P.E., Manager, Combustion By-Products Utilization, Wisconsin Electric Power Co.
* Samuel S. Tyson, Executive Director, American Coal Ash Association
* LaVerne Weber, General Manager, Mineral Solutions, Inc.
* Barbara Wesener, Executive
Director, Wisconsin Ready Mixed Concrete Association
Program
8:00 a.m. Registration
8:50 Introduction. Trent A. Kohl
8:55 Engineering properties and mixture proportions of flowable slurry made with coal ash, used foundry sand, wood ash, crushed glass, on-site excavated materials, etc. (physical & chemical properties, strength, shrinkage, permeability, typical mixtures, etc.)
Tarun R. Naik
9:40 Break
10:00 Field applications for flowable slurry in backfilling of excavations, trenches, and underground voids. Effect of mixture proportions on setting characteristics and placement, thermal and electrical resistivity properties, and field performance.
Bruce W. Ramme
10:40 WRMCA's viewpoint about the flowable slurry market: challenges and opportunities.
Barbara Wesener
11:00 Technical and marketing issues related to flowable slurry.
Speaker: ISG Resources
11:20 Market potential and economic impact of flowable slurry versus compacted sand backfill.
LaVerne Weber
11:40 Practical applications of lightweight air-entrained flowable slurry.
Frances A. McNeal
12:00 Lunch
1:20 Current use and future of flowable slurry in the United States.
Samuel S. Tyson
1:40 Regulatory perspective on flowable slurry and NR538 Requirements.
Michael L. Miller
2:00 Walk over to the Port Washington Slurry Production Plant (3 blocks).
2:15 Visit to Slurry Plant; and Field Demonstration: Slurry placement, hardened slurry excavation, hardening and settlement process, etc.
Michael Burks
3:30 Adjourn