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Glass fiber reinforced concrete is already one of the lightest ways to cast concrete. GFRC can run as much as 75 percent lighter than a similar piece cast in traditional concrete, because the glass fibers let a panel be cast at about 3/4 to 1 inch thick instead of 2 inches or more. That makes […]

Manufactured stone veneer exists to solve one problem: Full-bed natural stone looks great but demands a footing, a structural ledge, and a wall built to carry real mass – all for a very expensive cost that is often extremely difficult and time consuming to install and maintain. Adhered veneer skips all of that, attaching directly

Expanded polystyrene looks like an obvious answer to concrete’s weight problem. It’s light, it’s abundant as post-consumer waste, and concrete is the most widely produced building material on earth. Blend the two together and the math seems simple: lighter concrete, less landfill waste, a genuine win on both counts. In practice, standard EPS beads have

CityMix’s product has the potential to dramatically reduce the weight of your concrete based products, with numbers as high as 35%. A 35 percent weight reduction translates into something concrete on a job site. Every bag of stucco base coat that’s 35 percent lighter is 35 percent less material an applicator has to lift, mix,

The idea of blending expanded polystyrene foam into concrete isn’t new. EPS is lightweight, abundant, and available in enormous volumes as post-consumer waste. Concrete is the world’s most widely produced building material. Putting them together seems like an obvious solution to two problems simultaneously — concrete that’s too heavy and EPS that has nowhere useful

The construction industry has no shortage of products described as sustainable, eco-friendly, or green. Those descriptions show up in marketing materials, product data sheets, and specification submissions with enough frequency that they’ve become easy to dismiss. They’re also not always accurate. Some products are “green.” Others are only green on paper. For concrete manufacturers and

Concrete landscape products are among the heaviest things a homeowner regularly handles. Retaining wall blocks, garden edging, landscape curbing, decorative pavers, planter boxes, stepping stones — these products are sold at retail in bags, stacked on pallets, loaded into carts, and carried by hand to wherever they’re being installed. The weight is often the single

Concrete manufacturers looking for ways to reduce product weight, lower material costs, and meet sustainability targets are increasingly turning to lightweight aggregate as part of the solution. Within that category, recycled lightweight concrete aggregate — aggregate produced from post-consumer or post-industrial waste materials rather than mined from natural sources — represents a specific and growing

When most people hear “lightweight concrete,” the instinct is to assume something has been sacrificed. Less weight means less material, and less material means less strength — that’s the intuitive assumption, at least. It’s also one that the concrete industry has been operating around for decades, defaulting to heavier conventional mixes because the performance expectations

Traditional three-coat stucco systems are heavy, labor-intensive, and prone to cracking. The scratch coat and brown coat layers account for most of the weight and installation difficulty in conventional stucco applications. For contractors, architects, and building material suppliers looking to improve stucco performance while reducing installation costs, lightweight aggregate offers a practical solution. CityMix provides