Davis Wade Stadium Expansion and Renovation: Performance of Concrete Produced with Portland-Limestone Cement, Fly Ash, and Slag Cement
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 27, Issue 12
Abstract
This paper documents successful use of portland-limestone cement (PLC) with 50% replacement of cement using supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) during expansion and renovation of a college football stadium. Concrete becomes more sustainable as clinker content is reduced, and use of PLC in place of ordinary portland cement (OPC), e.g., such as per a common U.S. national standard, has considerable appeal, especially if performance tradeoffs that are often associated with more sustainable concrete can be addressed. Higher replacement of cement in concrete with SCMs may also be possible by incorporating PLC, further adding value to projects from performance and sustainability perspectives. Concrete containing PLC was successfully used in approximately of on-grade and structural concrete flatwork. The cementitious system contained 50% PLC, 30% slag cement, and 20% Class C fly ash. This paper provides information related to properties of the PLC supplied to the stadium project as they are not necessarily typical of PLCs used worldwide over the past several years. One especially beneficial performance trend was that early-age strength gain of concrete containing 50% PLC, 30% slag cement, and 20% Class C fly ash was noticeably better than that of otherwise comparable concrete containing OPC. Additionally, use of PLC did not result in finishing problems, reduced slump by approximately 20 mm, reduced set time by approximately 1 h, and improved chloride ion resistance.
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Acknowledgments
Thanks are due to the subsequent groups. The Cement and Concrete Industries Excellence Fund at MSU supported a portion of the efforts presented. During the time frame of DWS, Argos United States of America (USA), CEMEX, Holcim (US; initial contributor], and an individual donor contributed to this fund. MMC Materials, Inc., produced the project concrete from their Starkville, Mississippi, plant and provided technical support, material donations, logistical assistance, and project data; Gary Scott and Shawn Ray facilitated most of these activities. Roy Anderson Corp Contractors (Harrell Contracting Group, LLC) allowed project access, and provided technical support and manuscript review; Talty Shannon facilitated most of these activities. Structural and architectural design was performed by LPK , Walter P Moore, and Three-Sixty Architecture. Several MSU students assisted with data collection; Will Crawley and Patrick Kuykendall supported the research reported in this paper over an extended period. ASTM C1202-12 (ASTM 2012b) testing was provided in-kind by the following groups: (1) Argos USA (Ryan Betz), (2) Holcim (US) Ste. Genevieve (Brian Bivens), (3) Lehigh Cement Company (Gary Knight), and (4) TEC Services, Inc. (Shawn McCormick). Cement properties testing was performed by the Holcim Theodore plant laboratory (Alissa Collins).
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Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 27 • Issue 12 • December 2015
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Received: Aug 23, 2014
Accepted: Feb 6, 2015
Published online: Apr 10, 2015
Discussion open until: Sep 10, 2015
Published in print: Dec 1, 2015
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