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Kevin Cavanaugh

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Kevin currently chairs several industry committees including ACI/TMS Joint Committee 122 on Energy Efficiency of Concrete and Masonry Systems that is charged with developing national energy code standards, the Expanded Shale Clay and Slate’s (ESCSI) Masonry Committee and the Concrete and Masonry and Hardscape Association’s Masonry Technical Committee (CMHA). He has worked for large, multi-national and small, family-owned CMU manufacturing companies and several lightweight aggregate suppliers. He enjoys the people in the concrete and masonry industries and educating owners, engineers, and state DOTs on lightweight concrete… and lightweight aggregate’s… many benefits.

Kevin earned a BSME at the University of Maryland and interned at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, where he first became involved with the concrete and masonry industries. After graduation, Kevin accepted a position as NCMA’s Energy Engineer. Two years later, and to better understand what NCMA’s members faced in their markets, Kevin launched his career in technical sales, marketing and product development of lightweight aggregate, concrete masonry and associated concrete and masonry products and systems.

Kevin has lived in Milwaukee for the last 30 years, but grew up in the Washington, DC area and is long suffering Washington Redskin’s fan.
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Aug. 6, 2024

EP #094: Exploring the Advantages of Lightweight Concrete

In this episode of the Concrete Logic podcast, Seth interviews Kevin Cavanaugh from Arcosa Lightweight Aggregates about lightweight concrete. They discuss the history and types of lightweight aggregates, the advantages of us…