In October 2020, “He approached me and wanted to know what I was doing,” says Rockett. This makes FGA a great alternative option for construction, lightweight embankments, load distribution platforms, and insulating subgrade, as well as lateral load reduction behind retaining walls and structures. The company’s kilns also use 100% post-consumer recycled glass much like Rockett’s Glass Overlay flooring but to produce a building aggregate that is lightweight, non-combustible, insulating, free-draining, non-absorbent, and resistant to chemicals, rot, and acid. Filshill is the CEO and co-founder of AeroAggregates, a manufacturer of ultra-lightweight closed-cell foamed glass aggregates (FGA). As far as Filshill knew, he was the only one doing anything with the material. While stopping for gas, Archie Filshill saw Rockett’s truck and that he was working with recycled glass. After these decades of experience, numerous awards on his polished concrete work (in 2016 he won the “Reader’s Choice Award” at the World of Concrete and 22 other awards throughout the years-so far), he had his sights on retiring. Rockett started his concrete experience with 25 years of architectural concrete prior to polishing, the “green” recycled glass aspect drew him to the polished concrete industry and then a glass overlay. The system was designed to be highly polished and at $8 less per foot than traditional terrazzo, had the potential to save the polishing contractor a substantial amount of money while producing a high-quality floor. It’s reported to be 30% cheaper along with a 20-year long warranty. He was originally attempting to further develop his polished concrete overlay system, a flooring which utilizes 100% recycled post-consumer glass chips to create a terrazzo effect. “This is all an accident,” says Bart Rockett, owner of Philadelphia Polished Concrete and Rockett’s Glass Overlay. This story begins as many discoveries do-as an accident in someone’s garage. Let’s complicate things one more factor and address environmental issues as well not just a reduction of carbon in the production process but the trash you put out at the curb. It’s a simple concept with a not so simple answer: reduce the weight of concrete without compromising strength.
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