The ECOS™ Optimization Platform
More than plastic in concrete.
The idea: A mix has a budget. ReLite+ changes it.
Every concrete mix has to fit inside a budget of weight, volume, cost, workability, and strength. That is why producers often cannot add the materials they know would help.
ReLite+ creates headroom in that budget. The ECOS Optimization Platform decides what goes into the room it creates.
What goes in: Waste-derived materials, put to work.
ECOS uses supplementary cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag, and other waste-derived materials, to give producers practical solutions to everyday problems.
Many of these materials are industrial by-products. Fly ash comes from power plants and slag from iron making (NSW Government). Using them in concrete is one of the oldest circular-economy ideas in construction. ECOS takes it further: plastic that nobody wanted creates the headroom, and waste-derived materials fill it.
The problems it is designed to help address: Built around the problems producers deal with every day.
Alkali-silica reaction and sulfate attack
SCMs are widely used to help control alkali-silica reaction and to improve resistance to sulfate attack, mainly by reducing permeability. The effect depends on the SCM type and dose (FHWA, PCA). ECOS is designed to help producers bring the right SCMs into the mix.
Early thermal cracking
Most SCMs release less heat than Portland cement as they react, which helps reduce the risk of early-age thermal cracking (NSW Government). ECOS puts that tool to use alongside ReLite+, with the headroom to include it.
Cement content
SCMs are a standard way to reduce the Portland cement a mix needs, while helping with workability and durability (Caltrans). Cement is also the largest source of concrete's carbon footprint. ECOS is designed to find the right balance for each producer's mix and materials.
Porosity, brittleness and particle packing
A mix with well-chosen particle sizes uses its space better, which tends to mean lower porosity and better durability. ReLite+ brings engineered particles, and ECOS fits them and the SCMs into a packing that works with each producer's own sand and stone.
How we work with a producer: Designed around your materials.
1. We start with your mix, your materials, and the problems that cost you the most.
2. We design a ReLite+ and ECOS formulation around your products and your plant.
3. We support adoption, so the new mix fits the way your crews already work.
Why it matters: A better mix is the best sustainability story in construction.
· A lighter mix is easier to move.
· A more durable mix is replaced less often.
· A mix that needs less cement carries a smaller footprint.
ReLite+ and ECOS work on all three at once, without asking producers to change their plant or pay a green-up charge.