Our project is a mixed use redevelopment in a flood prone area. The first floor slab-on-grade on the project is located below the design flood elevation. Therefore, the concrete slab-on-grade must not only be designed to resist hydrostatic uplift forces due to water pressure but must also be designed to provide a water-tight enclosure for the conditioned spaces. To provide a water-tight enclosure over 60,000 square feet of waterproofing membrane would be required along with many special membrane components to adequate seal the foundation pile caps and mat foundations. In-lieu of an extensive membrane system, the design team elected to use a hydrophobic concrete admixture produced by Hycrete. Hycrete’s product is a hydrophobic environmentally friendly water soluble admixture that is Cradle to Cradle certified. When dosed into concrete, the Hycrete molecule chemically transforms, becoming a water-insoluble polymer. That polymer plugs pores in the concrete, keeping water out and blocking the diffusion of corrosive ions through the concrete. It also bonds to the surface of the steel reinforcement, creating a protective layer that shields the rebar from corrosion. The admixture has the unique capability to heal small shrinkage cracks in the concrete by develop these polymer bonds.

Hycrete claims in its literature under ID Credit 1 - Membrane-Free Construction that "Hycrete materials offer the opportunity to eliminate the use of membranes, providing substantial reduction in jobsite material used, pollutants emitted, non-recyclables consumed, and labor used. Based solely on the use of Hycrete System, this Innovation in Design Credit has been successfully submitted and approved by the USGBC in previous projects."

However I've tried looking it up in the Innovation Credit database and can't find any reference to it, although I rarely get any meaningful search results from it anyway. Is it possible our project could earn such a credit?

Thanks, Donna