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    Expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam is a lightweight fill material that is approximately 1% the weight of soil and less than 10% the weight of other lightweight alternatives, reducing loads on adjacent structures. It can be used in a wide variety of applications like road construction, slope stabilization, retaining walls, bridge abutments, and more. EPS geofoam offers advantages like improved stability, reduced settlements, lighter construction loads, and the ability to accommodate ground movements.

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    Expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam is a lightweight fill material that is approximately 1% the weight of soil and less than 10% the weight of other lightweight alternatives, reducing loads on adjacent structures. It can be used in a wide variety of applications like road construction, slope stabilization, retaining walls, bridge abutments, and more. EPS geofoam offers advantages like improved stability, reduced settlements, lighter construction loads, and the ability to accommodate ground movements.

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    Expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam is a lightweight fill material that is approximately 1% the weight of soil and less than 10% the weight of other lightweight alternatives, reducing loads on adjacent structures. It can be used in a wide variety of applications like road construction, slope stabilization, retaining walls, bridge abutments, and more. EPS geofoam offers advantages like improved stability, reduced settlements, lighter construction loads, and the ability to accommodate ground movements.

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    Geo Foam

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    Lexie Bravo
    Expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam is a lightweight fill material that is approximately 1% the weight of soil and less than 10% the weight of other lightweight alternatives, reducing loads on adjacent structures. It can be used in a wide variety of applications like road construction, slope stabilization, retaining walls, bridge abutments, and more. EPS geofoam offers advantages like improved stability, reduced settlements, lighter construction loads, and the ability to accommodate ground movements.

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    GEOFOAM

    The Trusted Lightweight Fill Material


    GEOFOAM
    The Trusted Lightweight Fill Material

    • Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Geofoam is a


    lightweight fill

    • engineered to give you the greatest possible


    control for your project applications:

    design and timelines


    materials and costs
    control over your results
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    --- approximately 1% the weight of soil and less


    than 10% the weight of other lightweight fill
    alternatives

    --- reduces the loads imposed on adjacent and


    underlying soils and structures
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    --- approximately 1% the weight of soil and less


    than 10% the weight of other lightweight fill
    alternatives

    --- reduces the loads imposed on adjacent and


    underlying soils and structures

    The use of EPS typically translates into:


    • benefits to construction schedules
    • lowers the overall cost of construction
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    EPS GEOFOAM applications

    The lighter load can reduce


    settlements and can improve
    stability against bearing and
    slope failures.
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    EPS GEOFOAM applications


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    Road construction over poor soils

    Road widening
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    Bridge abutment & Bridge underfill


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    Culverts, pipelines & buried structures

    Compensating foundation
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    Rail embankment Landscaping & vegetative green roofs
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    Retaining & buried wall backfill Slope stabilization
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    Stadium & theater seating Leeves
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    Airport runway/taxiway Foundations for lightweight structures


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    Noise and vibration damping


    --- reduce noise from highways
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    Noise and vibration damping


    --- reduce noise from highways

    Compressible application
    --- wide range of compressive resistances;
    accommodates ground movements
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    Noise and vibration damping


    --- reduce noise from highways

    Seismic application Compressible application


    — lightweightness --- wide range of compressive resistances;
    & compressibility accommodates ground movements
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    Rockfall/impact protection
    Noise and vibration damping
    — high energy
    --- reduce noise from highways
    absorption capacity

    Seismic application Compressible application


    — lightweightness --- wide range of compressive resistances;
    & compressibility accommodates ground movements
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    Lightweight
    Protection
    Strength
    Wind
    Ease of handling
    Design Buoyancy
    Considerations Construction time
    Water Absorption
    Construction Cost
    Sustainability
    Stability
    Chemical Resistance
    Insulation
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    Chemical that may damage EPS:

    • hydrocarbons
    • chlorinated hydrocarbons
    • organic solvents
    • ketones Protection
    Design • ethers
    Considerations • esters Wind
    • diesel and gasoline
    Buoyancy
    • concentrated acids
    • vegetable oils Water Absorption
    • animal fats and oils
    • paraffin Sustainability
    Chemical Resistance
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    Summary & Conclusion

    Applications & use EPS geofoam is inherently multi-functional, which makes it effective
    to use in a wide variety of applications.
    It offers special advantages for construction on soft ground, slope stabilization and
    retaining walls

    EPS geofoam has been used in road and airfield pavements and railway track systems,
    beneath refrigerated storage buildings, sports arenas and storage tanks to prevent ground
    freezing and heaving and in below-ground building segments to reduce seasonal heating
    and cooling requirements.

    EPS geofoam enables engineers, architects, and builders to design for key geosynthetic
    functions and select the best combination of products to achieve project goals. With
    unprecedented strength and flexibility, EPS geofoam also offers innovative solutions to a
    range of problems, including protection from earthquake shock and noise and vibration
    dampening.
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