Uploaded October 2009 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
EPSFoamPro.com
FHWA Article on Geofoam:
epsfoamprodotcom.web.officelive.com/Documents/VA%20Showcase.pdf
Virginia Demonstration Showcases EPS Geofoam Installation on Display
When working on roadway projects, do you occasionally run across situations where the underlying soft soil is too soft and compressible to carry designed loads, or the estimated time-rate of settlement of an embankment exceeds acceptable standards? Have costly corrective fill measures still resulted in significant settlement or decreased stability over time? Do you deal with failing slopes, excessive culvert loads, or problems with high lateral loads behind retaining structures? Expanded Polystyrene Geofoam EPS Geofoam) could be your answer!
Why consider EPS Geofoam?
EPS Geofoam is a rigid foam plastic engineered with a unit density as low as 1 pound per square foot, thus delivering a material that is 100 times lighter than most soils. In particular situations this extreme difference in density makes EPS Geofoam an attractive fill option. A lightweight manufactured molded block, EPS Geofoam can be easily cut to any size or shape at the job site. Additionally, as an embankment soil alternative, EPS Geofoam can be covered to look like a normal slope embankment or finished to look like a wall. This technology, when properly applied in the appropriate situation is a field tested, budget-friendly winner. Here is a look at some of the less-obvious, but very important, field proven benefits:
• Accelerated construction
• Payroll, transportation and equipment cost savings
• Reduced labor time for construction
• Exerts little or no lateral load on retaining structures
• Easily constructed in limited right-of-way situations
• Allows application in adverse weather conditions
EPSFoamPro.com
FHWA Article on Geofoam:
epsfoamprodotcom.web.officelive.com/Documents/VA%20Showcase.pdf
Virginia Demonstration Showcases EPS Geofoam Installation on Display
When working on roadway projects, do you occasionally run across situations where the underlying soft soil is too soft and compressible to carry designed loads, or the estimated time-rate of settlement of an embankment exceeds acceptable standards? Have costly corrective fill measures still resulted in significant settlement or decreased stability over time? Do you deal with failing slopes, excessive culvert loads, or problems with high lateral loads behind retaining structures? Expanded Polystyrene Geofoam EPS Geofoam) could be your answer!
Why consider EPS Geofoam?
EPS Geofoam is a rigid foam plastic engineered with a unit density as low as 1 pound per square foot, thus delivering a material that is 100 times lighter than most soils. In particular situations this extreme difference in density makes EPS Geofoam an attractive fill option. A lightweight manufactured molded block, EPS Geofoam can be easily cut to any size or shape at the job site. Additionally, as an embankment soil alternative, EPS Geofoam can be covered to look like a normal slope embankment or finished to look like a wall. This technology, when properly applied in the appropriate situation is a field tested, budget-friendly winner. Here is a look at some of the less-obvious, but very important, field proven benefits:
• Accelerated construction
• Payroll, transportation and equipment cost savings
• Reduced labor time for construction
• Exerts little or no lateral load on retaining structures
• Easily constructed in limited right-of-way situations
• Allows application in adverse weather conditions
