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The Insulfoam Advantage
• Manufacturing Experience –
– Over 40 years of experience
– Short lead times
• Multiple Manufacturing Locations –
– State-of-the-art facilities
– Shorter shipping distances
– Ability to service large jobs
• Technical Expertise –
– Dedicated technical staff
– Industry leaders in code compliance,
product development and testing
• Superior Service –
– Leaders in education of the marketplace
– Block layouts and installation drawings
– Job-starts and contractor training
GEOFOAM
Alaska Road
Base Insulation
ProcessRaw Material - Resin
Cutting
Finished Goods
Recycling
Bead Storage
Pre-Expansion
Laminating
Customers
What is InsulFoam®
GF?
• A closed-cell expanded
polystyrene (EPS)
• A lightweight, engineered, soil-
replacement fill
• Commonly referred to as
Geofoam
• An economical and
environmental alternative to
other fill materials such as soil,
shredded tires, waste, cellular
concrete, wood chips, pumice,
basalt and porcelain chips Crescent, CA – Slope Stabilization
InsulFoam®
GF Physical Properties
5 MAJOR APPLICATIONS
TO CONSIDER GEOFOAM
RETAINING STRUCTURES
Eliminate or Reduce Lateral Loads for
• InsulFoam GF replaces thesliding soil wedge
• Native soils are self supportingwhen excavated back to the angle of repose
• InsulFoam GF is self supporting
• End result: ZERO lateral loadon the retaining structure
Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA
• Retaining Wall
• 1000 yd³ EPS22
KSB Hospital - Dixon, IL
I-680 & Pacific St - Omaha, NE
InsulFoam®
GF Benefits
• Significantly reduces
structural steel, concrete and
forming costs/time
• Decreases or Eliminates the
need for geo-grids or
mechanical tie-backs
• Allows walls to be designed
taller and in more narrow
rights-of-way
• Eliminates the need for
secondary compaction which
speeds construction
for Retaining Structures
Bayamun, Puerto Rico
SOFT SOIL REMEDIATION
Net Zero Load Designs for
• Soft soils only settle whenmore weight is added on top
• Calculate the weight of theGeofoam and all other loads
• Excavate an equivalent weightof native soil
• End Result: Net ZERO loadingI-680 Interchange – Martinez, CA
I-80/94 & I-65 - Gary, IN
Loading Calculations
Live/Dead Loads
• Military Convoy Traffic
• 12” PCCP slab
• 18” compacted granular
• 6” load distribution slab
• Total dead/live loads
• Convert PSF to PSI
• Which density of InsulFoam® GF?
Weight
• 200 psf
• 150 psf
• 180 psf
• 75 psf
• = 605 psf
• 605 / 144 = 4.2 psi
• EPS19 or higher
– 5.8 psi @ 1% deformation
CSAH 36: Minnesota
North Creek Levee - Bothell, WA
• Increases -
‒ Speed of installation
‒ Productivity
• Decreases -
‒ Rights-of-way concerns
‒ Traffic closures
‒ Heavy equipment costs
‒ Soil removal costs
‒ Borrow-fill placement
•Eliminates -
‒ Surcharging time/cost
‒ Soil Settlement
‒ Secondary compaction
InsulFoam®
GF Benefits
for Soft Soil Remediation
Port of Longview, WA
SLOPE STABILIZATION
Lighten the driving block for
• Heavy Soils + Gravity + H2O
= High Landslide Potential
• Geofoam is up to 100 times
lighter than soil
• Using Geofoam reduces
the weight and the risk
U.S. 101: Crescent, CA
US 101 - Willets, CA
Window Rock Hwy - Hopi Reservation, AZ
• Increases -
‒ Speed of installation
‒ Productivity
‒ Space for additional
traffic lanes
• Decreases -
‒ Traffic closures
‒ Heavy equipment costs
‒ Borrow-fill placement
‒ Concerns about future
landslide/erosion issues
‒ Environmental impact on
sensitive hillside jobsites
‒ Long-term maintenance
and slope failure costs
InsulFoam®
GF Benefits
for Slope Stabilization
Hillside Restoration in Japan
STRUCTURAL VOID FILL
CONCRETE APPLICATIONS
Keep it Simple and Fast with
• Eliminates separate concrete
pours for vertical wall sections
• Reduces overall amount of
concrete or other heavy fills
•Reduces dead loads on
underlying structures
•Any shape or slope can be
easily fabricated on site
Water Treatment Plants
Podium Slabs
Utility Chases
Built Up Slabs
Stairs
Stadium Seating
InsulFoam®
GF Benefits
as a Structural Lightweight Void Fill
• Eliminates the need to
pour the walls separately
from the topping slab
• Decreases labor costs
versus heavy soil backfill
• Decreases forming time
and material costs
• Easily supports the
weight of concrete slabsCommunity College, Scottsdale, AZ
BURIED UTILITY PROTECTION
Protect and lighten the load on top of
• Reduces dead and lateral
loads on underground pipes,
culverts and tunnels
• Protects utility during seismic
activity by reducing axial strain
•Provides high thermal
insulation values that protect
against severe temperature
fluctuations
Seismic Protection
• Protects utility
during earthquakes
– Allows for utility
movement
without inducing
large bending
stresses
– Photo courtesy of
the University of
Utah
Alyeska Pipeline:
Mile 243 @ Atigun pass
Pulte Homes & The City of Phoenix, AZ
Royal Brougham Way - Seattle, WA
FrontRunner Light Rail Extension
Salt Lake City, Utah
• Allows construction directly
on top of buried utilities
• Eliminates right-of-way or
eminent domain claims to
move the utility
• Allows designers to specify
less expensive structural
utilities such as box culverts
and pipes
• Reduced dead loads
prolongs the life of structure
InsulFoam®
GF Benefits
for Buried Utility Protection
Handling & Cutting
InsulGrip®
/ Adhesives
• 4” x 4” 20 gauge
• galvanized steel plate
• 60 lbs designed lateral load per plate
• Minimum of two plates per 4' x 8' area
• moisture cured polyurethane adhesives
• requires no special application equipment or power sources
InsulFoam®
GF Specifications
QC & Testing
ASTM D1621 on 2”cube
Insulfoam: Service Sets Us Apart
• Specification assistance
• 3rd party certification testing
• Staffed Technical Center
• Two Geofoam Specialists
• Dedicated CAD drafters
• Layout & Installation shop
drawings
• Jobsite visits/startups
• Hot wire cutting tools
• Presentations/Box Lunches
• Value engineering support
Reduce Construction Traffic
Increase Jobsite Safety
1 truckload of Geofoam = 12 dump trucks of fill
≥3,500 pounds vs. 380,000 pounds for 120 yd3
• Cost-effective –
– Reduces associated structural costs
• Labor Savings –
– Does not require surcharging, preloading or
staged construction
– No secondary compaction required
– Not weather-dependent; it can be installed
during rain or snow
– Does not require heavy equipment to move
– Ease of installation, ease of cutting
• Product attributes –
– Available in job-specific block sizes
– Engineered per project specifications – can
match compressive resistance with job
requirements
InsulFoam®
GF: Summary of Benefits
Lincoln St., Tacoma, WA
When should you use InsulFoam GF?
• Soft Soils
• Retaining Structures
• Slope Stabilization
• Buried Utility Protection
• Structural Void Fill
Topaz Bridge: McCammon, ID