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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
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GEOFOAM
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Alaska Road
Base Insulation
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ProcessRaw Material - Resin
Cutting
Finished Goods
Recycling
Bead Storage
Pre-Expansion
Laminating
Customers
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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
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InsulFoam®
GF Physical Properties
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5 MAJOR APPLICATIONS
TO CONSIDER GEOFOAM
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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
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Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA
• Retaining Wall
• 1000 yd³ EPS22
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KSB Hospital - Dixon, IL
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I-680 & Pacific St - Omaha, NE
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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
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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
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I-80/94 & I-65 - Gary, IN
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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
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CSAH 36: Minnesota
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North Creek Levee - Bothell, WA
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• 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
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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
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U.S. 101: Crescent, CA
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US 101 - Willets, CA
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Window Rock Hwy - Hopi Reservation, AZ
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• 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
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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
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Water Treatment Plants
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Podium Slabs
Utility Chases
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Built Up Slabs
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Stairs
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Stadium Seating
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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
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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
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Seismic Protection
• Protects utility
during earthquakes
– Allows for utility
movement
without inducing
large bending
stresses
– Photo courtesy of
the University of
Utah
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Alyeska Pipeline:
Mile 243 @ Atigun pass
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Pulte Homes & The City of Phoenix, AZ
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Royal Brougham Way - Seattle, WA
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FrontRunner Light Rail Extension
Salt Lake City, Utah
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• 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
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Handling & Cutting
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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
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InsulFoam®
GF Specifications
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QC & Testing
ASTM D1621 on 2”cube
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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
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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
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• 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
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When should you use InsulFoam GF?
• Soft Soils
• Retaining Structures
• Slope Stabilization
• Buried Utility Protection
• Structural Void Fill
Topaz Bridge: McCammon, ID