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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