GeoFoam Installation

For general information, view the Dyplast GeoFoam DataSheet

Dyplast's 3-Part Specifications (in accordance with the Construction Specification Institute) contains general installation information in Part 3 - Execution.

Due to the varied and multiple uses of GeoFoam, Dyplast requires that more specific installation instructions be guided by the Client Project Engineer's geotechnical engineering specifications, and that the Installation Contractor follow the requisite industry standards.

Dyplast is not informed of current changes to the following information and thus can not endorse the information, yet the following websites have traditionally contained excellent information related to GeoFoam:

• Geofoam Applications in the Design and Construction of Highway Embankments http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_w65.pdf
• Syracuse University GeoFoam Research Center: htttp://geofoam.syr.edu/
• ASTM D7180 - Standard Guide for Use of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS)Geofoam in Geotechnical Projects http://www.astm.org/Standards/D7180.htm
• ASTM D6817, “Standard Specification for Rigid Cellular Polystyrene Geofoam” http://www.astm.org/Standards/D6817.htm
• GeoSynthetics Magazine: http://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/

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Applications for GeoFoam (EPS Foam) Include:

Slope Stabilization

Embankment

Retaining Structure

Utility Protection

Pavement Insulation

Shallow Foundations

Landscape Design

Civil Construction

Earth Retaining Structure

Frost Protection