A roadway improvement project in Willowbrook, IL, a western suburb of Chicago where State Highway 83 crosses 63 rd street in a mostly commercial intersection bordered by a golf course on the northeast ...

A. What you saw are geofoam blocks, used for fill. When a lot of digging around is done, Caltrans contractors often will compact the soil and then stick a dirt pile atop the spot for six months or so ...

In the second-largest application ever of its kind, hundreds of truckloads of polystyrene block are helping expedite an expansion of Salt Lake City’s Transit Express (TRAX) light-rail system. The ...

8,000: Approximate number of geofoam blocks to be used in Salmon Creek Interchange Project. As the forklift lurched toward a nearby truck, its prongs began to slide between two foam blocks loaded on ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — As the forklift lurched toward a nearby truck, its prongs began to slide between two foam blocks loaded on the trailer. An unmistakable squeak followed, like Styrofoam being jammed ...

Crews will have their hands full getting the new waterfront tunnel open by early February, especially during a three-week span when state Route 99 will be closed in downtown Seattle. “We still have a ...

MANKATO — The Minnesota Department of Transportation office in Mankato has started using a cutting-edge construction material: geofoam. Geofoam is made of expanded polystyrene, a material similar to ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The final building blocks are now in place. To commemorate the placement of the last layer of GeoFoam blocks for the Runway 5 EMAS rebuild project at Yeager Airport, dozens ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — As the forklift lurched toward a nearby truck, its prongs began to slide between two foam blocks loaded on the trailer. An unmistakable squeak followed, like Styrofoam being jammed ...

DENVER, CO--(Marketwired - May 23, 2017) - In Willowbrook, Illinois, a new box culvert crossing was being replaced to move water runoff from a golf course on one side of 63 rd street to a small pond ...