Constructing a refuge for healthcare staff: Geofoam backs plaza renovation

Photograph courtesy of InsulFoam The University of Utah, bound by mountain ranges and the city of Salt Lake City, offers one of the nation’s top academic healthcare systems. The college’s Health Business Services Building (BSB), the system’s primary administration office, houses 1,400 board-certified physicians and more than 5,000 support staff. On the perimeter of the [...]

By |2021-08-23T01:06:00-05:00August 23, 2021|

Civil engineers to grade Utah’s infrastructure through virtual news conference Dec. 16

The Utah Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) will unveil its preliminary findings from the 2020 Report Card for Utah’s Infrastructure tomorrow, Dec. 16, 2020, through a virtual news conference. The full report will be released in early January 2021 and will be accessible on the state’s Report Card page, which currently [...]

By |2020-12-15T16:33:59-06:00December 15, 2020|

Case studies using EPS geofoam for mining and energy

FIGURE 1 Construction workers expose a Questar natural gas pipeline in Utah in preparation to place geofoam. The complexities of the built environment continually challenge the limits of engineering and construction. For infrastructure built-in areas with settlement-prone soils or other hazardous geological conditions, assembling a team of experts to plan for challenges is [...]

By |2018-08-01T00:00:34-05:00August 1, 2018|
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