Lightweight aggregate fills are approximately half the weight of common fills. This advantage, coupled with its predictable high internal friction angle, can also reduce lateral forces by more than one-half. It has been effectively used to solve numerous geotechnical engineering problems and to convert unstable soft soil into usable land. Lightweight fill also provides permanent non-degradable insulation around water lines and steam lines, and other thermally sensitive elements. Expanded shale, clay and slate lightweight aggregate, ESCS, is a reliable and economical geotechnical solution.
Uses for Geotechnical Lightweight Fill Using Expanded Shale, Clay and Slate Lightweight Aggregate
Waterfront structures
Landscape & elevated plaza fills
Rooftop gardens
Bulkheads & retaining walls
Structural repairs & rehabilitation
Fill over poor soil & marshlands
Insulating backfill & insulating roadbase
Shallow foundations
Enveloping underground conduits & pipelines
for insulation or when in unstable soil conditions
