Applications
CIVIL WORKS APPLICATIONS
 

EPS is a rigid, light foam, which is also strong and resistant, therefore, it enables exceptional applications that are not common in our country, such as the foundation of roads, bridges and large public works.
EPS is ideal for use in civil works due to its intrinsic characteristics as a material:

- Very low weight and exceptional lightness.
- Closed cellular structure that leads to minimum humidity absorption.
- Resistance to freezing.
- Resistance to rot. It is not a nutritive substrate for animals, yeasts or bacteria.
- Biologically inert (it does not contaminate underground water).
- Enables modelling or machining to adapt to any shape or hole where it should be inserted.
- Easy to handle.
- 100% ecological.
- The loads can be adapted to the bearing capacity of the land.
- Layouts do not have to be redirected to avoid meeting difficult soils.
- Decrease in the land movements.
- Greater speed in the execution of the works.

Foundation of roads.
Indicated for land with low bearing capacity.
Reduces settlements.
Avoids land consolidation works.
Road extensions.
Avoids risks of differential surveys.
Enables vertical banks to be restored when there is little space available.
Filling bridge abutments.
Avoids risks of differential establishments.
Reduces the pressure of the land (horizontal forces) on the structure
Construction of mountain roads.
Reduction of earth movements.
Enables vertical banks to be built.
Minimizes the environmental impact.
Protection against freezing.
Avoids swelling from freezing.
This is the oldest and most experienced application of the use of the EPS in civil engineering.
Moulding and light filling.
Lightening large concrete structures.
Adaptability to any shape presented by the holes of the structure, e.g. cylinders, cones, etc.
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Drainage plates.
Avoids possible damage to the structure from water.
Avoids water overprinting (humid land) on the structure.
Lining drains.
EPS plates are placed under the waterproof covering, obtaining a flat surface that avoids filtrations and absorbs the tensions of the land.
Evacuation of gases.
Aids the liberation of gases caught under the foundations of the structures.
Reduction of vibrations.
Used to absorb vibrations produced by urban transport, such as trams.
The blocks are placed directly under the gravel.
Nautical applications.
Construction of floating platforms for access to marinas, and of any other type of floating structure: artificial islands, gangplanks, signals, etc.
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