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 ...

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 ...

To the untrained eye, those big white blocks lined up along Seventh Street North at the Interchange transit hub project site in downtown Minneapolis may look like Styrofoam packing for a humongous ...

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 ...

Construction challenges come in all shapes and sizes, and much like the nearly limitless diversity of potential challenges, solutions can be equally unique. For general contractors WW Clyde of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Giant foam blocks are seen along I-5 between Portland Avenue and Port of Tacoma road in Tacoma, Wash., on Friday, Aug. 10. Joshua Bessex joshua.bessex@gateline.com Q: I’ve seen large (foam) blocks ...

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 ...

WESTMINSTER, Colo. — The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) announced last week that they have completed the installation of all 6,000 blocks of geofoam used to rebuild US 36. The eastbound ...