Infrastructure and road construction
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Embankments and ramparts
Embankments and ramparts
Nature proposes – we adapt.
The lightweight foam glass granulate from MISAPOR is recommended as an ideal problem-solver in embanking and the construction of protective walls. Particularly for ground with a low load-bearing capacity MISAPOR offers adequate and cost-effective solutions. The low and stable weight provided by optimum water drainage reduces or prevents substrate deformation. What is more, MISAPOR does not react to freeze-thaw changes and thus effectively guards against the effects of frost.
Features
- Reduction or prevention of subsidence and other types of deformation damage to nearby structures
- Reduction or avoidance of measures to replace soil
- Reducing construction time
- Minimising the impact nature
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Backfilling
Backfilling
Never under pressure.
Whether it is for light ballast, backfilling or relieving loads – MISAPOR always offers the optimum solution. The innovative one
The construction material is not only ultralight (from 115 kg/m3), it is also stable in weight due to very good seepage capacity. Thus MISAPOR foam glass was used, for example, for the Durchmesserlinie C cross-city line in Zurich. MISAPOR makes building easy. Due to its low weight it is suitable for light fills of all kinds, for landfills, embankments and backfills, as well as for pedestrian and trafficked areas.Features
- Low and stable weight without water intake
- Rapid water discharge due to excellent longitudinal and transverse drainage
- Easy and quick installation
- Resistant to freeze-thaw cycles
- Fire-resistant to class A1
- Rot-proof, inert and durable
- Fit for traffic already during installation
- Does not roll, backfilling with excellent angle of friction
- MISAPOR dispenses with the need for a concrete slab to distribute the load on the traffic-bearing lightweight cover.
- Easy and quick installation
- Transport volumes up to 90 m3 bulk per lorry, which saves on time and money
- Very strong and durable resistance to pressure and deformation
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Increasing the width and height of embankments
Increasing the width and height of embankments
Nothing easier than that!
Widening and raising of existing roadways or embankments is problematic if the subsoil settles more under the load of the new side fill or top fill. Differences in settlement and entrainment settlement occur in the cross-section of the existing embankment, which can lead to changes in the transverse slope and to longitudinal cracks in the superstructure. By using foam glass fills for widening and raising, one can reduce the base pressures and resulting different degrees of settlement, and entrainment settlement, in the existing embankment (source: Information Sheet of the Road and Transportation Research Association FGSV, 2016 issue).
Features
- Low and stable weight without water intake
- Rapid water discharge thanks to excellent longitudinal and transverse drainage
- Easy and quick installation
- Resistant to freeze-thaw cycles
- Fire-resistant to class A1
- Rot-proof, inert and durable
- Fit for traffic already during installation
- Does not roll, backfilling with excellent angle of friction
- MISAPOR dispenses with the need for a concrete slab to distribute the load on the traffic-bearing lightweight cover.
- Easy and quick installation
- Transport volumes up to 90 m3 bulk per lorry, which saves on time and money
- Very strong and durable resistance to pressure and deformation
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Remediation of settlement damage
Remediation of settlement damage
Alternative solutions with lightweight forms of construction using MISAPOR foam glass
Stable absorption of dynamic loads on poor ground – here too the solution is MISAPOR. The foam glass relieves the subsoil while also keeping maintenance costs to a minimum.
The low load-bearing capacity of the substrate leads to a risk of
deformations and limited fitness for purpose
of roads and traffic areas, leading to high subsequent costs. MISAPOR foam glass granulates offer a combination of properties which enable a form of construction that is around 10 times lighter, and thus greatly reduces or completely eliminates these risks.The Information Sheet M SGS of the FGSV which was published at the end of 2016 is ranked in the category Regulations 2 and shows possible applications for foam glass fillings in the substructure of roads and traffic routes, and provides information on their use in line with the current state of technology.
Features
- Low and stable weight without water intake
- Rapid water discharge thanks to excellent longitudinal and transverse drainage
- Easy and quick installation
- Resistant to freeze-thaw cycles
- Fire-resistant to class A1
- Rot-proof, inert and durable
- Fit for traffic already during installation
- Does not roll, backfilling with excellent angle of friction
- MISAPOR dispenses with the need for a concrete slab to distribute the load on the traffic-bearing lightweight cover.
- Easy and quick installation
- Transport volumes up to 90 m3 bulk per lorry, which saves on time and money
- Very strong and durable resistance to pressure and deformation
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Railway lines
Railway lines
The railways ride with us.
MISAPOR foam glass often solves several challenges at once in civil engineering and road construction. Low weight, high compressive strength, strong load-bearing capacity – and all this in just a single work step. That's something you don’t often see.
The railway also likes it, because MISAPOR holds its own under the tracks. For example in Seewen the connecting tracks were underlaid with a lightweight filling of specially pressure-resistant MISAPOR in layers of 30 cm. A fleece was also added to prevent it from mixing with other materials.
Our solutions to meet the specific challenges are as flexible as the requirements Of course, the processing is still very simple, fast and convenient.
Features
- Tried and tested for road bases on poor ground
- Ideal for light aggregates with the highest of load requirements and dynamic applications of force
- Extremely high stability
- Extraordinarily good long-term settlement characteristics
