Flute Fillers and Secant Piles Are Our Specialties

The use of secant pile construction can be varied. Depending on available space, depth, ability to construct the wood or steel forms, Geofoam comes to the rescue. In one of our articles from 2016, the various means by which secant pile formats for construction explained in detail. You can read the article on Secant Wall Construction by clicking here. As mentioned, there are many reasons why secant pile wall construction is used happens to be when property lines come into consideration. Narrow property space along the property boundary can call for one of several configurations of secant piles as called for by the structural engineers. Secant piles made from Geofoam made up the boundaries of existing buildings and property lines In the case of the project in Chicago (shown above). The intended walls made it impossibly difficult to bring in the excavation equipment and forms used in such a project. So, rather than pass on the project, the secant pile system was put into place using 3-foot X 24-feet deep EPS, creating the secant pile configuration in singles, doubles, and triple cylinders that sped up the project dramatically. The high performance and rigid, yet lightweight nature of Geofoam is being utilized more and more as structural engineers, architects, and construction companies realize the savings of time, cost, and ease of construction. Two people can move a 4 X 4 X 12 section of Geofoam by hand as opposed to filling the same space requirement with compact-able soil. In projects such as embankment support, roadbed support, or any other below-ground fill-demanding project no heavy construction is needed.