• Designed with foamed glass aggregate as lightweight fill over utility

• PADOT required an 18-foot-high embankment over a 100-year-old brick sewer

• Philadelphia Water Department wanted no additional load on historic sewer

• Contractor was able to install throughout December even during snow storm

• A 3-foot cut of existing soil enabled an 18-foot-high embankment of foamed glass aggregate without additional surcharge

• Embankment built to a 1:1 slope allowing access along slope and eliminating the need for an MSE wall

Did you know?

• This low-density product is approximately 85 percent lighter than most quarried aggregates.

• Used for over 20 years on infrastructure projects

• AeroAggregate is made in North America from 99% recycled container glass.

• AeroAggregates recycles the equivalent of over 140 million glass bottles per year.

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