USE FOAM TO CONTROL FROST

A REPORT ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MAIN STREET IN GILMAN, WISCONSIN, WHERE POLYSTYRENE SHEETS, EACH 2X8 FEET IN SIZE, WERE BURIED IN THE BASE IS MADE. THE USE OF FOAM INSULATION HAS PASSED THE EXPERIMENTAL STAGE IN WISCONSIN, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST BUILDING-FRONT TO BUILDING-FRONT APPLICATION AND THE STATE'S FIRST URBAN PROJECT. IT INCLUDES CURB AND GUTTER AND NEW SIDEWALKS, AND CONCRETE SURFACING ON ABOUT FOUR BLOCKS OF THE MAIN STREET, HWY. 64. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 60, No 49, P 32
• Publication Date: 1970-12-3

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Western Builder

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Curbs; Drains; Electric insulating materials; Experiments; Foamed materials; Foams; Highway design; Insulating materials; Polystyrene; Project management; Rubber; Sidewalks; Snow and ice control; Streets; Surfacing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Projects; Street design
• Old TRIS Terms: Foam rubber; Frost control
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218710
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 7 1971 12:00AM