Roadway Lifting and Leveling with Polyurethane Foam Jacking
Settled roadways can lead to a bumpy ride, both literally and financially. Let’s face it, there is really never a good time to repair a roadway, especially if it requires tearing the road apart, regrading it, and placing new concrete or asphalt. This process is labor-intensive, time-consuming, and an everlasting headache for commuters and transportation departments. You can eliminate some of these headaches by implementing polyurethane foam jacking, a no-excavation roadway lifting and leveling application. The process is:
- No Excavation
- Injections are made from the surface
- Densifies and compacts soils
- Pushes away standing water from underneath the road
- Lifts and levels the road using expansive pressure
- Useful in stabilizing infrastructure-related settlement issues joints such as inflow and infiltration
Roadway Lifting and Leveling with Polyurethane Foam Jacking
Settled roadways can lead to a bumpy ride, both literally and financially. Let’s face it, there is really never a good time to repair a roadway, especially if it requires tearing the road apart, regrading it, and placing new concrete or asphalt. This process is labor-intensive, time-consuming, and an everlasting headache for commuters and transportation departments. You can eliminate some of these headaches by implementing polyurethane foam jacking, a no-excavation roadway lifting and leveling application. The process is:
- No Excavation
- Injections are made from the surface
- Densifies and compacts soils
- Pushes away standing water from underneath the road
- Lifts and levels the road using expansive pressure
- Useful in stabilizing infrastructure-related settlement issues joints such as inflow and infiltration
How it works!
- Polyurethane is injected into the void through the slab.
- Polyurethane begins to expand and pack the void.
- Once the void is filled, the polyurethane begins to exert upward force.
Why Polyurethane Injection?
Our polyurethane injection process is cost-effective and requires no excavation. Once injected, the polymer aggressively seeks out voids, like how water seeks the path of least resistance. After a few short minutes the polymer reacts and begins to expand throughout the voids and the weak points in the soil. The polymer expands and then hardens to create a densified and compacted layer of soil that can now support the weight of the above structure.
- Injections are made through 5/8” holes that are drilled through the slab
- Once Injected, the polyurethane travels throughout the voids and expands up to 25 times through the soil
- The polyurethane cures to 95% capacity within 25 minutes
WHY OUR PROCESS IS SO EFFECTIVE FOR ROADWAY LIFTING
Our polymer injection application is a no excavation Roadway Lifting solution, allowing for minimal impact to your structure. Our project footprint is minimal, requiring a small trailer, a hose running from the trailer, and small 5/8″ holes that are drilled through the structure to give us access to drive our rods to target locations and inject our high-density polyurethane.
Our polymers are light-weight and add minimal weight to the area. This is a major advantage because often times treatment is required because the added weight is to much for the geology of the area.
Our polymers set up to 95% capacity within 15 minutes, unlike other solutions which require 24-48 hours and ideal soil conditions. After 15 minutes, the material can be driven on and take on heavy loads.
Our polymers are environmentally inert and have no impact to the environment or groundwater
Not only is our process the fastest and most effective foundation and slab lifting application, but it is the most cost-effective too.
Benefits
- Roadway Lifting
- Slab Lifting and Realignment
- Filling Voids Underneath the Slab
- Stabilizing and Strengthening Weak Soils Beneath the Slab
- Preventing Future Soil Washout
- No Excavation and Minimal Mess
- Avoid Having to Pour a New Slab
- Environmentally Friendly Polymers