These foam blocks have an R-60 insulation value ... and facilitate other potential methods that could decrease the cost of building and yet allow for high quality homes in our city,” Marchbanks ...

Moreover, where mineral wool and perlite were used before to fill hollow blocks ... rigid foam Elastopor H, devloped by BASF. Because of rising energy costs, the building materials industry ...

SEATTLE -- Giant blocks of foam are being used in construction projects across the Puget Sound, and you might be driving over them everyday without even knowing it. The blocks recently caught the ...

They'll be driving on foam. Giant blocks of foam - known as expanded polystyrene -- are being used in construction projects across the Puget Sound, including the new State Route 99 ramps drivers ...

Saebi said while lumber has only grown in cost, the cost of foam has not really increased. In fact, Saebi said building a home with foam can be 10% to 40% cheaper. "No supply chains in the last ...