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Flowable Fill
Applications
Flowable fill has been designed for:
  • Trench filling to accommodate utilities, telephone andcommunication conduits.
  • Filling holes or other cavities having difficult access.
  • Trenches and cavities in city streets and roads.Pavement bases, subbases and subgrades.
  • Erosion control substituting sand and clay fills.Structural fills.
  • Filling underground abandoned tanks.Abandoned pit and quarry fillings.Insulating and isolation fills.
Advantage
  • Compared to soil-cement, Flowable Fill requires neithercuring nor compaction.
  • Its self-consolidating properties ensure complete fillingof excavations, holes and cavities.
  • Requires smaller excavation sections thus allowingtime and labor savings .
  • Easy to place using conventional concreting equipment.
  • Requires no skilled personnel.Co m p a red to sand and clay backfills, the use ofFlowable Fill saves time and money.
  • There is no need to run tests on sand and clay backfills.
  • Allows quick reopening of jobsite for vehicles.
  • Can be designed to allow its easy future excavation.
Related information
Fluid Fillers (PDF, 648 KB)
 
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