FILLBETON

Lightweight concrete specifically for filling excavations for laying pipes and ducts.‎ Fillbeton® is particularly useful for filling: - excavation of trenches for gas pipe lines, sewerage systems, electric and optical fiber cables - temporary excavations - cavities with difficult access In addition, Fillbeton® can also be used to improve the geomechanical properties of soils instead of using mixed, rolled and compacted materials.‎ Fillbeton®, finally, represents a valid alternative for cement-bound granular material in the stabilization of low-bearing capacity soils.‎ The material used to fill excavation of trenches in roads for laying pipes, ducts and cables must have a high load-bearing capacity sufficient to prevent the bituminous road surface from being cracked and damaged by forces deriving from the passage of vehicles.‎ The formation of the so-called "ruts" in the road surface, in fact, would constitute a serious hazard for transiting vehicles.‎ Fillbeton® has a far greater load-bearing capacity than a non-cohesive soil compacted.‎ Fillbeton® can, therefore, also be used for backfilling excavations in highways or similar subject to the passage of heavy vehicles.‎ Unlike traditional solutions in which the excavations are backfilled using granular materials and then compacted, Fillbeton® has the undeniable advantage of speeding up backfilling of the excavation thanks to its high fluidity.‎ Consequently, once casted, the high fluidity of Fillbeton® ensures that it totally fills the entire section profile of the excavation and does not require any vibration.‎ This constitutes an enormous advantage in terms of the reduction in manpower and increase in the linear metres of trench that can be filled in one working day, with the inevitable positive influence on the costs of the works.‎ Fillbeton® is also easily removable, in that it can be excavated without problem for extraordinary maintenance purposes or for pipe/duct inspections.‎ Fillbeton® is available in a wide range of colours.‎ This means that each service provider (electricity, gas, water, communications, etc.‎) can fill his trenches with his own particular colour, allowing immediate identification of lines, pipes, etc.‎, when the need arises to carry out inspections or maintenance activities, especially in built-up areas in the presence of numerous different underground services Further info from manufacturer on FILLBETON Betonrossi