Perfect posting for fillmaster

Fillmaster expanded polystyrene by Vencel Resil provided the perfect fill material for raising the floor level at the new Royal Mail East London Network Hub, which is being built in Thurrock in Essex. The old sorting office, which was based on a site required for Olympic development therefore had to be relocated and the floor level on the new premises needed to be raised to the same height as the rear of the trucks for ease of loading.
Expanded polystyrene in the form of Fillmaster from Vencel Resil proved to be the perfect solution, because it has an extremely high strength to weight ratio, ensuring that it did not add undue pressure on the underlying structure. The lateral forces generated by the traditional fill would also have created outward pressures on the perimeter wall and again Fillmaster was able to address this issue.
Andrew Saville from Curtins Consulting, a civil and structural engineering company in Leeds, explains: “Traditional fill materials would have been far too heavy if used on this project, simply because of the wetland ground conditions. It would have resulted in the building becoming unstable and, over time, would have led to it sinking into its foundations. As we have specified Fillmaster before, we knew that it was ideal for reducing loads on existing foundations and was a lightweight material that would stabilise the building and also minimise the burden on perimeter walls.”
Adrian Walker, Technical Sales Manager for Vencel Resil, said: “Fillmaster was the best solution for this project because of the fact that it is has such a high strength to weight ratio. Fillmaster provided a very effective method of achieving the required infill to raise the floor, which will make loading and unloading of trucks so much easier.”
Fillmaster is available in a range of different grades to accommodate varying load bearing requirements. The product also helped to minimise the environmental impact because EPS does not absorb water which means that it eliminated the possibility of leaching often associated with traditional fill materials.
Expanded polystyrene has been used for over 30 years in the construction of roads, for bridge abutments, bridge underfill, noise bunds, retaining walls, soft and hard landscaping and a whole host of other ground and civil engineering applications.