Eco Sound Barrier Fast Facts
Q: What is the Eco Sound Barrier?
A: The Eco Sound Barrier is an effective, lower-cost noise abatement
wall alternative to traditional precast concrete highway barriers.
The Eco Sound Barrier uses advanced composite construction to
achieve breakthrough cost reductions in shipping, handling and labor
costs without sacrificing government-mandated noise abatement
performance.
Q: How does the Eco Sound Barrier dramatically cut noise barrier
installation expense?
A: The comparatively light weight of Eco Sound Barrier panels
represents a big-dollar savings in fewer man-hours to install, fewer
trucks to ship and smaller cranes to lift. On just labor savings alone, one
contractor projected precast materials would take his crew of four (plus
crane operator) four weeks to install a barrier that took just five days to
install with Eco Sound Barrier. Savings: $33,000.
Q: How does the Eco Sound Barrier perform?
A: The Eco Sound Barrier has the same Sound Transmission
Coefficient—a measure of abatement performance—as precast for a
fraction of the cost. What’s more, all Eco Sound Barrier finishes come
with a 20-year warranty and require no maintenance.
Q: What’s the environmental impact of the Eco Sound Barrier?
A: The lightweight composite design requires fewer trucks to ship and
a smaller crane (smaller carbon footprint). Panels contain 23% recycled
content and are 100% recyclable and are Cradle-to-Cradle Silver
Certified, the only highway noise barrier to earn this independentlyvetted design and sustainability distinction. ●
Eco Sound Barrier Wins Civil Engineering’s
Top Honor for Innovation in Sustainability
Each year the American Society of Civil
Engineers singles out one product for special
recognition for its design, construction and sustainability. The award,
called the Charles Pankow Award for Innovation, honored the Eco Sound
Barrier for its revolutionary approach to highway noise mitigation.
The lightweight composite barrier design meets all government noise
abatement standards yet dramatically cuts the cost of barrier shipping,
installation and labor. ●
What Highway Contractors Say
“We were able to set up with a sky track forklift instead of a
crane. That alone saved us a lot of money.”
Dusty Barclay, Foreman, C.A. Hull contractor,
on the installation savings of Eco Sound Barrier
“Reducing labor costs and risk is one of the biggest factors to
staying under budget in any construction job. In that regard,
using Eco Sound Barrier presents some major advantages.”
Eric Klimas, Project Manager, Joseph B. Fay contractor, on comparing
his crew of four plus crane operator installing Eco Sound Barrier
in five days vs. the projected four-week precast install
Cut project costs on highway sound barriers.
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