WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) -
Editors Note: A photo is available with this Press Release.
Building effective and long lasting roads in the Dominican
Republic has proven to be difficult in the past due to high annual rainfall, high
temperatures and the soil type predominantly found on the island. Recently a
demonstration was performed on a stretch of road at the Naco Golf & Country Club
near Santo Domingo with EarthZyme,
a 100% environmentally friendly soil stabilizer that
is specifically designed to stabilize the predominantly clay based soils found
in the area, while providing great road dust
control results as well.
EarthZyme
is applied using standard construction equipment and techniques. A 150 m
stretch of road was used to demonstrate the product and to train the engineers
employed by Naco so
they can carry out future applications with the soil stabilization
product. This training was necessary because the golf course has already
decided to use EarthZyme
on over 30 km of new roads to be built later this year on their property. The
decision was made to use EarthZyme
due to some excellent results that were achieved in lab tests conducted on the
soil that was used for the demonstration road earlier in the year. The soil was
tested for CBR
results (California Bearing Ratio, a measure of soil strength) and was found to
have a CBR
of 43.2. After EarthZyme's
application, the CBR
value jumped to an amazing 195.8, a gain of over 453% in strength (lab tests
are available upon request). Due to the significant increase in strength / CBR it was
unanimously agreed by all the stakeholders of Naco to use EarthZyme on all their
new road construction in and around the golf course next year.
In this case, EarthZyme was used for
the construction of a golf course road, but it is also commonly used for mine haul
roads, agricultural roads and for soil stabilization of
any trafficked or non-trafficked areas. An EarthZyme treated road
significantly reduces the soil's permeability, thus minimizing the threat caused
by the heavy rains found in maritime climates, which is why the soil stabilization it
provides is such a good fit for roads in the Dominican Republic. Pictured below
is an aerial view of all the roads that will be treated with EarthZyme next year.
For more information on EarthZyme
and other Cypher Environmental
Ltd. products, please see http://www.cypherenvironmental.com/.
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visit the following link:
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