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An Alternative to Precast Highway Sound Barriers Provides Competitive Advantage to Contractors
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"It was very innovative, so we wanted to give it a try," Scheurich says. "It seemed like a cost-efficient alternative to precast sound barriers."
The PA Turnpike, in turn, approached Joseph B. Fay Company, the contractor for the turnpike renovation, with the new product.
"We received some preliminary information on the panels, and right away we saw the potential advantages of using Eco Sound Barrier," says Eric Klimas, project manager for Joseph B. Fay. "We then had our engineers spend some time with it and found it to be a good alternative to precast."
When all the different factors were figured, the 1,800-foot-long by 15-foot-high sound barrier came in almost $385,000 under budget thanks, in large part, to the unique characteristics of Eco Sound Barrier.
Material costs for the barrier project were originally bid at $600,000. Precast panels were quoted at $25 per square foot for the PA Turnpike project. However, Eco Sound Barrier panels cost only $10 per square foot, which translated into an estimated savings of about $366,000 in material costs alone.
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