Traditional asphalt runway construction involves enormous costs for materials, transportation, equipment, construction process, and ongoing maintenance. Soil Solutions’ EBS-treated runways deliver equivalent or superior performance at a fraction of the cost.
Why Asphalt Runways Are Expensive:
Asphalt requires significant material production and transportation costs, expanded construction process, specialized paving equipment, strict weather and temperature requirements limiting construction windows, high-temperature production consuming energy, ongoing maintenance including crack sealing and overlays, and eventual complete replacement.
EBS Cost Advantages:
Material Costs: An EBS Surface Seal is typically 60% less cost than using asphalt.
Equipment Costs: EBS application uses standard road construction equipment—no specialized asphalt pavers, no hot-mix plants, no complex equipment requiring specialized operators.
Construction Speed: EBS runways are completed faster than asphalt, reducing labor costs, equipment rental periods, and site overhead.
Maintenance Costs: EBS runways require zero maintenance for years, while asphalt demands ongoing crack sealing, patching, and eventual resurfacing.
Lifespan Costs: Properly constructed EBS runways last as long or longer than asphalt with virtually no maintenance, delivering superior total cost of ownership.
Performance Equivalence:
Despite lower costs, EBS runways match or exceed asphalt in load-bearing capacity, surface smoothness, all-weather capability, safety performance, and operational reliability. Pilots frequently report EBS surfaces feel identical to asphalt during operations.
An EBS Surface is UV protected and will not “sweat “ in hot temperatures that can allowed slippage. An EBS Surface will not be slippery in rainy conditions
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