SEATTLE -- Giant blocks of foam are being used in construction projects across the Puget Sound, and you might be driving over them everyday without even knowing it. The blocks recently caught the eye ...

There’s a 1,400-square-foot home on Juniper Place in Cortez that is being built with expanded polystyrene foam blocks. “It reminded me of a giant YETI cooler,” said Rachael Marchbanks, Cortez’s ...

Dow Chemical Co. will build a new manufacturing plant for its Styrofoam brand of extruded polystyrene insulation in Burley, Idaho. Construction of a 60,000-square-foot facility that incorporates the ...

An ordinance encouraging builders to contain polystyrene litter on construction sites — or be subject to a stop-work order — was passed by Beaufort City Council Tuesday. It is effective immediately.

Utah Transit Authority says its will begin installing a state-of-the-art bridge foundation made of 40-foot Geofoam blocks March 19, as part of its West Valley Light Rail line construction project. An ...