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We have around 75,000 cubic yards of GeoFoam coming out on site.”Ĭonstruction on the ambitious park began nearly a year and a half ago, and the Park District has documented the progress in ongoing time-lapse videos. “The amount of GeoFoam you see out here is about 50 percent of the total GeoFoam that will eventually be out on site. GeoFoam on the other hand is 1.19 pounds per cubic foot,” said Maggie Daley Park Project Manager Nichole Sheehan. So, wet soil out on site is probably 125-126 pounds per cubic foot. “GeoFoam is approximately 1 percent of the weight of soil. Park officials say GeoFoam is eco-friendly and an ideal material because of its durability and weight. In a city that's renowned for being flat, the ambitious park will have an undulating landscape that will create rolling hills Chicago so sorely lacks. “And we’re going to go over 1,000 trees on top of that GeoFoam.” “This allows us to do what we need to do to add topography to the site, and it doesn’t degrade, which allows us to put the plantings in and keep the soil limits low,” said Chicago Park District CEO Michael Kelly.