The best way to stabilize poor load bearing soils is to bridge over them with rigid structures. This is why most major highways that are built over clay soils are made of very thick, reinforced concrete. Unfortunately, stabilizing soils by bridging over them can be prohibitively expensive. Today, when engineers design a road over a poor load bearing soil, they stabilize the soil by laying down a geotextile fabric, placing aggregate on the fabric, compacting the aggregate, and, if required, adding layers of asphalt as a top course. The poorer the quality of the sub base and the heavier the imposed loads, the greater the quantity and/or the better the quality of aggregate required.

Envirogrid can significantly reduce the amount and/or quality of aggregate required to stabilize a poor load bearing soil. The cell walls keep the aggregate from being pushed away from the applied load. Because the filled cells are connected together, the panel acts like a large mat. Applied loads are spread over an extended area instead of directly at the point of contact. With the high costs and environmental concerns of mining quality aggregates and, in many cases, the significant expense of hauling aggregates over long distances, engineers are specifying a geocell to save costs in ground stabilization projects.