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Carried out using effective sustainable, practical and appropriate technique(s), only applied once we have completely understood your goals and generally following a detailed an in-depth options appraisal.
Understanding the most current remedial technology is not enough for successful delivery of a remediation project. Health & safety, demolition, construction programs, waste management, changing legislation and the clients’ objectives are all key elements. Soilfix prides itself on having skilled staff with the necessary skills to deliver complete soil and groundwater services in Newport.
Soilfix are a specialist soil remediation and groundwater company in Newport and can manage your remediation projects from identification of the remedial requirement through to completion and final verification. Our internal professional staff can facilitate all stages of the remedial process, including design, site clearance, demolition, enabling works and regulatory approvals. Soilfix can complete the works either in the role of principal contractor or as specialist sub-contractor.
Remediation of soil and groundwater in Newport is carried out using the most practical and appropriate techniques that are only applied once we have fully understood our clients’ objectives.
An increasingly common legacy of former industrial sites is the presence of asbestos containing materials (ACM’s) deposited or dispersed within made ground, resulting in asbestos contaminated soils (ACS) present in the ground.
This problem is often exacerbated by poorly controlled demolition practices, resulting in ACM fragments becoming spread across the site surface and/or throughout crushed materials. The presence of ACM’s and ACS can lead to significant potential liabilities, programme delays and accelerating costs for landowners and developers.
Soilfix has a vast amount of experience in adopting pragmatic, robust yet cost-effective solutions for asbestos contaminated sites, fully in compliance with the relevant waste management legislation and Control of Asbestos Regulations (CAR) 2012. Through precise planning of pre-treatment and materials management requirements, the amount of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes removed off-site can be minimised.
Works are either carried out by Soilfix employees with the necessary training under a Notifiable Non-Licensable Works (NNLW) Notification, or, where higher risk ACM’s are encountered, carried out using a licensed Asbestos Contractor. The following cost effective and sustainable remedial measures are routinely carried out by Soilfix:
To guarantee compliance with CAR2012, all Soilfix employees who operate with asbestos are trained in Non-licensed/Notifiable non-licenced work are fully qualified, have routine medical exams, and have their respirator face-fitted.
For more information about asbestos removal in soil and demolition materials in Newport and the surrounding areas, get in touch with a member of our expert team today.
Our specialist bioremediation service in Newport and the surrounding areas is carried out by our expert team. Numerous organic contaminants provide an energy source for naturally occurring micro-organisms present within the soil (e.g. bacteria). Under the right circumstances, these organisms will degrade organic contaminants to form less toxic and/or more stable materials.
These processes can be enhanced by manipulating the conditions within the soils that enable the relevant micro-organisms to both interact and thrive with the contaminants. The presence of nutrients and available carbon within the soil will provide the groundwork for the organisms and can be artificially increased with the application of various bio-nutrient products or fertilisers. Optimising temperature, moisture, pH and oxygen conditions can boost populations and enable maximum interaction with the contaminant.
Biorememediation can be accelerated within ex-situ soils using vented biopiles or windrow technology. Bio-venting, sparging or permeable reactive barriers (PRBs) can be used to accelerate the process in-situ.
The solutions that Soilfix can design and construct will allow you to achieve the highest rates of bioremediation at your site. Where more complex contaminant situations, gross start concentrations or biomass limited situations occur, Soilfix has experience in bio-augmentation using both specially cultured and indigenous biomass to intensify the treatment process.
Stabilisation / Solidification of soils is increasingly a cost effective technology for the rapid treatment and / or immobilization of hazardous wastes and contaminated soils or sludge’s. The terms “solidification” and “stabilization” describe two specific mechanisms.
Prior to beginning the work, samples of the contaminated material are taken and laboratory pilot trials carried out to calculate the most cost effective reagent or combination of reagents to achieve the site remedial targets. Binding agents are then applied and the soils rotivated either in-situ (e.g. auger, injection, rotivator) or ex-situ (e.g. batching plant, blending equipment). Performance testing of the treated materials is usually completed throughout the works. Depending on requirements this can include tests on hydraulic conductivity, unconfined compressive strength and leachate characteristics.
Speak to us today for more information about soil stabilisation / solidification in Newport.
Soilfix has a wide range of experience in adopting a large variety of both conventional and more innovative in-situ / ex-situ groundwater treatment technologies in Newport to meet site specific remedial goals and / or enable excavation and removal of in-ground obstructions.
Soilfix also has experience in carrying out thermally-enhanced treatment using both steam and electric conductive heating using specialist partners.
Get in touch today to find out more about our Newport soil and groundwater treatment services.
Enquiries for soil and groundwater remediation in Newport
Peter Howland
Managing Director
