Brownfield Awards 2021 - Ground risk solutions & soil remediation by Soilfix

Soilfix were delighted to have been involved again this year in the Environmental Analyst’s Brownfield Awards, which took place (virtually) on Thursday 14th October.

Our Freeks Farm Landfill Remediation project in Burgess Hill, West Sussex was shortlisted in Best Re-Use of Materials and although we didn’t win this year, its still an honour to be recognised amongst some tough and worthy competition.

Our case study for the project can be viewed here

The Northern Arc development in Burgess Hill is a 200-acre Homes England-led project aimed to deliver the construction of 3,600 homes, areas of public open space, habitat creation and archaeology preservation. Phase 1 of the scheme is being delivered by Countryside Properties PLC in partnership with Homes England.

To enable ongoing construction, a new Spine Road was required to unlock access from the surrounding road network to the development. The only viable location for the Spine Road (incorporating a cycleway, surface water swales, multi-use games area, new children’s playground and car park) was situated on part of a closed municipal landfill that accepted household and commercial wastes in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Wholescale excavation & treatment of the landfill material was required to construct a suitable, geotechnically stable platform for the required infrastructure to be constructed. Elevated concentrations of methane and carbon dioxide recorded at the site boundary (in proximity to residential housing) presented another driver for comprehensive remediation of this portion of the landfill site.

But it wasn’t all hard luck and ‘better luck next year chaps’ as we managed to have 3 photographs shortlisted in the ‘Beautiful Brownfields’ Photography Award – with our very own Josh Cuming scooping the winning shot for his image of a deep remedial excavation and oil recovery in East London.