Services
Carried out using effective practical, sustainable and appropriate technique(s), only applied once we have completely understood your objectives and generally following a detailed an in-depth options appraisal.
Understanding the latest 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 crucial elements. Soilfix prides itself on having skilled staff with the essential skills to deliver complete soil and groundwater services in Portsmouth.
Soilfix are a specialist soil remediation and groundwater company in Portsmouth who can take your remediation projects all the way through, from identification of the remedial requirement through to completion and final verification. Our team of in-house professionals can facilitate all stages of the remedial process, including design, site clearance, demolition, enabling works and regulatory approvals. Soilfix can complete the works either as the role of principal contractor or as specialist sub-contractor.
The most feasible and appropriate technology is used for the remediation of soil and groundwater after we have completely understood the goals of our clients.
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 concern is usually enhanced 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 result in significant potential liabilities, programme delays and accelerating costs for landowners and developers.
Soilfix have 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 meticulous 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 properly skilled personnel 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:
All Soilfix staff working with asbestos are Non-licensed/Notifiable non-licensed work trained and have regular medicals and respirator face-fitting to ensure compliance with CAR2012.
For more information about asbestos removal in soil and demolition materials in Portsmouth and the surrounding areas, get in touch with a member of our expert team today.
Our specialist bioremediation service in Portsmouth and the surrounding areas is carried out by our expert team. Various organic contaminants provide an energy source for naturally occurring micro-organisms existing in 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 excelled by manipulating the conditions within the soils that enable the relevant micro-organisms to both interact and thrive with the contaminants. The soil’s availability of carbon and nutrient content within the soil will provide the basic building blocks for the organisms and can be artificially increased with the application of various fertilisers or bio-nutrient products. Optimising moisture, temperature, 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 heighten the treatment process.
A increasingly affordable technology for the quick treatment and/or immobilisation of hazardous wastes and polluted soils or sludge is soil stabilisation or solidification. The terms “solidification” and “stabilization” describe two distinct mechanisms.
Prior to beginning the work, samples of the corrupt material are taken and laboratory pilot trials conducted 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. This may involve testing for hydraulic conductivity, unconfined compressive strength, and leachate properties, depending on the requirements.
Speak to us today for more information about soil stabilisation / solidification in Portsmouth.
Soilfix has a great amount of experience in adopting a wide variety of both conventional and more innovative in-situ / ex-situ groundwater treatment technologies in Portsmouth to meet site specific remedial objectives and / or enable excavation and removal of in-ground obstructions.
With the help of qualified partners, Soilfix has also performed thermally enhanced treatment utilising both steam and electric conductive heating.
Get in touch today to find out more about our Portsmouth soil and groundwater treatment services.
Enquiries for soil and groundwater remediation in Portsmouth
Peter Howland
Managing Director
