Doors open in the UK on the instant quarry
A new Stratford based firm are the first in the UK to offer both wet and dry in-situ soil stabilisation producing concrete from the soil and aggregates already present in the ground.
Eco Basements and Foundations is headed up by former Dawson Wam director Robert McGall together with AGD Equipment MD Robert Law, and utilises machinery from German firm RTG and Finland’s Allu.
Exploiting the growing drive to reduce primary aggregates extraction, C&D waste disposal and carbon emissions, while feeding from the need for flood protection as the government seeks to expand housing development on flood plains, the company’s approach means it can work on both wet and dry ground.
McGall explains: “Ours is a soil mixing system that utilises the aggregate and soils that are in the ground. It mixes them with cement slurry – or other binders such as PFA, lime or other powders – and makes concrete in-situ either in columns or over large areas.
“Rather than taking ground away, as you traditionally do with a pile for example, you use the material down there to make concrete. And it doesn’t matter if the ground is wet or dry as we have a process to suit both. We simply use the moisture in the ground if it is wet. We feel the possibilities for this kind of system in the UK are really wide,” he told MQR.
