Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What type of soil/waste is it possible to treat?
A. All soils and wastes can now be treated with PowerCem to significantly improve their properties. According to the type of soil and your needs we will determine the type and percentage of additives needed. Our proven stabilisation techniques allow even contaminated and physically poor materials including clay and organic top soil to be treated and retained for re-use on-site.
Q: What size sites are economical to treat?
A. With the increased costs of disposal and the environmental and real costs of trucking in virgin aggregates, Soil Stabilisation is now a very commercially attractive way of treating unsuitable soils. We have a variety of machines available for large and small sites. As long as you give us brief details of the size of your site and current soil conditions a cost estimate can be provided, to enable you to make comparisons with the alternative options.
Q: My site is in a built up area. Will your mobile plant be able to operate on our site taking in to consideration noise and dust problems?
A. We have special mobile plant available that makes our process virtually dust free. There is no reason why our aggregate recycling and soil stabilisation cannot be carried out in urban areas as there is no more disruption than with any construction activity.
Q: Will Powercem have any effect on the environment?
A. Unlike Lime and other Calcium products used for soil stabilisation which can leach in to surrounding areasour astabilising additives have no impact on the surrounding environment where soil stabilisation is being carried out, it is colourless and biodegradable and considered echo-safe.
Q: Are naturally occurring sulfates (So3) a problem when stabilising soils with PowerCem
A. Soils that contain naturally occurring sulfates will suffer a swelling reaction if lime is used as a stabiliser. The extent of this problem depends on the type of soil and the concentration of sulfates present, current guidelines set the limit at 1% maximum in these situations PowerCem is usually a far better solution. If you have reason to believe that unusual quantities of sulfates may be present we always recommend that tests for sulfates should carried out by a specialist test centre to determine if special measures are required before any site work is undertaken.
