Britpave

Britpave, the British Cementitious Paving Association, is an independent body established to develop and forward concrete and cementitious solutions for infrastructure.

Please note, Britpave Trade Association has no commercial interest in or trading association with Britpave concrete step barrier. For contact details see: www.bbsbarriers.com

It is active in the development of solutions and best practice for roads, rail, airfields, guided bus, drainage channels, soil stabilisation and recycling. As such, the Association is the focal point for the infrastructure industry.

The broad membership of Britpave encourages the exchange of pan-industry expertise and experience. Members include contractors, consulting engineers and designers, specialist equipment and material suppliers, academics and clients – both in the UK and internationally.

The Association works closely with national and European standards and regulatory bodies, clients and associated industry organisations. It provides a single industry voice that facilitates representation to government, develops best practice and technical guidance and champions concrete solutions that are cost efficient, sustainable, low maintenance and long-lasting.

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  • Address:

    Easthampstead Park
    Off Peacock Lane
    Wokingham
    Berkshire RG40 3DF

  • Phone:
    +44 (0)118 4028915
  • Email:
    info@britpave.org.uk
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Date: Thu 15 Sep 2022

The environmental benefits of soil stabilisation

A new report from Britpave, the infrastructure industry association, explains the environmental benefits of using soil stabilisation. Not least of which is the rehabilitation of brownfield land to reduce the pressure to build on greenfield sites.

Soil stabilisation involves using cementitious binding materials such as cement, lime, fly ash or ground granulated blast furnace slag (GBBS) to strengthen poor soils and to treat potential contaminants on site to provide a soil that is non-toxic, can contain potential leaching and delivers a strong engineered material that can be built upon. The process is carried out on site and so provides a sustainable and cost-effective alternative to ‘dig-and-dump’.

Soil stabilisation is more than simply rotovating binders into soil. It requires the proper ground investigation, soil sampling and laboratory trials to determine the right binder mix, good site quality control, use of appropriate plan and good on-site working practices. Done correctly, and soil stabilisation offers a wide range of environmental and CO2 reduction benefits.

The report, ‘Environmental benefits of soil stabilisation’, explains that the main ethos of being environmentally friendly is reusing, recycling and reducing. Soil stabilisation does exactly that. By being part of a process that enables the reuse and recycling of brownfield land, it can reduce the need to build on new greenfield sites, promote the reuse of existing soils rather than importing and using virgin aggregates and reduce transportation and landfill environmental impacts.