Rail - soil consolidation of railway embankments

THE CONSOLID soil stabilisation and consolidation system allows the upgrading of any existing railway embankment and tackles the problems where they come from – the soil beneath the ballast, which tends to soften with time and use integrating into the ballast making the once stable material unstable. This leads to inevitable repairs replacing the now useless ballast with new ballast and also having to dispose of the old ballast creating vast amounts of haulage.

The ability of the CONSOLID soil stabilisation and consolidation system to treat the time and use worn ballast saves not only time and money but also the environment by not having the need for vast amounts of quarried material.

Ballast removed from railroads for reasons of instability can be treated in-plant and stockpiled for use at a later date. Treated material remains treated and can be used at any time.

In a green field site situation treating the in-situ soils with THE CONSOLID consolidation and stabilisation system will eliminate any problems in the future.

The railway authorities in the U. K. have the advantage over most European countries because these countries have already tried and tested THE CONSOLID SYSTEM with most in-situ soils and worn railroad ballast projects which have been well documented and proven by time to be successful economic and environmentally friendly.

SUMMARY:

• TREATED MATERIAL REMAINS TREATED AND IMPROVES WITH USE
• TESTS DONE IN THE LAB PERFORM THE SAME IN THE FIELD
• PROVEN OVER MANY YEARS IN DIFFERENT PROJECTS
• SAVES ON CONSTRUCTION TIME AND COSTS
• LESS NEED FOR QUARRIED MATERIAL
• OTHERWISE USELESS MATERIAL CAN BE USED NOT DUMPED
• CAN BE STOCKPILED AND USED AT A LATER DATE
• ALL ADDS UP TO ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY CONSTRUCTION