Can you build on landfill?
Combining our expertise
A hydrogen plant including a settlement-sensitive bullet tank were proposed to be constructed on the edge of an old municipal landfill. However, the ongoing settlements due to chemical and microbial breakdown of the waste, which are difficult to predict, threatened to stop the project before it even started.
With our combined satellite data and engineering expertise we were able to measure landfill settlement in recent years to detect trends and to propose a mechanically stabilised aggregate platform to mitigate any differential settlements that may develop which allowed the project to proceed.
Highlights
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Study of site investigation and monitoring point data of landfill.
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DInSAR analysis of landfill settlement over the previous two years and detection of trends.
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FEA model of Tensar mechanically stabilised platform to mitigate any differential settlement.