The Advantages of Investing in Pre-Construction Soil Stabilization
Posted on: 3 August 2020
The soil that lies under your construction project can significantly determine your project's value and outcome. Without proper preparation and treatment, it can cause the ground under where you build to collapse. However, you can prevent the loss of time and money in a project by first using pre-construction soil stabilization on the worksite.
Adding Strength to the Ground
Soil stabilization is critical to adding strength and endurance to the ground on which you build. You cannot risk the outcome of your project on soil that is loose and pliable. You need the ground to be solid, strong, and capable of bearing tens or hundreds of pounds of weight.
Effective soil stabilization for your worksite can call for you to use a variety of materials to prevent the ground from coming loose and collapsing. Some of the most common materials used in pre-construction soil stabilization include slaked lime, concrete, bitumen, and grouting. However, many construction companies also use electrical stabilization to solidify and strengthen the soil.
Stabilizing the soil should be carried out several days, if not weeks, prior to the start of your project. This advance treatment allows the ground to settle and any materials used in soil stabilization to solidify and set up before any weight is put on them.
Preventing Permeability
Stabilizing the soil also prevents it from becoming excessively permeable during a construction project. You cannot risk the ground becoming saturated with water, for example. Saturated soil is more capable of separating and caving. You then have to wait for the ground to dry out before you can fill in holes and cracks and start your project anew.
Rather than risk the ground from becoming too permeable, you can use methods to stabilize it. Materials like carbon chloride and fly ash are some that are used to decrease permeability. These materials are not toxic to the environment and can quickly and effectively dry out the soil so that it avoids becoming overly saturated during and after a construction project.
A new construction project is a major investment that you cannot afford to compromise. You need to control factors that can lead to damage or total loss. Stabilizing the soil under where you plan to build is a critical process in which to invest. Pre-construction soil stabilization makes the ground under your project solid and strong. Soil stabilization also reduces the ground's permeability.
To get help with soil stabilization, contact a company like Kuesel Excavating Company Inc.
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