CON-FORM's Glossary of Terms
Glossary of Ground Engineering Terms
CON-FORM is a specialist civil contractor. As a result of this, many of the terms used on this web site are industry specific, so we have provided a glossary section explaining core terms and ideas in more detail.
Bulk Modification
Contaminant Migration Barrier Walls
Recycling
Remediation
Remediation is a process dealing with the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment, or surface water for the general protection of the environment and human health or from a brownfield site intended for redevelopment.
Rolling Dynamic Compaction
Solidification
The process of creating a useful building material from ..
Stabilisation
Stabilisation of clay type soils in construction has been around for thousands of years, examples of Roman Lime stabilisation still exists throughout Europe. The process has been mechanised but the basic principle remains the same.
Lime stabilisation and cement stabilisation are effective and affordable environmental solution for transforming unsuitable or marginal soils into usable construction materials.
Environmental benefits of soil stabilisation are considerable as it reduces both the disposal of material previously classified as "waste" and the import of costly replacement material.