Periodic Reporting for period 1 - NOBILIS (Novel Biobased Low-carbon Infrastructure Solutions)
Período documentado: 2022-02-01 hasta 2024-01-31
The project is in line with climate action policies and is beneficial for the society as upon industrial application the techniques can allow infrastructure to be provided in an economical and environmentally responsible manner, reducing material use, embedded carbon and other impacts on the natural environment and ecosystems.
The project was designed to develop innovative techniques for our industry partners and other identified end-users, who are looking for improved techniques for unsuitable soil treatment. For companies offering ground improvement services (e.g. one of our industry partners), these techniques can be further developed to high TRL and create new business expertise widening their market for biocementation. Our railway industry partners, who are end-users of the techniques, are suffering from very high maintenance & remediation costs of their railway earthworks. The branch of the company partnering NOBILIS, are spending up to £1 m/year delay minute costs for 80 km railway founded on problematic soils we tested for biocementation; biocementation of the problematic soft soil will help them improve the soil thus reducing the engineering problems and related costs they face. Upon proof of the technique through long-term field monitoring they could apply it to numerous other locations across the UK, promoting the industry use of the techniques in the wider geotechnical, transport and civil engineering sector. The techniques are in line with the European Green Deal and the objective to help the civil engineering sector become more competitive, resource efficient and sustainable. We address timely environmental, economic and societal concerns, in line with the EU policies and actions aimed at investigating new processes towards a low-carbon and resource-efficient economy, with good management of natural resources and processes.