Land and all its other components like soil, gravel, clay, sands are required in building construction but only in their pure form. Once tainted by chemicals and other pollutants, the very foundation of the building will lead to its destruction.

            Identification and removal of contaminated soil is therefore essential before a piece of land is used for area development and other purposes. Even after the utilization of that space and although all establishments on it have been demolished, elimination of the impure soil is sill important to clear the vicinity of wastes left by the previous users.

            Stranco, Inc., a civil construction service company, offers contaminated soil excavation services mostly to contractors of construction projects in vastly urbanized or industrialized areas. In places where most civil construction and other industrial actions are done, most contamination are expected to have occurred because of both intentional—aerial deposition, improper discharges—and unintentional—chemical spills, underground leaks—deeds leading to environmental contamination .

            But it also caters to public institutions and private individuals’ soil excavation requests because whatever the cause of the pollution, it will result to the poisoning of nearby and underground water sources and the harming of the people living and/or utilizing the area.

            The company will provide the client with a systematic approach to contaminated soil removal, even impure cement disposal and other civil construction management operations. Before the excavation proper, the vicinity will be assessed through measuring and making grids to delineate the real boundaries and depth of the contaminated part. Sampling will also be conducted to understand the characteristics of the toxins that will aid the formulation of the excavation plan. Pre-excavation duties may also include isolated zone containment and/or perimeter containment of the hazardous part and draining and/or treatment of water from the affected region.

            Through the improved knowledge of the site, it would be easier to rethink if the best remedial strategy is excavation. Once decided, the company will then create and implement the refined and optimized excavation plan that could minimize the digging size and lessen the removal cost without risking the possibility of a quagmire.

            The unearthing process may necessitate most, if not all of the following tasks: structure demolition; land clearing; asbestos reduction; hazardous concrete, soil, and unknown materials digging, removal, handling, repackaging, transportation, and disposal; well set-up and shut down; and other facilities and utilities installation.

             Personnel who are experienced and well-trained, especially in the unique requirements of handling, counteracting and disposing hazardous materials and wastes will undertake such chores. They have undergone 40-hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard (HAZWOPER) training and are provided with 8-hour safety and health training as a refresher especially to those assigned on-site.

             Such employees will be using extensive fleet of trucks and trailers with high capacity and purpose-specific designs that could accommodate volumes of contaminated soil and other polluted materials. They are also equipped with a vast range of specialized heavy equipments such as bulldozers, end dumps, excavators, tankers, wheel loaders and many more.