Project Category: Environment

Petit Glâne Revitalization 2020-2030″ Project (VD-FR, CH), 2022-2024

Revitalisation 2020-2030 of the Petite Glâne River (VD-FR, CH)

PURPOSES

The ambitious “Revitalization 2020-2030” project aims to create diverse habitats and give more space to the watercourse by redesigning gently sloping banks along the entire length of the Petite Glâne between Vallon and Salavaux. The newly created areas can be utilized for agriculture as biodiversity promotion areas (extensive meadows, diverse hedgerows). The project will also optimize drainage discharges into the watercourse, reduce flood risks, and enhance on-site soil by creating protections against overflow events.

 

CLIENT

AIRPG – Association intercommunale pour la revitalisation de la Petite , 2022-2024. Link:

https://www.broye-source-de-vie.ch/actualites/62-revitalisation-2020-2030-la-petite-glane

WHAT WE DID

GeoBM Sagl provides geotechnical support to CSD Engineers SA – Works Department. Consisiting in:

1) monitoring of embankment works

2) granulometric analysis

3) plate load testing, and

4) dynamic penetration tests (PANDA)  to ensure the stability of the banks.

Arbedo – Castione (TI, CH), 2022-2023

Contaminated site management, Arbedo-castione (TI)

PURPOSES

Old landfills, polluted industrial areas and sites where accidents occurred bear witness to uncontrolled handling of wastes in the past. Waste disposal and treatment were dealt with as cheaply as possible. At the time, however, environmentally-friendly waste disposal was not always possible. For example, combustible hazardous wastes were dumped into worked-out gravel pits, or toxic production residues were discharged onto unsealed ground within plant compounds.

CLIENT

Lettieri, 2022.

WHAT WE DID

Service provided included: Sampling, laboratory soil analyses and ultimately soil substitution.

This involved removing the contaminated soil and replacing it with clean soil. The contaminated soil was excavated and taken to a treatment facility or landfill, while the clean soil was brought in to replace it.

Soil substitution can be an effective method of dealing with contaminated soil, but it can also be expensive and disruptive to the surrounding area.