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March 3, 2005

Vulcan uses soilcrete to clean polluted Baxter mill site

  • Seldom-used method helped stabilize contaminated soil, increase its strength and reduce its permeability.
    • By JON SILVER
    Journal Staff Reporter

    Renton construction si
    Photo by Russ Simonson/Lafarge North America
    Workers at a Renton construction site removed contaminated soil, mixed it with water, portland cement and bentonite, and pumped it back into place.

    THE J.H. BAXTER MILL SITE in Renton was a mess.


     
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