Vacuum Excavation
Gentle, Efficient and Safe
A vacuum excavator is a specialized construction vehicle designed to remove a wide range of materials in construction, civil engineering and industrial environments. It can handle dry, liquid, solid and muddy materials with a diameter of up to 250 mm.
When precision and minimal impact on the surrounding environment are essential, vacuum excavation is an excellent choice. Combining exceptional suction power with flexibility and precision, the vacuum excavator can safely expose water and sewer pipes, electrical cables, telecommunications lines and fibre-optic cables underground.
Vacuum excavation can also be used for excavation at significant depths and over long distances.
One of the major advantages of vacuum excavation is that the unit rarely needs to leave the worksite for unloading. The excavated material can instead be discharged directly into a separate hook-lift container or skip on site.
This allows work to continue with minimal interruption while reducing costly and time-consuming transportation to disposal facilities.
Areas of Application:
- Exposing underground cables and pipes
- Excavation in and around sheet-piled pits
- Excavation at significant depths and over long distances
- Indoor excavation
- Exposing and aerating tree roots and planting beds
- Cleaning and remediation of road culverts and culvert systems
- Cleaning and remediation of stormwater retention and attenuation systems
- Industrial cleaning and remediation
- Cleaning and remediation of biogas facilities
- Wastewater treatment plants
- Removal of construction debris and residues
Key Benefits:
- Saves time and money
- Gentle excavation in sensitive areas, such as around pipes, cables and tree roots
- Less restoration work
- An efficient complement to conventional excavators
- Efficient and flexible in urban environments where space is limited
- Reduces the need for inefficient manual excavation
- Creates a safer working environment for construction and civil engineering personnel
- Enables the liquid phase to be evacuated from containers
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New Remediation Method Tested at Lake Trollsjön
This week, tests are being carried out to remediate the former shooting range embankment at Lake Trollsjön in Eslöv. The method involves using vacuum excavation to remove the lead-contaminated soil and replace it with clean material, without damaging the roots of the trees growing on the embankment.
The method involves using vacuum excavation to remove lead-contaminated soil and replace it without damaging the roots of the trees growing on the embankment.
The method is being tested by Vortec Solution, which has previously used vacuum excavation to remediate a large PCB-contaminated area in Malmö.
Vacuum excavation is also commonly used to safely expose underground cables and pipes.
The objective at Lake Trollsjön is to carefully expose the tree roots while allowing as many of the existing mature trees as possible to be preserved.
The municipality’s project manager, Anders Nilsson, explains that preserving the old trees growing on the embankment is an important part of the project. The County Administrative Board has also stipulated that trees of particular conservation value should be preserved wherever possible.