Innovation in wet tunnel spoils management from MetaFLO
Tunnel construction is underway in every population center around the world and the need is only going to grow as densification and urban migration outpace urban planning, outdated underground infrastructure and capacity.
Read MoreVale Waste Sludge Solidification
Vale owns and operates a mining site in Northern Ontario, Canada. Through their mining and refining activities they produce a sludge waste by-product. The clients were in need of an efficient excavation and transportation solution to get this sludge to their off-site landfill.
Read MoreDitch Witch partners with Metaflo Technologies, offering Solidification Reagents
Dumping liquid spoils from directional drilling is highly regulated, costly and time consuming. To combat these challenges, Ditch Witch®, a Charles Machine Works Company, has partnered with MetaFLO Technologies to be the exclusive provider of SolidState™ 2 and SolidState™ 6 solidification reagents. This partnership will provide a more accessible and efficient process for the solidification of drilling spoils to an extended network of users and contractors.
Read MoreHydrovac On-Site Solution
Shipping hydrovac mud for disposal out of downtown Toronto reduces productivity and is very costly. These restrictions and costs were a challenge for Crosslinx at the Bayview Station construction site. Not only was Crosslinx able to maximize their productive hours per day with their hydrovac equipment – they only require that single hydrovac to complete daily activities.
Read MoreNASTT’s 2018 No-Dig Show
Drilling fluid and cuttings from Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) and Direct Pipe (DP) Installations is considered a regulated waste in most parts of the country and as such requires some detailed planning prior to a project’s initiation.
Read MoreWet or Dry – MetaFLO Solves Excess Soil Challenges
Our solutions for these challenges have diverted millions of cubic metres of soil from landfill to beneficial reuse applications, reduced the carbon footprint of construction work by thousands of tonnes, eliminated the doubt about where excess soils have been deposited and this has all happened while our solutions have reduced the cost of managing these excess soil inventories.
Read MoreThe Business of Dirt
Industry-academic collaborative research projects can be extremely beneficial, especially for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), as they can provide access to not only intellectual expertise, but more importantly, access to advanced laboratory equipment and low cost labour (students). There are numerous funding routes that are available for industry-academic collaborations, which allow SMEs to better leverage their resources and get the most bang-for-their-buck.
Read MoreIndustry Academic Collaboration
Industry-academic collaborative research projects can be extremely beneficial, especially for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), as they can provide access to not only intellectual expertise, but more importantly, access to advanced laboratory equipment and low cost labour (students). There are numerous funding routes that are available for industry-academic collaborations, which allow SMEs to better leverage their resources and get the most bang-for-their-buck.
Read MoreNew Year’s Regulations
It’s going to be an exciting year at MetaFLO Technologies. We have more backlogged projects and are receiving more inquiries from interested organizations than ever before. One common theme from this activity – new regulations, guidelines and enforcement from jurisdictions all over North America.
Read MorePipeline Construction Process Improvement
Pipeline owners are making incremental work process improvements behind the scenes using MetaFLO’s liquid waste solidification technology. MetaFLO provides technology that facilitates the solidification of liquid waste streams into solid material. Organizations that put pipeline in the ground benefit from this proven technology to manage the drill waste fluids and cuttings generated from this work process.
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