The technology group of The Linde Group has entered into a partnership with Skanska, the third largest construction services group in Europe, for the supply of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) to be used in a new construction project in Stockholm, aiming to neutralise the pH balance of the water in Lake Mälaren.
An environmentally sustainable solution using CO2 from the Linde Gases Division is being used to neutralise the pH balance of the water in Lake Mälaren, as the waterfront is transformed and previously unstable mud on the lakebed is being converted to firm ground.
In Autumn 2006, Skanska was granted planning permission to create a new beachfront for the town of Hornsberg, which is being expanded 14,000 square metres out in Ulvsundasjön to allow 400 apartments to be built in an area that had previously been a part of Lake Mälaren.
The challenge facing Skanska however, was that the lakebed in this part of Mälaren consists of 10-18 metres of deep mud, with firm ground beneath it. According to Sharyar Moeini Mostofi, project manager at Skanska, “Building on mud is unstable, and there is a high risk of subsidence. This was a problem Skanska had to deal with when the company got the job of preparing the ground.”
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