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title: MIT Lansdowne New Housing chemical fixation  | Soil Solutions HMR
description: Soil Solutions HMR provided in-situ chemical fixation for MIT's Lansdowne Street New Housing and Construction project building on lead-impacted soils.
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# MIT Housing Project

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lansdowne Street Housing Project

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## Project Details

- **Technology:** Liquid reagents and specialized storage and application equipment used during the new construction project. Portability of the system key to treatment of distinct areas identified by site engineers.
- **Regulatory:** Massachusetts Contingency Plan (MCP)
- **Type:** In-Situ Chemical Fixation Project
- **Position:** Remediation Contractor
- **Contaminating metal:** Lead (Pb)
- **Volume of media:** 7,300 Tons
- **Type of material:** Urban Fill
- **TCLP baseline:** 5.2-390 ppm
- **TCLP treated:** <0.75mg/l to ND

##### Soil Solutions was contracted to provide a cost-effective in-situ chemical fixation for MIT's new Lansdowne Street Housing project impacted with TCLP Lead-impacted soils.

The scope of the project included: bench-scale testing to determine the appropriate reagent and dose, mobilization of specialized chemical process equipment, application of the chemicals, confirmation analyses, and off-site transportation and disposal to an out-of-state lined Subtitle D landfill.

Soil Solutions successfully treated 7,300 tons of RCRA Hazardous waste to RCRA Non-Hazardous waste.

Treatment was performed in-situ using one (1) foot lift with surface tilling to achieve proper reagent contact and distribution.

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#### MIT Housing Project

Soil Solutions HMR provided in-situ chemical fixation for MIT's Lansdowne Street New Housing and Construction project building on lead-impacted soils.

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