Bio-Enzyme Soil Stabiliser – Forward Thinking
The demand for resilient infrastructure has become more urgent than ever, with aging and inadequate road networks driving the need for significant investments in road infrastructure. Cost-effectiveness is a major challenge, as traditional road building and maintenance can be financially intensive. Bio-Enzyme Soil Stabiliser provides a forward-thinking solution that addresses both immediate infrastructure needs and long-term goals of sustainable development. It exemplifies the future of SMART ROAD CONSTRUCTION—where innovation meets environmental responsibility, offering a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to traditional methods.
Making Smart Choices
Bio-Enzyme Soil Stabiliser, a proprietary concentrated formulation developed in South Africa, improves soil workability, binding, and compaction for road construction and stabilisation projects. By altering the soil’s physical and chemical properties, it allows easier compaction and higher densities with less effort, creating a solid, waterproof base that prevents potholes, ruts and corrugations. Particularly effective with clay-based soils, it reduces water absorption, increases density, and enhances chemical bonding, forming a durable, weather-resistant hard surface. Unlike other stabiliser’s, it both strengthens and binds soil particles for long-lasting stability, making it a SMART CHOICE for future infrastructure projects
Bio-Enzyme Soil Stabiliser is an ideal choice for eco-friendly road construction. As a natural, BIODEGRADABLE, and NON-TOXIC product, it poses no threat to plant life or wildlife, and its NON-HAZARDOUS nature ensures the safety of workers and drivers. By utilizing sustainable materials and methods, it significantly reduces the environmental footprint of road projects. The product maximizes the use of existing resources, promoting environmentally conscious practices, such as reducing material loss from surface gravel due to erosion or traffic wear, lowering the need for transporting and spreading replacement gravel, and minimizing the use of mineral stabilisers.
The need for a cost-effective and eco-friendly dust suppression solution for unpaved roads, gravel roads, agricultural terrains, and mining roads is a persistent challenge. Dust poses environmental and health risks, reduces road safety, and shortens infrastructure life. Bio-Enzyme Soil Stabiliser has highly effective dust control capabilities, while remaining both cost-effective and environmentally safe.
Its concentrated liquid formula can easily be mixed with water prior to application and applied with standard water trucks, making it simple to use. The stabiliser has ionic actions, which bind dust particles together so they can’t escape into the atmosphere, reducing dust emissions and improving air quality, road safety, and health outcomes. Though some dust may still come from external sources like wind or nearby areas, the stabiliser ensures long-lasting dust suppression by keeping the road surface dust-free after curing.
Bio-Enzyme Soil Stabiliser is user-friendly and requires only standard road construction equipment and local soil resources. Simply spray the stabiliser onto the soil, mix it in, and compact it. This product streamlines the construction process by minimising the equipment required; you only need a grader, water truck, drum roller compactor, and sheep foot roller, leading to an unparalleled reduction in time, costs, and environmental impact. Additionally, re-applying the enzyme temporarily “softens” the soil, so it can be worked and smoothed out again until it dries, allowing for easy adjustments and repairs such as fixing potholes or regrading roads.
Roads constructed with Bio-Enzyme Soil Stabiliser are engineered to stand the test of time, significantly decreasing the need for frequent maintenance and repairs. This not only saves money but also enhances the reliability and efficiency of transportation networks for years to come. This is accomplished through a combination of advanced techniques and technologies that transform the road construction process.
What you should know to ensure correct application
Dilution rates vary based on soil type and climate. Typically, one gallon of product treats 150 cubic yards of soil (or 1 litre per 30 cubic metres). However, the exact dilution depends on the moisture level of the soil to be treated. For optimal compaction, soil needs to reach its ideal moisture content. In humid, cooler climates where soil retains moisture, lower dilution rates (less water) are required. In hot, arid climates where soil tends to dry out, higher dilution rates (more water) are needed to achieve proper moisture levels.
Adding extra enzyme stabiliser will not enhance soil strength, as the strength primarily comes from the soil itself and the compaction process. Compaction plays a key role in reinforcing the soil by creating denser bonds between clay particles, making the soil stronger. The best stabilisation results are achieved when the treated soil has a high clay content—ideally 20-25%—across the area. Additionally, having a variety of particle sizes, such as silt and small rocks, helps improve shear strength and internal friction, which boosts load-bearing capacity. While adding more product won’t increase strength, it can speed up curing by accelerating the bonding process through increased chemical reactions between the enzymes and clay particles.
Workability & Topical Application
For optimal results, it’s essential to thoroughly mix the soil and focus heavily on the compaction process. The enzymes trigger chemical reactions with the soil’s clay particles, curing the soil more effectively to create a solid, rock-like surface. The depth of loose soil mixed depends on the load the road is intended to bear. Achieving a 6 to 8-inch compacted layer requires 35 to 40 inches of loose soil. This process creates a hard, durable surface. Treating the soil to a depth of 6 inches is sufficient for passenger vehicle traffic, while a 12-inch depth is ideal for heavy vehicles in unpaved parking areas.
In certain situations, Bio-Enzyme Soil Stabiliser can be applied topically. For example, before paving rural roads, it can be topically applied to enhance surface stability. In natural disaster relief, the enzyme stabiliser can be used to repair minor damage on previously treated roads, such as after a flood. However, for best results, most topical applications are done after the enzyme stabiliser has first been thoroughly worked into the soil.
Dust Suppressant is a highly concentrated organic polymer liquid with a neutral pH, designed with an advanced 5-System Mode of Action. This proprietary technology outperforms conventional dust control methods while remaining environmentally friendly, offering exceptional dust suppression and soil binding capabilities. It delivers immediate, impressive results and is ideal for managing road dust in mines, farms, and rural areas.
The product contains a high amount of lignin, a key component of wood and one of the most abundant natural polymers on Earth. Through an eco-friendly process, lignosulphonate—a sulfonated form of lignin—is derived from the chemical pulping process where cellulose and lignin are separated. Dust Suppressant is available is in liquid and powder form, offering flexible options for various applications.
5-Step Mode of Action
Dust Suppressant serves as a surfactant, polymeric binder, and disperser/plasticizer, working together to control dust effectively.
There are 2 methods for applying Dust Suppressant
Spray-on Application: Surface treatments involve the spraying of diluted product directly onto the road surface
Mix-in Application: Mixing Dust Suppressant into the soil before compacting provides a longer-lasting solution compared to just treating the surface. This method works best when using a lignosulphonate mix instead of water during the re-gravelling of unsealed roads. Although there may be extra costs upfront, these are recovered because the road will need fewer treatments over time. Plus, the better road surface will help lower vehicle operating costs.