<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-07-08T08:44:08Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/0B036019-8A76-4896-A0A4-142A0277F44B" ns1:id="0B036019-8A76-4896-A0A4-142A0277F44B"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/BFE7813C-9E89-4EFB-9684-997FA9C71768" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/598D58CC-2D39-45A6-95F3-E36DA413A319" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/598D58CC-2D39-45A6-95F3-E36DA413A319" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2020-12-31T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/9D9CB63D-0621-49C2-9B24-7365CCADFC92" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2020-09-30T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">81084</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Construction soil sustainability optimizer</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Small Business Research Initiative</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>This project will generate **an on line tool** that will provide decision-support guidance to clients, consultants, contractors across the whole soil management process i.e. via: \*planning for surplus soil management \*selecting sustainable options. Interfacing with a rule-based decision-support system, users will be offered a number of soil management options ranked/scored according to project and site information and user priorities delivering sustainable soil management. This comprises of resource selection, compliance and verification and will be a combination of report cards, checklists and templates for validation data and verification reporting.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>