Optimizing Soil to Enhance Construction Recently featured in Construction in Focus Magazine, Menard Canada's innovative approach to ground improvement is transforming challenging construction sites into solid foundations for success. Our story, as told through the expertise of Senior Vice President Hubert Guimont, P.Eng., showcases how our cutting-edge solutions are transforming [...]
ST-ONGE, Benoit(1), RACINAIS, Jerôme(2), BURTIN, Pierre(3), CAHEN, Sacha(2) (1)Menard Canada, Montreal, Québec, Canada (2)Menard, Paris, France (3)Menard, Lyon, France ABSTRACT Rigid Inclusions (RI) or Controlled Modulus Columns (CMC) is a soil reinforcement technique increasingly used in the Canadian market. The rigid inclusion system is constituted of cementitious columns with a diameter ranging from [...]
Ian Mountfort, P. Eng, Skylar Mason, BSc (Eng) / Blackwell Structural Engineers, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Simon Bunieski P. Eng, Neil Isenegger, P. Eng / Menard Canada, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada ABSTRACT Foundations of buildings can be supported with a wide range of solutions. The foundation support options that are considered for a given development [...]
Six-Storey Buildings in Alberta
Shaping the Foundations of Tomorrow: Exploring the Future of Geotechnical Engineering
Digging Deeper: Exploring the Next Frontier in Soil Mechanics
Faulty Designs: Lessons from the Failures of the Past
In the Beginning: The Ancient Foundations of Geotechnical Engineering MENARD CANADA GEOTECHNICAL SERIES Early civilizations such as the Mesopotamians, Egyptians, and Chinese utilized basic geotechnical principles in constructing foundations in different soil types for buildings, irrigation systems, defensive structures and more. This led to many of the innovative techniques for overcoming [...]
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