Join industry professionals for a full-day session on excess soil management, seismic code updates, and ground improvement strategies for Ontario projects. A valuable learning and networking opportunity. Includes 4 CPD credits.

Sustainability at Menard: How Our Ground Improvement Vision Has Evolved Since 2008 As we start 2026, it's the perfect time to reflect on how far we've come and where we're headed. Back in 2008, Seth Pearlman, then CEO of Menard North America, published an article in Deep Foundations magazine about sustainability in ground improvement. Seventeen years later, we asked Seth, now Chairman of Menard North [...]

At Menard Canada, every ground improvement project begins with people: the engineers, project managers, and crews who transform challenging soils into reliable foundations. In our latest feature, we follow Justin Theoret, Project Manager with our Ottawa team, as he leads ground improvement works for the Napanee Water Pollution Control Plant, a critical municipal infrastructure [...]

Local presence and national expertise drive regional infrastructure success. Hamilton projects recap. Menard Canada's Hamilton Office Celebrates 5 Years of Ground Improvement Excellence Hamilton, ON – Wednesday, October 1st, 2025 – Menard Canada's Hamilton office marked its fifth anniversary with a celebration recognizing half a decade of ground improvement projects and [...]

Menard North America Announces Leadership Transition Montréal, CA - Menard North America is pleased to announce a strategic leadership transition. Seth Pearlman, P.E., BC.GE, NAC, NAE, has been appointed to Chairman of Menard North America, and Hubert Scache, has been promoted to CEO of Menard North America. This change took effect on January [...]

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 [...]