Selected Technique: Vertical Drains Project: 1800 of Vertical Drains Project Depth: 14-20m Calgary Safelink Partners, a Joint Venture between Carmacks Enterprises Ltd., Graham Infrastructure LP, and VINCI Infrastructure Canada, was building a portion of the West Calgary Ring Road from Highway 8 to Old [...]

Selected Technique: Vertical Drains Treatment Area: 4000m2 Project Depth: 14-20m As part of the improvement of Route 389 in Baie-Comeau, it was planned to install a surcharge to consolidate the underlying soft clays. The installation of Vertical Drains and surcharges was required between chainings [...]

Selected Technique: Stone Columns Project: 50 units Project Depth: 8.5m Port Metro Vancouver was to construct a truck staging area at the intersection of Highway 17A and Deltaport Way to support operations at Deltaport. Ground improvement was selected for this project to maintain design [...]

Selected Technique: Dynamic Compaction Treatment Area: 6159m² Nouvel commissioned Menard Canada to improve the soil of the foundations and the slab of the future seniors' home at 140 av du Pont N in Alma (Quebec). The area of ​​the future buildings is 6239m2, including an [...]

Selected Technique: Controlled Modulus Columns Project: 313 Columns For the proposed New St. Patricks Catholic Elementary School, Hamilton, Ontario, ground improvement was deemed necessary to achieve the required bearing capacity and settlement control for the strip/spread footings and grade beam foundations. The foundation system was [...]

Selected Technique: Controlled Modulus Column (CMC) Treatment Area: 390 EA. Menard Canada received the mandate from Borea Construction to carry out soil improvement for the construction of future wind turbines at the Val-ÉO wind farm. The Controlled Modulus Column (CMC) solution was chosen to reduce [...]

Selected Technique: Controlled Modulus Columns Treatment Area: 4839m² Following its alternative proposal to the piles, Menard Canada received the mandate from Deric Construction. to carry out soil improvement for the construction of a future Quebec-QSL Stevedoring multipurpose warehouse. The solution of Controlled Modulus Columns (CMC) [...]

Selected Technique: Stone Columns with Vibroflot Treatment Area: Mob/demob.: 3 u Primary SC (28.5m): 845 u Secondary SC (13m): 429 u The proposed development of the dike involved the installation of stone columns and timber piles to densify the 4200m2 (12m wide section running for [...]

Selected Technique: Rapid Impact Compaction The project involved constructing a new student residence building for the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. The new, six-storey structure is located along Ellesmere Road in Scarborough, ON. Due to the existing soil conditions, ground improvement was required to guarantee settlement [...]

Selected Technique: Wick Drains Treatment Area: 39400m Horizontal Placement of Wick Drains Project Depth: 25m Minette Substation project was part of the expansion of the existing substation located in Kitimat, BC. Menard was awarded the site preparation package for the expansion of the substation. [...]