Selected Technique: Permeation Grouting Treatment Area: 1000 m² 50m long curtain Project Depth: 20m Capital Regional District (CRD) needed to remediate the right abutment of Butchart Dam No.5 in the Goldstream Watershed of the Regional Water Supply System located near Victoria, BC. Ground Conditions [...]

Selected Technique: Stone Columns with Vibroflot Treatment Area: 2300 m² Project Depth: 24m Anthem Properties was upgrading an existing flood protection diking system and required ground improvement to help mitigate liquefaction potential and limit the consequent seismic displacements. Ground Conditions The site’s subsurface stratigraphy [...]

Selected Technique: Controlled Modulus Columns Treatment Area: 2400m2 As part of the redevelopment of an existing motel location in Thunder Bay, ON, ground improvement was required to support the proposed new 3-storey motel building. Ground Conditions The soils on the project site consisted of a [...]

Selected Technique: Stone Columns with Vibroflot Treatment Area: 1400m² Project Depth: 21m The City of Richmond was upgrading its No.7 Road Drainage Pump Station and required ground improvement to limit the post-construction settlement of the structure after a seismic event. Ground Conditions The site’s [...]

Selected Technique: Wick Drains Treatment Area: 70,000m² Project Depth: 15m Candevcon awarded Menard Canada on behalf of Heathwood Homes for the soil improvement of existing agricultural lands to develop a residential subdivision. The proposed solution, Wick Drains, was installed over an average depth of [...]

Selected Technique: Stone Columns with Vibroflot Treatment Area: 258 Wet Top Feed Stone Columns Project Depth: 12m Molson Peak Brewery in Chilliwack (BC) needed to have a wastewater treatment plant facility built. Liquefaction treatment was required under the structure. Ground Conditions The site’s subsurface [...]

Selected Technique: Stone Columns with Vibroflot Treatment Area: 197 Stone Columns Project Depth: 28.7m The City of Richmond was planning to replace the Horseshoe Slough Drainage Pump Station due to seismic upgrade requirements in BC. The pump station is on Dyke Road between Shell [...]

Selected Technique: Stone Columns Treatment Area: 3,800m2 Project Depth: 15m The Vancouver International Airport Authority was expanding the international terminal with additional gates at Pier D. Ground Conditions The site’s subsurface stratigraphy consisted of the following: Approx. 3m of compact to medium dense sand [...]

Selected Technique: Controlled Modulus Columns (CMCs) Treatment Area: 475 Under Each Tanks Footprint Trans Mountain Pipeline L.P. was expanding its existing pipeline system from Edmonton, Alberta, to Vancouver, BC, to increase the carrying capacity of light & heavy crude oils and refined products. WorleyCord LP [...]

Selected Technique: Vertical Drains Treatment Area: 16,875m² Project Depth: 8-21m As part of the expansion of the largest open-pit gold mine in Canada, the Canadian Malartic Mine will build a dyke over a length of 1km100 and reach a height of more than 20m [...]