The geotechnical data extracted from the drilling reports indicated the following profile:

• Backfill: Black sand and gravel and/or dry brown sand. Presence of wood debris and hydrocarbon odours in places
• Sandy, silty deposit: Sand and silt in variable proportions with traces of a bit of clay, grey, saturated with an average thickness of 20m
• Stratified deposit: Alternation of silty-sandy beds and silty-clayey beds, grey, saturated, with an average thickness of 5m
• Clayey deposit: Clay and overconsolidated silt with a thickness varying between 40m and 45m

A 600 mm thick granular platform was placed above the natural ground. The elevation of the natural terrain varied between elevations of +8.42m and +9.20m. The eastern water table was measured at an elevation of +7.01m.

The performance criteria were to obtain a settlement of less than 124 mm for the slabs under loads of 150 kPa and 104 mm under loads of 30 kPa for the strip footings. Controlled Modulus Columns (CMC) were made with only one piece of equipment from work platforms. Reinforcing bars were added to protect the CMCs of the slab against freezing. Four (4) static tests were carried out and made it possible to validate the assumptions used in the dimensioning.