Sectors

OWNER: Henry Boot Development (HBD) ENGINEER:  BWB Consulting GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  Readie Construction MAIN FIGURES:  7,598 Controlled Modulus Columns Project Details Readie Construction Limited approached Menard UK to carry out ground improvement in the form of CMC's under 3 new commercial units and adjoining ancillary structures. The project, which [...]

OWNER: Portakabin ENGINEER:  Structa LLP GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  Kenward Construction MAIN FIGURES:  150 Vibro Stone Columns Project Details Due to slab problem on the current Buckton Fields School, Portakabin and Kenward Construction approached Menard UK for a fast solution to build a new Portakabin school of a total floor [...]

OWNER: Bloom Developments ENGINEER:  Burrows Graham GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  MCS Group MAIN FIGURES:  503 Controlled Modulus Columns Project Details MCS approached Menard UK to find a cost-effective alternative foundation solution for a development by Bloom of two industrial ultra-urban units totalling around 1,600 m² of ground floor in a [...]

OWNER: Berkley Care ENGINEER:  Ward Associates Consulting Engineers GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  Lawrence Baker MAIN FIGURES:  433 Vibro Stone Columns Project Details Following successful collaboration on previous projects, Lawrence Baker approached Menard UK to find a cost-effective alternative foundation solution for the construction of a new care home in Wichelstowe, [...]

Project Details Part of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) is built on Controlled Modulus Columns. Menard suggested this technique to improve the soil along the Thames River in the suburbs of London so that the Eurostar could operate as intended. For this project, Menard used a short mast for the installation of the column [...]

OWNER: Matching Green ENGINEER:  Terrell GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  Legendre MAIN FIGURES:  920 Controlled Modulus Columns (CMC) installed, totalling 3,500 sq/metres Project Details In order to find a cost-effective foundation solution for a new residential development in South East London as an alternative to the base solution of CFA piles [...]

OWNER: Sky ENGINEER:  Fairhurst GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  BAM MAIN FIGURES:  5,176 Vibro Stone Columns (VSC) installed Project Details This development by Legal & General, Sky and NBCUniversal intends to create the most sustainable film and TV studio in the world. It will comprise 12 sound stages split across 8 [...]

OWNER: Ocado ENGINEER:  EirEng GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  Glencar Construction MAIN FIGURES:  606 Controlled Modulus Columns (CMC) installed Project Details Glencar Construction approached Menard to find a cost-effective foundation solution for the addition of a mezzanine level required by Ocado inside an existing recently-built warehouse at Symmetry Park in Bicester. [...]

OWNER: Norfolk County Council ENGINEER:  Concertus GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  Cocksedge Building Contractors MAIN FIGURES:  454 Bi-Modulus Columns installed Project Details A new primary school and nursery was to be built in King's Lynn by Norfolk County Council to replace St Edmund's Academy, located two miles from the new site. [...]

OWNER: Heyfield ENGINEER:  NHBC GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  Heyfield MAIN FIGURES:  26,550 sq/metres Dynamic Compaction (DC) Project Details Menard completed Dynamic Compaction works beneath the roads (8810m2), 50 housing plots (3700m2) and their gardens (14040m2) for a new residential development in Shefford Road, Clophill Quarry, Bedford. The DC solution provides [...]