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OWNER: Lidl ENGINEER:  Jubb Consulting GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  TSL Projects MAIN FIGURES:  5,597 Controlled Modulus Columns, totalling 72,970 linear metres 5,235 Vertical Drains, totalling 68,055 linear metres 6 Stress Load Testing zones and 19 CMC Stress Load Testing zones Project Details The development was for a new regional distribution [...]

OWNER: Aldi ENGINEER:  Downes Associates GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  McDonnel Piling MAIN FIGURES:  912 Vibro Concrete Columns (VCC) with enlarged heads to 8m Project Details MOS Group were contracted to build a new Aldi store and car park. The store and car park were originally designed to be built on [...]

OWNER: Blackpool Borough Council ENGINEER:  Coffey Geotechnical Limited GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  Galliford Try MAIN FIGURES:  1,500 Controlled Modulus Columns to depths of up to 15m Project Details The main arterial road into Blackpool uses a 30 year old railway embankment which was constructed on soft alluvial soils. The embankment [...]

OWNER: Brockwell Energy ENGINEER:  Incico GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  HZI MAIN FIGURES:  13,282m² Dynamic Compaction Project Details The project consisted in the construction of a new Energy From Waste facility in Fife, Scotland. Menard has been approached by repeat client HZI to design and implement an alternative ground improvement solution [...]

OWNER: Bloom Developments ENGINEER:  Jackson Purdue Lever GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  TanRo MAIN FIGURES:  216 Controlled Modulus Columns Project Details TanRo approached Menard to find a cost-effective alternative foundation solution for a development by Bloom of two industrial units totalling 600 m² of ground floor in a prime location in [...]

OWNER: IM Properties ENGINEER:  Fairhurst GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  Winvic Construction MAIN FIGURES:  2,114 Dynamic Replacement pillars Project Details Following the successful completion of ground improvement works on the previous phase of this Hinckley Park (Leiceistershire) logistics development in 2019, Winvic approached Menard to find a cost-effective foundation solution for [...]

OWNER: Quorum Estates Ltd ENGINEER:  Booth King Partnership GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  Caddick Construction – North West MAIN FIGURES:  1,160 Controlled Modulus Columns Project Details Menard was contacted at an early stage by the Consulting Engineer Booth King Partnership, to assess the feasibility of a site for a [...]

The support systems required for energy schemes such as oil, gas, nuclear, windfarm projects are often complex. The most cost-effective foundation solutions often require a combination of ground improvement techniques.

Menard can provide a range of solutions to meet the varied geotechnical conditions often encountered within the rail & road sector, in order to ensure its long-term reliability.

Port and airport infrastructures are frequently built upon alluvial plains and coastlines. Sites often consist of compressible soils which are saturated, and require ground treatment to accelerate consolidation.