Stone columns

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: Hillingdon Council ENGINEER:  Buro Happold GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  Buckingham Group Contracting MAIN FIGURES:  541 Vibro Stone Columns (VSC) installed Project Details Following successful collaboration on a previous similar scheme, Buckingham Group approached Menard to find an alternative efficient foundation solution for the development of a new leisure complex [...]

OWNER: Peveril Homes ENGINEER:  Heathcote & Associates GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  Bridge Bank Ltd MAIN FIGURES:  2,004 Controlled Modulus Columns (CMC) installed 4,821 Vibro Stone Columns (VSC) installed Project Details The project consisted in a new residential development comprising 157 plots of single to double storey houses in Alfreton, Derbyshire. [...]

OWNER: Premier Inn Hotels ENGINEER:  Simpson Engineering GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  Carter Lauren Construction MAIN FIGURES:  700 Vibro Stone Columns (VSC), totalling 2,300 sq/metres Project Details Following detailed technical advice during the design stages concerning the optimum cost-effective ground treatment solution for a proposed 3- 4 storey Premier Inn development [...]

OWNER: Michelin Tyre Ltd ENGINEER:  Cundall Partnership GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  Barr Construction MAIN FIGURES:  3,980 Vibro Stone Columns to depths of 5.0 metres Project Details Barr Construction were contracted to build a new factory for Michelin Tyres at their existing facility in Dundee. The new building was to be constructed [...]

OWNER: Stonebridge Homes ENGINEER:  Met Engineers GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  Henry Boot Construction MAIN FIGURES:  3,413 Vibro Stone Columns, totalling 14,520 linear metres. 37 Plate Load Tests 34 dummy Foundation Load Tests Project Details The development of 118 housing plots was proposed within the Fox Valley area of Stocksbridge, South [...]

OWNER: Peel Ports ENGINEER:  AECOM GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  BAM and Van Oord MAIN FIGURES:  142 Vibro Stone Columns to depths of 20 metres Project Details BAM and Van Oord were constructing a new deep water berth at Bootle Docks in Liverpool for Peel Ports. This required the reclamation of [...]

OWNER: Telford & Wrekin Council ENGINEER:  ABA Consulting GENERAL CONTRACTOR:  Morris Property Limited MAIN FIGURES:  674 Vibro Stone Columns (VSC) Project Details Morris Property Limited approached Menard for a Vibro Stone Column (VSC) quotation, and the works were subsequently awarded as a result of competitive tendering. The scheme [...]