OWNER: Dubai Port World ENGINEER: CGR (Cullen Grummitt & Roe) GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Laing O'Rourke and Dredging International (Joint Venture) MAIN FIGURES: 4,002 Vibrofloatations to depths of 20-25 metres, improving 1.3M m3 Project Details The new £1.5bn London Gateway port in the Thames estuary will provide 2.7km of quay [...]
Deep Water Berth at Bootle Docks, Liverpool
laurengrimes2023-08-17T12:29:51+02:00OWNER: 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 [...]
Bexhill to Hastings Link Road, East Sussex
laurengrimes2023-08-09T15:42:15+02:00OWNER: East Sussex County Council ENGINEER: Mott MacDonald GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Hochtief and Taylor Woodrow (Joint Venture) MAIN FIGURES: 13,000 Controlled Modulus Columns (CMC), 360-400mm diameter to depths of 4-16m 4,200 Vertical Drains to depths of 10m Project Details The project of Bexhill to Hastings link road consists of [...]
Translink Transport Maintenance Depot, Belfast
laurengrimes2023-08-09T12:33:06+02:00OWNER: Translink ENGINEER: Doran Consulting GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Henry Brothers MAIN FIGURES: 2,316 Bi-Modulus Columns (BMC), totalling 23,623 linear metres 6 CMC load tests 28 BMC load tests Project Details The development is for the construction of a workshop and associated hard standing for the transport maintenance depot to [...]
Lidl Regional Distribution Centre, Avonmouth
laurengrimes2023-08-17T12:34:52+02:00OWNER: 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 [...]

Aldi Store and Car Park in Kenmare, Republic of Ireland
laurengrimes2023-08-17T12:24:54+02:00OWNER: 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 [...]
Yeadon Way Railway Embankment, Blackpool
laurengrimes2023-08-09T15:42:16+02:00OWNER: 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 [...]
Fife Energy from Waste Facility, Westfield
laurengrimes2023-08-23T16:24:09+02:00OWNER: 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 [...]
Innovation Park, Newport
laurengrimes2023-08-23T16:47:38+02:00OWNER: 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 [...]

Multi-use Development at 331 Wick Road, Hackney Wick
laurengrimes2023-08-23T16:23:11+02:00OWNER: 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 [...]