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Sydney Metro Menard carried out major geotechnical work on the future Waterloo and Barangaroo stations. The work included jet grouting, rock injection, and installation of around 1,000 anchors and anchor bolts. The project was a major factor in the award of the Melbourne metro contract. [...]

First dynamic replacement use in Mexico The dynamic replacement technique was used for the first time in Mexico to treat the peaty soils of the Puerto Cancún UC-14 project in the Quintana Roo state. This housing development project initially included a piling system made of precast piles and a reinforced concrete structure to support [...]

Menard took part in the development of Kuwait city The state of Kuwait through the Public Authorities of Housing and Welfare  developed new districts in the suburbs of Kuwait city to provide its citizens with housing and new facilities. Menard undertook the ground improvement works of the whole area of Jaaber Al Ahmed and [...]

Ensure embankment's stability by dynamic replacement Dynamic replacement pillars were proposed by Menard to improve more than 400,000 m² of peatand clay soils as deep as 10 m along Highway M7 near Lake Balaton. This solution was the most competitive and fastest way to ensure the embankment’s stability and to meet the strict differential [...]

New project in the Middle-East The contract was won through the combined efforts of Menard teams in France, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. It covers improvement of about 4,000,000 sq. metres of natural soil at the site of a new refinery. To improve bearing capacity and control settlement in very poor soil (silt [...]

Accelerating the valley consolidation At a stone's throw from Kuala Lumpur, Menard completed work in February 2016 to improve the soils on which a factory is to be built for UMW Aerospace, the aeronautical arm of Malaysia's UMW conglomerate. The manufacturing plant will produce fan cases for Rolls Royce aircraft engine. It is to [...]

Largest ground improvement project in France At the end of 2015, an LNG terminal with an annual regasification capacity of 13 billion cu. metres opened in the Port of Dunkirk. In early 2012, the consortium, that included Menard, was awarded the port development works. The project consisted in building the dock to receive the [...]

"Stand-down" operation for the reinforcement of the Freycinet 8 quay The project aimed to reinforce the quay under the crane circulation area used to unload wind turbine from boats. The 6,500 sq. metre area, composed of loose and dense sand down to 5 m, had to be executed in less than 3 weeks. Menard’s [...]

Vibrocompaction: new record of depth The largest onshore windmill with 7.5 MW is installed on top of an old brown coal dump area. A combination of vibrocompaction up to 68 m deep and additional stone columns 20 m deep were installed night and days. This is a new record of depth and improvement quality in [...]

Work with short deadlines Menard has been chosen for the « bulk excavation and ground improvement works » as part of the Aubagne LRT maintenance centre. In order to improve the soil in place, made of gravelly backfilling materials and sandy silts, Menard used the stone columns technique. Made of calcareous material, these columns does [...]