Dynamic compaction

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

Metro Point logistics center, USA  New Jersey is a diversified industrial region with access to the sea, railway links, a network of SMEs working with prestigious universities and a large consumer market.  As multimodal hubs proliferate, Menard completed specialist works on the Metro Point Logistics Center in June 2016. The hub has two [...]

Shopping centre in Bucharest, Romania  On an old landfill, the shopping centre on the outskirts of Bucharest was built using different Menard techniques: stone columns for the deeper layers, Dynamic Compaction and Dynamic Replacement pillars for the top soils. Combining these methods enabled the 40,000 m² building to be built on shallow foundations. [...]

Highways A71/A72, Germany  The new alignment for the construction of A71 and A72 motorways in Germany had to go through areas where active collapse sinkholes could be encountered. A special application of Dynamic Compaction was developed for these projects by using very high-energy pounding with the patented MARS free fall system. Up to [...]

Dynamic replacement and dynamic compaction for a LEVIS warehouse in Germany

Dynamic replacement and dynamic compaction for a LEVIS warehouse in Germany

Ground improvement for housing facilities in the new districts of Kuwait city

Ground improvement for a new refinery, Al-Zour, Kuwait

UMW Aerospace Serendah Factory, Malaysia

Iconic project : Nice airport, France Deepest dynamic compaction application (27 m, 4,000 tm energy) on the Nice airport, France project The 'giga-machine' was designed and custom-built for this site The challenge was to compact 20,000,000 m³ of land reclamation while maintaining air traffic. The 'giga-machine' was designed and custom-built for this job. The [...]