Vertical drain

Airbus factory in Hamburg, Germany  In Hamburg, Menard signed one of its most important soil improvement contracts for the consolidation of the ‘quasi-liquid’ muck under the 1,200,000 m² platform for the A380 assembly factory. Menard was in charge of the planning of the whole works and designing and executing the soil improvement using [...]

 The Ring Express road joins the existing 3-city Bypass (Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia) and the Highway A1 (Gdańsk – Katowice) in the North of Poland.   Ground conditions  This area had extremely bad soils conditions for road construction. There was very organic soil (peat and sludge) with high water content index. The thickness of [...]

Port Said, Egypt The Suez Canal has connected the Red Sea to the Mediterranean for the past century and a half. To accelerate economic development in the strategic region, a free trade zone is under construction in the East Industrial Area of Port Said, the undisputed hub of the eastern Mediterranean.  In September [...]

Alexandria port’s multi-purpose terminal (Berth 55/62), Egypt

Siemens plant for offshore wind turbines, Germany

Foundations of one of the most heavily loaded railways in the world For the foundations of one of the most heavily loaded railways in the world (2,000 tons of the space rocket), Menard developed an alternate solution combining dynamic replacement and vertical drains as an alternative to excavation and replacement of the mangrove, a [...]

Ground improvement under the second runway of Changi airport For the construction on the second runway of Changi airport, 7 m of hydraulic fill were placed over varying layers of both old and recent marine clays. Settlement of these clays could amount to several metres over a ten year period. The combination of dynamic [...]

US Wick Drain awarded record-breaking contract in Charleston US Wick Drain, part of Menard Group USA, is starting off the year with a record-breaking contract. The company is installing 28 million linear feet of wick drains to expedite the consolidation of the compressible clays prior to construction of Charleston's new Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr. [...]

Extending the runway at Sihanoukville Airport Sihanoukville airport was once just a ‘minor' airport handling 3 aircraft per week, but the tourist appeal of its surrounding area has rapidly promoted it to the status of Cambodia's third-largest airport. In 2018, it handled 92.6% more passengers than in 2017. Handling this very significant increase in [...]

Road construction on an organic soil The Ring Express road joins the existing 3-city Bypass (Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia) and the Highway A1 (Gdańsk – Katowice) in the North of Poland. This area had extremely bad soils conditions for road construction. There was very organic soil (peat and sludge) with high water content index. [...]