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Decontamination in Mayfield, Australia

2022-11-28T16:43:53+01:00

Decontamination in Mayfield, Australia  At the site of the former steelworks in Newcastle (New South Wales), Menard constructed a soil-bentonite wall, the deepest in the world, designed to prevent leaching of contaminants into the Hunter River. The up-gradient cut-off wall, 1.5 km long and 28 m to 49 m deep, was constructed to isolate [...]

Shopping centre in Bucharest, Romania

2022-11-28T14:47:10+01:00

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. [...]

Expansion of a car park in Saint-Laurent du Var, France

2022-11-28T11:03:12+01:00

Expansion of a car park in Saint-Laurent du Var, France   As part of the expansion and refurbishment of the Cap 3000 shopping centre, in Saint-Laurent du Var, Menard was awarded the contract for the expansion of the corresponding car park.   Located in a Level 4 seismic area, the ground was formed by loose [...]

Oxidation ponds, Christchurch, New Zealand

2022-11-28T10:58:49+01:00

Oxidation ponds at the Christchurch wastewater treatment plant  To deal with damage to the Christchurch sewer system as a result of the February 2011 earthquake, the city awarded rehabilitation and soil improvement works to March Construction, a New Zealand subsidiary of Menard Bachy. The goal was to reconstruct the levee banks of the [...]

Anse du Portier, Monaco

2022-11-28T10:10:57+01:00

Portier Cove reclamation project  The outsized Portier Cove urban extension project will reclaim six hectares of land from the sea to accommodate 60,000 sq. metres of residential space as well as public facilities. To meet the technical and environmental challenges of this colossal undertaking, Menard employed three ground improvement techniques: Vibrocompaction; “bottom feed” [...]

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