Projects

Connecting the southern tip of the country The Gemas-Johor Bahru Electrified Double Track Railway project is a Malaysian Government request to complement the existing electrified railway service that connects Padang Besar, in the north of Peninsular Malaysia, to Gemas, in the south. The project starts in Gemas and covers 4 main districts of Johor: [...]

"One of Siemens' largest projects in Germany in recent years" Joe Kaeser, President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG Context The days when the arrival of the shrimpers and the noise of the canning plants set the pace in the German fishing port of Cuxhaven are long gone. Today, with the majority of [...]

Menard has been working on re-routing the D930 secondary road as part of the project to modernise the Serqueux-Gisors SNCF line. Context Modernisation of the railway line connecting the towns of Serqueux and Gisors in Normandy will eventually allow the development of rail freight in the region and relieve congestion on the Le Havre-Rouen-Paris [...]

Perform an anti-liquefaction mitigation treatment In Fos-sur-Mer, for the construction of a liquefied natural gas complex, Menard performed an anti-liquefaction mitigation treatment for the dock by increasing the embankment’s density using compaction grouting technique. This was an innovative operation as the equipment used for this technique was the Controlled Modulus Columns equipment which led [...]

Compaction grouting under railway backfills As part of the construction of the Bretagne - Pays de Loire high-speed line, Menard was requested to stabilise the ground under the railway backfill. A drilling campaign showed that the area to be treated was made of fossilised karst filled with sand, which made the ground extremely loose [...]

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 [...]