Dynamic replacement

"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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]