Soil Engineering, the specialist site investigation and grouting division of VINCI Construction UK Ltd, is to be transferred in April to the ownership of VINCI’s Soletanche Freyssinet UK geotechnical arm; Bachy Soletanche Group. The services provided by Soil Engineering complement the specialist civil engineering and foundation activities of the Bachy Soletanche Group Bachy Soletanche is [...]
Work on the band drains is ongoing until December.
Vibro Projects and Menard form new company in the UK
October 17, 2011
Vibro Projects and Menard have joined forces with the formation of a new company, VibroMenard, which will target major ground improvement work in the UK. Its first project is the year long scheme, which sees Vibro compaction ground improvement works being carried out on the dredged granular fill at London Gateway Port in Essex, deposited by Laing O’Rourke/Dredging International JV in the Thames Estuary.
- Following a successful trial in January 2011, VibroMenard is improving over 1.3 million cubic metres of sand and gravel to form the new land that will be behind the new Port’s 1250m long quay wall
- The new team is to carry out 4220no. Sand Compaction points, between 20 and 25m deep, to achieve a relative density of 65% and a 37-degree angle of shearing resistance
- To date VibroMenard has completed the majority of this work, using double and single shifts, and is due to complete the current phase this month
- Work on the band drains is ongoing until December
- As a fellow Soletanche Freyssinet company, Menard is one of the world leaders in ground improvement and brings a number of techniques not currently offered by Vibro Projects including Controlled Modulus Columns (CMCs), Vacuum Consolidation, Deep Stone Columns, Deep Band Drains, Vibro Compaction, High Energy Dynamic Compaction and Dynamic Replacement
- Based in Preston alongside Vibro Projects, VibroMenard will focus on larger scale ground improvements contracts
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Gerry Crawford, General Manager for Vibro Projects, said:
The rationale behind VibroMenard is to bring innovative cost-effective ground improvement techniques not widely offered in the UK, to the UK. With the niche skills of both companies, we are confident that the London Gateway Port will be a great starting point.