Oceania

O-Bahn city access project, Australia  The Australian teams implemented 58 jet grouting columns  The columns were installed to stabilise the soil in the heart of Adelaide and to support the creation of priority lanes and a tunnel for the O-Bahn guided busway.  Created in the mid-1980s to relieve traffic congestion in the city, [...]

Fisherman Island, Port of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia  In 2009 the largest single-stage treatment of Menard VacuumTM consolidation technique was installed as part of Port of Brisbane’s Fisherman Island expansion project. A significant increase of the Port of Brisbane capacity had been planned, by reclaiming an additional 235 ha of land. Further to the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Geotechnical work on the future Waterloo and Barangaroo stations, Sydney Metro, Australia

Converting a site On the Burswood Peninsula, in Perth, a stadium is under construction. The site, previously used for industrial activities and as a sewage treatment plant, a cement plant, and a waste treatment centre, will welcome, in 2018, a multi-purpose venue located at the centre of a large area intended for relaxation and [...]

330,000 of precast vertical drains for Brisbane's Airport