LPG Conversion, St. Croix - US Virgin Islands As part of a major project in the US Virgin Islands to convert electric generating stations to Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG), new storage terminals were built on St. Croix by VTTI, a subdivision of the Vitol Group, for the island’s Water and Power Authority (WAPA). [...]
Oil tanks in Raceland, Louisiana, United States
coralielaval2022-11-28T16:47:57+01:00Oil tanks in Raceland, Louisiana, United States CONTROLLED MODULUS COLUMNS SET A WORLD DEPTH RECORD IN LOUISIANA In the United States, very soft clay deposits are frequently found along the Gulf coast. This raises the cost of foundations for oil storage projects in the region, which is ideally located between Texas and the [...]
Ports Pulaski Warehouse, USA
coralielaval2022-11-28T16:03:06+01:00Ports Pulaski Warehouse, USA The Prologis Ports Pulaski Warehouse Project, developed by Prologis, Inc., consisted in building an 82,000 sq. metre logistics facility. Up to six drilling machines worked concurrently to improve the foundation soils for the structure by installing about 12,000 Controlled Modulus Columns (CMCs). The site, which rests on former landfill [...]
Goya Foods warehouse and corporate headquarters, USA
coralielaval2022-11-28T15:40:28+01:00Goya Foods warehouse and corporate headquarters, USA The new warehouse and corporate headquarters (totalling 57,000 sq. metres) of Goya Foods required foundation soil improvement. Menard proposed a solution of installing more than 11,000 Controlled Modulus Columns (CMCs). At the site, construction had to contend with the presence of a former landfill and flooding [...]
Metro Point logistics center, USA
coralielaval2022-11-28T14:46:06+01:00Metro Point logistics center, USA New Jersey is a diversified industrial region with access to the sea, railway links, a network of SMEs working with prestigious universities and a large consumer market. As multimodal hubs proliferate, Menard completed specialist works on the Metro Point Logistics Center in June 2016. The hub has two [...]
NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH
coralielaval2022-04-05T17:09:30+02:00CMCs for the ground improvement works of NASA Glenn Research Center
New container terminal in the port of Charleston, USA
coralielaval2021-07-01T14:53:05+02:00US Wick Drain awarded record-breaking contract in Charleston US Wick Drain, part of Menard Group USA, is starting off the year with a record-breaking contract. The company is installing 28 million linear feet of wick drains to expedite the consolidation of the compressible clays prior to construction of Charleston's new Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr. [...]