Micropiles
Technique
Micropiles Micropiles, also known as minipiles, are small-diameter drilled piles. Micropiles offer a cost-effective and efficient means to overcome a variety of foundation construction challenges.…
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Cased bored piles
Technique
Cased bored piles Bored piles are an effective product with many applications in foundation and civil engineering. Temporary and permanent steel casings are used for a number of engineering reasons.…
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Secant piled walls
Technique
Secant piled walls Secant piled walls are a form of embedded retaining wall and can be designed as cantilevered or propped for greater excavation depths. These techniques form a continuous barrier to…
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Drilled displacement piles
Technique
Drilled displacement piles Drilled displacement piles are a type of augered pile, however instead of removing the material, the soil is displaced laterally into the surrounding soil resulting in a…
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Ground freezing
Technique
Ground freezing Artificial ground freezing converts in situ pore water to ice through the circulation of a chilled liquid via a system of small-diameter pipes placed in drilled holes. Ground freezing…
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Atlas piles
Technique
Atlas piles The Atlas pile is a unique “screw” shaped displacement pile. It is designed to take maximum advantage of all available soil capacity by displacing the soil rather than replacing it. The…
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Impact rolling
Technique
Impact rolling Impact rolling compacts the ground through the rotation of a non-circular rolling module delivering insitu compaction with significant densification and strength improvement. Impact…
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Cased CFA piles
Technique
Cased CFA piles The cased CFA pile is a variation on the traditional CFA pile. Cased CFA piles Common uses Provide structural support Provide earth retention, especially on site boundaries or close…
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Jet grouting
Technique
Jet grouting Jet grouting uses high velocity fluid jets to construct cemented soil, or Soilcrete, of varying geometries in the ground. Jet grouting Common uses Often the preferred solution in any…
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Anchors
Technique
Anchors Ground anchors transfer tensile loads, using high strength steel bars or steel strand tendons. They consist of an anchor head, a free length and a bond length. We design and construct anchors…
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Soldier and contiguous pile retaining walls
Technique
Soldier and contiguous pile retaining walls Soldier piled walls are a form of embedded retaining wall that are used to retain the soil behind to allow the ground level in front of the wall to be…
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Diaphragm walls / barrettes
Technique
Diaphragm walls / barrettes Diaphragm walls are rigid reinforced concrete walls made up a number of discrete panels joined together to form a single continuous wall. The rectangular shape of a…
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Slurry cut-off walls
Technique
Slurry cut-off walls Slurry walls are constructed using either cement-bentonite or soil-bentonite based slurries to produce an in ground low permeability barrier. Slurry cut off wall Common uses…
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Sheet piles
Technique
Sheet piles Sheet piling retains soil, using steel sheets with interlocking edges and is applied using both vibratory and vibration-free installation rigs. Sheet pile wall Common uses Support…
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Wet soil mixing
Technique
Wet soil mixing Wet soil mixing, also known as deep soil mixing, improves the characteristics of weak soils by mechanically mixing them with a cementitious binder slurry. Wet soil mixing Common uses…
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Bored piles
Technique
Bored piles Bored piles are high-capacity, cast-in-place elements constructed using a conventional kelly bar and auger system. Whether installed as individual foundation elements, in a pile cap group…
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