Identifying the most effective foundation system, which guarantees safe and maintenance free performance over time, is the objective for DGI-Menard engineers. This is especially true with compressible soils. The most cost-effective foundation system often requires multiple ground improvement techniques that take into account the variety of soil properties and load conditions.

The most frequent challenges are:

• support of heavy and uniform loads (water, oil, gas storage) and concentrated loads (industrial, infrastructure, pipe-racks)
• reduction of total and differential settlements to within acceptable limits
• limiting differential settlements to acceptable levels

The DGI-Menard ground improvement services most often used for Industrial Applications include Wick Drains (Prefabricated Vertical Drains), CMC Columns, Dynamic Compaction, Dynamic Replacement, Vibro Stone Columns, Vibrocompaction, Vibro-Concrete Columns and Menard Vacuum Consolidation.