Menard Vacuum™ Consolidation
Menard Vacuum™ Consolidation provides rapid consolidation of clay soils. The method is a proprietary system used for preloading and consolidating soft and very soft saturated fine-grained soils. The procedure consists of installing vertical and horizontal vacuum transmission pipes under an airtight impervious membrane and evacuating the air below the membrane producing an atmospheric pressure on the soil.
This loading process creates an accelerated isotropic consolidation in the soil mass in a relatively short time. This eliminates the need for long-term and potentially unstable surcharge loads
Advantages of Menard Vacuum Consolidation:
- Controls the rate and magnitude of loading and settlement
- Saves significant time over other consolidation methods
- Eliminates the risk of failure under additional loading of the permanent construction
- Reduces the amount of surcharge material needed
- Eliminates the transportation of surcharge material fills
