Menard

Oil and Storage Tanks

Oil and Bulk Storage facilities are often situated in and around ports, and often suffer soft soil conditions. When vertical support is needed, historical solutions included pile and concrete mats. Menard ground improvement is a very effective and economical substitute that is now routinely offered to support these heavy loads.

Objectives:

• Control the total and differential settlement
• Increase the factor of safety against bearing capacity failure
• Reduce the risk that the soils supporting a tank liquefy during seismic events.