Design-Build Alternative at Harrison Heights

To prevent excessive settlement of a multi-story residential apartment being constructed on a brown field site, Menard designed a solution using Controlled Modulus Columns™ (CMCs), which are well adapted to high surface loading conditions and strict settlement criteria.

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Menard Ground Improvement Specialist:
Christopher Parinella, P.E.

As a project manager at Menard, Chris is responsible for key facets of projects from estimating, contract negotiation, dispute resolution, change order negotiation, production tracking, managing startup inefficiencies, procuring and managing material suppliers and subcontractors, scheduling, project reporting, financial reporting and projections, cost control and project documentation.

Chris has managed several CMC, wick drain and dynamic compaction projects at Menard. Notable projects include the installation of close to 5,000 CMCs to support Bayonne Crossing, a large commercial development in NJ; the installation of CMCs to support a new maintenance hangar that will service the President's helicopters situated on the Quantico Marine Corps Base in Quantico, VA; and a CMC project supporting new bridge abutments at the intersection of the Garden State Parkway and I-78 in Union, NJ.

Before joining Menard, Chris spent 13 years as a consulting engineer for Michael Baker Corporation and Paul C. Rizzo Associates, and 7 years as a project manager for ITT/Leopold, a water and wastewater manufacturing company. He has a B.S. in Mining Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and is a member of ASCE and DFI.

The Menard Seminar for Specialty Geotechnical Design & Construction

Join industry professionals on July 28 in Newark, NJ for a no-cost half-day seminar featuring speakers from Menard, TranSystems and GEI Consultants, learn geotechnical best practices in ground improvement technology. The event is being held at the Hilton Newark Penn Station with convenient access to NJ Transit, PATH and Amtrak.

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Join Menard as it sponsors the DFI Educational Trust 5th Annual Golf Outing at Chartiers Country Club in Pittsburgh on July 12. This Annual Fundraiser supports the DFI Educational Trust scholarship disbursed at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

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