Menard personnel pioneered Wick Drains (Prefabricated Vertical Drains) in the US and Menard further advanced the use of Wick Drains internationally with the introduction of Menard Vacuum Consolidation. Menard has extensive experience and has successfully completed more than 800 Wick Drain projects worldwide, ranging from as small as 2,000 linear feet to well over 60 million feet. Menard continues to be on the leading edge of development and research of the use of Wick Drains for ground improvement.
Wick Drains are typically used to accelerate the consolidation of fine grained soils. Menard
has developed its own range of Wick Drain installation equipment to meet a wide variety of soil and
site conditions. Our experience includes the use of static, vibratory and jetting methods to install
Wick Drains. We have angled Wick Drains up to 30 degrees and installed Wick
Drains with limited headroom to avoid overhead obstructions. We also have considerable experience in
penetrating difficult surface layers including preaugering through stiff clays and special downhole
drilling to penetrate rubble, concrete, slag and other fill items.
Wick Drains
Sample Projects List
Choctaw Point Container Terminal, Mobile, AL
EADS Plant in Hamburg, Germany
Highway 2000, Kingston Jamaica
Quad City Airport, Moline, IL
Rahway River Bridge,
Middlesex & Union Counties, NJ
St. James Terminal, St. James Parrish, LA
Tifft Street Bridge, Buffalo, NY
Menard Vacuum
Kimhae Sewage Treatment Plant, S.Korea
Geo-Strata, March/April 2008
Prefabricated Vertical Drains
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