A 150-ft section on the south side of a county/state highway in Minnesota’s Carlton County had continuing stability issues with the risk of shallow slope failures. The embankment slope had an approximate inclination of 3:1 with a height near 20 feet. The Geopier SRT® system was used as a more economical, faster, and less intrusive on traffic flow compared to over-excavation and soil replacement methods. Read full article

Over 120 licensees from around the world traveled to Salt Lake City, UT to attend Geopier’s 24th Annual Conference. Special thanks to our guest speaker Damian Siebert for providing insight into an engineer’s perspective on ground improvement and how to push the envelope, and Michael Cowell for his talk on the Infinite Game and how to understand our just cause and lead through evolution and design methods. Was a great time filled with industry experts, technology innovation and true leadership.

Geopier GeoConcrete® Column elements were used to support a 2 million-square foot mixed-use development in Maine. With subsurface conditions consisting of unsuitable fill and soft/dense clay, Helical Drilling installed over 1,300 rigid inclusion elements to depths of up to 70 feet below ground surface. Production was completed ahead of schedule with two crews and allowed the developer to expedite building pad delivery to the supermarket tenant.

Geopier GP3® elements are being installed through very loose silty sands in Guadalajara, Mexico, to provide improved bearing capacity and settlement control for a 1 million square foot industrial warehouse. Our value engineering solution allowed the client to reduce the construction time significantly by not using soil-cement compacted fill for foundation support as originally planned.

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Peterson Contractors, Inc. is installing Geopier Rammed Aggregate Pier® elements to support foundations and floor slab loading for a 200,000 sq ft addition to an existing facility in Monon, IN. Problem soils consist of loose sand soils over relatively dense natural sand soils.

Congratulations to Steve Werling, PE for receiving this year's State of Indiana ASCE Distinguished Service Award! Geopier is proud to have you on our team and is glad you are being recognized for all you have done for our profession!