GeoConcrete® Columns were used to support the container storage warehouse for Puerto de Leixos in Oporto, Portugal. Over 4,000 Geopier® rigid inclusions to support maximum column loads of 955 kN and uniform slab pressures of 60 kPa. The Geopier elements were installed to depths ranging from 6 to 25m to penetrate the soft clays of variable thickness.

Construction ramps up at the new water treatment processing building at the Horton WWTF located in Horton, Kansas. The Geopier X1® system is being installed to support new foundations and mat / slab with varying bedrock depths to control total and differential settlement within tolerable limits across the building footprint due to the varying rock depths.

Construction begins at the ABC Supply Baseball Stadium in Beloit, WI. The Geopier Impact® system is being installed to support shallow spread foundations to control settlement to project design specifications. The Geopier® system is reinforcing the existing clay and sand fill with slag, foundry sand, and cinders to tag the native sand. The use of the Geopier systems allowed the design team to support the structure on shallow spread foundations to eliminate the need for expensive deep foundations.

Two new commercial buildings are starting to take shape in Long Beach, CA. Over 5,000 Geopier Impact® piers are being installed for liquefaction mitigation and foundation support. Geopier’s Impact system quickly densifies and pre-stresses the deep alluvial soils on site to provide a robust composite crust below the structures against liquefaction potential.

Geopier Geopier® Rammed Aggregate Pier® elements are being installed to support a 4-story parking garage for Franciscan Orthopedic Hospital in Carmel, IN. Existing soils consist of soft to medium stiff natural clay. The use of Geopier GP3® elements will support column and wall foundations to achieve an increased bearing capacity of 6,000 psf.

Standing ready, the rigs and crew for Peterson Contractors Inc are ready to get an early start to their morning. A 5-story residential structure in Phoenix will stand on a couple hundred Geopier GP3® elements designed by Western Ground Improvement with an increased bearing capacity for shallow foundations. The Rammed Aggregate Pier® elements will extend through 10 feet of loose clayey sand that would have otherwise required much larger and deeper footings to control settlement.

Geopier is installing 120 Geopier® elements to support a new hospital administration facility in Rusk, Texas. The Rammed Aggregate Pier® system is reinforcing soft clay soils in support of up to 305 kip column loads. Steel harnesses were installed in several pier locations to provide uplift resistance to the footings.