Vibro stone columns are a quick and cost-effective foundation solution. As an alternative to traditional piling or deep trench-fill, this is a displacement technique meaning it produces minimal spoil.
Vibro ground improvement will enhance the bearing capacity of the existing soils through densification and reinforcement and provide improved settlement performance. This will allow the construction of standard shallow reinforced foundations and ground bearing slabs generating further cost savings. Vibro stone columns are ideal for when building on large areas of weak ground.
What are Vibro Stone Columns used for?
Vibro stone columns is a ground improvement technique that can be used in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors and infrastructure, including:
- Housing and public structures
- Large industrial units and warehouses
- Enabling construction of embankments over weak ground for highway and rail projects
What are the advantages of Vibro Stone Columns?
- Significant savings over piling
- Displacement system results in minimal spoil
- Sustainable solution, which can be constructed using recycled aggregates
- The process is fast and is suitable for any size of site which requires ground improvement
- Improved ground allows the use of shallow foundations for further cost savings
- Fully validated by load testing
Common Uses
- Foundation settlement reduction
- Increased bearing capacity of up to 200kN/m2 and reduction in foundation size or width
- Improved soil stiffness and strength
- Increased slope stability
- Shallow footing construction
- Effectively used for sand compaction
- Improving soil drainage
