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Rigid Inclusions

THE WILLOWS SENIOR APARTMENTS

Lebanon,
Lebanon, PA
PA

Owner:
Owner: PROJECT
PROJECT OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW Menard developed
engineering
engineering a design-build
properties
properties of
of the Controlled
the underlying
underlying
Beneficial
Beneficial Communities
Communities The Willows
The WillowsSenior
Willows SeniorApartments
Senior is aisisthree-story
Apartments
Apartments aa three-
three- Modulus
soils. Column
soils. Upon
Upon (CMC)
review,
review, Rigid developed
Menard
Menard Inclusion
developed solution
aa de-
de-
apartment
story building in
story apartment
apartment Lebanon,in
building
building inPennsylvania
Lebanon,
Lebanon, that met project
sign-build
sign-build CMC requirements
CMC Rigid
Rigid Inclusionsand
Inclusions savedthat
solution
solution the
that
General
General Contractor:
Contractor:
Summit Contractors, Inc.
Summit Contractors, Inc. constructed
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania onconstructed
a site with very
constructed onsoft
on fill comprised
aa site
site with
with very
very client
met time and
met project
project money.
requirements
requirements and
and saved
saved the
the cli-
cli-
of
softmine
soft fill tailings and
fill comprised
comprised of industrial
of mine
mine sludge.
tailings
tailings and The
and in-
in- ent
ent time
time and
and money.
money.
Duration
Duration ofof Work:
Work:
building
dustrial was designed
dustrial sludge.
sludge. The with no was
The building
building basement
was and
designed
designed GROUND CONDITIONS
Less
Less than three weeks
than three weeks
uses
with ano
with post-tensioned
no basement
basement and waffle
and usesslab-on-grade
uses over
aa post-tensioned
post-tensioned GROUND
GROUND
Standard CONDITIONS
CONDITIONS
penetration values for the sludge layer
Subsurface
Subsurface Conditions:
Conditions: awaffle
footprint
waffle area of 38,000
slab-on-grade
slab-on-grade square
over
over feet. The
aa footprint
footprint loads
area
area of
of layer ranged
Standard
Standard from 2 to 4values
penetration
penetration blows for
values per
for foot.
the The 45
the sludge
sludge
Soft
Soft soils
soils comprised
comprised of
of mine
mine tailings
tailings and
and
imposed
38,000 from the
38,000 square
square structure
feet.
feet. The would
The loads
loads have created
imposed
imposed from
from foot
layerlayer
layer consisted
ranged
ranged from of
from two
twovery
tosoft
to fourtoblows
four soft moist
blows per grey
per foot.
foot.
industrial
industrial sludge
sludge
total
the and differential
the structure
structure would settlements
would have createddetrimental
have created total
total and
and silt-like
The
The 45 material.
45 foot
foot layerThe
layer sludgeof
consisted
consisted ofwas
veryunderlain
very soft
soft to by
to soft
soft
Approximate Key
Approximate Key Quantities:
Quantities: to the service
differential
differential life of the building.
settlements
settlements Menard
detrimental
detrimental to was
to the
the stiff
moist
moist to gray
very
graystiff inorganic
silt-like
silt-like claysThe
material.
material. of high
The plasticity
sludge
sludge was
was
CMC Rigid Inclusions 515
CMC
CMC Rigid
Rigid Inclusions
Inclusions 515
515 hired to life
service
service develop
life of
of thea ground
the building.improvement
building. Menard
Menard was
wassolution
hired
hired and sandy by
underlain
underlain clays with
by stiff
stiff to blow
to very counts
very stiff rangingclays
stiff inorganic
inorganic from
clays
that
to would keep
to develop
develop settlement
aa ground
ground to withinsolution
improvement
improvement project
solution 12
of to 15 plasticity
of high
high blows per and
plasticity foot.
and sandy
sandy clays
clays with
with blow
blow
specifications
that
that would
would keepandsettlement
keep to ensure to
settlement the soundness
to within
within of
project
project counts
counts ranging
ranging from
from 12
12 to
to 15
15 blows
blows per
per foot.
foot.
the building subgrade.
specifications
specifications and
and to
to ensure
ensure the
the soundness
soundness of
of THE SOLUTION
the
the building
building subgrade.
subgrade. THE
ATHE SOLUTION
SOLUTION Finite Element Analysis
comprehensive
A comprehensive geotechnical analysis was Awas used to modelFinite
A comprehensive
comprehensive the improved
Finite Elementsoils,
Element load
Analysis
Analysis
Aperformed to better understand
A comprehensive
comprehensive the engineering
geotechnical
geotechnical analysis
analysis transfer
was usedplatform
was used to model(LTP),
to model the and to predict
the improved
improved soils, the
soils, load
load
properties
was of the underlying
was performed
performed to better soils.
to better Upon review,
understand
understand the
the long-term
transfer performance
transfer platform
platform (LTP),ofand
(LTP), the to
and Menard design.
to predict
predict the
the

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Plaxis models were developed to predict the
settlement behavior of the CMC Rigid Inclusion
system. The system was based on a uniform
loading of 250 psf under the slab and keeping
total and differential settlements within project
requirements. Menard proposed a CMC Rigid
Inclusion system utilizing an LTP to distribute
the structure load to each of the CMC Rigid
Inclusion elements. An appropriate grid was
used to adequately support the loads and
distribute them to the ground improvement
elements.
Construction was completed in less than three
weeks saving the client significant time as well.
SUMMARY
To prevent settlement and extend the service
life of senior apartments built on soft ground,
Menard developed a ground improvement
solution using CMC Rigid Inclusions that
met project requirements and saved the
client time and money.

This solution saved the owner more than

$500,000 over other potential techniques that
are used for these ground conditions.

long-term performance of the Menard de-
sign. Plaxis models were developed to predict
the settlement behavior of the CMC Rigid
Inclusions system. The system was based on
a uniform loading of 250 psf under the slab
and keeping total and differential settlements
within project requirements. Menard proposed
a CMC Rigid Inclusions system utilizing an LTP
to distribute the structure load to each of the
CMC Rigid Inclusion elements. An appropriate
grid was used to adequately support the loads
and distribute them to the ground improve-
ment elements.
Construction was completed in less than three
weeks saving the client significant time as well.
SUMMARY
To prevent settlement and extend the service
life of senior apartments built on soft ground,
Menard developed a ground improvement solu-
tion using Controlled Modulus Column™ (CMC)
Rigid Inclusions that met project requirements
and saved the client time and money.

This solution saved the owner more than

$500,000 over other potential techniques
that are used for these ground conditions.

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