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GROUND COMPACTION - URETEK Deep-Injection

APPLICATIONS

RESIDENTIAL

Settlement problems can potentially result in costly damage to the structure and a loss in real estate value.

Traditional repair methods are lengthy and can involve great inconvenience. In contrast, URETEK Deep-Injection is a fast, clean, dry and relatively quiet operation. There is usually no need to vacate!

URETEK Deep-Injection is ideal for homes, townhouses and apartment buildings.

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

To preserve structural integrity and value and to ensure safe use, it is often vital that settlement of buildings in commercial and industrial facilities be corrected.

In commercial properties, settlement can result in unsightly cosmetic damage to the structure, customer inconvenience, potential accidents, litigation and possible loss of tenants.

In industrial facilities, settlement and alignment problems can result in personnel accidents, damage to equipment, material handling difficulties and a general loss of operational efficiency.

Traditionally, settlement problems have been addressed by underpinning or by resorting to removal and replacement. These traditional methods have significant disadvantages when objectively compared to the benefits of URETEK Deep-Injection.

CIVIL

Public safety, minimal public inconvenience and minimal interference to traffic flow have become crucial to the Public Works sector. Patented URETEK Deep-Injection now allows fast correction, without excavation, even in confined work areas. It is widely accepted by highway departments and utility services.

USES

Stabilising buildings
Consolidation of inadequately compacted backfill.
Compensation for a lowering of the water table.
Filling of voids caused by erosion or differential subsidence.

Lifting buildings and correcting settlement
Lifting of buildings by The URETEK Method is not always possible, due to soft ground or the narrow width of footings. URETEK Deep-injection allows such ground to be strengthened and the lifting force to be concentrated and confined well below the underside of the footing. During correction, windows and doors realign and gaps close, as floors and walls are lifted

Preventive consolidation
Increase ground bearing capacity to allow an additional building storey or installation of heavy machinery.

"Keyhole surgery"
Compact specific, isolated weak layers, at depth, without excavation. Void-fill eroded spaces around defective joints of underground drainage pipes.

Industrial machinery
Consolidation of the subgrade to reduce vibration due to machinery.

Roads and highways
Consolidate backfill against bridge abutments, deep under bridge approach/departure slabs. Consolidation of service trenches under concrete and asphalt pavements.

Treatment at difficult locations
Locations inaccessible to traditional methods. Under loose stone footings or walls with no footings. (Heritage buildings.)

Deleterious soil conditions
URETEK cannot guarantee long term stability in ground that contains substantial amounts of decomposing, organic material. However, where there may be no other practical answer to the problem, URETEK Deep-Injection programmed, as preventive maintenance may be a good solution.

Reduce effects of variations in moisture content
Compaction of soils limits moisture ingress and transfer across treated zones. Closing or filling fissures by expanded resin, prevents passage of water.

Fast prompt reaction, minimal inconvenience and disruption When situations demand an immediate or non-intrusive solution. Working inside an occupied building.