The Geopier Impact® system was installed for a 10-story residential building in Puerto Varas, Chile in medium dense sands to about 9m depth with high groundwater table.
The Geopier Impact® system was installed for a 10-story residential building in Puerto Varas, Chile in medium dense sands to about 9m depth with high groundwater table. The piers were installed for foundation support and liquefaction mitigation using a design earthquake moment magnitude (Mw) of 8.8 and PGA of 0.4g.
The Geopier Impact® system is designed to reinforce good to poor soils, including loose sand, soft silt and clay, mixed soil layers, uncontrolled fill, contaminated soils and soils below the groundwater table by using a patented displacement mandrel. The displacement process allows for installation with no spoils and eliminates the need for casing. Its performance and cost-effective qualities make it the ideal solution for soils that are subject to caving. The Geopier Impact system can be used for various soil and groundwater conditions, including deep treatment for liquefaction and expands RAP treatment depths to more than 40 feet.
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