Case studies

Europe

• Brentford Lock Private Housing Development, Middlesex, UK:
  UK Keller's novel and innovative watertight retaining wall system is based on slurry walls reinforced with closely spaced steel I-beams


• Housing development, Feltham, UK:
  Ground improvement techniques offer an attractive alternative to piled foundations on brownfield developments


• Blackpool Commercial Park (1), UK:
  Keller has used vibro stone columns to improve marshy ground at the site of a new commercial park in Cork, Republic of Ireland


• Ku Myren Postal Distribution Centre, Sweden:
  Swedish Interest in the Swedish method of lime-cement columns is increasing beyond its established geographical base


• Contaminated Land Remediation, UK and Ireland:
  Permeable reactive barriers look set to provide a sustainable and very cost effective alternative to dig and dump.


• Manchester Fort Retail Park Wall, Manchester, UK:
  Keller developed an integrated geotechnical package to support a £25m retail park on a 14m-deep disused landfill in Manchester


• Blackpool Commercial Park (2), Cork, Ireland:
  Keller's use of the Textomur reinforced soil system to reroute a river channel around the perimeter of a new commercial park in Cork, is the first time the technique has been used in Southern Ireland.

USA

• Route 9 Chestnut Neck, New Jersey, USA:
  Hayward Baker used vibro concrete columns in conjunction with a load transfer platform as a cost-effective alternative to driven piles and drilled shafts for a new four-lane highway bridge across a New Jersey Atlantic creek


• Enclave Apartments, Philadelphia, USA:
  US Suncoast post-tensioned slab proves to be an economic solution for this Philadelphia condominium project

Rest of the World

• Eureka Tower, Melbourne, Australia:
  Keller Australian company Vibropile believes close cooperation with structural and geotechnical consultants led to a 30% cost saving with its innovative foundation solution for a 92-storey apartment block in Melbourne


• Palm-Jumeirah Island, Dubai, United Arab Emirates:
  Keller was first choice ground engineering contractor at the extraordinary Palm- Jumeirah Island project in Dubai.