The Geopier Armorpact® system is a cost-effective solution for supporting structures in soft clay and organic soils. Installation consists of driving a mandrel with the Armorpact sleeve to the design depth, then compacting aggregate within the confining sleeve. The Geopier Armorpact system provides high axial stiffness and resistance to bulging in soft and organic soils to deliver excellent settlement control in soft and organic soils. This Armorpact displacement method is ideal for contaminated sites where spoils or over-excavation is most prohibitive or not an option.
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Sodick, Inc. North American Headquarters
This project highlights Geopier Foundation Company’s ability to design multiple systems on a project to develop a cost-effective solution while still meeting the structural engineer’s settlement criteria. Geopier® used a combination of systems to support a 40,000 square foot, high bay warehouse facility. The column and wall foundations are supported on Armorpact®piers, a rigid inclusion system consisting of HDPE shells that provide confinement in the organic soils encountered at the project site. The more lightly loaded floor slabs are supported on Rampact®displacement piers. Approximately 400 Armorpact elements were installed in 7 working days, which provided a substantial schedule benefit over the deep foundation alternative.
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