FS-SOILCEMENT COLUMNS

Foundation Specialists has developed and perfectioned over the last 30 years a soil-cement deep consolidation system called initially "CSS" or "Chemical Soil Strengthening" and eventually soil-cement column treatment or "FS-Soilcement Column"™ system. The "FS-Soilcement Column"™ system is particularly suited for the very poor and water saturated soil formations found in the coastal areas of the Philippines, where the very low bearing capacity and low shear values of the soil in general is coupled with extremely high liquefaction potential (in earthquake condition), of the overlaying strata.

Foundation Specialists, inc. has developed the technology, the tools, the in-situ mixing procedures which have permitted to establish the method's complete reliability.

The FS method produces high mechanical characteristics shear and compressive strength for the soil treated, maintaining the costs affordable and competitive. Different tools and procedures are used by FS for different soil types, in order to achieve maximum soil strength, but the general procedures are the same: the "FS-Soilcement Column"™ system process is carried-out by employing high torque capacity rotary equipment with continuous kelly bars, and continuous injection of cement which is then mechanically mixed to the soil particles by special tools attached to the kelly bar. Each soil type requires a specially designed tool in order to optimize the mixing of the original soil with the cement introduced in it.

The cement is hydrated and reacts with the soil particles forming eventually a solid rocky conglomerate with good mechanical characteristics.

Unlike the other soil improvement systems, the "FS-Soilcement Column"™ execution is not negatively influenced by high or low water table, by granulometry of the soil to be improved, by the presence of organic material, or by the quality of the water in the water table.

The method applies well for clay, silt, sand, peat, gravel, organic material and all combination of the above.
The resulting structures, as the name implies, have the shape of cylindrical columns with the diameter given to them by the diameter of the tool used: the diameter most used by FS is 800 mm which has been proven to be the most cost effective.

Unlike the products of other soil densification technologies, the "FS-Soilcement Columns"™ are not negatively affected by the soil liquefaction of the surrounding soil happening during earthquake. In fact, the soil improvement is produced by the cementation of soil particles into a rock-like structure. “FS-Soilcement Column"™ treatment can be designed also to form cells and barriers to effectively prevent liquefaction to happen within the area of the "FS-Soilcement Column"™.
One more application of "FS-Soilcement Column"™ is to form retaining walls to protect excavation in areas where the high water table and the unstable soils do not permit unprotected excavation.

The relatively low cost and the versatility of this technology as compared to steel or concrete sheet piling walls or diaphragm walls are very strong reasons for this method's increasing favor amongst structural engineers.

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Foundation Specialists ("FS " for short) is a Multinational Construction Company with Italian participation and management.
Foundation Specialists  [FS ] was formed in the 1970s by merging and consolidating into It two Partnerships with  solid background and successful accomplishments in the Engineering and Management of Large International Infrastructure  Projects.

The two Concerns that were merged to form Foundation Specialists, had, over the years dedicated to develop and manage the planning and  construction of large Underground  Hydropower Schemes, including Pump-Storage Hydropower Plants, in difficult geological and geomorphological conditions. managed through theoretical and field R & D to fine tune field applications of Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering, Soil and Rock Mechanics and develop Construction Methods and Technologies applicable to general conditions.

Because of the way it was formed,  Foundation Specialists started “ab initio”  as a leader in its consolidated  fields of expertise, i.e.  large, complex infrastructure projects with important foundation-engineering-related components.  
Foundation Specialists   has continued for the past three decades  to be a successful contractor of large infrastructure projects with sensitive Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering related component, and a recognized leader in the field of   Foundation Engineering applications, Deep Foundation works , Bridges & Bridge-related Engineering Works, Bridge Retrofitting, Soil Remediation, Large Excavations under the water table, Hydro-Structures and  in the Design-&-Development of Construction Methodologies and Technologies, both "ad hoc" (i.e. for specific project) and for general application.

Foundation Specialists  has been successfully engaged in a multitude of projects in coastal areas, including reclamation areas,  with high seismicity  and difficult soil conditions, bridge construction, ports & harbor works, industrial plants, Telecom outside plants, power generation and power transmission, mass-transit systems, roads & highways, road tunneling and infra development in general, in South-East Asia, Middle East, Africa and Australasia, where FS operates alone or in Joint Venture, Consortium  and Association with other Companies.
Aside from Project-based  J.V., Consortium,  Association, all usually co-terminus with the projects, Foundation Specialists  has permanent Companies and Representative Offices, in Europe: Italy, SouthEastAsia: Philippines, Australasia: PNG Papua New Guinea, Middle-East:  Qatar, Dubai  UAE, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

http://foundationspecialists.eu/  http://foundationspecialistspng.com/  http://foundationspecialistsqatar.com/   http://foundationspecialistsdubai.com/   http://foundationspecialistssaudi.com/  http://foundationspecialistsinc.com/

Foundation Specialists  Head-Quarters are in the Central Business District of  Makati City, Metro-Manila, Philippines, where, the Philippine company Foundation Specialists, Inc. with  "AAA" PCAB category for general engineering and general building, and Large "B" for the Public Sector  Infrastructure Projects, has been engaging in the construction of large INFRASTRUCTURES [flyovers, bridges, underpasses, overpasses, wharfs & piers, tunnels, roads, mass rail transit systems, hydro power schemes and irrigation schemes], BUILDINGS (residential, commercial, industrial, institutional), INDUSTRIAL PLANTS, MULTI-LEVEL BASEMENTS, projects involving large amounts of FOUNDATION WORKS, for the last three decades.

Pioneering in the field of foundation engineering, Foundation Specialists has introduced technological innovations on foundation methods and technologies, such as large diameter bored piles, barrette piles, diaphragm walls, tie-back anchor systems, slurry walls, grout-plugs, jetgrout, whick drains, tangent/secant/contiguous pile-wall.  multi-stage-injected steel micropiles, soilcement columns, composite soilcement columns Post-tensioned ground anchors, soil & rock anchors, soil stabilization, soil remediation, pile wall, pile testing, among others.

Foundation Specialists, a well established leader in the construction industry, has been known since inception for targeting and consistently achieving a high degree of Customer satisfaction, early projects' completion, high quality of work standards, sound financial management. FS. deep involvement in R & D, has permitted the development of technological innovations and of proprietary technologies in the field of engineering.

Foundation Specialists  guarantees that:

• Foundation Specialists delivers High quality service in conformity with international engineering standards.
• Foundation Specialists delivers Solutions to problems associated with construction and especially in the field of foundations on "difficult soil" both onshore and offshore.
• Foundation Specialists delivers Design, development, testing and implementation of special technologies and new construction methods.
• Foundation Specialists delivers Responses to the ever changing market requirements, through continuous Research and Development of new technologies and improvement of existing ones.
• Foundation Specialists  delivers Timely or early completion of Projects.
• Foundation Specialists delivers Development of skills and training of engineers and technicians in the field of Foundation and Geotechnical Engineering in a joint program with "Institute of Research on Foundations and Structures".

FS SOIL CEMENT COLUMNS are a Technology developed and carried by Foundation Specialists

Foundation Specialists is known for the very high quality control standards and for the track record of successfully completing all its projects on or ahead of schedule, with full Clients' satisfaction.
You can confidently entrust the implementation of your projects to

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