It’s a universal truth in construction: the highest fills, heaviest loads, or tallest structures always seem to land on the weakest soils. These are the sites where traditional ground improvement techniques like stone columns or soil mixing often hit their limits. When soils are extremely soft—think toothpaste consistency—many methods are either difficult to construct or […]

Introduction Every successful structure begins the same way — with a stable foundation. That’s the whole game in ground improvement engineering: taking whatever soil Mother Nature gave us and making it behave like a predictable, reliable material. The objective is simple: understand what’s below the surface, strengthen it when needed, and design systems that keep settlement […]

Introduction If your project site lies in a seismic region, there’s a real and measurable risk that the soils beneath your foundations could lose strength during ground shaking. Buildings supported on shallow footings and even pile systems can be affected. Deep foundations are not immune. This article breaks down what soil liquefaction really is, how it happens, […]

Before any aggregate pier system is approved for full-scale construction, the smart money is on verification. That’s where a modulus test comes in-a full-scale field test designed to confirm the pier’s stiffness in the actual ground conditions of the site. At Garbin GeoStructural Group, we view modulus testing as more than a compliance box- it’s an […]