1960 Invention of the MENARD Pressuremeter.

1965 Development of DYNAMIC COMPACTION (DC™) for frictional fills.

1969 Development of DYNAMIC REPLACEMENT (DR™) for clayey soils.

1980 First DYNAMIC COMPACTION job in the US : Long Beach (60 feet depth).

1988 First MENARD VACUUM™ application in France.

1994 First CMC - CONTROLLED MODULUS COLUMNS in France.


A series of held world records as evidence of our leadership in the field of soil improvement technology.

Singapor Airport - 1977
First Vertical Drain to 40 m

Nice Airport (France) - 1978
Deepest Dynamic Compaction jobsite, 27 m

European space center - South America - 1989
150 tons successful kentledge test on a single DR pillar

Jangyoo - South Korea -1998
Highest controlled settlement on a soil improvement jobsite (5.5 m) with the Ménard Vacuum™ technique.

Port of Hamburg - EADS plant - 2001 to 2003
Highest value soil improvement contract
(geotextile confined sand socks and Ménard Vacuum™)

Al Falah Community Development - Middle East - 2007 to 2008
Biggest area treated in one go using Dynamic Compaction technique (4,842,000 m2)

Port of Brisbane - Australia - 2009
Biggest area treated in one go using Ménard Vacuum™ technique (93,000 m2)