Challenge
A burst pipe flooded a precision manufacturer's facility, weakening the sub-base. This slab instability halted all operations, risking "significant losses" and requiring an immediate solution.
Solution
Geobear designed and implemented an emergency solution in 6 days, injecting geopolymer resin to fill voids up to 200mm and stabilise 420m² without any excavation.
From first call to full operational capacity
From initial call to project completion
Area stabilised
Maximum voiding filled
IMC Britannica is a manufacturer of catering machinery and equipment in North Wales. Their operations, which rely on absolute precision, had to cease immediately after a burst pipe caused flooding. The water weakened the fill material beneath the slabs, causing instability that affected their precision machinery and halted all production.
The client required an urgent and immediate solution. The only alternative was to remove the entire floor slab, excavate and re-compact the sub-base, and then reinstate the slab. This traditional method would have required the removal of all machinery, "many weeks of site closure," and would have led to "substantial delays in the production lines and significant losses." The challenge was to stabilise the ground immediately, with minimal disruption, to get the precision production lines running again.
Geobear was contacted over the weekend and had two experts on-site within 24 hours to assess the issue. A solution was designed and a team mobilised to complete the emergency works just six days from the initial call.
Our technicians identified a 420m² area of the floor slab with extensive voiding up to 200mm and soft ground conditions. A lightweight geopolymer was injected through small diameter holes in a 1.5m grid pattern.
As the resin was injected, it expanded to fill the voids, compact the existing sub-base, and stabilise the slab. Technicians monitored the process with laser levels, using 0.25mm of lift as verification that the ground was stabilised.
The Geobear solution was implemented so efficiently that the client was able to restart a portion of their production facility within five hours of our work commencing.
The entire facility was returned to full operational capacity within 36 hours. The project's speed and non-disruptive method prevented weeks of downtime and saved the client from the substantial financial losses associated with a full slab replacement.
Don't let ground failure or water damage halt your operations. Get an immediate, non-disruptive stabilisation solution.
