Since its first use over 150 years ago, the practice of injecting cementitious grout into voids in stonework or soil has developed into a technique with many wide uses. In civil engineering today this technique is used to…
- Strengthen defective structural masonry and arch bridges
- Consolidate or reduce water seepage through a mass of rock
- Increase bearing capacity or reduce settlement in granular soils
- Construct a watertight curtain or cut-off in a permeable stratum, e.g. around a reservoir or below a dam structure
- Underpin defective foundations of existing structures showing excessive settlement
- Fill cavity walls of existing buildings to provide a fire break