Uretek
(UK) Ltd
underpinning foundation
underpinning Geoplus® Uretek UK Ltd
Uretek Floorlifting and Deep Injection systems for settlement
repairs and foundation stabilisation are proven, economical, fast, and effective.
The Uretek Method and special geo-polymers used for injection, have been developed
in the international Uretek Laboratories and are the subject of international
patents.
Deep Injection - Foundation Lifting
Uretek Deep Injection
Method for industrial or domestic properties
Uretek unique injection technology
provides up to 500% increase in ground bearing capacity
Non-compressible structural
resin
Uretek material expands 30 times its liquid volume, exerting in excess
of 50 tonnes/sq meter expansive pressure on surrounding soils.
Uretek material
expels ground water with light weight material reducing weight on lower stratas.
The Uretek system can be used to inject at depths of more than 3 meters beneath
strip and rafted foundations and flooring .
The Uretek system can be applied
in either radial or linear form to create columns with similar characteristics
to piled foundations.
Verifiable by penetrometer testing and other techniques.
A non-disruptive solution - house foundations and floors can be treated within
one to two days by Uretek.
UK Uretek launches - GEOPLUS ® - a super
consolidating geopolymer
Uretek, the international polymer based ground
stabilisation specialist, has introduced a major product - GEOPLUS ® -
with significant benefits for the building and building insurance industries.
GEOPLUS ® is a new generation super consolidating geo-polymer designed
exclusively for Uretek's patented deep injection method.
The polymer is used
to stabilise a wide range of weak foundation soils, typically in situations where
there is evidence of settlement.
The product claims expansive thrust of 10,000
kPa, up to 20 times greater than existing polymers, which enables complete building
structures to be lifted or levelled.
GEOPLUS ® also claims extremely
rapid change from liquid to solid state which prevents spread into unwanted underground
areas, and facilitates very accurate prediction of its mechanical and consolidation
characteristics.
Because this geo-polymer is lighter than the soils it is
consolidating, it is able to provide increased strength without increasing the
foundation weight by any significant amount. This is the opposite of that which
results from the use of traditional underpinning methods which are based on concrete.
GEOPLUS ® further benefits include: an elasticity modulus compatibility
with soils ranging from loose sand to hard clay; excellent resistance to tensile
and flexural stress; isotropic; no CFC, HFC, HCFC or FC constituents; and neutral
environmental impact.
GEOPLUS ® was developed in Europe by the Uretek
R & D facility and has been extensively field tested in underpinning projects.
It was laboratory tested at the University of Padua Geotechnical Department who
also provide its certification.
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Uretek UK Ltd
Peel House
Peel Road
Skelmersdale
Lancs WN8
9PT
Tel: 01695 50525
Fax: 01695 555212
E-mail:
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