The Teretek® Engineered Resin Solution for Ground Engineering
- Abbreviation
- Appraisal number 698 (2021)
- Valid from
- 7/12/2021
- Information provider
- BRANZ Limited,
- Information type
- BRANZ Appraisal,
- Format
- PDF,
Description
The Teretek® Engineered Resin Solution is a remedial system utilising expanding and hardening structural resins, injected into the ground in order to support, raise and re-level built elements and to enhance ground conditions.
Built elements include part or entire buildings, as well as driveways, roads and bridge approaches, floors, wall footings, machinery pads and other structures.
Scope
1. The Teretek® Engineered Resin Solution has been appraised for remedial use within the following scope:
- Ground replacement.
- Re-establishing dense contact between a footing and the underlying foundation soil.
- Correcting erosion and loss of support immediately below concrete floors and pavements.
- Filling in-ground voids for the purpose of foundation stabilisation.
- Correcting subsidence.
- Lifting and squaring-up buildings as conditions allow.
- Re-levelling or re-grading floors and concrete pavements.
- Ground compaction.
- Increasing the bearing capacity of identified weak and/or collapsing ground at depth.
- Re-establishing dense contact between in-ground built elements and the foundation soil.
2. Application of The Teretek® Engineered Resin Solution must be the subject of specific structural and geotechnical assessment, by, or in association with, Mainmark Ground Engineering (NZ) Limited.
3. Installation of The Teretek® Engineered Resin Solution must only be carried out using Teretek® proprietary materials, by experienced technicians, supervisors and project managers, trained and approved by Mainmark Ground Engineering (NZ) Limited.