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Brochure: Ultrafine Cementitious Grout

Published Year: 2022

  • Ultrafine Cementitious Grouts from US Grout

2017 ICOG Paper: Injection Grouting for Ground Conditioning

Published Year: 2017

  • 2017 ICOG Paper - Injection Grouting for Ground Conditioning

Technical Manual: Variable Pressure Application Technique (V-PAT)

Published Year: 2014

  • Variable Pressure Application Technique (V-PAT) for repair of water leakage through concrete

Magazine Article: Sorting Out the Grout

Published Year: 2013

  • Tunnel contractors can choose whether to use cement or chemical grouts. To help them out, Britt Babcock discusses both types, which to use, when to use them and why...and an idea of how much it will all cost.

Magazine Article: To Grout Or Not To Grout?

Published Year: 2013

  • Groundwater can bring an underground mining operation to its knees, but it can be controlled with ingenuity, co-operation and grout expertise

White Paper: Cement Grout vs. Chemical Grout

Published Year: 2013

  • Cement Grout vs. Chemical Grout: Which One to Use, When, and Why. A White Paper providing guidance to the Geotechnical Community

Flyer: Foundation Grout Solutions

Published Year: 2012

  • AvantiGrout - multiple grout solutions for stabilizing soil and controlling groundwater - before, during and after construction.

Flyer: Stops Leaks in Concrete Structures

Published Year: 2011

  • Avanti International chemical grouts can stop leaks in: cracks or joints, precast structures, dams and reservoirs, mines and tunnels, and manholes.

Case Study: AV-100 Chemical Grout Solves Leakage Problems in Tailings Dam for Large Copper/Gold Mine in Argentina

Published Year: 1998

  • This is a case study whereby acrylamide solution grout was used to achieve the “target residual permeability value” in the rock formation below a future tailings dam for a large copper/gold mine in Argentina.

Case Study: Blocking Artesian Flows

Published Year: 1960

  • In Oregon's Deschutes River canyon, a 440-foot dam sits on Pelton basalt formed by lava flows. Springs emerged from lava contacts, necessitating closure beneath the dam. Deschutes sediments were exposed on the dam abutments, which made using cement grout

Case Study: Constructing Grout Curtain for Dam

Published Year: 1960

  • The Columbia River Valley at the dam site is a wide canyon dividing the Columbia Plateau on the east from the Entiat Mountains on the west.

Case Study: Grouting Foundation for Dam Construction

Published Year: 1960

  • A 300-foot rockfill dam with a central impervious core and a crest length of 870 feet was being built on a generally sound granite foundation, except on the upper right abutment where the rock was completely weathered to an in situ soil.

Case Study: Grouting Jointed Rock in Dam Foundation

Published Year: 1960

  • Problem: Severe weathering along calcite veins, joints, and cracks, as well as the presence of three fault zones, have formed seepage channels which could endanger the performance of the dam.

Case Study: Grouting River Beds for Dam Corewall Construction

Published Year: 1960

  • A high earth- fill dam was being constructed across the Grijalva River. After diversion of the river, seepage was still occurring through the riverbed sands.

Case Study: Repairs to Leaking Earthen Dam

Published Year: 1960

  • Indian Kill Reservoir is a man- made lake (capacity 200 million gallons.) serving a portion of Sterling Forest, a community developed for scientific research, education, and suburban living.