Compensation or fracture grouting is the injection of a cement slurry grout into the soil creating and filling fractures that then lift the overlying soil and structures.

Compensation/fracture grouting

Common uses

Re-level structures
Stabilise and mitigate the settlement of overlying structures during tunnelling

Process

A sleeve port pipe is grouted into a pre-drilled hole beneath a structure and grout injected under pressure at strategic locations through the ports.

Once the hydrofracture pressure of the soil is exceeded, fractures open in the soil and are immediately expanded by the influx of grout. This results in the controlled heave of the overlying soils and structures.

Advantages

Unobtrusive, as it can be done from shafts or tunnels without access to affected buildings
Precise control and reporting when linked to an effective monitoring system

Quality assurance

Keller Polska can provide complete solutions which combine fracture grouting with real-time monitoring of affected structures.

Extensive experience has allowed us to develop advanced drilling and computerised grouting systems that integrate the grouting injection process and real time monitoring. Grout injection data is plotted against time and summarised in three dimensional plots and reports.