Vertical Wick Drains - Red River Floodway LOCATION: Winnipeg, MB TIMEFRAME: July 2007 SCOPE OF WORK: Installation of vertical wick drains for construction of railway embankment across Red River Floodway. PROJECT PARTNERS: Contractor: Hugh Munro Construction Ltd. Supplier: Layfield Environmental Systems Winnipeg, Manitoba - In July, 2007, Layfield Environmental Systems completed a prefabricated vertical drain project for the Red River Floodway Expansion project. The prefabricated vertical drains (also known as PVDs or wick drains) were installed in preparation for the construction of railway embankments for a new bridge across the Floodway. The drains will accelerate the consolidation of the clay subsoil under the embankment allowing the bridge project to proceed on schedule.The two e

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