Arlington sits at around 650 feet above sea level, a plateau underlain by Cretaceous marine deposits and terrace gravels. Our team has seen plenty of projects here where loose fill or alluvial sands fail to meet bearing requirements for mid-rise buildings. We approach each vibrocompaction design as a site-specific challenge, combining in-situ testing with numerical modeling to achieve the right density profile. Before mobilizing the vibratory probe, we check soil gradation and fines content. A low plasticity index is essential. When fines exceed limits, we often combine vibrocompaction with columnas de grava to improve drainage and stiffness simultaneously.
Vibrocompaction in Arlington transforms loose fills into dense, load-bearing ground without excavating a single bucket.