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GIKEN Museum of Piling Machines “Red Hill 1967” — exhibition of historic SILENT PILER models in Kochi, Japan.

Behind the Machine: The Story of GIKEN SILENT PILER

A Silent Revolution in Piling When noise and vibration from piling became Japan’s “construction pollution” in the 1970s, Akio Kitamura decided to do the unthinkable — invent a pile driver that makes no noise at all. His idea was simple yet revolutionary: “Use the resistance of already-driven piles as the reaction force for pressing new […]

LIEBHERR — Engineering the Future Since 1949

Founded in 1949 by Hans Liebherr, the family-run group began with the world’s first mobile tower crane (TK 10) and has since evolved into a €14.6 billion engineering powerhouse. 🚀 Milestones in Deep Foundation Engineering – 1976 – Foundation of Liebherr-Werk Nenzing (Austria), now the hub for foundation rigs and crawler cranes. 🏔 Fun fact: […]

Top Deep Foundation & Construction Events – October 2025

Upcoming Deep Foundation & Construction Events — October 2025

Here are the key October 2025 events in deep foundations, geotechnics, and construction — listed in chronological order: GeoTech 2025 📍 London, UK – The Kia Oval 2 October 2025 Dedicated to geotechnical innovation, data, and digital solutions for ground engineering. Future Mobile Work Machine 2025 (FMWM25) 📍 Tampere, Finland 7–8 October 2025 Industry showcase […]

Menard dynamic compaction rig working at waterfront site with mountains in background

MENARD — Innovators in Ground Improvement

🔎 Did you know? In 1954, Louis Ménard — then a young French mechanical engineering student — invented the pressuremeter. This device revolutionized geotechnical engineering by replacing the need for core samples and laboratory tests, allowing engineers to measure soil strength and deformation modulus directly in the ground. Just three years later, he founded “Les […]

BAUER — A Family Business with Deep Roots

🔎 Did you know? Bauer’s history began over 230 years ago, when Sebastian Bauer took over a coppersmith’s workshop in Schrobenhausen, Germany. The turning point came in 1902, when Andreas Bauer drilled an artesian well for the local railway. His son, Karl Bauer, later built Schrobenhausen’s central water supply system — laying the groundwork for […]

Upcoming Deep Foundation & Construction Events — September 2025

Here are the key September events — ranked with deep foundations and geotechnics first, followed by broader construction exhibitions: SEFE11 – Seminar on Special Foundations and Geotechnics 📍 São Paulo, Brazil – Pro Magno Exhibition Center 🗓 1–4 September 2025 One of Latin America’s biggest foundation engineering and geotechnics gatherings. Combines a technical seminar with […]

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