Company History
2009 – Bachy Menard teaming up
Menard Bachy was incorporated in December 2009. Prior to its establishment, Austress Menard and its sister company Soletanche Bachy completed several projects in Joint venture, the most notable being for the Diaphragm Wall and Barrette foundations for the Hilton Surfers Paradise. Through this new company, Menard Bachy, the skills and expertise of Austress Menard and Soletanche Bachy are combined to enable the delivery of a full range of geotechnical contracting services.
2004 – 2009 : Austress Menard delivering geotechnical works
Austress Menard was established as a permanent Joint Venture in January2004, after Austress Freyssinet and Menard, both subsidiary companies under the umbrella of Vinci, had completed several projects in joint venture, the most notable being the ground improvement works at the Townsville sugar shed.
With the new branding of Austress Menard, further success in key projects followed and in May 2005 the company relocated its head office to its current site in Macquarie Park. In November of that year Austress Menard’s technologies and expertise were impressed into the market place by the award of the remediation works to the seawall for the third runway at Sydney Airport. This was followed in February of 2006 by the award of the ground water barrier around the former BHP site at Mayfield in Newcastle, which achieved a world record depth for slurry wall installation of 49 metres.
1974 – 2004 : Austress Freyssinet and Bachy pioneering in-house techniques in Australia
Austress Freyssinet’s developed its expertise in geotechnical engineering construction over a period in excess of 25 years with the emphasis on ground and rock anchoring and grouting techniques. When combined with the enviable track record of Menard, in the field of ground improvement, it has yielded a key strategic partnership within the Freyssinet Group.
Bachy introduced and promoted Diaphragm Wall and Slurry wall techniques in Australia. Amongst the more significant projects completed are the Port Augusta Power Station diaphragm walls, constructed in the mid 1970’s, which established the Diaphragm Wall technique in Australia and the industry award winning Diaphragm Walls and Barrette foundations at the Cavill Avenue Tower in Surfers Paradise, in 1991.
