The purpose or aims of grouting includes: 1. Seepage control; 2. Water plugging, 3. The consolidation; 4. To prevent landslide; 5. To reduce surface subsidence; 6. Improve the foundation bearing capacity; 7. Backfill; 8. Reinforcement.

In general terms, grouting is an injection under pressure of fluid material into fractures and cavities in rock, soil or artificial structures.