New Construction

Each pile is designed by our engineers to perform based on the required loads and soil conditions for your project. Helical piles are quickly installed either with a mini-excavator or, in limited space applications, can be installed with a hand-held device. The process starts with gathering data about your existing soil and structure’s condition:

For most projects, the design process occurs with gathering information about your project.

We obtain soils information from a geotechnical engineer to define the soil conditions.

A structural engineer works with us to define the necessary capacity of the piles, the pile type and configuration based on the soils report and existing structural conditions.

A plan is created indicating the locations of the piles, capacities and technical specifications (shop drawings).

The plans are submitted to the local building department for permit or to the contractor of record.

We mobilize onto your site and review the scope of work with you. The mason excavates for his footings, our crew follows directly behind the mason and starts installing the piles. The piles are cut to the desired length and typically, have a steel pile cap installed. The mason then follows directly behind our crew and places the forms and reinforcement steel.

If requested, the piles can be tested for compliance of both compression and tension capacities. The engineer of record determines the needed capacities and the piles are typically tested to a safety factor of x 2. The testing is completed by Foundation Technologies and reviewed by the engineer of record.

Installation logs are kept for each pile and reviewed by the engineer of record. The logs keep track of the total depth achieved of the pile and pressures encountered during installation. The logs are submitted to the building department along with a Certificate of Completion from the engineer to certify that our installation was in compliance with the plan.