Improve Cost, Schedule and Durability of Substantial Industrial Projects
Helical piles have been carrying the weight of buildings and bridges for almost 200 years. They have been established as one of the most resilient, cost-effective foundation options. When incorporated into an integrated delivery approach, in-house fabrication and installation of these structural foundations proves even more valuable, enhancing their wide-ranging benefits.
The critical nature of aging infrastructure has been at the forefront of industry conversations, adding weight to the importance of durability, longevity and efficient project delivery. With our proven construction execution and material fabrication solutions, we provide substantial relief from ongoing challenges, including schedule and budget constraints.
Helical piles are composed of helical bearing plates welded to a central steel shaft or extension. Transferring the load from the shaft to the ground, the helix-shaped plates efficiently screw into the soil with minimal disturbance. Installed via a hydraulic drive head, helical piles provide secure foundations with minimum embedment and calculated torque.
Meet Evolving Market Demands
Helical piles typically are a faster, more cost-effective construction option than traditional concrete foundations. But instead of trusting the fabrication and installation to separate entities, an integrated design-fabricate-construct approach offers a more streamlined option, where all is handled in-house and absorbed into the comprehensive project package. Our team works within your integrated construction team to safely and effectively execute design-build projects as well as fabricate and install helical piles as part of the overall project delivery. This service accelerates foundation installation at industrial and manufacturing locations and at power delivery facilities, reducing project cost, schedule and footprint.
Folding fabrication and installation of helical piles into your project plan swiftly advances new construction as well as the development of replacement parts for aging concrete foundations.
Dig Deep Into the Benefits
Fabrication of helical piles delivers predictable costs and enables expedited schedules, with immediate, direct delivery. This customized, fabricated process provides individual design assurance and improved quality control. Made of carbon steel with optional galvanizing, helical piles can be installed in any weather and within most environments. They also offer a mostly spoils-free installation process, resulting in less excavation, concrete and expensive off-site trucking.
Helical piles — also sometimes referred to as screw piles, ground-anchoring systems, steel screw-in piling or torque anchors — are fabricated and inspected for accuracy, weld quality, and conformance to the design and specifications of each customer or per requirements. The finished product then undergoes performance testing. Utilizing an integrated design process also involves effective sourcing of equipment, drive heads and torque monitors for efficient installation.
As part of an intelligent, streamlined construction approach, helical piles allow for low-clearance installations of multiple piles per day. Designed and fabricated to stand strong for a long time, helical piles are not only a preferred option for poor soil conditions within challenging landscapes but also a competitive option for good soil.
Suitable for varying subgrade profiles, helical piles are scalable for light to heavily loaded structures, including:
3-pole potential transformer (PT) structures
A-frame structures
Backbone structures
Bus support structures
Control enclosures
Circuit breakers
Distribution structures
Electrical switch structures
Guyed tower PT structures
H-frame structures
Lattice tower replacements
Solar panel structures
Tangent pole structures
Transformers
Transmission line structures
Patrick Choudoir
Project Development Manager