Helical Piles

New Construction

Helical Pile Foundation Systems give you the performance of concrete without the drawbacks and liabilities of driven piles and drilled shafts.  Helical Piles are designed to resist loads for most foundation applications.  They install fast and with lightweight, standard equipment.  There’s no concrete to cure so you can load immediately, keeping you in control and on schedule.

ADVANTAGES

  • Fast installation

  • Immediate loading – no concrete to cure

  • Engineered foundation solution

  • Instant torque-to-capacity feedback for production control

  • Load capacity based upon torque correlation

  • Easy field modification

  • Made in the U.S.A

  • Easy to use in limited access sites, high water tables and weak surface soils.

  • No spoil removal

Helical Piles New Construction
Helical Pile New Construction

HOW IT WORKS

The Helical Pile is a segmented deep foundation system with helical bearing plates welded to a central shaft. Load is primarily transferred from the shaft to the soil through these bearing plates.

They install with a hydraulically powered torque motor mounted to virtually any machine such as a rubber tired backhoe, digger-derrick truck, track-hoe excavator, or front end skid-steer loader.

As a result of their true helical shape, the helices do not auger into the soil but rather screw into it with minimal disturbance. The first section is called the lead or starter section and contains the helical plates. Extensions are added to the helical pile system until load bearing strata or necessary torque capacity is achieved

APPLICATIONS

  • New construction supporting foundation grade beams, column bases, compression, tension and concrete slabs

  • Repairing failed or old foundations using time-tested engineered solutions

  • Retrofit foundations in existing structures where new loads are being added or under existing concrete slab

  • Permanent battered piles to take lateral loads, including wind and seismic

  • Machinery and/or equipment foundations for immediate loading with increased capacity.

  • Wind and seismic loading applications such as sound walls, billboards, communication towers including permanent tension hold downs.

  • Foundation support in tight access or inaccessible areas, primarily vertical axial compression loading.

  • Permanent or temporary structural shoring and earth retention.

  • Foundations in noise-sensitive areas where vibration is a concern.

Helical Pulldown Micropile
Helical Pile Installation