Preconstruction Helical Piers for New Commercial Footings
Helical piers installed under new commercial footings before the pour, laid out to the engineer of record's pier schedule and sequenced with your superintendent.
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Pre-Construction Piers: how it works and when it's the right call.
Preconstruction helical piers support a new building's footings on firmer soil before the concrete is poured. They are used when the geotechnical report shows that the soil near the surface is too soft, too variable, or too wet to carry the planned load on its own. A helical pier is a steel shaft with one or more helical plates. The pier is turned into the ground with hydraulic equipment until the plates reach the bearing soil the engineer of record specifies. The top of the pier is then tied into the footing, so the building's load goes down the pier to that soil instead of resting on the weak layer above it. Epp works as a subcontractor to the general contractor. The pier layout follows the engineer of record's pier schedule, and the work is sequenced with your superintendent.
How we install pre-construction piers.
Step 01.Send the Package
Send the structural drawings, the geotechnical report, and the pier schedule, or a written description of the project.
Step 02.Pier Layout and Review
Epp prepares a pier layout to the engineer of record's schedule. The layout goes back to the engineer for review before crews mobilize.
Step 03.Written Scope and Price
You receive a written scope, a lump sum or unit price, and a realistic schedule.
Step 04.Installation
Crews arrive on the date in the proposal and install the piers to the approved layout. Multiday jobs get daily progress photos.
Step 05.Closeout
Installation records, as built drawings, and lien waivers are delivered with the final invoice.
"There are neighborhoods in Kansas City and around St. Joseph where I can drive down the street and tell you which decade the homes were built just by looking at the door frames. The clay under those subdivisions has a high plasticity index. It swells and shrinks every season more than the soil around it. If a builder calls me before pouring, I'll tell them the same thing every time: spend the money on helical piers now, or your client will spend a good deal more on them later. Pick."
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Commercial warning signs this solution resolves.
Each problem sign below is a symptom this solution is engineered to fix. See how we diagnose it before we recommend this method.
Commercial Slab Settlement
Warehouse, shop, and retail floors settle when the soil under them gives way. Epp Foundation Repair finds where the slab has moved and why, then plans the repair around the building's operations.
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Ground mounted solar arrays depend on the soil around every post. Epp Foundation Repair installs helical pier foundations for new solar arrays, sized from the geotechnical report and installed to the engineer of record's specification.
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A grain bin foundation carries a load that changes every time the bin is filled and emptied. Epp Foundation Repair inspects settled bin foundations on farms and ag sites across Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri and explains what is moving before it recommends a repair.
Learn moreMulti-Unit Foundation Movement
In an apartment complex, condo building, or row of townhomes, foundation movement often shows up as maintenance calls from several units. Epp Foundation Repair inspects the whole building to find whether those calls share one cause.
Learn moreCart Path Slab Settlement
Epp Foundation Repair lifts settled concrete cart paths on golf courses and settled walks on commercial and managed properties across Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri with PolyLift polyurethane foam.
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Failing Retaining Walls
Retaining walls beside parking lots, loading docks, and drives carry the soil behind them and the traffic above them. Epp Foundation Repair finds why a wall is moving and works from the engineer of record's drawings on commercial projects.
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