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Compression Testing a Helical Pile in Less-Than-Ideal Conditions

A great benefit of helical piles is their ability to be proven with a load test in the field. Shawn Downey, from CHANCE Foundation Solutions, was once asked to complete a compression test on a helic...

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5 Questions about Load Tests on Helical Piles [Answered]

Helical pile installers and designers get this question all the time: “Do I need to do full scale load testing?” The answer is: “it depends”. Often, larger commercial projects will have load test req...

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Helical Pile Equipment Maintenance Checklist

Conduct maintenance on equipment and instill the importance of equipment upkeep to ensure your helical pile jobs run smoothly and avoid delays. With the heavy construction season slowing down in the...

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Are you building on a solid foundation or living on borrowed time?

Beware of building on unstable soils! Helical piles are a proven deep foundation that can save big time and money on a new construction project. If you are turning your head the other way when it com...

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Scottish Offshore Wind Farm: Monopile Foundations to Go Beyond 50-Metre Depths

Offshore engineering consultancy SLPE has been awarded the contract to provide detailed design of wind turbine foundations for Red Rock Power Limited and ESB’s Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm. Inch Ca...

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Deep Foundation “Feedback”: Valuable Early Data From The Jobsite

Learn how Geotechnical Engineers use valuable jobsite data to validate their recommendations for deep foundations. The Reality A recognized challenge for geotechnical engineers designing deep found...

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How to bid helical pile foundations

This is an in depth explanation, through an example project, of how an engineer or contractor can use HeliCAP software to create an accurate helical pile design and bid for deep foundations. Written...

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“Foundations” of sustainability

For buildings and structures, material selection, energy conservation methods and good water efficiency are important parts to consider when thinking of sustainability. However, thoughts about what c...

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Using Torque Testing for Better Designs

All Engineers can relate to an experience we’ve had where what we designed was not how it turned out in “the real world”. Rarely does a project end up being exactly as what we put down on paper. Soil...

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The Economic Benefits of Testing Driven Piles

Read an article by Patrick Hannigan, President of GRL Engineers Inc., and Brent Robinson, Vice President of Pile Dynamics Inc., to learn how using reliable testing methods can save money for pile dr...

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