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A screw pile, also known as a helical pile, is an innovative foundation solution characterized by a helix-shaped steel plate that is precisely engineered and screwed into the ground. This method provides a stable and reliable foundation for various structures, ensuring strength and durability in diverse soil conditions.
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Progressive home builders that have made screw piles their new norm, favouring the reliability, install speed, minimization of steps, and elimination of pile failure and costly return repair visits. Our home builders value reliability and consistency in their core suppliers and appreciate that we make their process easier, saving significantly on time and financial expense.
With applications too numerous to list, commercial builders appreciate the minimal to zero ground disturbance screw piles offer. This feature is particularly advantageous when operating in tight spaces and close proximity to existing structures.
Proud homeowners who want their projects completed properly with peace of mind. We assist with screw piles for private home reconstruction, garage builds, deck builds, shed builds, pergolas, driveways, and other foundational projects.
Gate and fence companies benefit from screw piles by achieving faster project times, eliminating unnecessary steps, and reducing expenses, allowing them to complete more projects per month.
Our customers who set up and build stages and seating grandstands for concerts and outdoor events realize stability and public safety is paramount. They know their structures should have solid foundations, but it's painful to invest in permanent concrete piles for a single event, and in most cases, the venue/property will not allow concrete to go into the ground. Using screw piles, we can arrive on-site, install their screw piles, their team quickly builds out their stage and seating upon safe and solid foundations, the event ends, their team disassembles their stage and stands, then we return and simply take the screw piles back out of the ground. Safe, simple, effective, fast, and nothing left behind to harm the environment.
Ever-growing in demand and popularity because of their convenience, it only makes sense these companies and their customers are looking for ways to extend that convenience through the entire process. Arranging to have the newly arrived structure ready to be set/assembled on precisely placed screw piles is just an obvious solution, especially for steel structures, as the building can be welded directly to the piles.
Many are removing 50, 60, 70, even 100-year-old structures from their properties and replacing them with new barns, workshops, garages, etc. Oftentimes, the replacement is a pre-fabricated steel structure, and often with no planned floor other than the earth below, so the ability to weld the building down to the screw piles is favourable.
Often filming their movies or TV shows on either someone's private property or in nature, similar to the concerts, the idea is to get in and out as easily as possible with maximum attention to safety and not leaving anything behind in the earth. Our screw piles allow a quick set build and simple removal of the piles once the shoot is complete.
Park benches, signs, festivals, bridges, and temporary summer patios can all be done and, if needed, easily "undone" with screw piles with zero compromise in safety and stability.
Signing off on the plans and loads for developments of all kinds, some engineering firms are adding a referral or recommendation to their customers for a screw pile provider they trust.
Steel piles can be used in renovations for a variety of purposes. They are fully customizable and disturb very little ground when installed, making them useful in many different scenarios where creativity is needed to solve problems.
We work with many contractors across all industries. We are committed to timeliness and quality, ensuring that projects get completed on schedule and to the highest standard.
Grade beams, sidewalks, driveways, slabs, footings, foundations—you name it. Screw piles can be used to support all types of concrete construction.
Agricultural buildings and shops have historically been placed with poles in augured holes or on a poured concrete slab or foundation. We work to eliminate the issues of having wood in the ground, heaving or sinking, or the large expenses of concrete. We can install steel piles very quickly, with extremely low disturbance and to exact heights, making them the ideal choice for a rock-solid foundation without all the added expense.
Homes constructed off-site and moved to their permanent locations benefit from a quick but stable foundation system that is easy to place the structure on. Wood cribbing is being quickly outpaced by helical piles due to the reduction in possible ground movement between seasons.
Many foundation issues can occur due to the freeze-thaw cycles in Alberta as well as plastic clays or high-water tables. We have developed both helical pile and underpinning methods to solve these problems. Whether simply bracing to prevent future movement or lifting and re-levelling structures that have already moved, we work closely and quickly with our clients to limit project delays.
Solar energy production in the province is exploding in popularity. Helical piles provide a solution to support solar panels that is accurate, affordable, and fast. Every project from small acreage arrays to large industrial solar farms can benefit from working with us to get steel piles installed.
The ability to change helix sizes on screw piles makes them the ideal choice for soft ground and lake beds. We have the ability to galvanize the piles as well, greatly increasing their lifespan while submerged in water. Winter is the perfect time to install dock piles, as the low water levels and frozen ground make accessing the area much more feasible. We also manufacture any type of custom pile cap needed for your application.
Helical piles are used in many energy sector applications. The ability to install them in poor soil conditions and remote areas makes them a great choice. Applications include wind turbines, solar, electrical equipment, substations, poles, signage, walkways, transformers, and fencing.
In southern Alberta, wind can be a destructive force. Ground anchors are used along with guy lines to prevent these forces from damaging structures. Temporary structures such as tents are a perfect example, but everything from utility poles to agricultural buildings benefits as well.
Portable classrooms are a popular choice for school boards to provide more space quickly. Placing them on screw pile foundations is both quick and affordable. The piles can also be removed and reinstalled when the portables are moved in the future.
Many road construction and infrastructure companies can benefit from helical piles. Uses include road signage, gantries, traffic lights, light poles, walls and fences, traffic cameras, and bridges. We work with these businesses to provide custom solutions.
Helical piles can be used in mining projects to provide solid foundations for infrastructure such as conveyor systems, equipment platforms, and storage facilities. Their adaptability to different soil conditions is particularly advantageous in mining environments.
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Residential Builders
Progressive home builders that have made screw piles their new norm favouring the reliability, install speed, minimization of steps, and the elimination of pile failure and costly return repair visits. Our home builders value reliability and consistency in their core suppliers and appreciate that we make their process easier and save significantly on time and financial expense.
Commercial Builders
With applications far too numerous to begin to list, one thing commercial builders we work with appreciate is the minimal to zero ground disturbance that comes with choosing screw piles for their projects as they are often operating within tight confines and close proximity to existing structures.
Homeowners
The everyday home owner who is proud of their property and wants projects completed properly with peace of mind. We help our residential home owners with screw piles for private hom reconstruction, garage builds, deck builds, shed builds, pergolas, driveways and all other builds requiring foundational piles.
Gate and Fence Companies
With screw piles Gate and Fence companies are realizing much faster project times and eliminating steps and therefore eliminating extra expense while being able to complete more projects per month.
Event Planning / Stage and Bleacher Companies
Our customers who set up and build stages and seating grandstands for concerts and outdoor events realize stability and public safety is paramount. They know their structures should have solid foundations but it's painful to invest in permanent concrete piles for a single event, and in most cases - the venue/property will not allow concrete to go into the ground. With using screw piles we can arrive on-site, install their screw piles, their team quickly builds out their stage and seating upon safe and solid foundations, the vent ends, their team disassembles their stage and stands, then we return and simply take the screw piles back out of the ground. Safety, simple, effective, fast and nothing left behind to harm the environment.
Modular Building and Pre-Fabricated Building Companies
Ever growing in demand and popularity because of their convenience, it only makes sense these companies and their customers are looking for ways to extend that convenience through the entire process and arranging to have the newly arrived structure ready to be set/assembled on precisely place screw piles is just an obvious solution. Especially for the steel structures as the building can be welded directly to the piles.
Ranchers / Farmers
So many are removing 50, 60, 70, and even 100-year-old structures from their properties and replacing them with new barns, workshops, garages, etc. Often the replacement is a pre-fabricated steel structure, and often with no planned floor other than the earth below so the ability to weld the building down to the screw piles is favourable.
Movie Set Creation Companies
Often filming their movies or tv shows on either someone's private property, or in nature - similar to the concerts - the idea is to get in and get out as easily as possible with maximum attention to safety and not leaving anything behind in the earth. Our screw piles allow a quick set build, and simple removal of the piles once the shoot is complete.
Other Piling Companies
We conveniently stock a supply yard of screw piles in southern Alberta, so those needing screwpiles can avoid the travel to many of the supply yards located farther north.
Municipalities and Governments
Park benches, signs, festivals, bridges, temporary summer patios - all can be done and then, if needed, easily 'undone', with screw piles with zero compromise in safety and stability.
Engineering Firms
Signing off on the plans and loads for developments of all kinds, some engineering firms are adding a referral or recommendation to their customers for a screw pile provider they trust.
Building/House Moving Companies
When a home or existing structure is being transported to a new location, often times there is minimal space between where the building or home will sit and surrounding structures. We work with companies who move existing structures to ensure screw piles are in place when the structure arrives with minimal to no ground disturbance.