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Piling Installation and Repair

Whether it’s a hotel, office, or industrial warehouse, we design and install our solutions to fit your project needs. At Matthews Wall Anchor, we offer piling solutions for commercial projects in the Pittsburgh, PA area. We’ll choose the best piling systems depending on the soil condition and the nature of the project. With our experience and skills, you can always depend on us getting the job done right for every situation. We offer a wide range of piling systems, ranging from augercast piles to micropiles.

There are many benefits to using piles and piling installation techniques, but the end results are the same – to minimize time, cost, and environmental impact. You’ll get quality assurance with residual benefits and alternate uses.

Benefits of piling solutions include:

Adapts to marine and shore applications
Requires no curing time
Can be driven in a natural sequence, minimizing the movement of equipment
Produces no spoils or potentially hazardous materials
Can be applied to many types of soils

Helical Piles

One common piling system is helical piles, also known as screw piles. They are defined by the International Building Code (IBC) as “manufactured steel deep foundation elements consisting of a central shaft and one or more helical bearing plates.” A helical pile is installed by rotating it into the ground. Each helical bearing plate is formed into a screw thread with a uniform defined pitch.

Benefits of using helical piles are:

Quick piling installation
Installs in areas with limited access
Little spoil removal
Torque correlates to capacity
Can be loaded immediately after installation
Resist both axial compression and tension loads

Matthews Wall Anchor primarily uses Earth Contact Products helical pile materials. Please visit their website at www.earthcontactproducts.com for product information.

Augercast Piles

Matthews Wall Anchor provides innovative and cost-effective methods to improve the efficiency of your foundation. One of our solutions includes augercast piles, also known as continuous flight augured (CFA) piles, to support buildings, bridges, towers, and other commercial foundation repairs. Using a hollow steam auger with continuous flight, the auger is driven deep into the ground. The auger is slowly withdrawn, extracting soil while concrete is inserted into the hollow stem. When constructing a continuous pile, we carefully control the grout pressure and volume to avoid any defects. In the last part of the piling installation process, steel is installed into the concrete. This method is designed to withstand compressive and lateral loads.

Benefits of AugerCast piles are:

Cost-effective solution to other deep foundation systems
Little to no disturbance
Little to no vibration
Installed in any type of environment
Used in poor soil conditions
Stabilizes bridges, towers, and other structures

Matthews Structural Solutions uses augercast piles manufactured by Earth Contact Products (ECP), the very best foundation repair products in the industry today. These piling systems are ideal for commercial and industrial applications where reliability and performance matter. Please visit their website at www.earthcontactproducts.com for product information.

We know it is important to maintain proper quality control when installing augercast piles to avoid discontinuous concrete diameters over the length of the pile. That is why we use a recording system on our augercast pile projects to confirm drilling and grouting parameters during installation. Our structural contractors will help ensure that the project runs smoothly from start to finish and are also equipped to perform piling repair if necessary.

Micropiles

Micropiles, also known as minipiles, are small diameter piers that measure 60 to 200 mm. They are drilled and grouted friction piles that consist of steel elements. Each pile is bonded into the soil or rock to create stable foundations for a variety of projects, including bridges and highways. Micropiles are also useful for hard -to -access areas. These advanced piling systems can be installed through any type of soil condition, including rock, cobblestone, and sand. This can be achieved through drilling, jacking, or screwing machinery.

Micropiles offer many advantages over other deep foundation methods on the market. The use of micropiles has increased over the years because they offer many benefits.