We believe a trend has developed where the project engineer or architect commissions a limited geotechnical investigation only. That investigation may outline some preliminary design parameters, state that it is a problem site or just recommend that further investigations be undertaken. It may be useful to the extent that it identifies that piling is required. [...]

There seems to be a trend of builders accepting the commercial risk of the unknown latent geotechnical conditions. Even with a comprehensive geotechnical report, testing is only a few randomly selected boreholes and probes. These may not always typically reflect the real conditions over the entire site. Unless testing is done at every pile position [...]

Who is signing off on your screw pile project? A continuous flow of certification happens as a building project progresses, and the screw piling aspect of the works is part of that process. Russell Heale Screw Piling submits the pile design, plans, installation records and geotechnical report to a qualified independent engineer after every project. [...]

For information on screw piling, please download the following; our brochure: Piling Brochure fact sheets on screw piling covering various topics and case studies: Screw Piling Info Sheets and a sheet to help in comparing screw piling quotes: Comparing quotes checksheet To save any of these you can right click on them when they are [...]