Overcoming Boston Soil Challenges with Helical Pier Foundation Support

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Local Contractor looks to Atlas System of New England for Foundation Support

When a Boston contractor planned a 5-story addition to an existing structure, challenging soil conditions and limited site access created a significant foundation challenge. To safely support the new structure, a deep foundation solution was required. Atlas Systems of New England provided a custom helical pier foundation support system, stabilizing the building efficiently while minimizing site disruption. This approach ensured the project could move forward safely and on schedule, even in difficult urban soil conditions.

Foundation Repair Solution

By installing helical pier foundation solutions, your foundation becomes stable and secure with little to no disturbance to the work site. Helical piers are structural piering devices for residential and commercial foundation applications in use today. They can be used to lift homes, stabilize foundations, elevate walkways, and retain walls.

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The process to design a proper deep foundation support system for this project was dependent on the following:

  •  Having a series of soil borings taken on-site to determine actual soil classification, location, and depths of soil strata, and soil bearing capacities.
  •  Having a geotechnical/structural engineer review the soils to determine what type of deep foundation system is best suited for the project.
  •  Develop a foundation plan showing pile design, pile locations, and depths of installation.
  •  Keeping accurate pier installation logs that record depths of piers and installation torques.

Atlas Systems of New England was subcontracted by the contractor (CC Brothers of Chinatown) to provide the deep foundation helical pier support system for this project. Our team of professionals offers the best foundation repair solutions to fix any situation. The Structural Engineer for this project hired by the owner was:

Mark Liao, P.E. Liao Associates, Inc. 625 Bedford St. E. Bridgewater, MA 02333

For additional information on this project please contact:
Dennis P. Geisser at Atlas Systems of New England. Call 800-688-9774 and visit us at www.atlassystemsnewengland.com.