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What are GRIP Piles?

May 23, 2013 2:41 pm

Piles are used in many forms of construction where deep, secure fixings are required in soil or rock for foundation purposes enabling engineers to safely and securely attach structures or materials to the protruding end of the embedded Pile fixing. The patented steel GRIP Pile technology is a variation on the commonly used micro-pile offering a significant advantage over the micro-pile primarily due to the fact that its design negates the need for a grout pump.  Instead, GRIP Pile technology utilises a nylon tipped plunger which creates many times more pressure that any grout pump is capable of producing to force the site-mixed grout into the open pile tubing and out of specially designed exit holes, at the end of...

Cost effective Helical Pile Method for MS3 & MS4 Foundations.

May 13, 2013 2:14 pm

For many years the standard procedure for MS3 Foundations and MS4 Foundations has been the tried and trusted method known as Concrete Pile. While this is form of foundation fixing is perfectly adequate for its intended purpose it is very time consuming and labour intensive compared to the ScrewFast Piling method for Gantry Foundations. ScrewFast`s Helical Piling method for MS3 & MS4 Foundations can be completed form start to finish in 1/3 of the time that it takes to complete a project using the concrete piling method thus reducing the need for traffic management and inconvenience to motorists. Compared to the Concrete piling method ScrewFast`s Helical Piling Method for MS3 and MS4 Foundations offer the following time and financial savings…...