Why is there so much monitoring?

If you are the owner of a home or a business, the very last thing you want to hear is that you will be compelled to pay someone else or a firm to supervise the work that is being done on your property while it is being done. In addition to this, it is usually an expense that is estimated (until the project is finished), rather than one that is actually planned for. We as a company are also not excited about it because it will often require additional time and schedule in order to do the same work that we were going to undertake and are contracted to do.

Foundations made of helical piles

During the process of installing helical piling foundations, particular checks on a continuous basis are required to be carried out. The information that is recorded must include the installation equipment that was used, the dimensions of the piles, the elevations of the pile tips, the final depth, the final installation torque, and any other pertinent installation data that is required by the registered design professional in responsible charge. In order to determine compliance, the geotechnical report that has been accepted along with the construction documents that have been submitted by the certified design expert must be used.

As you can see, it indicates that there needs to be a constant inspection in order for the installation of your helical pile/pier system to be complete. This is done to guarantee that every product and component matches what is specified to be installed according to the design details. In addition to this, it guarantees that the installation depths and torques that are necessary for the project are attained. Believe it or not, there are businesses out there that try to game the system by limiting the capacity of their installations so that they do not have to pay the higher costs associated with the additional material that would be required. Believe us, we have seen this very thing done by other businesses to clients who were completely unaware of what was going on. When businesses take this approach, the piles they build almost always end up crumbling over time because they are not locked into solid soils. Having this examination performed by a third party guarantees that everyone will be held accountable.

As is the case in any other line of work, a minority of dishonest workers can bring down the entire industry. When we begin any project at the RLM Retrofit Foundation, we do so with the intention of making it the very last time either you or we will ever have to consider the possibility of needing to make repairs to a particular part of your house. This is demonstrated by the fact that we have never received a callback or been required to fix a helical pile or pier operation that we have completed.

If you are at any stage in the process of repairing your home’s cracked, settling, or deteriorating foundation, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us to learn more about this process and the questions you should ask. Now is the time to get a Foundation Inspection Compton.

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