Pier Masters
A Kansas City Master Company
Pier Masters a division of Kansas City Master Companies, offers two primary methods of steel foundation support: Resistance Pier Systems for Underpinning and Helical Systems for New and Existing Construction and Restoration to:
- Restore settling or sliding buildings
- Add new foundation to support building expansion (internal or external)
- Prevent damage from equipment vibration
- Build economically on marginal soil
- Restore a cracked basement wall that threatens to collapse
Determining the Correct Application for your situation: Understanding the cause of and solutions to your problems is one of the most critical aspects of our services. We offer a unique approach unmatched by any.
Helical Systems Features and Advantages
Manufactured ... by Atlas Systems, Inc. the largest manufacturer of foundation support products.
- Economical ... superior performance at highly competitive pricing.
- Superior Capacity ... large bearing plate allows greater load capacity.
- Versatile ... stops horizontal and vertical movement.
- Installation Method ...
-Driven independently of the building by portable, yet powerful, equipment.
-Monitored by use of torque measurements which relate soil-to-foundation capacity.
-Placed inside or outside of home.
- Corrosion Protection ... hot dipped galvanized solid steel applied to ASTM A153 specifications.
- Clean ... minimal yard disturbance.
- Insured ... work performed by highly-trained, uniformed professionals.
- Patented System ... nothing else compares.
- Quiet ... no pile driver on concrete truck.
- Fast ... all piers can be loaded immediately. No set up or curing time required.
Pier Systems
| To restore and/or stabilize structures whose settlement has resulted from a wide variety of soil problems. Foundation settlement and movement can be caused by building on expansive clay, compressible or improperly compacted fill soils, or improper maintenance around foundations. Whatever the cause, settlement can destroy the value of structures and even render them unsafe. Properly installed, Pier MastersSM Piers can prevent settlement, stabilize foundations and restore settled structures nearly to their original position, often closing structural defects, such as cracks and deformities, caused by settlement. Because the solution is both permanent and economically attractive, the structures retain or recover their value. Ultimate pier load capacities range from 80,000 to 90,000 pounds per assembly depending on assembly utilized.
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| Before: | The chimney on this home had separated so far that sparrows were nesting in the attic and rain was penetrating the roof. |
| After: | Instead of tearing down the chimney and building a new one, the owner opted for Pier MastersSM Piers, which stabilized the chimney and raised it back to vertical. |
| Before: | Operations had to halt at this cold storage facility because the structure had been constructed on organic material 18 feet deep. |
| After: | Pier Master Continuous Lift Piers are the settlement solution. |
Helical Systems provide stabilization for both new and existing construction and restoration.
Installed vertically through problems soils until load-bearing soils are reached, they protect new construction built on marginal soils and serve as underpinning to stabilize and restore slabs damaged by expansive soils, erosion or poorly compacted fill soils.
Installed laterally as tiebacks, Pier MastersSM helical systems can stabilize and restore walls that have been improperly constructed or damaged by poor drainage or expansive soils.
Ultimate load capacities range from 36,000 per 110,00 pounds in tension capacity and from 14,000 to 5,000 pounds in compressive capacity, depending on the assembly shaft size.
- Fast Installation: Can Be Installed In Confined Areas Within Days
- Unmatched Strength and Integrity: No Vibration, Structurally tied to grade beams or footings.
- Verifiable Support: by optional post-installation load testing.
New Construction- This home was built on uncontrolled fill soils. Conventional concrete piers were not acceptable because truck access was unachievable.
The pier-and-grade beam structure was a perfect candidate for our construction piers to prevent settlement.
Tieback- Fill material behind the foundation stem wall in this upscale home caused the wall to bow out. Eight tieback Anchors on the eight-foot high, ten-inch thick reinforced concrete wall succeeded in stabilizing it.
Tieback anchors can stabilize and restore falling basement walls.
Use with problems due to:
- poor drainage with build-up of hydrostatic pressure,
- improper construction causes a wall to fail under pressure,
- expansive soils create stress exceeding the design load
Slab piers stabilize slabs quickly without damaging the structure or disrupting the occupants' routine.
Use with problems due to:
- poorly compacted fill soils collapse under a constant load.
- expansive soils (from leaks, etc.) shift the design loads.
- erosion removes upper supportive soils.