Foundation settlement
Many commercial and residential buildings have become distressed due
to settlement. This problem is often caused by weak or improperly compacted
soils. Symptoms include drywall cracking, stair step cracks in brick,
windows/doors that don’t operate properly and cracks in the foundation.
We offer a lasting solution for foundation settlement problems through the patented
and tested ATLAS PIERS® system. An ATLAS
pier is an assembly of structural steel components which includes a
pier head mounted on a steel pier that is installed to firm bearing
strata. ATLAS piers not only stop settlement, but also raise the structure,
closing cracks and correcting other structural flaws caused by settlement
and/or ground deformation.
View pdfs of case studies of a warehouse
that sank 22 inches and a house
whose foundation failed during construction.
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