Photo Album: The Missions at Rio Vista Apartment Buildings

In San Diego, California Saber was contracted to fix the foundation of several apartment complexes that had severe settlement issues. The building were being renovated and during the process they found that the foundation settlement that had occurred needed to be corrected before any of the other renovation could take place. Saber was contracted to raise the foundation using resistance piers. This process was a lot of work as the buildings are large and the settlement was so sever. The crews worked very hard to expose the footings of these buildings in order to attach the brackets and drive the piers. With the push piers, by Foundation Supportworks, Inc, installation is easy and the effects are immediate. Push piers are easily driven into the ground beneath the home until they hit hard solid supporting soils. Brackets are attached to the foundation footing to drive the piers in at the right angel and to transfer the lifting from the pier to the homes foundation. During the installation, 25 interior piers and 15 exterior, push piers were installed to insure the best results for the lift and future support of the structures. These piers was together to transfer the weight of the structure to the strong soils or bedrock below. After the installation and the lift was preformed the building had been raised and the signs of the severe settlement had been corrected.

Piers in place

The soil has been removed from the area where the piers have been driven into the ground. The heavy duty steel brackets where installed below and against the foundation's footing. The steel pier sections were hydraulically driven through the bracket to bedrock or a stable soil layer. The weight of the structure was transferred through the piers to competent soil below, and the lift was attempted to bring the structure back toward its original position. The soil will be backfilled and the structure will be permanently stabilized in its new position.

Push Piers

Push Piers are made of steel and are driven deep into the soil to bedrock or another stable soil layer. push piers can be installed to the exterior of the structure as well as to the interior, and provide an opportunity to lift the structure back toward its original position, often closing cracks and improving the operation of doors and windows in the process.