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Screwpile Australia

Locality: Perth, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9371 7711

Address: 3-5 James St 6053 Perth, WA, Australia

Website: http://screwpile.com.au

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24.01.2022 The fastest & most cost effective way to connect & disconnect transportable buildings to screw piles

23.01.2022 The development of sewer screw piles in 1996 by Screwpile Australia created a quite revolution in the way buildings & structures foundations were piled within WaterCorp easements. Prior to then concrete piles were the norm. Sewer screwpiles eliminate inherant construction problems associated with concrete piles such as, high water-tables, hole collapse and caverning, and hard ground penetration, all resulting in difficulties to achieving the minimum specified pile depth to ...Continue reading

22.01.2022 Coming soon! An informative soft audit report by Foundation Engineering on the historical corrosion performance of steel screw piles installed on boardwalks and viewing platforms. Over the last 20 years Screwpile Australia has installed over 20 of these projects in very different environmental conditions throughout the State. The reports findings are invaluable for engineers, Council's & developers designing future projects.

22.01.2022 Andrew & Matt have just come back from a difficult job in the North West for a mining resources client. The images show the challenging angled pile arrangement of the 6.0m long tensioned screwpile anchors, installed into an existing shore based Dolphin Mooring, for the ore shipping terminal load-out facility. Screw pile design was specified by the clients project engineers & installed into unspecified engineered fill. Reminds me of a set of bagpipes, lucky theres no Scotsmen in the crew otherwise they might have been distracted. The boys did an excellent job. Thanks to our Operations Manager Andrew Gordon for putting up with having to shave off his beard to get onsite due to their safety requirements! Bring on the next challenge.

22.01.2022 Starting with the lift-pit, today we commenced installing over 130 x 6m x 220kN compression screw piles for a new multi-storey apartment development. Access is tight so we started installation using the 13.8t excavator fitted with a 40,000Nm rotary power head to screw the piles into the dense sand above limestone. Once the lift pit is cast we will continue with the remaining screw piles. Our engineers will conduct random site visits to ensure installation is in accordance with design intent.

22.01.2022 The latest in housing underpinning

19.01.2022 Matt & Andy strapping up the Hi-capacity screw anchors for South Australia's new shark barrier & swimming pontoon structure, designed by Foundation Engineering for Screwpile Australia. Ready for transport across the Nullabor...

18.01.2022 Another huge effort Andrew. Well done mate. Despite the terrible weather conditions and challenging FRL depths your PM talents & self determination to get the job done & all to spec is another testament to your steely grit.

16.01.2022 Taking screw piling to new heights. Great image guys at Screwpile Australia

15.01.2022 Ground anchor 260kN post tensioned screw pile's installed through 750dia CFA piles by Andrew Gordon, Andrew Healey & Matt Phillips. Video coming...

14.01.2022 Regardless of rain hail or shine, the team at Screwpile Australia and Foundation Engineering get the test piles and load test reaction frame installed & static testing got underway so that installation could continue the next day. Water? Who cares!

14.01.2022 It's been a long time coming to Western Australia but finally ball sporting bodies and grounds owner/managers have picked up the ball on spectator and passerby safety. The first, of what undoubtedly will be numerous, installation of "Ball Sport Safety Net Structures consisting of 4 x 12m poles with the catch net spanning 30 metres went off without a hitch for the Foundation Engineering Group. Foundation Engineerings engineer Ali Bataghva designed both a concrete bored pile ...and a mono-screwpile option to cater for variable ground conditions and the fast installation of foundations and pole erection. The time frame for the first project was extremely tight so anything that saved time and money was introduced into the design and installation. The original pole design and connection interface to a mass concrete footing that was designed by another engineering firm was completely revised to a more cost effective solution. One that allowed for "a same" universal pole and connecting interface design regardless of which foundation option was required in accordance with site and ground specific conditions. This enabled the mass production of poles for future projects thereby reducing manufacturing costs. Ali considered the concrete bored pile the most appropriate for the first site being the sports field in Mandurah That selection proved to be a wise one as rock boulders were encountered at one auguring location. Sporting fields are inherently located on reclaimed land, or rehabilitated rubbish tips, so the likelihood of ground variability is high. Foundation Engineering carries out a geotechnical assessment of site's prior to nominating the piled foundation type. Final outcome? Articulate planning delivered an on time and under budget outcome for both us and our client so we can't ask for more than that. Well done to our crew, Dave, Wayne, Andrew, Matt and Andy and the rest of the team who combined, manufactured the poles and foundations, constructed the caged and pier'd concrete bored piles and erected the 12m poles at lightening speed. You made the client very happy. Now get ready for the others.

14.01.2022 Our first time lapse video of a screw pile installation

12.01.2022 Recently our screw piles have gone through the roof. But they are still the fastest & most economical piling solution available on the planet...

11.01.2022 Our structural consulting engineers at Foundation Engineering are ready to static load test the largest screwpiles we have ever fabricated. NDT testing is complete, passing 100%, so the main project works is ready to commence on Friday. Stay tuned for the load test settlement results. We are confident they will exceed design settlement specifications.

10.01.2022 https://youtu.be/d_07Ub3L5Z4 Watch Screwpile Australia's safer & faster self loading system

07.01.2022 Foundation Engineering's new "Soft Audit" blog on Boardwalk & Observation Platform Screw Pile Corrosion. View it at: http://fegroup.net.au//corrosion-soft-audit-screw-piles-o/ Or: https://www.linkedin.com//screwpiles-exposed-20-year-corro

07.01.2022 Accurate survey & absolute commitment to "Best Practice Outcomes" by our installation crew teams ensures our project customers couldn't be happier with the results...

07.01.2022 Stage 1 of the project currently underway in North Perth is complete

05.01.2022 Cyclone season is coming. Are you ready? http://fegroup.net.au//brace-yourself-cyclone-season-comi/

04.01.2022 Matt & Andy off to install a swag of screw piles now the truck has a new motor in it after the boys blew the last one up! Joking!!!

04.01.2022 The new Toyota Showrooms in Maddington all of sudden had a problem. Site works done. Plumbing in. Bucket loads of heavy rains. A raised water table which exceeded the base of the mass footings. And no compaction at the base of all foundations. Solution? Us! A quick geo. Prioritized engineering design, rapid manufacture of over 100 screwpiles & installation to 5m BEGL. All without fuss & faster than any other piling option. Result? One very happy customer.

04.01.2022 What is the name of the street in North Perth where we have installed over 1000 screwpiles, through old car bodies, general rubbish & gypsum? We're back there installing another couple of hundred screw piles for a new unit development.

03.01.2022 Limited Access 985kN Screw Piles Restricted access piling rig installation automatically promotes the use of screw piles as the most cost effective and time efficient piling solution available. This has again been demonstrated through the successful design and installation of 985kN/460kN (ultimate) compression/tension screwpiles at Wesley College redevelopment works. In 2016 Screwpile Australia has again been selected to provide a cost effective piling solution. Installatio...n torques were estimated to be up to 200,000Nm so access for a 35t excavator was needed. Screwpile Australia is the only screw piling company in Western Australia that has a QA calibrated 200,000Nm pendulum rotary powerhead and Torquatron monitor. Limited site height & width restrictions made machine access challenging for Screwpile Australia's Operations Manager Andrew Gordon and installation needed to occur next to existing walls for new foundations. The location was full of existing underground service so care and location accuracy for the screw piles was critical. The experienced and committed screw piling installation team of Matt and Andy made sure installation was in accordance with Screwpile Australia's ISO-9001 QA project management procedures. Foundation Engineerings senior design engineer, Ali Bataghva, provided a design solution that addressed the induced pile moment forces due to existing wall and services locations. The overall design was cost effective and on budget for the builder. Back in 2008 Screwpile Australia installed a number of 400kN compression piles in challenging locations at Wesley over existing walls as the image below shows.

03.01.2022 Garvey Park foreshore on the Swan River, Ascot, Western Australia, is currently undergoing an enhancement program. Part of the improvements include new walkways & beach deck ramps for the boating/canoe club. Foundation Engineering was asked to come up with a pile design that would deliver practical installation as the shoreline consisted of very loose-sandy-peaty mud. The potential for acid sulphate soils was also expected. A screw pile design was provided as an installat...ion tolerance (+ or - 50mm) needed to accommodate all the piers of a pre-fabricated deck which was to be cast into the 219CHS pile shafts after installation. Ultimate per pile compression load was only 21kN so final screw pile design was governed predominately by corrosion allowance, installation tolerances mentioned and a 4.0m bearing capacity installation depth. The banks of the Swan River around Ascot, Bayswater etc. consist of Guildford muds with sections of man made sandy beaches for recreation. River water can be brackish and the presence of PASS (Potential Acid Sulphate Soils) or ASS (Actual Sulphate Soils) are common in the immediate areas. A chemical analysis was conducted of the ground conditions and ASS was identified at surface & to a depth of 4.0m. Hot dip galvanised screw in piles were considered most suitable for the sulphate conditions as zero soil disturbance meant no introduction of oxygen into the ground, mitigating any further concentration of the ASS condition already present. Screwpile design catered for a severe corrosion classification allowance of 0.1mm/year for a 50 year design life which formed part of Foundation Engineerings pile design certification. Screwpile Australia tendered & won the work. Machinery site access was restricted & installation was required on the riverbank with the excavator being kept well off the soft mud bank. A geo-fabric was laid over the to be piles area so as to allow piling offsides access to piled locations. A total of 28 screw piles were installed in under 2 days in accordance with their ISO-9001 QA accreditation & management systems. Soon to be re-opened to the public, new boardwalks & beach decking canoe launching area as well as other amenities.