MOORE & TABER                     

 

 

Soil Grouting and Ground Improvement Specialists

 

         

Underpinning is a means of transferring foundation loads to deeper soils or bedrock.  It can be accomplished by deepening existing foundations with new bond beams or grade beams, if competent bearing soils are relatively shallow.  When loads are to be transferred to deeper strata, caissons, pin piles or pipe piles can be used in conjunction with grade beam construction.

Moore & Taber can apply any of the above methods, depending on site-specific soil and foundation conditions and recommendations of the project design professional.  The photograph to the left shows Moore & Taber personnel underpinning a home in a development where expansive soils were pervasive.  The perimeter foundations of 40 residential units in this tract were strengthened with reinforced concrete grade beams.  In addition to stiffening the existing foundations, these new foundations also served as a mitigation measure for controlling moisture migration beneath the buildings.