Residential Screw Pier Market Segment

Australian Foundation Systems has been active in the residential market for 14 years delivering Engineered Screw Piering systems.

The residential market place is spilt in to two markets that both offer their own unique challenges the Project Home Builder and the Prestige Home Market.

Australian Foundation Systems is a fully licensed screw piling contractor.

One of the common misconceptions in the residential building market is that anyone can construct a foundation be it concrete bored pier or other wise. This is simply not the case you need a specific license to construct any Foundation.

We are a strong believer that markets should embrace new technologies. It is our firm belief that the Screw Pile Foundation system is the best and most cost effective foundation product available to today’s modern builder.

The Screw Pier eliminates many of the problems that have so long plagued bored pier foundations.

  • Foundations being constructed by non licensed contractors
  • Cost
  • Uneven Bearing across the site
  • Concrete cost blow out
  • The ever increasing costs associated with getting rid of the spoil associated with bored piers
  • Multiple trades associated with bored piers
  • Excessive truck movements annoying neighbors
  • Weather
  • Rectification works

By standardising your foundation design to Screw Piles you can reduce your Foundation spend and deliver to your client the peace of mind that they have a Fully Engineered and Certified Foundation System.

Project Home Market

Australian Foundation Systems is proud to have a variety of project homebuilders using our Resources and expertise from the likes of:

  • Clarendon Homes
  • Mirvac Homes
  • Westminster Homes
  • Jandson Homes
  • Housing NSW
  • Department of Defense

The are significant benefits that our Screw Pier foundation system offer the project home industry which is heavily reliant on fast cost effective solutions as time is of the essence with a project build.

We have been able to show significant time and cost benefits for all of our residential clients.

See below for a few examples:

  • Typical Screw Pier installation completed in under four hours
  • Little or no spoil generated during the installation process
  • Screw Pier work in all soil profiles eliminating costly site delays when the a concrete bored pier is unable to be installed
  • Screw Piers are a fully engineered product installed by a fully licensed piling contractor

Prestige Home Market

The luxury home market is slightly different to the project home market with many of our Screw Piers sitting under homes worth many millions of dollars. These projects often require Screw Pier Foundations capable of carrying loads that are often quite large and in locations that offer some unique challenges.

Australian Foundation Systems has the advantage in these application of being able to draw on our experience in the commercial market place to ensure that the designs and installations are capable of servicing these loads meeting the challenges that these projects often present.

We also work extensively with a range of Prestige builders such as:

  • Binet Homes
  • Chateau Homes
  • Bellevarde Homes
  • GrayBuilt Homes
  • RKB Builders

While economics still plays a large part in any project it has been our ability to service these clients on sites that often offer significant design challenges not to mention access issues.

We have completed a number of project that have required either barge or crane access and needed to consider design parameters that have often even challenged our own specialist engineers.