| - Provides a safer work zone. |
| - No open excavations overnight or for extended periods. |
| - No personnel or public concerns over large, deep and possibly unsafe excavations. |
| - No dewatering. |
| - No 2 to 1 slope or benching requirements (Meets OSHA regulations). |
| - Installation in any weather, hot or cold, rain or shine. |
| - No forms. |
| - No curing temperature or 28-day curing period to maintain. |
| - No concrete testing required |
| - No concrete cylinders needed for breaks |
- Metal Fin Pipe Foundations are perfect for remote locations where concrete is not available, impracticable, or difficult to deliver to the site.
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| - Metal Fin Pipe Foundations are installed in an average of two to four hours in most cases. Although larger applications may take between five and eight hours. |
| - Foundations can be installed with minimal disruption of traffic patterns and with less protection around the work areas. |
| - Significantly reduces total construction time, saving man hours, downtime and money. |
| - Because the soil from the relatively small diameter drilled shaft is used for backfill once the foundation is installed there is no spoil to haul away. Thus, in areas of contaminated soils, costly remediation efforts and/or hazardous landfill disposal is eliminated. |
| - Metal Fin Pipe Foundations are installed with little disruption to the work site minimizing restoration and clean up requirements. |
| - A wide variety of high-tech coatings are available for corrosion protection in acidic soils. |
| - The ability to avoid underground obstructions is optimized by the size of the foundation and the installation process. |
| - Ideal in congested underground areas. |
| - Underground water is no problem with the Metal Fin Pipe Foundation. |
| - Ideal for limited right of way. |
| - Ideal for limited access and congested areas where down time is a concern, such as a central business district or major intersection. |
| - Eliminates the use of guy wires for many poles. |
| - Able to be removed and relocated if highway widening is required. |
| - Computer aided design and manufacturing requires less time. |
| - Foundation loading and soils information is all that is required to design the foundation. |
| - Metal Foundations has thoroughly tested the Metal Fin Pipe Foundations utilizing an independent testing group (results are available upon request). |
| - Shop controlled QA/QC foundation is delivered to the jobsite ready to install. |
| - Designed for seismic conditions. |
| - Seventy-five year anti-corrosion guarantee. |
| - The Metal Fin Pipe Foundation installation process strengthens and improves poor soil conditions due to compression of the soil adjacent to the foundation during the hydraulic installation procedure. |
