Foundation Systems Nig. Ltd.

17/09/2024

Lesson of the Week: Concrete Piling.

Concrete piling is a crucial component of modern construction. offering a foundation that bears the weight of massive structures. Surprisingly, these pillars are easy to install and they offer superb resistance against excess drainage — make them a popular choice for substructure support.

10/09/2024

Lesson of the Week: Piling.

Piling is the process of drilling foundations through the ground to provide more structural strength to the weak soil underneath. Piling prepares the ground to carry heavy loads, such as a new home, office complex, road or another piece of infrastructure.

04/09/2024

Lesson of The Week: Ground Improvement.

Ground Improvement refers to the alteration of site foundation soils or project earth structures to enhance their performance under specific loading conditions. It involves various techniques such as increasing shear strength, decreasing permeability, controlling deformations, and improving drainage to address poor soil conditions efficiently.

27/08/2024

Lesson of the Week: Bored Piles.

Bored piles are concrete piles that have been cast in the ground and then bored to a selected diameter. They are generally used for structural foundations for buildings, bridges, piers and docks. The primary advantage of bored piles is their ability to transfer load from one end of the pile to the other. This load-carrying capacity is referred to as “ultimate bearing capacity”. Bored piles can be made out of steel, timber or concrete.

16/08/2024

Lesson of the Week: Shore Protection.

Shoreline protection is the process of constructing a barrier along the shoreline to prevent the shore from being washed away by erosion or scouring activities.
Shore protection can also be adopted for land reclamation where the existing natural shoreline is shifted further into the water to regain additional dry land for various activities.

12/08/2024

FSL Rumen Site.

06/08/2024

Lesson of the Week: Reinforcement Cages.

Reinforcement cages provide the structure with stiffness, allowing withstanding tension, bending, torque loads. Reinforcing cages are irreplaceable during production of reinforced concrete plates, reinforced walls, road building and in many other situationsThe compressive strength of the concrete is high, but the tensile strength is very low. It can restrain the concrete of pile body and make it bear certain axial tension.

30/07/2024

A driven pile is a relatively long, slender column, provided to offer support or to resist forces, made of preformed material having a predetermined shape and size that can be physically inspected prior to and during installation, which is installed by impact hammering , vibrating or pushing into the earth.
Driven piles are the most favoured for works over water such as piles in wharf structures or jetties.
Driven piles maintain their shape during installation. They do not bulge in soft ground conditions and are typically not susceptible to damage from the installation of subsequent piles.

23/07/2015

23/07/2015