46 Screw piles for Canterbury school’s new modular building Ground sun installed 46 screw pile foundations for a modular building in the Canterbury Academy in Kent. The installation was completed with a 5 tonne machine brought to site by ground sun. This enabled...

Screw Pile Solution protecting 300 year old oak tree in Ashtead. 19 Screw Piles installed around a 300 year old oak tree for front side and rear extension and 2 installed internally  as part of a house reconfiguration. Using the AB Chance screw pile system ensured the...

Screw pile solution for rear house extension with protected trees 10 screw piles were installed for a part single/part double story rear extension to this house in Chingford. The clay soil had a high plasticity and was susceptible to movement, both swelling and...

12 CHANCE screw pile foundations were installed at this property in Pimlico, London SW1. The project had limited access for heavy machinery and therefore our handheld equipment was ideal for this situation. There were many protected trees in the area - tree roots were...

CHANCE Screw pile foundations were an ideal solution for this new 2 storey house built in the garden of a listed property. There was restricted access and the team were working close to a listed wall. The site was surrounded by mature trees so root protection was also...

Ground Sun installed screw piles and beams / floor slab as an efficient solution for this house extension which had limited side access. Screw piles require no heavy machinery on site and no need for expensive removal of excavation spoils. Also with many trees...

Ground Sun was commissioned to work with John Cromer, Arboricultural Consultant, to develop an appropriate method of installing the foundations for a large extension in this prestigious area of north London.  Once the scheme was developed and approved by the Council,...

This project involved the demolition on an existing house and the erection of a new 6 bedroom dwelling. The main contractor contacted Ground Sun to install 4 screw piles to accommodate a design change in the new build house - 4 additional piles were required to hold a...

One of our trained network of installers installed 6 helical screw piles on this restricted access site with tree preservation orders to enable foundations for a new build extension. They also installed the reinforced concrete ground beam. All the screw piling was...

Ground Sun were commissioned to install screw pile foundations using handheld machinery for this temporary walkway to allow access over the back garden for a basement excavation and extension for a large house in north London. Screw pile foundations were necessary due...

The Corporation of London commissioned Ground Sun to design and construct steel fishing platforms in Epping Forest. The sites were not suitable for heavy machinery or plant and so a specialist handheld pneumatic pile driver was used to install 2.8m long and 125mm...

Ground Sun installed helical screw piles for this large thermally enhanced extension in Winchmore Hill. The site had restricted access and was surrounded by protected trees. A hydraulic drivehead attached to a 1.5 tonne digger was used to install the 22 piles at a...

Ground Sun were contracted by specialist signage company, Concept Sign & Display Ltd, to design a foundation solution capable of supporting a new 14m high sign at Gallions Reach Shopping Park. The ground conditions were very poor with contaminated ground, tidal...

Ground Sun installed screw piles for this 2 storey terraced house extension with limited access. A handheld hydraulic rig was used to drill the screw into the ground. Extensions are bolted on to the shaft and the helical piles are pulled downwards. Torque is applied...

Screw pile foundations for 3m new build project Ground Sun were appointed to install 10 helical pulldown screw piles for a new garden building and retaining wall foundations for this 3m new build project in Hampstead Village. The site had very restricted access which...

Ground Sun installed 8 screw pile foundations for this extension where there was restricted access, poor ground conditions and many tree roots in the area. Handheld machinery was used and the piling was completed in one day. Ground Sun also installed pile caps, steel...

Ground Sun designed, supplied and installed a screw pile foundation solution for this rear single storey and side extension for this ground floor flat in a terraced house in North London. This was a restricted access site, ideal for screw pile foundations. Also,...

Ground Sun designed and installed 15 screw piles and constructed a reinforced concrete raft with toe beam to support a town centre new build coach house. The site was adjacent to a building on one side and a neighbouring back garden on another side. The ground...

Our vibration free, handheld installed screw piles were ideal for this house extension in Dulwich. 5 screw piles were installed on this site. The proposed extension was close to tree roots and also close to a public sewer. Our method therefore required approval from...

Chance Hubbell helical pulldown screw piles with grout were installed in this courtyard adjoining Claridges in Mayfair to support a 25m high structure which included a ventilation riser. This listed building was being converted from an office to a restaurant. Access...

Ground Sun installed screw piles in the garden of this high end property in Hampstead. The screw piles were to secure a boundary structure and decking in the garden of this property. There was a requirement to protect the tree roots of the many established and...

28 helical screw piles were installed as a foundation solution for this new build 4 bedroom house in the grounds of a listed building. There were root protection areas and high water tables with a lot of running sands and mudstone fragments. Chance Hubbell piles with...

Ground Sun installed 6 helical screw piles on this tesco shop floor in Enfield to allow a gantry to be installed within the store.

Helical screw pile foundations for new build off-the-shelf houses in South London Hubbell Chance Helical Screw Pile foundations were the ideal solution for these two new build off-the-shelf, environmentally friendly houses in South London. This restricted access, back...

HANCE helical Pile load test for a 220 pile project in Chichester on the South coast of England. Our UK certified and trained installers of the CHANCE helical piling system carry out many load test each month to verify actual pile bearing capacity. Load testing of...

Time and Tide Bell installation in Lincolnshire The Time and Tide Bell Project is a national arts project connecting us to the coastline of Britain http://www.timeandtidebell.org/ The bells are positioned around the coast of Britain and are rung by the action of the...

screw piles for scaffolding at historic conservation college in West Sussex West Dean College is an internationally recognised College of Arts and Conservation in West Sussex. A historic building of great importance. The college needed a new roof, however the building...

80 screw pile foundations were installed for a new aviation fuel rail landing platform at Heathrow Airport.